Style: Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer
All StylesStyle Profile based on 59 recipes
BU:GU
0.27
Hops
3.8 g/L
Mash pH
5.42
Dry Hop
0.5 g/L
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
- 69% Wheat (21%)
- 69% Pale (52%)
- 56% Pilsner (70%)
- 27% Crystal (6%)
- 25% Oats (6%)
% of Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
g/L · median with IQR range
- 15% Mosaic
- 14% Saaz (CZ)
- 10% Citra
- 5% Nelson Sauvin
- 5% Amarillo
% of Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer recipes using each hop
g/L · median with IQR range
dated Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
- 19% Flaked Oats
- 15% Flaked Wheat
- 14% American - Pilsner
- 14% German - Acidulated Malt
- 10% American - Pale 2-Row
- 10% American - White Wheat
- 10% German - Pilsner
- 7% American - Wheat
- 5% US - Pale 2-Row
- 5% Weyermann - Pilsner
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
% of Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer recipes using each strain
- 84% Single Infusion
- 16% Step Mash
- 0% Decoction
19 recipes with mash data
- 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
Similar Styles
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