Style: Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer

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Style Profile based on 59 recipes

BU:GU

0.27

Hops

3.8 g/L

Mash pH

5.42

Dry hop

0.5 g/L

Style Guidelines BJCP 2015 Beer

1.02 1.09

1.056

1 1.016

1.011

IBU

5 50

ABV

2% 10%

SRM

2 50

Description

Entry Instructions: The entrant must specify a description of the beer, identifying the yeast/bacteria used and either a base style or the ingredients/specs/target character of the beer. A sour and/or funky version of a base style of beer. History: Modern American craft beer interpretations of Belgian sour ales, or experimentations inspired by Belgian sour ales. Style Comparison: A sour and/or funky version of a base style.

Examples: Boulevard Love Child, Cascade Vlad the Imp Aler, Jester King Le Petit Prince, Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca, Russian River Temptation, The Bruery Rueuze, The Bruery Tart of Darkness

Typical Grain Bill

47% Pilsner
29% Pale
20% Wheat

% 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

0.11 g/L 1.16 g/L

0.53 g/L

Flavour

0.3 g/L 1.18 g/L

0.47 g/L

Aroma

0.19 g/L 1.18 g/L

0.35 g/L

Dry Hop

1.37 g/L 2.86 g/L

1.45 g/L

Common Hops

% of Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer recipes using each hop

Common Fermentables

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

% of Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer recipes using each strain

Typical Water Profile

Ca²⁺ 61 ppm

Mg²⁺ 5 ppm

Na⁺ 10 ppm

Cl⁻ 75 ppm

SO₄²⁻ 55 ppm

HCO₃⁻ 25 ppm

median across recipes with a declared water profile

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Ranked by similarity across OG, IBU, ABV, hop rate, and grist composition.

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