IPA
Red IPA
An IPA with caramel and light roast malt behind it, where the malt sweetness meets citrus hops and produces something closer to marmalade than to either.
Vital statistics
Each bar is drawn against the full range of all 98 styles
Original gravity
1.056 - 1.070
1.056 - 1.070
Final gravity
1.008 - 1.016
1.008 - 1.016
Bitterness
40 IBU - 70 IBU
40 IBU - 70 IBU
Colour
11 SRM - 19 SRM
11 SRM - 19 SRM
Alcohol
5.5% - 7.5%
5.5% - 7.5%
Colour also 22-37 EBC
What goes wrong
Too much crystal. It has to finish dry to still be an IPA, and crystal malt above about 8% of the grist stops it doing that.
Commercial examples
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 ipa family
Plan a batch to these numbers.