Style: Lambic
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.14
Hops
2.4 g/L
Mash pH
5.59
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.053
FG 1.011
IBU 7
ABV 5.5%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Lambic recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 1.12 g/L
Flavour 1.09 g/L
Aroma 0.75 g/L
Common Hops
- 12% Saaz
- 8% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 5% Aged Hops
- 5% Hersbrucker
- 5% Strisselspalt
- 5% Taurus
- 4% Tettnang
- 3% Cascade
- 3% Styrian Golding
- 3% Willamette
% of Lambic recipes using each hop
Common Fermentables
- 20% Wheat, Flaked
- 14% Pilsner (2 Row) Bel
- 12% Oats, Flaked
- 10% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 8% Flaked Wheat
- 8% Rice Hulls
- 8% White Wheat Malt
- 7% Acid Malt
- 7% Belgian - Pilsner
- 6% Pilsner (Weyermann)
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 22% Megablend 2017 Blend (3278) Brewcon
- 7% Belgian Sour Mix 1 (WLP655) White Labs
- 6% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 5% Wildbrew Philly Sour Lallemand
- 5% Brettanomyces Bruxellensis (WLP648) White Labs
- 5% Roselare Belgian Blend (3763) Wyeast Labs
- 4% Lactobacillus Brevis (WLP672) White Labs
- 3% BugCountry (ECY20) East Coast Yeast
- 3% Brettanomyces Lambicus (WLP653) White Labs
% of Lambic recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 38% Single Infusion
- 54% Step Mash
- 8% Decoction
% of Lambic recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 80 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 23 ppm Na⁺
- 75 ppm Cl⁻
- 80 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 100 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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