Style: Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer

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Style Profile

BU:GU

0.22

Hops

2.9 g/L

Mash pH

5.42

Dry Hop

0.2 g/L

Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer

1.02 1.09

1.055

1 1.016

1.012

IBU

5 50

ABV

2% 10%

5.7%

SRM

2 50

Typical Grain Bill

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

Common Additions

% of Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering

0.25 g/L 1.31 g/L

0.63 g/L

Flavour

0.3 g/L 1.25 g/L

0.55 g/L

Aroma

0.5 g/L 1.46 g/L

1 g/L

Dry Hop

1.37 g/L 2.86 g/L

1.44 g/L

Common Hops

% of Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer recipes using each hop

Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2020

1.34 g/L 1.83 g/L

1.4 g/L

dated Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

Common Fermentables

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

% of Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer recipes using each strain

Mash Profile

84% Single Infusion
16% Step Mash
0% Decoction

% of Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer recipes with mash data

Typical Water Profile

61 ppm Ca²⁺
5 ppm Mg²⁺
12 ppm Na⁺
75 ppm Cl⁻
55 ppm SO₄²⁻
100 ppm HCO₃⁻

median across recipes with a declared water profile

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