Style: Light American Lager

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Style Profile based on 217 recipes

BU:GU

0.33

Hops

3.1 g/L

Mash pH

5.57

Dry Hop

0.1 g/L

Typical Grain Bill

64% Pilsner
28% Pale

% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%

Common Additions

% of Light American Lager recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering

0.35 g/L 1.36 g/L

0.69 g/L

Flavour

0.34 g/L 1.33 g/L

0.69 g/L

Aroma

0.35 g/L 1.37 g/L

0.69 g/L

Whirlpool

0.32 g/L 1.45 g/L

0.38 g/L

Dry Hop

1.03 g/L 1.47 g/L

1.37 g/L

Common Hops

% of Light American Lager recipes using each hop

Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2019

0.38 g/L 0.88 g/L

0.63 g/L

2020

1.13 g/L 1.5 g/L

1.43 g/L

2022

0 g/L 0 g/L

0 g/L

2023

1.28 g/L 1.79 g/L

1.37 g/L

2024

0 g/L 0 g/L

0 g/L

dated Light American Lager recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

Common Fermentables

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

% of Light American Lager recipes using each strain

Mash Profile

81% Single Infusion
17% Step Mash
2% Decoction

42 recipes with mash data

Typical Water Profile

28 ppm Ca²⁺
5 ppm Mg²⁺
10 ppm Na⁺
27 ppm Cl⁻
32 ppm SO₄²⁻
31 ppm HCO₃⁻

median across recipes with a declared water profile

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