West Coast Pilsener

West Coast Pilsener is an American Lager beer style. Brewers Association category: West Coast-Style Pilsener. It typically presents as straw to Gold 4.

Notes: This style of beer should balance the fresh, assertive expression of Pacific Northwest or Southern Hemisphere hops with the drinkability found in a pilsener. Kettle hops can be either noble European/noble-type hops or modern IPA hops, though the pronounced hop expression showcases modern IPA hops. Crispness and drinkability are at the forefront of the style, but body and structure are needed to balance a significant dry hop load. Beers dry hopped with European/noble hops should be classified as Italian-Style Pilsener. Original Gravity (°Plato) 1.050-1.057 (12.5-14 °Plato) • Apparent Extract/Final Gravity (°Plato) 1.005- 1.012 (1.5-3 °Plato) • Alcohol by Weight (Volume) 3.9%-4.7% (5.0%-6.0%) • Hop Bitterness (IBU) 30-50 • Color SRM (EBC) 2.5-6.5 (4-13 EBC) OTHER ORIGIN LAGER STYLES

ABV: 5.0%-6.0%
IBU: 30-50
OG: 1.050-1.057
FG: 1.005-1.012

Alcohol & Bitterness

ABV:5.0%-6.0%

ABW:3.9%-4.7%

IBU:30-50

Perceived Bitterness:

Medium to high

Color & Appearance

Color:

Straw to Gold 4

Clarity:

Hop haze or chill haze is allowable at low levels

Gravity & Body

Original Gravity:1.050-1.057

Original Gravity °P:12.5-14

Final Gravity:1.005-1.012

Final Gravity °P:1.5-3

Body:

Low to medium. In balance to support high dry hop rates.

Flavor Profiles

Malt Profile:

Low to medium. May include pilsener malt attributes such as bready, toasty, or cracker-like.

Hop Profile:

Medium-high to very high, exhibiting a wide range of attributes including floral, piney, citrus, fruity (berry, tropical, stone fruit, and other), sulfur, dank, diesel-like, catty, resinous, and many others.

Fermentation Character:

Fruity esters range from absent to medium-low; DMS, acetaldehyde, and diacetyl should not be present. Light sulfur character that enhances hop expression is allowable.

2026 Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines used with permission of Brewers Association .

No beers have been reviewed in this style.