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Wild yeast brewing ingredient

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Wild yeast

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Used by 11 listed beers

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Made with Wild yeast

Beers in the guide.

Ingredient selections are supplied by brewers and maintained as controlled catalogue facts.

Wild Ale / Gueuze

Ale of Origin

Soul Barrel

  • Sour

A spontaneously influenced, blended wild beer from Soul Barrel’s cellar programme.

ABV 8.5% IBU 13

Brett IPA

East India Pale

Soul Barrel

  • IPA

An Imperial IPA aged for three years in French oak with secondary Brettanomyces fermentation.

ABV Not published IBU Not published

American Wild Ale

Funky Monk's

Woodstock Brewery

  • Sour

The Woodstock Brewery American Wild Ale named Best Beer in Africa at the 2026 African Beer Cup. The brewery has not yet published technical or packaging details for this release.

ABV Not published IBU Not published

Lambic-style Cherry Beer

Kriek

Hazeldean Brewing

  • Sour

A lambic-style cherry beer in Hazeldean’s current barrel-aged range.

ABV 5.0% IBU Not published

African Speciality Wild Ale

Live Culture

Soul Barrel

  • Sour

A native-yeast beer made with grain grown on site and recognised with the 2026 African Celebration Award.

ABV Not published IBU Not published

Wild Pinotage Beer-Wine Hybrid

Pucker Pufferfish

Triggerfish

  • Sour

A spontaneously fermented blend of Roman Red wort and Pinotage must aged in red-wine oak.

ABV Not published IBU Not published

India Pale Ale

St Francis Wild Side IPA

St Francis Brewing

  • IPA

An IPA in the current St Francis range.

ABV 5.0% IBU Not published

Ancient-grain Farmhouse Ale

Wild African Soul

Soul Barrel

  • Sour

A Tolokazi collaboration blending spontaneously fermented Umqombothi with a European farmhouse ale before three years in oak.

ABV Not published IBU Not published

Fruit Ale

Wild Berry Ale

Agar's

  • Pale Ale

A wild-berry ale in Agar’s current brewery shop range.

ABV Not published IBU Not published

Crystal Weiss

Wild Honey Blonde Crystal Weiss

Boston Breweries

  • Wheat Beer

A crisp, malt-forward crystal weiss with a dry finish and delayed hint of sweetness.

ABV 5.0% IBU Not published

Sour Barrel-aged Barleywine

Wild Stonefish

Triggerfish

  • Sour

A 2012 barleywine soured and dried by wild cultures over three years in oak.

ABV 10.6% IBU 70