Style: Irish Stout
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.66
Hops
3.2 g/L
Mash pH
5.48
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.051
FG 1.012
IBU 32
ABV 5%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Irish Stout recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 1.14 g/L
Flavour 0.68 g/L
Aroma 0.72 g/L
Whirlpool 0.68 g/L
Common Hops
- 40% East Kent Goldings
- 16% Fuggle
- 7% Magnum
- 6% Willamette
- 5% Northern Brewer
- 5% Cascade
- 5% Challenger
- 4% Target
- 3% Nugget
- 3% Cluster
% of Irish Stout recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 0 g/L
2019 0.7 g/L
2020 1.5 g/L
2021 0.2 g/L
2022 0.44 g/L
2023 0.36 g/L
2024 0.66 g/L
dated Irish Stout recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 23% Flaked Barley
- 18% Barley, Flaked
- 16% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
- 13% Roasted Barley
- 13% American - Roasted Barley
- 12% Flaked Oats
- 12% United Kingdom - Roasted Barley
- 9% American - Chocolate
- 8% Chocolate Malt
- 8% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 17% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 10% Irish Ale (1084) Wyeast Labs
- 10% British Ale (WLP005) White Labs
- 8% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 5% Nottingham Lallemand
- 2% Dry English Ale (WLP007) White Labs
- 1% Irish Ale (OYL-005) Omega
- 1% Darkness (A10) Imperial Yeast
- 1% American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs
- 1% London Ale Yeast (1028) Wyeast Labs
% of Irish Stout recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 78% Single Infusion
- 18% Step Mash
- 4% Decoction
% of Irish Stout recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 110 ppm Ca²⁺
- 4 ppm Mg²⁺
- 12 ppm Na⁺
- 19 ppm Cl⁻
- 53 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 280 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
Similar Styles
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