Style: American IPA
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.93
Hops
10.4 g/L
Mash pH
5.57
Dry Hop
1.0 g/L
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.062
FG 1.014
IBU 58
ABV 6.4%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of American IPA recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.76 g/L
Flavour 1.13 g/L
Aroma 1.36 g/L
Whirlpool 1.5 g/L
Dry Hop 2.25 g/L
Common Hops
- 36% Citra
- 27% Cascade
- 23% Centennial
- 22% Simcoe
- 20% Mosaic
- 17% Amarillo
- 14% Columbus
- 14% Chinook
- 9% Magnum
- 8% Galaxy
% of American IPA recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2016 2.72 g/L
2017 2.11 g/L
2018 2.25 g/L
2019 2.14 g/L
2020 2.25 g/L
2021 2.2 g/L
2022 2.47 g/L
2023 2.25 g/L
2024 2.5 g/L
dated American IPA recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 18% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 10% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 8% American - Pale 2-Row
- 8% Flaked Oats
- 6% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 6% Oats, Flaked
- 6% American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)
- 5% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L
- 5% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
- 5% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 30% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 9% California Ale (WLP001) White Labs
- 5% American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs
- 5% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 3% London Ale III (1318) Wyeast Labs
- 2% US West Coast (M44) Mangrove Jack's
- 2% American Ale II (1272) Wyeast Labs
- 1% LalBrew Verdant IPA Lallemand
- 1% San Diego Super Yeast (WLP090) White Labs
- 1% Nottingham Lallemand
% of American IPA recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 81% Single Infusion
- 15% Step Mash
- 4% Decoction
% of American IPA recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 75 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 50 ppm Cl⁻
- 150 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 100 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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