Specialty Type Beer

Specialty-Type Beer is a broad term used to refer to the styles described in the following categories:

AMERICAN WILD ALE
Brett Beer
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer
Wild Specialty Beer

FRUIT BEER
Fruit Beer
Fruit and Spice Beer
Specialty Fruit Beer

SPICED BEER
Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Autumn Seasonal Beer
Winter Seasonal Beer

ALTERNATIVE FERMENTABLES BEER
Alternative Grain Beer
Alternative Sugar Beer

SMOKED BEER
Classic Style Smoked Beer
Specialty Smoked Beer

WOOD BEER
Wood-Aged Beer
Specialty Wood-Aged Beer

SPECIALTY BEER
Clone Beer
Mixed-Style Beer
Experimental Beer

Specialty-Type Beers involve some form of transformation of either a Classic Style or another base beer, either though adding additional ingredients, or handling the beer differently using an alternative process. The Specialty-Type Beer style descriptions cannot completely describe a style on their own, as Classic Style write-ups do. Rather, the Specialty-Type Beer style descriptions discuss how the additional ingredient or process affects the base beer style.