Style: Specialty Fruit Beer

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Style Profile

BU:GU

0.38

Hops

2.8 g/L

Mash pH

5.45

Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG
1.02 1.09
1.055
FG
1.006 1.016
1.011
IBU
5 50
21
ABV
2% 10%
5.8%
SRM
2 50
Typical Grain Bill

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

Common Additions

% of Specialty Fruit Beer recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering
0.38 g/L 1.38 g/L
0.8 g/L
Flavour
0.68 g/L 1.36 g/L
1.15 g/L
Aroma
0.75 g/L 1.5 g/L
1.25 g/L
Whirlpool
0.84 g/L 1.78 g/L
1.37 g/L
Dry Hop
0.33 g/L 0.72 g/L
0.68 g/L
Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2020
0.42 g/L 0.59 g/L
0.51 g/L
2023
0 g/L 0 g/L
0 g/L

dated Specialty Fruit Beer recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

Mash Profile
  • 53% Single Infusion
  • 47% Step Mash
  • 0% Decoction

% of Specialty Fruit Beer recipes with mash data

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

median across recipes with a declared water profile

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