Style: Brown IPA
All StylesStyle Profile based on 49 recipes
BU:GU
0.89
Hops
8.3 g/L
Description
A substyle of Specialty IPA (21B). Hoppy, bitter, and moderately strong like an American IPA, but with some caramel, chocolate, toffee, and/or dark fruit malt character as in an American Brown Ale. Retaining the dryish finish and lean body that makes IPAs so drinkable, a Brown IPA is a little more flavorful and malty than an American IPA without being sweet or heavy. History: A more modern craft beer name for a style that has long been popular with US homebrewers, when it was known as a hoppier American Brown Ale or sometimes Texas Brown Ale (despite origins in California). Style Comparison: A stronger and more bitter version of an American Brown Ale, with the balance of an American IPA.
Examples: Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale, Grand Teton Bitch Creek, Harpoon Brown IPA, Russian River Janet’s Brown Ale
- 88% Crystal (9%)
- 84% Pale (83%)
- 55% Roast (3%)
- 49% Toast (12%)
- 22% Wheat (9%)
% of Brown IPA recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
- 39% Cascade
- 31% Centennial
- 20% Chinook
- 20% Citra
- 18% Amarillo
- 12% Warrior
- 10% Southern Brewer
- 10% Amarillo Gold
- 10% Columbus
- 8% Magnum (GR)
% of Brown IPA recipes using each hop
- 31% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 29% Chocolate Malt
- 20% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 16% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
- 12% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 12% Roasted Barley
- 10% Brown Malt
- 10% Munich Malt
- 10% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L
- 10% Biscuit Malt
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
- 24% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 6% California Ale Yeast (WLP001) White Labs
- 6% LalBrew Nottingham Lallemand
- 6% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 6% American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs
% of Brown IPA recipes using each strain
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