Style: Märzen
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.39
Hops
3.8 g/L
Mash pH
5.48
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.057
FG 1.013
IBU 22
ABV 5.7%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Märzen 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 0.79 g/L
Aroma 0.88 g/L
Whirlpool 0.75 g/L
Common Hops
- 25% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 22% Tettnang
- 14% Saaz
- 11% Taurus
- 11% Hersbrucker
- 8% Hallertau
- 8% Magnum
- 7% Hallertau Tradition
- 6% Perle
- 4% Northern Brewer
% of Märzen recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 0.82 g/L
2019 1.11 g/L
2020 1.87 g/L
2021 0 g/L
2022 0.68 g/L
2023 1.66 g/L
2024 0.86 g/L
dated Märzen recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 17% Vienna Malt
- 17% Munich Malt
- 15% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 12% German - Vienna
- 10% German - Pilsner
- 8% Caramunich Malt
- 6% American - Pilsner
- 6% American - Vienna
- 6% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
- 6% Munich
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 18% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 8% Octoberfest Lager Blend (2633) Wyeast Labs
- 6% Octoberfest/Marzen Lager (WLP820) White Labs
- 5% Bavarian Lager (2206) Wyeast Labs
- 4% German Lager (WLP830) White Labs
- 3% Lutra Kveik (OYL-071) Omega
- 3% German Bock Lager (WLP833) White Labs
- 2% Munich Lager (2308) Wyeast Labs
- 2% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 2% Oktoberfest (OYL-107) Omega
% of Märzen recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 67% Single Infusion
- 23% Step Mash
- 10% Decoction
% of Märzen recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 60 ppm Ca²⁺
- 7 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 75 ppm Cl⁻
- 55 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 100 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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