Style: Munich Helles
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.38
Hops
3.2 g/L
Mash pH
5.51
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.049
FG 1.011
IBU 19
ABV 5.1%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Munich Helles recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.94 g/L
Flavour 0.68 g/L
Aroma 0.71 g/L
Whirlpool 0.68 g/L
Dry Hop 0.72 g/L
Common Hops
- 31% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 13% Saaz
- 13% Tettnang
- 9% Magnum
- 8% Hersbrucker
- 6% Perle
- 6% Taurus
- 5% Hallertau Tradition
- 4% Hallertau
- 2% Cascade
% of Munich Helles recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 0.18 g/L
2019 1.36 g/L
2020 0.65 g/L
2021 0 g/L
2022 3 g/L
2023 0.25 g/L
2024 1.5 g/L
dated Munich Helles recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 15% German - Pilsner
- 10% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 9% Munich Malt
- 7% German - Acidulated Malt
- 7% German - Vienna
- 6% Melanoiden Malt
- 6% German - Melanoidin
- 6% Weyermann - Pilsner
- 5% Pilsner (Weyermann)
- 5% German - Bohemian Pilsner
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 24% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 6% Munich Lager (2308) Wyeast Labs
- 5% German Lager (WLP830) White Labs
- 4% Southern German Lager (WLP838) White Labs
- 3% Harvest (L17) Imperial Yeast
- 3% Diamond Lager Lallemand
- 2% Lutra Kveik (OYL-071) Omega
- 2% Bavarian Lager (2206) Wyeast Labs
- 2% German Bock Lager (WLP833) White Labs
- 2% SafLager German Lager (S-189) Fermentis
% of Munich Helles recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 60% Single Infusion
- 25% Step Mash
- 15% Decoction
% of Munich Helles recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 50 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 75 ppm Cl⁻
- 52 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 29 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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