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Comparing Beer Styles: Original Gravity
If you’re brewing beer and you want to control what kind strength your brew is going to have, you need to understand original gravity, which is a measure of the amount of fermentable sugars available in the wort for the yeast to convert to alcohol. Original gravity is measured with a hydrometer. As a brewer, you can control original gravity and ultimately alcoholic strength by tinkering with the amount of malt you put into a batch as well as with the mashing and lautering process that you use.
Beer Style Family | Original Gravity (SG) | |
| Abbey Ale |   | 1.050 - 1.097 |
| Amber Lager | | 1.047 - 1.062 |
| American Ale | | 1.041 - 1.071 |
| Belgian and French Ale | | 1.041 - 1.097 |
| Bock | | 1.050 - 1.117 |
| Dark Lager | | 1.037 - 1.057 |
| English Ale | | 1.030 - 1.072 |
| German Ale | | 1.040 - 1.057 |
| Lambic | | 1.040 - 1.072 |
| Pale Lager | | 1.032 - 1.059 |
| Pilsener | | 1.040 - 1.063 |
| Porter | | 1.043 - 1.090 |
| Scottish and Irish Ale | | 1.030 - 1.081 |
| Specialty Beers | | 1.030 - 1.100 |
| Stout | | 1.036 - 1.093 |
| Strong Ale and Barleywine | | 1.057 - 1.120 |
| Wheat Beer | | 1.027 - 1.080 |
Click on a beer style family name to learn more.