Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
All StylesStyle Profile based on 332 recipes
BU:GU
0.37
Hops
3.9 g/L
Mash pH
5.55
Dry Hop
0.1 g/L
Common Additions
- 88% Pale (76%)
- 60% Crystal (7%)
- 42% Toast (16%)
- 25% Wheat (10%)
- 25% Pilsner (60%)
% of Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 1.07 g/L
Flavour 0.75 g/L
Aroma 1.37 g/L
Whirlpool 1.25 g/L
Dry Hop 1.16 g/L
Common Hops
- 12% Cascade
- 10% Magnum (GR)
- 10% East Kent Goldings
- 8% Saaz (CZ)
- 7% Northern Brewer (GR)
- 6% Willamette
- 6% Fuggles
- 5% Southern Brewer
- 4% Citra
- 4% Centennial
% of Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 1.26 g/L
2019 0.67 g/L
2020 4.77 g/L
2021 2.73 g/L
2022 0 g/L
2023 0.77 g/L
2024 11.24 g/L
dated Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 12% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
- 11% Brown Sugar
- 10% Flaked Oats
- 10% American - Pale 2-Row
- 8% American - Caramel / Crystal 40L
- 8% Pumpkin (canned)
- 7% Pumpkin (fresh)
- 7% US - Pale 2-Row
- 6% Honey
- 5% American - Pilsner
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 19% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 11% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 5% American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs
- 3% English Ale Yeast (WLP002) White Labs
- 2% California Ale Yeast (WLP001) White Labs
- 2% SafAle Saison (BE-134) Fermentis
- 2% Lutra Kveik (OYL-071) Omega
- 2% London ESB Ale (1968) Wyeast Labs
- 1% LalBrew Belle Saison Lallemand
- 1% SafBrew Specialty Ale (T-58) Fermentis
% of Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 75% Single Infusion
- 24% Step Mash
- 1% Decoction
88 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