Experimental beer

[5] The Oregon State Fair has a home brew competition that includes a category for specialty and experimental beers.

[11] The company's Triple Bock bottled under the Samuel Adams brand has been described as an experimental beer, which was only released in 1994, 1995, and 1997.

"[13] Founders Brewing Company, a craft brewery in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has brewed several experimental beers through the years under the name of Backstage Series beers, including Blushing Monk, an experimental Belgian-style raspberry ale, which the company re-released in December 2014.

[16] Matilda Bay Brewing Company in Dandenong South, Victoria, Australia has produced experimental beers.

[23] Wild IPA beer production may utilize brettanomyces yeast[24] during the primary or secondary fermentation process.

[23] The Shmaltz Brewing Company in the U.S. state of New York has produced several experimental craft lager beers.

"[25][26] They also referred to other items and people as "experimental", regarding things that the sailors considered as "...not to be quite in the common way of a man of war,"[25] or "out of the ordinary.