Style: Pre-Prohibition Lager
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.55
Hops
5.3 g/L
Mash pH
5.57
Dry Hop
0.2 g/L
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.053
FG 1.011
IBU 29
ABV 5.4%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Pre-Prohibition Lager recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 1.15 g/L
Flavour 1.02 g/L
Aroma 1.36 g/L
Whirlpool 1.12 g/L
Dry Hop 1.14 g/L
Common Hops
- 27% Saaz
- 14% Cascade
- 9% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 8% Citra
- 7% Cluster
- 7% Magnum
- 6% Tettnang
- 6% Amarillo
- 4% Taurus
- 4% Hersbrucker
% of Pre-Prohibition Lager recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2019 0.42 g/L
2020 1.11 g/L
2022 0.65 g/L
2023 3 g/L
2024 0.54 g/L
dated Pre-Prohibition Lager recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 18% American - Pilsner
- 11% Flaked Corn
- 9% Corn, Flaked
- 8% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 7% American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)
- 7% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 5% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 4% German - Pilsner
- 4% Pale Malt (6 Row) US
- 4% Vienna Malt
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 15% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 7% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 4% Pilsner Lager (WLP800) White Labs
- 4% Lutra Kveik (OYL-071) Omega
- 3% Diamond Lager Lallemand
- 3% German Lager (WLP830) White Labs
- 3% Bohemian Lager (2124) Wyeast Labs
- 2% SafLager West European Lager (S-23) Fermentis
- 2% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 2% Mexican Lager (WLP940) White Labs
% of Pre-Prohibition Lager recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 69% Single Infusion
- 26% Step Mash
- 5% Decoction
% of Pre-Prohibition Lager recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 50 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 6 ppm Na⁺
- 36 ppm Cl⁻
- 49 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 25 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
Similar Styles
Most alike in strength, bitterness, colour, grist, hops and yeast.