Australian-Style Pale Ale

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Beer Style Description

This is the description of how the Australian-Style Pale Ale style of beer should taste, feel and look. However, there may be perfectly fine beers in this style that fall outside of these ranges and descriptions. This information is just to show the most commonly accepted ranges for the Australian-Style Pale Ale beer style.

Overall impression is a well-integrated easy drinking, refreshing pale ale style with distinctive fruity Australian hop aromas and flavours. Diacetyl is usually absent in these beers but may be present at very low levels. DMS should not be present.

  • Color: Straw to medium amber
  • Body: Low to medium-low with a dry finish
  • Malt Flavors & Aromas: Very low to medium
  • Hop Flavors & Aromas: Medium-low to medium-high, exhibiting attributes typical of modern Australian hop varieties such as tropical fruit, mango, passionfruit, and/or stone-fruit
  • IBUs/Bitterness: Low to medium-high
  • Fermentation Characteristics: Very low to low fruity esters are acceptable but not essential.

Brewing Properties of Australian-Style Pale Ale

These are the functional brewing properties of Australian-Style Pale Ale beers, as descided by the Brewers Association. These guidelines reflect, as accurately as possible, the historical significance, authenticity or a common profile in the current commercial beer market.

ABV
The alcohol by volume is shows the amount of alcohol this style of beer should have.
4.0 - 6.0%
Bitterness
The International Bittering Units (IBU) scale is used to approximately quantify the actual (not perceived) bitterness of beer.
15 - 40 IBUs
SRM
SRM is a scale for measuring the color intensity of a beer. Low SRM grains impart a pale straw color while higher values mean it will add a darker color to the wort. Learn more »
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3 - 9 SRM
(6 - 18 EBC)
Original Gravity
Original Gravity (OG) is a measure of the sugar content in the wort before alcoholic fermentation has started to produce the beer.
1.040 - 1.052
Final Gravity
The Final Gravity (FG) is how much sugar is left over in the beer when fermentation is complete.
1.006 - 1.010

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Based on Brewers Association 2020 Beer Style Guidelines with changes. Used with permission of Brewer's Association.