American Wild Ale
American Wild Ale is an American Ale beer style. Brewers Association category: Wild Beer. It typically presents as any color is acceptable. Versions made with fruits or other flavorings may take on corresponding hues..
Notes: Spontaneously fermented beers with fruit, spice or other ingredients should be categorized as Wild Beers. Within the framework of these guidelines, beers which hew to classic or traditional categories such as Belgian-Style Lambic, Gueuze, Fruit Lambic, etc. should be categorized as such, rather than as Wild Beers.
- ABV
- Varies with style
- IBU
- Varies with style
- COLOR / SRM SCALE
- Varies with style
- OG
- Varies with style
- FG
- Varies with style
Alcohol & Bitterness
ABV:Varies with style
ABW:Varies with style
IBU:Varies with style
Perceived Bitterness:
Very low to low
Color & Appearance
SRM:Varies with style
EBC:Varies with style
Clarity:
Clear or hazy due to yeast, chill haze or hop haze.
Gravity & Body
Original Gravity:Varies with style
Original Gravity °P:Varies with style
Final Gravity:Varies with style
Final Gravity °P:Varies with style
Body:
Very low to medium
Flavor Profiles
Malt Profile:
Generally, these beers are highly attenuated resulting in very low to low malt character. Maltier versions should display good overall balance with other flavor components.
Hop Profile:
Very low to high
Fermentation Character:
Aromas may vary significantly due to fermentation attributes contributed by various known and unknown microorganisms. The overall balance should be complex and balanced. Wild beers are spontaneously fermented with microorganisms that the brewer has introduced from the ambient air/environment near the brewery in which the beer is brewed. Wild Beers may not be fermented with any cultured strains of yeast or bacteria. Wild Beers may or may not be perceived as acidic. They may include a highlyvariable spectrum of flavors and aromas derived from the wild microorganisms with which they are fermented. The overall balance of flavors, aromas, appearance and body are important factors in assessing these beers.
2026 Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines used with permission of Brewers Association .
No beers have been reviewed in this style.