Style: Brown IPA
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.89
Hops
8.6 g/L
Mash pH
5.58
Dry Hop
0.5 g/L
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.063
FG 1.014
IBU 56
ABV 6.5%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Brown IPA recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.4 g/L
Flavour 0.79 g/L
Aroma 1.25 g/L
Whirlpool 1.36 g/L
Dry Hop 1.69 g/L
Common Hops
- 38% Cascade
- 25% Centennial
- 18% Chinook
- 15% Amarillo
- 14% Citra
- 10% Columbus
- 8% Mosaic
- 8% Northern Brewer
- 8% Simcoe
- 8% Warrior
% of Brown IPA recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2019 2.11 g/L
dated Brown IPA recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 14% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 13% Chocolate Malt
- 9% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 8% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
- 6% American - Caramel / Crystal 60L
- 6% American - Pale 2-Row
- 6% American - Pale Ale
- 6% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 6% Roasted Barley
- 5% Biscuit Malt
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 24% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 7% California Ale (WLP001) White Labs
- 7% American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs
- 6% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 5% Nottingham Lallemand
- 3% US West Coast (M44) Mangrove Jack's
% of Brown IPA recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 60% Single Infusion
- 33% Step Mash
- 7% Decoction
% of Brown IPA recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 80 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 64 ppm Cl⁻
- 150 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 190 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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