Wheat Wine
Wheat Wine is an American Ale beer style. Brewers Association category: American-Style Wheat Wine Ale. It typically presents as gold to black.
Notes: This style is brewed with at least 50% wheat malt.
- ABV
- 8.5%-12.2%
- IBU
- 45-
- OG
- 1.088-1.120
- FG
- 1.024-1.032
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Alcohol & Bitterness
ABV:8.5%-12.2%
ABW:6.7%-9.6%
IBU:45-
Perceived Bitterness:
Medium to medium-high
Color & Appearance
Color:
Gold to blackClarity:
Chill haze is acceptable at low temperatures
Gravity & Body
Original Gravity:1.088-1.120
Original Gravity °P:21.1-28
Final Gravity:1.024-1.032
Final Gravity °P:6.1-8
Body:
Full
Flavor Profiles
Malt Profile:
Any of bready, wheat, honey or caramel malt aroma and flavor attributes are often present. High residual malt sweetness should be present.
Hop Profile:
Low to medium
Fermentation Character:
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 DMS should not be present. Oxidized, stale, and aged attributes are not typical of this style.
2026 Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines used with permission of Brewers Association .
No beers have been reviewed in this style.