Stout and porter

American Stout

BJCP 20B

Strong, roasty and unapologetically hoppy: coffee and dark chocolate meeting citrus and pine, with a bitterness that comes from both hops and roast.

Vital statistics

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

Original gravity

1.050 - 1.075

Final gravity

1.010 - 1.022

Bitterness

35 IBU - 75 IBU

Colour

30 SRM - 40 SRM

Alcohol

5% - 7%

Colour also 59-79 EBC

What goes wrong

Double-counting bitterness. Roasted malt contributes perceived bitterness that no IBU calculation captures.

Commercial examples

Avery Out of Bounds StoutDeschutes Obsidian StoutSierra Nevada StoutBell's Kalamazoo Stout

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

20A

American Porter

4.8-6.5% · 25-50 IBU

Plan a batch to these numbers.

Bitterness Colour Alcohol