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

75% Pale (57%)
63% Pilsner (80%)
29% Crystal (7%)
23% Toast (13%)

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

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering

0.26 g/L 1.03 g/L

0.68 g/L

Flavour

0.24 g/L 0.8 g/L

0.53 g/L

Aroma

0.35 g/L 1.19 g/L

0.63 g/L

Whirlpool

0.28 g/L 0.89 g/L

0.38 g/L

Dry Hop

0.45 g/L 1.4 g/L

1.25 g/L

Common Hops

13% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
13% Saaz (CZ)
12% Samba
9% Magnum (GR)
8% Cascade
6% Hallertauer Hersbrucker
6% Citra
5% Tettnanger
4% Motueka
4% Hallertau Tradition

% of Light American Lager recipes using each hop

Common Fermentables

21% American - Pilsner
19% Flaked Corn
17% Flaked Rice
6% American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)
6% German - Pilsner
5% US - Pale 2-Row
5% German - Acidulated Malt
4% Weyermann - Pilsner
4% Rice Hulls
3% Briess - Carapils Malt

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

27% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
7% Lutra Kveik (OYL-071) Omega
4% LalBrew Voss Lallemand
4% LalBrew Diamond Lager Lallemand
3% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
2% Mexican Lager Yeast (WLP940) White Labs
2% German Lager Yeast (WLP830) White Labs
2% American Lager Yeast (WLP840) White Labs
2% California Lager (M54) Mangrove Jack
1% BSI 3470 German Lager

% of Light American Lager recipes using each strain

Typical Water Profile

Ca²⁺ 28 ppm

Mg²⁺ 5 ppm

Na⁺ 10 ppm

Cl⁻ 27 ppm

SO₄²⁻ 28 ppm

HCO₃⁻ 25 ppm

median across recipes with a declared water profile

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