American Ales: Wheat Wine
Notes: This style is brewed with at least 50% wheat malt.
- Color: Gold to black
- Clarity: Chill haze is acceptable at low temperatures
- Malt Profile: Bread, wheat, honey and/or caramel malt aromas and flavors are often present. High residual malt sweetness should be present.
- Hop Profile: Low to medium
- Bitterness: Medium to medium-high
- Fermentation: Fruity esters are often high and balanced by a complexity of alcohols and high alcohol content. Diacetyl is usually absent in these beers but may be present at very low levels. Phenolic yeast character, sulfur, and/or DMS should not be present. Oxidized, stale and aged attributes are not typical of this style.
- Body: Full
- ABV: 8.5%-12.2%
- ABW: 6.7%-9.6%
- IBU: 45-85
- Color (SRM): 5+
- Color (EBC): 10+
- Original Gravity: 1.088-1.120
- Original Gravity °P: 21.1-28
- Final Gravity: 1.024-1.032
- Final Gravity °P: 6.1-8
Style info provided entirely or in part by the Brewers Association 2021 beer style guidelines.
3 Wheat Wine Reviewed
| Beer | Brewery | Rate Avg. | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Easter Bunny VS Unicorn | Pipeworks Brewing Company | 6.30 |
|
Gamma Ray | Terrapin Brewing Company | 7.76 |
|
Wheat Wine | Smuttynose Brewing Company | 8.52 |
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