Style: Black IPA
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
1.01
Hops
11.1 g/L
Mash pH
5.48
Dry Hop
1.0 g/L
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.066
FG 1.014
IBU 67
ABV 6.9%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Black IPA recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 1.25 g/L
Flavour 1.36 g/L
Aroma 1.62 g/L
Whirlpool 1.58 g/L
Dry Hop 2.63 g/L
Common Hops
- 33% Cascade
- 32% Citra
- 27% Centennial
- 27% Simcoe
- 25% Chinook
- 24% Amarillo
- 20% Columbus
- 13% Magnum
- 11% Mosaic
- 5% Amarillo Gold
% of Black IPA recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 2.14 g/L
2019 2.84 g/L
2020 2.72 g/L
2021 2.63 g/L
2022 2.14 g/L
2023 2.04 g/L
2024 2.26 g/L
dated Black IPA recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 16% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 12% Carafa III
- 11% German - Carafa III
- 9% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
- 8% Chocolate Malt
- 7% American - Midnight Wheat Malt
- 6% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 6% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
- 6% US - Pale 2-Row
- 6% American - Caramel / Crystal 60L
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 34% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 9% California Ale (WLP001) White Labs
- 4% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 4% American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs
- 2% LalBrew Verdant IPA Lallemand
- 2% American Ale II (1272) Wyeast Labs
- 2% US West Coast (M44) Mangrove Jack's
- 1% Dry English Ale (WLP007) White Labs
- 1% American West Coast Ale (BRY-97) Lallemand
- 1% San Diego Super Yeast (WLP090) White Labs
% of Black IPA recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 79% Single Infusion
- 16% Step Mash
- 5% Decoction
% of Black IPA recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 80 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 25 ppm Na⁺
- 75 ppm Cl⁻
- 80 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 100 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
Similar Styles
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