Style: Weizenbock
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.29
Hops
2.9 g/L
Mash pH
5.51
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.073
FG 1.018
IBU 21
ABV 7.4%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Weizenbock recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.88 g/L
Flavour 0.48 g/L
Aroma 0.5 g/L
Whirlpool 1 g/L
Common Hops
- 15% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 13% Tettnang
- 12% Taurus
- 11% Hersbrucker
- 9% Perle
- 9% Magnum
- 8% Saaz
- 5% Hallertau
- 4% Cascade
- 4% Hallertau Tradition
% of Weizenbock recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2019 0 g/L
2020 0.53 g/L
2023 0 g/L
2024 1.48 g/L
dated Weizenbock recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 14% Munich Malt
- 14% Wheat Malt, Ger
- 12% German - Wheat Malt
- 11% Rice Hulls
- 9% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 8% Chocolate Malt
- 7% German - Vienna
- 6% Melanoiden Malt
- 6% White Wheat Malt
- 6% Belgian - Special B
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 18% Weihenstephan Weizen (3068) Wyeast Labs
- 13% Hefeweizen Ale (WLP300) White Labs
- 10% Safbrew Wheat (WB-06) Fermentis
- 6% Hefeweizen IV Ale (WLP380) White Labs
- 6% Bavarian Wheat (3638) Wyeast Labs
- 5% Bavarian Wheat (M20) Mangrove Jack's
- 3% Bavarian Weizen Yeast (WLP351) White Labs
- 2% German Wheat (3333) Wyeast Labs
- 2% Munich Classic Wheat Beer Lallemand
- 2% Bavarian Wheat Yeast (3056) Wyeast Labs
% of Weizenbock recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 47% Single Infusion
- 44% Step Mash
- 9% Decoction
% of Weizenbock recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 69 ppm Ca²⁺
- 9 ppm Mg²⁺
- 25 ppm Na⁺
- 75 ppm Cl⁻
- 57 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 100 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
Similar Styles
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