New Zealand Pale Ale

New Zealand Pale Ale is an Special Ale beer style. Brewers Association category: New Zealand-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 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 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:

Medium-low to medium with a dry finish

Flavor Profiles

Malt Profile:

Very low to medium

Hop Profile:

Medium to medium- high, exhibiting attributes including any of tropical fruit, passionfruit, stone fruit, cut grass, or diesel

Fermentation Character:

Low to medium fruity esters are acceptable but not essential. Diacetyl is absent in these beers. 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.