Style: Saison

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Style Profile

BU:GU

0.51

Hops

4.6 g/L

Mash pH

5.56

Dry Hop

0.2 g/L

Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer

1.048 1.065

1.056

1.002 1.008

1.009

IBU

20 35

ABV

3.5% 9.5%

6.1%

SRM

5 22

Typical Grain Bill

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

Common Additions

% of Saison recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering

0.35 g/L 1.43 g/L

0.75 g/L

Flavour

0.36 g/L 1.36 g/L

0.75 g/L

Aroma

0.46 g/L 1.5 g/L

1.07 g/L

Whirlpool

0.64 g/L 1.67 g/L

1.36 g/L

Dry Hop

0.66 g/L 2.72 g/L

1.36 g/L

Common Hops

% of Saison recipes using each hop

Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2018

0.51 g/L 2.58 g/L

1.36 g/L

2019

0.7 g/L 2.68 g/L

1.36 g/L

2020

0.52 g/L 2.72 g/L

1.16 g/L

2021

0.28 g/L 1.46 g/L

0.69 g/L

2022

0.74 g/L 1.63 g/L

1.17 g/L

2023

0.7 g/L 2.61 g/L

1.63 g/L

2024

0.73 g/L 3.91 g/L

1.34 g/L

dated Saison recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

Common Fermentables

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

% of Saison recipes using each strain

Mash Profile

75% Single Infusion
22% Step Mash
3% Decoction

% of Saison recipes with mash data

Typical Water Profile

75 ppm Ca²⁺
5 ppm Mg²⁺
15 ppm Na⁺
75 ppm Cl⁻
80 ppm SO₄²⁻
100 ppm HCO₃⁻

median across recipes with a declared water profile

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