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Styles · Piwo Grodziskie

Beer style · BJCP 2021 27D

Piwo Grodziskie

Historical Beer

Representative The guidelines publish this style’s ranges per variant or not at all, so these are a representative envelope instead.

Original gravity
1.028–1.032
Final gravity
1.006–1.010
Bitterness
20–35 IBU
Color
3–6 SRM (6–12 EBC)
Alcohol
2.5–3.3 % ABV

What it is

A pale Polish wheat beer made entirely from oak-smoked wheat malt, sharply carbonated and noticeably bitter for its size. The smoke is clean and woody rather than meaty, and the beer finishes crisp and dry at well under 4% alcohol.

Flavor

What a Piwo Grodziskie should taste like, on the three wheels the studio scores every recipe against. The shaded ring is the style’s range on each axis, from 0 at the center to 5 at the edge.

Hops

Room for herbal, spice, floral or earthy/woody.

Malt

Grainy and smoke, with room for bready/biscuit.

Fermentation

Clean, with room for fruity esters.

Hops that suit it

The traditional choice

What Piwo Grodziskie has classically been brewed with.

Also right on character

Varieties whose loudest notes all sit on this style’s hop wheel, best fit first. How much to use is the recipe’s question; these are the ones that taste right.

And 11 more hops whose character fits. These are the 24 that fit best.

Yeasts that suit it

Strains the lab made for beers like this one, whose fermentation character sits inside the style’s wheel. A strain sold by several labs is listed once; its page names the others.

Style numbers, names and vital statistics are from the BJCP 2021 Beer Style Guidelines, where you will find the official descriptions. The descriptions and flavor wheels here are Beerwright’s own. Beerwright is not affiliated with or endorsed by the BJCP.