Style: Special/Best/Premium Bitter

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Style Profile based on 155 recipes

BU:GU

0.68

Hops

3.5 g/L

Mash pH

5.55

Dry Hop

0.2 g/L

Typical Grain Bill

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

Common Additions

% of Special/Best/Premium Bitter recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering
0.26 g/L 1.13 g/L
0.45 g/L
Flavour
0.2 g/L 0.67 g/L
0.34 g/L
Aroma
0.23 g/L 1.25 g/L
0.53 g/L
Whirlpool
0.21 g/L 0.94 g/L
0.58 g/L
Dry Hop
0.21 g/L 1.09 g/L
0.53 g/L
Common Hops

% of Special/Best/Premium Bitter recipes using each hop

Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2019
0.33 g/L 0.61 g/L
0.47 g/L
2020
0.2 g/L 1.37 g/L
0.38 g/L
2023
0.5 g/L 0.99 g/L
0.68 g/L
2024
0.18 g/L 0.69 g/L
0.23 g/L

dated Special/Best/Premium Bitter recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

Common Fermentables

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

% of Special/Best/Premium Bitter recipes using each strain

Mash Profile
  • 84% Single Infusion
  • 7% Step Mash
  • 9% Decoction

56 recipes with mash data

Typical Water Profile
  • 80 ppm Ca²⁺
  • 5 ppm Mg²⁺
  • 25 ppm Na⁺
  • 75 ppm Cl⁻
  • 80 ppm SO₄²⁻
  • 100 ppm HCO₃⁻

median across recipes with a declared water profile

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