31.A - Alternative Grain Beer (BJCP 2021)

Description

A base beer enhanced by or featuring the character of additional grains. The specific character depends greatly on the added grains.

Profile

Same as base beer style. The added grain will lend a particular character, although with some grains the beer will simply seem a bit more grainy or nutty, and some may have a relatively neutral character.

Same as base beer style, although some additional haze may be noticeable.

Same as base beer style. The additional grain should be noticeable in flavor, although it may not be necessarily identifiable. Some grains add an additional grainy, bready, or nutty flavor, while others simply enhance the flavor of the base beer. Some grains add a dryness to the finish.

Same as the base beer, although many additional grains (e.g., oats, rye) increase body and viscosity, while some (e.g., GF grains) create a thinner beer.

Ingredients

Examples

Blue/Point Rastafarye Ale, Green’s India Pale Ale, Lakefront New Grist, New Planet Pale Ale, Rogue Morimoto Soba Ale, Voodoo Swimming Jeans