Style: English IPA

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Style Profile

BU:GU

0.83

Hops

7.4 g/L

Mash pH

5.56

Dry Hop

0.7 g/L

Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer

1.05 1.07

1.059

1.01 1.015

1.014

IBU

40 60

ABV

5% 7.5%

SRM

6 14

Typical Grain Bill

% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%

Common Additions

% of English IPA recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering

0.32 g/L 1.36 g/L

0.52 g/L

Flavour

0.3 g/L 1.36 g/L

0.58 g/L

Aroma

0.42 g/L 1.5 g/L

0.81 g/L

Whirlpool

0.55 g/L 2.57 g/L

1.04 g/L

Dry Hop

0.69 g/L 2.72 g/L

1.36 g/L

Common Hops

% of English IPA recipes using each hop

Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2018

0.91 g/L 2.91 g/L

1.46 g/L

2019

0.56 g/L 2.14 g/L

1.15 g/L

2020

0.66 g/L 2.72 g/L

1.36 g/L

2021

0.79 g/L 2.82 g/L

1.5 g/L

2022

0.73 g/L 1.26 g/L

0.92 g/L

2023

0.75 g/L 3 g/L

1.71 g/L

2024

1 g/L 2.72 g/L

1.36 g/L

dated English IPA recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

Common Fermentables

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

% of English IPA recipes using each strain

Mash Profile

79% Single Infusion
18% Step Mash
4% Decoction

% of English IPA recipes with mash data

Typical Water Profile

75 ppm Ca²⁺
5 ppm Mg²⁺
11 ppm Na⁺
50 ppm Cl⁻
150 ppm SO₄²⁻
100 ppm HCO₃⁻

median across recipes with a declared water profile

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