Style: Belgian IPA
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.92
Hops
9.0 g/L
Mash pH
5.57
Dry Hop
0.8 g/L
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.065
FG 1.013
IBU 59
ABV 6.9%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Belgian IPA recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.75 g/L
Flavour 0.79 g/L
Aroma 1.31 g/L
Whirlpool 1.36 g/L
Dry Hop 1.36 g/L
Common Hops
- 29% Citra
- 25% Cascade
- 21% Amarillo
- 18% Simcoe
- 17% Centennial
- 14% Mosaic
- 13% Chinook
- 10% Columbus
- 9% Saaz
- 6% Magnum
% of Belgian IPA recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2019 2.14 g/L
2020 1.15 g/L
2023 1.83 g/L
2024 1.26 g/L
dated Belgian IPA recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 7% Pilsner (2 Row) Bel
- 6% Flaked Oats
- 6% Belgian - Pilsner
- 5% Cane Sugar
- 5% Vienna Malt
- 5% American - Pilsner
- 5% Biscuit Malt
- 5% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 5% Pale Malt (2 Row) Bel
- 5% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 9% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 6% Belgian Ale (WLP550) White Labs
- 5% SafBrew Specialty Ale (T-58) Fermentis
- 5% Belgian Ardennes (3522) Wyeast Labs
- 4% Safebrew Abbey Ale (BE-256) Fermentis
- 4% Belgian Ale (M41) Mangrove Jack's
- 3% Trappist Ale (WLP500) White Labs
- 3% SafAle Saison (BE-134) Fermentis
- 3% Belgian Tripel (M31) Mangrove Jack's
- 3% Belgian Saison I Ale (WLP565) White Labs
% of Belgian IPA recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 60% Single Infusion
- 38% Step Mash
- 2% Decoction
% of Belgian 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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