Australian Pale Ale

Australian Pale Ale is an Special Ale beer style. Brewers Association category: Australian-Style Pale Ale. It typically presents as straw to medium amber.

Notes: Overall impression is a well- integrated easy drinking, refreshing pale ale style with distinctive fruity, tropical, herbal and many other hop aromas and flavors. Original Gravity (°Plato) 1.040-1.052 (10-13 °Plato) • Apparent Extract/Final Gravity (°Plato) 1.006-1.010 (1.5-2.5 °Plato) • Alcohol by Weight (Volume) 3.2%- 4.7% (4.0%-6.0%) • Hop Bitterness (IBU) 15-40 • Color SRM (EBC) 3-9 (6-18 EBC)

ABV: 3.2%-
IBU: 15-40
OG: 1.040-1.052
FG: 1.006-1.010

Alcohol & Bitterness

ABV:3.2%-

ABW:3.2%-

IBU:15-40

Perceived Bitterness:

Low to medium-high

Color & Appearance

Color:

Straw to medium amber

Clarity:

Any of yeast, chill, or hop haze may be present in this style at low levels but are not essential

Gravity & Body

Original Gravity:1.040-1.052

Original Gravity °P:10-13

Final Gravity:1.006-1.010

Final Gravity °P:1.5-2.5

Body:

Low to medium-low with a dry finish

Flavor Profiles

Malt Profile:

Very low to medium

Hop Profile:

Medium-low to medium-high, exhibiting attributes typical of modern hop varieties including any of tropical fruit, mango, passionfruit, or stone fruit

Fermentation Character:

Very low to low fruity esters are acceptable but not essential. Diacetyl is usually absent in these beers but may be present at very low levels. DMS should not be present.

2026 Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines used with permission of Brewers Association .

No beers have been reviewed in this style.