Style: Standard American Lager
All StylesStyle Profile based on 96 recipes
BU:GU
0.39
Hops
3.0 g/L
Mash pH
5.66
Dry Hop
0.1 g/L
Common Additions
- 72% Pale (83%)
- 61% Pilsner (80%)
- 43% Crystal (6%)
- 23% Toast (13%)
% of Standard American Lager recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 1.25 g/L
Flavour 0.4 g/L
Aroma 0.75 g/L
Common Hops
- 19% Saaz (CZ)
- 16% Hallertau Taurus
- 15% Cascade
- 11% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 10% Citra
- 8% Cluster
- 8% Southern Brewer
- 7% Hallertauer Hersbrucker
- 6% Tettnanger
- 4% Mount Hood
% of Standard American Lager recipes using each hop
Common Fermentables
- 20% Corn, Flaked
- 16% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 13% Rice, Flaked
- 11% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 10% Pale Malt (6 Row) US
- 10% Flaked Corn
- 8% Pilsner (2 Row) Bel
- 8% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 7% Vienna Malt
- 7% Munich Malt
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 26% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 9% American Lager (2035) Wyeast Labs
- 8% Mexican Lager Yeast (WLP940) White Labs
- 6% American Lager Yeast (WLP840) White Labs
- 5% California Lager (2112) Wyeast Labs
- 4% LalBrew Nottingham Lallemand
- 4% SafLager West European Lager (S-23) Fermentis
- 3% California Lager (M54) Mangrove Jack
% of Standard American Lager recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 56% Single Infusion
- 33% Step Mash
- 11% Decoction
9 recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 8 ppm Ca²⁺
- 4 ppm Mg²⁺
- 6 ppm Na⁺
- 5 ppm Cl⁻
- 17 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 25 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile