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Beer Style Guidelines
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. LIGHT LAGER
- 2. PILSNER
- 3. EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER
- 4. DARK LAGER
- 5. BOCK
- 6. LIGHT HYBRID BEER
- 7. AMBER HYBRID BEER
- 8. ENGLISH PALE ALE
- 9. SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE
- 10. AMERICAN ALE
- 11. ENGLISH BROWN ALE
- 12. PORTER
- 13. STOUT
- 14. INDIA PALE ALE (IPA)
- 15. GERMAN WHEAT AND RYE BEER
- 16. BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE
- 17. SOUR ALE
- 18. BELGIAN STRONG ALE
- 19. STRONG ALE
- 20. FRUIT BEER
- 21. SPICE / HERB / VEGETABLE BEER
- 22. SMOKE-FLAVORED AND WOOD-AGED BEER
- 23. SPECIALTY BEER
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Mead Style Guidelines
- INTRODUCTION (Explains 24 - 26)
- 24. TRADITIONAL MEAD
- 25. MELOMEL (FRUIT MEAD)
- 26. OTHER MEAD
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Cider Style Guidelines
- INTRODUCTION (Explains 27 - 28)
- 27. STANDARD CIDER AND PERRY
- 28. SPECIALTY CIDER AND PERRY
2008 BJCP Style Guidelines
Index to Categories
The BJCP Style guidelines were written by the BJCP Style Committee. Since styles keep evolving as brewers keep innovating, these guidelines are periodically reviewed and updated. The full set of BJCP Style Guidelines, in various formats, can be found at the BJCP Style Center.
