Gold in American Wheat Beer
Summer Ale
Wormtown Brewery, Worcester, MA
- Category
- American Wheat Beer
- Entries
- 35
- ABV
- 4.8%
- IBU
- Not Found
- Style
- American Wheat Beer
- Malts
- Not Found
- Yeast
- Not Found
- Adjuncts
- Not Found
Hops
Not Found
Hop Profile
| Form | Use | Farm or Lot | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azacca | Azacca | Not Found | Not Found | Not Found | untappd.com |
| BRU-1 | BRU-1 | Not Found | Not Found | Not Found | untappd.com |
Hop Profile Cards
Azacca
- Origin Country
- United States
- Alpha Acid
- 14 to 16%
- Oils
- 1.6 to 2.5 mL per 100 g
- US Acreage
- 367 acres in 2024, 1 states
- Medal Beers in 2026
- 1
- Breeder
- Association for the Development of Hop Agronomy (ADHA), Yakima Valley
Aroma
Ripe mango, papaya, pineapple, Valencia orange, grapefruit, pine resin, fresh grass
Grown by
Not Found
BRU-1
- Origin Country
- United States
- Alpha Acid
- 13 to 15%
- Oils
- 1.5 to 2 mL per 100 g
- US Acreage
- Not Found
- Medal Beers in 2026
- 1
- Breeder
- Brulotte Farms (Toppenish, Washington)
Aroma
Pineapple, Pear, Apple, Fresh Cut Grass
Grown by
Not Found
Research Notes
Summer Ale is a beer from Wormtown Brewery of Worcester, Massachusetts. The brewery's current website does not carry a page for it.
Award
| Category | Medal | Entries | Brewery | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, American Wheat Beer | Gold (1st place) | 35 | Wormtown Brewery | Worcester, MA |
Specs
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Style | American Wheat Beer (category name; no brewery label found) | Not Found |
| ABV | 4.8% | Untappd (hand-read citation): Wormtown Summer |
| IBU | Not Found | Not Found |
| Hops | Azacca, BRU-1 | Untappd (hand-read citation): Wormtown Summer |
| Malts and grains | Not Found | Not Found |
| Yeast | Not Found | Not Found |
| Adjuncts, fruit, spices | Not Found | Not Found |
| Other | Not Found | Not Found |
Brewery Description
No brewery description of Summer Ale was found on the current Wormtown site.
Tasting Notes
Not Found
Ingredients
The newly verified hop varieties appear in the specs table; no malt or yeast varieties were found.
Hop Profile
| Hop as Published | Variety | Form | Use | Lot or Farm | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azacca | Azacca | Not Found | Not Found | Not Found | untappd.com |
| BRU-1 | BRU-1 | Not Found | Not Found | Not Found | untappd.com |
Brewing Details
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Color (SRM) | Not Found | Not Found |
| Original gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Final gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Water | Not Found | Not Found |
| Process | Not Found | Not Found |
Style Context
As category context only, the Brewers Association guideline for American-Style Wheat Beer calls for low to medium-low pale malt character in paler versions, low to medium bitterness, 10 to 35 IBU and 3.5 to 5.6 percent ABV. The published strength falls within that category range.
Awards History
| Year | Competition | Category | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Great American Beer Festival | American Wheat Beer | Gold |
Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.
Brewery Context
Wormtown Brewery is in Worcester, MA. Brewery type in Open Brewery DB: Microbrewery.
Links checked 2026-10-14: Website, Instagram, Untappd.
Related
- Brewery: Wormtown Brewery
- Hop varieties: Azacca, BRU-1
Links
- Untappd (hand-read citation): Wormtown Summer
- Wormtown Brewery
- Wormtown Brewery: beer list
- Wormtown Brewery: Shrewsbury St. Wheat
- Brewers Association: beer style guidelines
Gaps
- Not Found: Description, Tasting notes, Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hop form, Hop use, Hop lot or farm, Malts and grains, Yeast, Adjuncts, Water, Process. Checked untappd.com, wormtownbrewery.com, wormtownbrewery.com, wormtownbrewery.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, web search 2026-10-14: Wormtown Summer Ale with Azacca and BRU-1 (homebrew recipes only), wormtownbrewery.com, wormtownbrewery.com, wormtownbrewery.com, wormtownbrewery.com, wormtownbrewery.com, wormtownbrewery.com, brewersfriend.com.
- Not Found: IBU. Checked untappd.com, wormtownbrewery.com, wormtownbrewery.com, wormtownbrewery.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, web search 2026-10-14: Wormtown Summer Ale with Azacca and BRU-1 (homebrew recipes only), wormtownbrewery.com, wormtownbrewery.com, wormtownbrewery.com, wormtownbrewery.com, wormtownbrewery.com, wormtownbrewery.com, brewersfriend.com, Catalog.beer search by beer and brewery name.
Research Notes
- The full Wormtown beer list was read in two passes and does not list Summer Ale; guessed paths such as /beers/summer-ale/ return 404.
- A search index still shows an older page at wormtownbrewery.com/summer-ale with malt and ABV details, but that URL now returns 404, so nothing from it is recorded here.
- The Jack's Abby Wormtown Toast menu returned 403; Untappd and BeerAdvocate searches did not surface the beer.
- Shrewsbury St. Wheat (5.0 percent, American Wheat Ale) is the brewery's listed wheat beer; nothing links it to Summer Ale, so it is not treated as the same beer.
- No GABF 2026 announcement from Wormtown was found.
- Researched 2026-10-13.
- Second pass 2026-10-13: web searches for the beer on Untappd and for a Wormtown GABF 2026 announcement returned only other breweries' summer ales and older Wormtown medal news (2014 U.S. Open); nothing more was found.
- Field pass 2026-10-13: Untappd names Wormtown and calls its Summer listing Summer Ale in the description, publishing 4.8% ABV and BRU-1 and Azacca hops. It labels the beer a golden ale; the category remains the official wheat category. IBU is N/A; no additional brewery beer page was found.
- Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: a web search for the beer with its hops found only homebrew recipes; the brewery beer list still has no Summer Ale page, so description, tasting notes and brewing details stay unpublished.
- Brewery site scrape 2026-10-14: found nothing new; 7 pages tried (robots.txt obeyed, one request every few seconds per host).
- Second deep dive pass 2026-10-14 (web searches (brewery news, press, taproom listings)): found nothing new; 2 pages tried. Nothing new for any empty field. Searches found no Wormtown Summer Ale page, no 2026 GABF announcement, and only homebrew recipes and a 2018 trade listing (Cascade, Amarillo, Mosaic) for an older Summer Ale, which is a different release and was not recorded.