Style: Vienna Lager
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.45
Hops
3.6 g/L
Mash pH
5.51
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.052
FG 1.012
IBU 23
ABV 5.2%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Vienna Lager recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.75 g/L
Flavour 0.82 g/L
Aroma 0.68 g/L
Whirlpool 0.71 g/L
Common Hops
- 23% Saaz
- 23% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 16% Tettnang
- 12% Magnum
- 10% Hersbrucker
- 9% Cascade
- 7% Northern Brewer
- 7% Taurus
- 5% Perle
- 4% Hallertau
% of Vienna Lager recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 0 g/L
2019 1.02 g/L
2020 0.63 g/L
2021 0 g/L
2022 0.96 g/L
2023 0.62 g/L
2024 0 g/L
dated Vienna Lager recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 18% Vienna Malt
- 16% German - Vienna
- 9% Munich Malt
- 7% American - Vienna
- 7% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 7% Weyermann - Vienna Malt
- 6% Vienna Malt (Weyermann)
- 5% German - Pilsner
- 4% Flaked Corn
- 4% German - Melanoidin
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 26% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 5% German Lager (WLP830) White Labs
- 4% Mexican Lager (WLP940) White Labs
- 4% German Bock Lager (WLP833) White Labs
- 3% Diamond Lager Lallemand
- 3% SafLager West European Lager (S-23) Fermentis
- 3% Bohemian Lager (M84) Mangrove Jack's
- 3% Southern German Lager (WLP838) White Labs
- 3% Bavarian Lager (2206) Wyeast Labs
- 3% Munich Lager (2308) Wyeast Labs
% of Vienna Lager recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 59% Single Infusion
- 34% Step Mash
- 7% Decoction
% of Vienna Lager recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 60 ppm Ca²⁺
- 7 ppm Mg²⁺
- 11 ppm Na⁺
- 71 ppm Cl⁻
- 55 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 100 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
Similar Styles
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