Style: Weissbier
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.28
Hops
2.2 g/L
Mash pH
5.62
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.052
FG 1.012
IBU 14
ABV 5.2%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Weissbier recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.62 g/L
Flavour 0.39 g/L
Aroma 0.41 g/L
Whirlpool 0.68 g/L
Dry Hop 1.26 g/L
Common Hops
- 18% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 11% Tettnang
- 11% Hersbrucker
- 9% Saaz
- 6% Taurus
- 5% Cascade
- 5% Hallertau
- 5% Perle
- 4% Hallertau Tradition
- 4% Magnum
% of Weissbier recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 1.27 g/L
2019 0.68 g/L
2020 1.36 g/L
2021 1.36 g/L
2022 1.36 g/L
2023 1.46 g/L
2024 0.91 g/L
dated Weissbier recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 15% German - Wheat Malt
- 13% Wheat Malt, Ger
- 12% German - Pilsner
- 12% Rice Hulls
- 11% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 7% American - White Wheat
- 7% American - Pilsner
- 6% Weyermann - Pale Wheat
- 5% American - Wheat
- 5% Flaked Oats
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 13% Weihenstephan Weizen (3068) Wyeast Labs
- 13% Safbrew Wheat (WB-06) Fermentis
- 12% Hefeweizen Ale (WLP300) White Labs
- 7% Bavarian Wheat (M20) Mangrove Jack's
- 3% Hefeweizen IV Ale (WLP380) White Labs
- 2% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 2% Bavarian Weizen Yeast (WLP351) White Labs
- 2% Bavarian Wheat Yeast (3056) Wyeast Labs
- 2% American Hefeweizen Ale (WLP320) White Labs
- 1% Munich Classic Wheat Beer Lallemand
% of Weissbier recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 55% Single Infusion
- 36% Step Mash
- 10% Decoction
% of Weissbier recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 60 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 13 ppm Na⁺
- 75 ppm Cl⁻
- 55 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 100 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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