Style: Tropical Stout
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.59
Hops
3.9 g/L
Mash pH
5.46
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.069
FG 1.017
IBU 40
ABV 6.9%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Tropical Stout recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.94 g/L
Flavour 0.65 g/L
Aroma 1.34 g/L
Common Hops
- 19% East Kent Goldings
- 19% Magnum
- 17% Citra
- 8% Cascade
- 7% Motueka
- 6% Galaxy
- 6% Target
- 6% Willamette
- 4% Amarillo
- 4% Chinook
% of Tropical Stout recipes using each hop
Common Fermentables
- 21% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 18% Chocolate Malt
- 15% American - Caramel / Crystal 120L
- 13% Roasted Barley
- 11% Oats, Flaked
- 10% Belgian - Special B
- 10% Flaked Oats
- 10% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
- 8% American - Roasted Barley
- 8% Barley, Flaked
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 13% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 8% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 7% Bohemian Lager (2124) Wyeast Labs
- 4% London Ale (WLP013) White Labs
- 4% Irish Ale (1084) Wyeast Labs
% of Tropical Stout recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 70% Single Infusion
- 20% Step Mash
- 10% Decoction
% of Tropical Stout recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 100 ppm Ca²⁺
- 10 ppm Mg²⁺
- 35 ppm Na⁺
- 60 ppm Cl⁻
- 70 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 253 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
Similar Styles
Most alike in strength, bitterness, colour, grist, hops and yeast.