Wild Specialty Beer
An American Wild Ale with fruit, herbs, spices, or other specialty-type ingredients.
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Overall Impression: An American Wild Ale with fruit, herbs, spices, or other specialty-type ingredients.
Entry Instructions: Specify the specialty ingredients used and either describe the beer with fermentation details and base style, or provide ingredient and specification details.
Style Comparison: Resembles fruit, herb and spice beers but with sourness or funkiness. For fruited variations of 28A, 28B or 28D only – fruited Lambics belong in 23F.
Vital Statistics: OG, FG, IBUs, SRM and ABV are not defined independently for this category – they vary with the declared base style. BJCP 2021.
Source: BJCP 2021 Style Guidelines, bjcp.org, retrieved 2026-09-13. Vital statistics are as published; descriptive text is condensed from the published guideline.
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Resembles fruit, herb and spice beers but with sourness or funkiness. For fruited variations of 28A, 28B or 28D only – fruited Lambics belong in 23F.
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- BJCP Guidelines: 28C (Wild Specialty Beer)
- Beer Judge Certification Program: BJCP Official Guidelines