Style: Maibock/Helles Bock
All StylesStyle Profile based on 95 recipes
BU:GU
0.39
Hops
4.7 g/L
Mash pH
5.60
Common Additions
- 85% Toast (35%)
- 63% Pilsner (55%)
- 52% Crystal (8%)
- 41% Pale (38%)
% of Maibock/Helles Bock recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 1.37 g/L
Flavour 1.03 g/L
Aroma 0.72 g/L
Whirlpool 1 g/L
Common Hops
- 28% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 16% Perle (GR)
- 13% Magnum (GR)
- 12% Tettnanger
- 11% Saaz (CZ)
- 7% Northern Brewer (GR)
- 7% Cascade
- 5% Hallertau Gold
- 5% Mount Hood
- 5% Spalter Select
% of Maibock/Helles Bock recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2020 0.23 g/L
2023 0.67 g/L
2024 0 g/L
dated Maibock/Helles Bock recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 13% German - Pilsner
- 13% Munich
- 13% American - Pilsner
- 11% German - Melanoidin
- 11% German - Munich Light
- 11% German - Vienna
- 9% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
- 8% Weyermann - Munich Type I
- 7% German - Bohemian Pilsner
- 6% Munich - Light 10L
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 25% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 7% German Bock Lager Yeast (WLP833) White Labs
- 4% LalBrew Diamond Lager Lallemand
- 4% Munich Lager (2308) Wyeast Labs
- 3% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 3% Bavarian Lager (2206) Wyeast Labs
% of Maibock/Helles Bock recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 69% Single Infusion
- 19% Step Mash
- 12% Decoction
26 recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 74 ppm Ca²⁺
- 15 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 45 ppm Cl⁻
- 51 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 127 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile