Stout and porter

Foreign Extra Stout

BJCP 16D

The export stout: stronger and much more bitter than the tropical version, originally hopped hard to survive the voyage. Roast and hop bitterness reinforce each other.

Vital statistics

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

Original gravity

1.056 - 1.075

Final gravity

1.010 - 1.018

Bitterness

50 IBU - 70 IBU

Colour

30 SRM - 40 SRM

Alcohol

6.3% - 8%

Colour also 59-79 EBC

What goes wrong

Double-counting the bitterness. Roast contributes perceived bitterness that no IBU figure includes, and 60 IBU of hops plus heavy roast can land somewhere unpleasant.

Commercial examples

Coopers Best Extra StoutGuinness Foreign Extra StoutThe Kernel Export Stout London 1890Southwark Old 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