Style: Weissbier

All Styles

Style Profile

BU:GU

0.28

Hops

2.2 g/L

Mash pH

5.62

Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG
1.044 1.053
1.052
FG
1.008 1.014
1.012
IBU
8 15
14
ABV
4.3% 5.6%
5.2%
SRM
2 6
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
0.26 g/L 1.36 g/L
0.62 g/L
Flavour
0.21 g/L 0.98 g/L
0.39 g/L
Aroma
0.21 g/L 1.16 g/L
0.41 g/L
Whirlpool
0.32 g/L 1.36 g/L
0.68 g/L
Dry Hop
0.66 g/L 2.04 g/L
1.26 g/L
Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2018
0.26 g/L 2.04 g/L
1.27 g/L
2019
0.5 g/L 1.5 g/L
0.68 g/L
2020
0.74 g/L 2.3 g/L
1.36 g/L
2021
0.73 g/L 1.49 g/L
1.36 g/L
2022
0.85 g/L 1.87 g/L
1.36 g/L
2023
0.8 g/L 2.16 g/L
1.46 g/L
2024
0.56 g/L 1.06 g/L
0.91 g/L

dated Weissbier recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

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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