Style: Northern English Brown

All Styles

Style Profile based on 124 recipes

BU:GU

0.54

Hops

3.6 g/L

Mash pH

5.46

Typical Grain Bill

69% Pale
13% Crystal
8% Toast
4% Roast
3% Pilsner

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

Common Additions

% of Northern English Brown recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering

0.44 g/L 1.5 g/L

1.17 g/L

Flavour

0.35 g/L 1.37 g/L

0.68 g/L

Aroma

0.31 g/L 1.06 g/L

0.64 g/L

Whirlpool

0.26 g/L 1.37 g/L

0.75 g/L

Dry Hop

0.38 g/L 1.43 g/L

1.43 g/L

Common Hops

% of Northern English Brown recipes using each hop

Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2019

0.38 g/L 0.38 g/L

0.38 g/L

2020

1.16 g/L 1.45 g/L

1.43 g/L

2023

0 g/L 0 g/L

0 g/L

dated Northern English Brown recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

Common Fermentables

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

% of Northern English Brown recipes using each strain

Mash Profile

84% Single Infusion
16% Step Mash
0% Decoction

37 recipes with mash data

Typical Water Profile

83 ppm Ca²⁺
8 ppm Mg²⁺
25 ppm Na⁺
68 ppm Cl⁻
80 ppm SO₄²⁻
210 ppm HCO₃⁻

median across recipes with a declared water profile

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