Recipes by style

Eight classic beers, each worked out to sit inside its BJCP style ranges. Change the batch size on any page and the amounts scale.

• American Pale Ale
  Ale, BJCP 18BBright, hoppy and balanced. The easiest style to learn the whole process on.
  OG 1.052 · FG 1.012 · 5.2% · 37 IBU · 7 SRM
• American IPA
  Ale, BJCP 21AA strong, dry, citrus-and-pine beer. Hop-forward, with just enough malt behind it.
  OG 1.063 · FG 1.014 · 6.4% · 46 IBU · 8 SRM
• British Brown Ale
  Ale, BJCP 13BToasty, nutty and easy drinking, with a soft finish. Forgiving of beginner mistakes.
  OG 1.045 · FG 1.011 · 4.5% · 26 IBU · 16 SRM
• English Porter
  Ale, BJCP 13CDark, with chocolate and toast in the glass and a clean, moderate bitterness.
  OG 1.046 · FG 1.011 · 4.6% · 26 IBU · 24 SRM
• Irish Stout
  Ale, BJCP 15BBlack, dry and roasty, light in body and strength. A good keg beer.
  OG 1.038 · FG 1.008 · 3.9% · 41 IBU · 29 SRM
• German Weissbier
  Ale, BJCP 10AHazy wheat beer with banana and clove from the yeast. Almost no hop character.
  OG 1.050 · FG 1.012 · 5.0% · 12 IBU · 4 SRM
• German Pils
  Lager, BJCP 5DPale, crisp and firmly bitter. A lager, so it needs cold fermentation and patience.
  OG 1.047 · FG 1.011 · 4.7% · 27 IBU · 3 SRM
• Saison
  Ale, BJCP 25BDry, peppery and sparkling. Ferments warm, which makes it a good summer brew.
  OG 1.053 · FG 1.008 · 5.9% · 26 IBU · 5 SRM

Figures are calculated for a 20 litre batch at 72% brewhouse efficiency using the formulas on the recipe calculator page. Style ranges are from the BJCP 2021 Beer Style Guidelines. The recipes are starting points, so adjust to your own equipment.