Stout and porter

Irish Extra Stout

BJCP 15C

The dry Irish stout scaled up: fuller body, more roast, more bitterness, and enough alcohol to make it a beer you sit with rather than drink four of.

Vital statistics

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

Original gravity

1.052 - 1.062

Final gravity

1.010 - 1.014

Bitterness

35 IBU - 50 IBU

Colour

25 SRM - 40 SRM

Alcohol

5.5% - 6.5%

Colour also 49-79 EBC

What goes wrong

Letting the extra malt make it sweet. It should be bigger than an Irish stout and just as dry.

Commercial examples

Guinness Extra StoutO'Hara's Leann FolláinPorterhouse XXXXSheaf 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

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

20B

American Stout

5-7% · 35-75 IBU

Plan a batch to these numbers.

Bitterness Colour Alcohol