Stout and porter

American Porter

BJCP 20A

Bigger, more bitter and more roast-forward than its English ancestor, and usually hopped with American varieties.

Vital statistics

Each bar is drawn against the full range of all 98 styles

Original gravity

1.050 - 1.070

Final gravity

1.012 - 1.018

Bitterness

25 IBU - 50 IBU

Colour

22 SRM - 40 SRM

Alcohol

4.8% - 6.5%

Colour also 43-79 EBC

What goes wrong

Acrid roast from dark malts mashed too hot or in too high a proportion.

Commercial examples

Anchor PorterBell's PorterDeschutes Black Butte PorterGreat Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald PorterSierra Nevada Porter

Reference examples of the style, as listed in the BJCP 2021 Style Guidelines. Availability varies by market and year.

Vital statistics as published in the BJCP 2021 Style Guidelines. Not yet checked against the published guidelines: treat these ranges as a planning aid and read the source at bjcp.org before entering a competition.

The rest of the stout and porter family

13C

English Porter

4-5.4% · 18-35 IBU

15B

Irish Stout

3.8-5% · 25-45 IBU

15C

Irish Extra Stout

5.5-6.5% · 35-50 IBU

16A

Sweet Stout

4-6% · 20-40 IBU

16B

Oatmeal Stout

4.2-5.9% · 25-40 IBU

16C

Tropical Stout

5.5-8% · 30-50 IBU

16D

Foreign Extra Stout

6.3-8% · 50-70 IBU

Baltic Porter

6.5-9.5% · 20-40 IBU

20B

American Stout

5-7% · 35-75 IBU

Plan a batch to these numbers.

Bitterness Colour Alcohol