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BJCP 2015 Guideline

Standard American Beer American Wheat Beer

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BJCP 1D

BJCP 2015 1D American Wheat Beer example
1D - American Wheat Beer

 

Overall Impression

Refreshing wheat beers that can display more hop character and less yeast character than their German cousins. A clean fermentation character allows bready, doughy, or grainy wheat flavors to be complemented by hop flavor and bitterness rather than yeast qualities.

Comments

Different variations exist, from an easy-drinking fairly sweet beer to a dry, aggressively-hopped beer with a strong wheat flavor. American rye beers should be entered in the Alternative Fermentables specialty category.

Commercial Examples

Bell's Oberon, Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat Beer, Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat Ale, Widmer Hefeweizen

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VITAL

  • OG:  1040 - 1055
  • FG:  1008 - 1013
  • ABV: 4 - 5.5
  • IBU: 15 - 30
  • SRM: 3 - 6
BJCP 2015 1D - American Wheat Beer Commercial Example
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