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Styles · Double IPA

Beer style · BJCP 2021 22A

Double IPA

Strong American Ale

Published ranges These are the ranges the BJCP 2021 guidelines publish for this style.

Original gravity
1.065–1.085
Final gravity
1.008–1.018
Bitterness
60–120 IBU
Color
6–14 SRM (12–28 EBC)
Alcohol
7.5–10.0 % ABV

What it is

An American IPA scaled up in gravity and hop load without losing its edge: bitterness is high, hop flavor and aroma are enormous, and the malt is kept simple so it never gets in the way. Alcohol should be felt as warmth, not tasted as heat.

Flavor

What a Double IPA should taste like, on the three wheels the studio scores every recipe against. The shaded ring is the style’s range on each axis, from 0 at the center to 5 at the edge.

Hops

Citrus and resin/pine, with room for tropical, stone fruit, berry, floral, herbal, earthy/woody or spice.

Malt

Grainy, with room for bready/biscuit, sweet/honey, toasty or caramel.

Fermentation

Clean, with room for fruity esters.

Hops that suit it

The traditional choice

What Double IPA has classically been brewed with.

Also right on character

Varieties whose loudest notes all sit on this style’s hop wheel, best fit first. How much to use is the recipe’s question; these are the ones that taste right.

And 179 more hops whose character fits. These are the 24 that fit best.

Yeasts that suit it

Strains the lab made for beers like this one, whose fermentation character sits inside the style’s wheel. A strain sold by several labs is listed once; its page names the others.

And 103 more yeasts whose character fits. These are the 24 that fit best.

Style numbers, names and vital statistics are from the BJCP 2021 Beer Style Guidelines, where you will find the official descriptions. The descriptions and flavor wheels here are Beerwright’s own. Beerwright is not affiliated with or endorsed by the BJCP.