Style: Wild Specialty Beer

All Styles

Style Profile based on 34 recipes

BU:GU

0.28

Hops

3.3 g/L

Mash pH

5.66

Style Guidelines BJCP 2015 Beer
OG
1.02 1.09
1.058
FG
1 1.016
1.013
IBU
5 50
18
ABV
2% 10%
6%
SRM
2 50
Description

Entry Instructions: Entrant must specify the type of fruit, spice, herb, or wood used. Entrant must specify a description of the beer, identifying the yeast/bacteria used and either a base style or the ingredients/specs/target character of the beer. A general description of the special nature of the beer can cover all the required items. A sour and/or funky version of a fruit, herb, or spice beer, or a wild beer aged in wood. If wood-aged, the wood should not be the primary or dominant character. History: Modern American craft beer interpretations of Belgian wild ales, or experimentations inspired by Belgian wild ales.

Examples: Cascade Bourbonic Plague, Jester King Atrial Rubicite, New Belgium Eric’s Ale, New Glarus Belgian Red, Russian River Supplication, The Lost Abbey Cuvee de Tomme

Typical Grain Bill

% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%

Common Additions

% of Wild Specialty Beer recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering
0.52 g/L 1.13 g/L
0.69 g/L
Aroma
0.75 g/L 1.37 g/L
1 g/L

Common Hops

% of Wild Specialty Beer recipes using each hop

Common Fermentables

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

% of Wild Specialty Beer recipes using each strain

Similar Styles

Ranked by similarity across OG, IBU, ABV, hop rate, and grist composition.