Style: Premium American Lager
All StylesStyle Profile based on 145 recipes
BU:GU
0.49
Hops
3.1 g/L
Mash pH
5.68
Common Additions
- 69% Pale (72%)
- 61% Crystal (7%)
- 59% Pilsner (80%)
- 30% Toast (13%)
% of Premium American Lager recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.48 g/L
Flavour 0.35 g/L
Aroma 0.69 g/L
Common Hops
- 29% Saaz (CZ)
- 17% Tettnanger
- 12% Cascade
- 10% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 10% Hallertau Taurus
- 8% Southern Brewer
- 7% Perle (GR)
- 7% Cluster
- 6% Motueka
- 6% Hallertauer Hersbrucker
% of Premium American Lager recipes using each hop
Common Fermentables
- 22% Corn, Flaked
- 21% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 19% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 18% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 15% Rice, Flaked
- 9% Pilsner (2 Row) Bel
- 9% Pale Malt (6 Row) US
- 8% Flaked Corn
- 8% Munich Malt
- 7% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 12% American Lager (2035) Wyeast Labs
- 10% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 8% SafLager West European Lager (S-23) Fermentis
- 7% American Lager Yeast (WLP840) White Labs
- 7% Danish Lager (2042) Wyeast Labs
- 5% Pilsner Lager Yeast (WLP800) White Labs
- 4% Mexican Lager Yeast (WLP940) White Labs
- 4% California Lager (2112) Wyeast Labs
- 4% San Francisco Lager Yeast (WLP810) White Labs
- 4% German Lager Yeast (WLP830) White Labs
% of Premium American Lager recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 90% Single Infusion
- 10% Step Mash
- 0% Decoction
10 recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 18 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 39 ppm Cl⁻
- 17 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 39 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile