Style: Ordinary Bitter

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Style Profile

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
1.03 1.039
1.045
FG
1.007 1.011
1.011
IBU
25 35
29
ABV
3.2% 3.8%
4.4%
SRM
8 14
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
0.32 g/L 1.43 g/L
0.58 g/L
Flavour
0.25 g/L 1 g/L
0.49 g/L
Aroma
0.26 g/L 1.25 g/L
0.56 g/L
Whirlpool
0.29 g/L 1.23 g/L
0.53 g/L
Dry Hop
0.34 g/L 1.25 g/L
0.63 g/L
Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2018
0.31 g/L 0.9 g/L
0.54 g/L
2019
0.38 g/L 1.46 g/L
0.76 g/L
2020
0.3 g/L 0.96 g/L
0.63 g/L
2021
0.97 g/L 1.67 g/L
1.28 g/L
2022
0.12 g/L 3.12 g/L
0.12 g/L
2023
0.35 g/L 1.15 g/L
0.74 g/L
2024
0.34 g/L 1.32 g/L
0.4 g/L

dated Ordinary Bitter recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

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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