Style: Ordinary Bitter
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BU:GU
0.67
Hops
3.7 g/L
Mash pH
5.52
Dry Hop
0.1 g/L
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.045
FG 1.011
IBU 29
ABV 4.4%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Ordinary Bitter recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.58 g/L
Flavour 0.49 g/L
Aroma 0.56 g/L
Whirlpool 0.53 g/L
Dry Hop 0.63 g/L
Common Hops
- 39% East Kent Goldings
- 22% Fuggle
- 10% Cascade
- 9% Challenger
- 6% Styrian Golding
- 5% Magnum
- 5% Northern Brewer
- 4% Citra
- 4% Target
- 4% Golding
% of Ordinary Bitter recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 0.54 g/L
2019 0.76 g/L
2020 0.63 g/L
2021 1.28 g/L
2022 0.12 g/L
2023 0.74 g/L
2024 0.4 g/L
dated Ordinary Bitter recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 23% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
- 6% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 4% Flaked Oats
- 4% United Kingdom - Golden Promise
- 3% Crisp Malting - Finest Maris Otter
- 3% American - Pale Ale
- 3% American - Pale 2-Row
- 3% Torrified Wheat
- 3% United Kingdom - Pale 2-Row
- 3% American - Caramel / Crystal 40L
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 20% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 7% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 4% Nottingham Lallemand
- 4% English Ale (WLP002) White Labs
- 3% London ESB Ale (1968) Wyeast Labs
- 3% West Yorkshire Ale (1469) Wyeast Labs
- 2% London Ale III (1318) Wyeast Labs
- 1% Burton Ale (WLP023) White Labs
- 1% London Lallemand
- 1% POG (A37) Imperial Yeast
% of Ordinary Bitter recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 79% Single Infusion
- 16% Step Mash
- 5% Decoction
% of Ordinary Bitter recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 80 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 20 ppm Na⁺
- 75 ppm Cl⁻
- 80 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 100 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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