Style: London Brown Ale
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.39
Hops
2.3 g/L
Mash pH
5.46
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.047
FG 1.012
IBU 19
ABV 4.5%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of London Brown Ale recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 1.36 g/L
Flavour 0.75 g/L
Common Hops
- 39% East Kent Goldings
- 34% Fuggle
- 5% Willamette
- 5% Cascade
- 5% Magnum
- 5% Northern Brewer
- 5% Perle
- 3% Challenger
- 3% Chinook
- 3% Golding
% of London Brown Ale recipes using each hop
Common Fermentables
- 35% Chocolate Malt
- 25% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 13% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L
- 13% Special Roast
- 12% Biscuit Malt
- 9% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
- 9% Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L
- 9% Special B Malt
- 7% Brown Malt
- 7% Oats, Flaked
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 10% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 9% London ESB Ale (1968) Wyeast Labs
- 5% Nottingham Lallemand
- 5% English Ale (WLP002) White Labs
- 5% British Ale Yeast (1098) Wyeast Labs
- 4% British Ale (WLP005) White Labs
- 4% London Ale III (1318) Wyeast Labs
- 3% Windsor Yeast Lallemand
- 3% Newcastle Dark Ale Yeast (M03) Mangrove Jack's
- 3% London Ale Yeast (1028) Wyeast Labs
% of London Brown Ale recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 86% Single Infusion
- 14% Step Mash
- 0% Decoction
% of London Brown Ale recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 91 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 30 ppm Na⁺
- 53 ppm Cl⁻
- 65 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 250 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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