Style: Specialty IPA: Black IPA

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Style Profile based on 582 recipes

BU:GU

0.95

Hops

12.5 g/L

Mash pH

5.48

Dry Hop

1.9 g/L

Typical Grain Bill

69% Pale
10% Pilsner
9% Crystal
5% Toast

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

Common Additions

% of Specialty IPA: Black IPA recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering

0.52 g/L 1.5 g/L

1.25 g/L

Flavour

0.69 g/L 2.22 g/L

1.37 g/L

Aroma

0.77 g/L 3.32 g/L

1.62 g/L

Whirlpool

0.75 g/L 3 g/L

1.58 g/L

Dry Hop

1.36 g/L 4.09 g/L

2.64 g/L

Common Hops

% of Specialty IPA: Black IPA recipes using each hop

Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2018

1.15 g/L 3.75 g/L

2.14 g/L

2019

1.45 g/L 4.22 g/L

2.84 g/L

2020

1.45 g/L 4.09 g/L

2.73 g/L

2021

1.39 g/L 3.75 g/L

2.64 g/L

2022

1.27 g/L 6.13 g/L

2.14 g/L

2023

1.15 g/L 3.75 g/L

2.05 g/L

2024

0.89 g/L 4.1 g/L

2.27 g/L

dated Specialty IPA: Black IPA recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

Common Fermentables

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

% of Specialty IPA: Black IPA recipes using each strain

Mash Profile

79% Single Infusion
16% Step Mash
5% Decoction

152 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

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