Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.40
Hops
3.1 g/L
Mash pH
5.55
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.063
FG 1.014
IBU 24
ABV 6.5%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% 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 1.36 g/L
Whirlpool 1.25 g/L
Dry Hop 1.16 g/L
Common Hops
- 13% Cascade
- 13% East Kent Goldings
- 12% Magnum
- 8% Willamette
- 8% Saaz
- 7% Fuggle
- 6% Northern Brewer
- 5% Taurus
- 5% Citra
- 4% Cluster
% 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 2.72 g/L
2022 0 g/L
2023 0.76 g/L
2024 11.23 g/L
dated Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 23% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 11% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
- 9% Rice Hulls
- 8% Munich Malt
- 7% Chocolate Malt
- 6% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L
- 6% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L
- 6% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 6% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 5% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 18% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 8% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 8% American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs
- 5% California Ale (WLP001) White Labs
- 3% English Ale (WLP002) White Labs
- 2% London Ale Yeast (1028) Wyeast Labs
- 2% Nottingham Lallemand
- 2% London Ale (WLP013) White Labs
- 2% London ESB Ale (1968) Wyeast Labs
- 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
% of Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer 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
Similar Styles
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