2015 STYLE G - BJCP

BEER JUDGE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

2015 STYLE GUIDELINES

Beer Style Guidelines

Copyright ? 2015, BJCP, Inc.

The BJCP grants the right to make copies for use in BJCP-sanctioned competitions or for educational/judge training purposes.

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Updates available at .

Edited by Gordon Strong

with

Kristen England

Past Guideline Analysis: Don Blake, Agatha Feltus, Tom Fitzpatrick, Mark Linsner, Jamil Zainasheff

New Style Contributions: Drew Beechum, Craig Belanger, Dibbs Harting, Antony Hayes, Ben Jankowski, Andew Korty,

Larry Nadeau, William Shawn Scott, Ron Smith, Lachlan Strong, Peter Symons, Michael Tonsmeire,

Mike Winnie, Tony Wheeler

Review and Commentary: Ray Daniels, Roger Deschner, Rick Garvin, Jan Grmela, Bob Hall, Stan Hieronymus, Marek Mahut,

Ron Pattinson, Steve Piatz, Evan Rail, Nathan Smith,Petra and Michal Ves

Final Review:

Brian Eichhorn, Agatha Feltus, Dennis Mitchell, Michael Wilcox

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION TO THE 2015 GUIDELINES.............................IV Styles and Categories.................................................... iv Naming of Styles and Categories ................................. iv Using the Style Guidelines ............................................ v Format of a Style Description ...................................... vi Style Description Language.........................................vii

INTRODUCTION TO BEER STYLES ........................................ VIII Basic Categorization ...................................................viii Common Attributes of All Beer Styles .......................viii Glossary ........................................................................ ix Hop Terms ................................................................. ix Malt or Mashing Terms ............................................. ix Yeast or Fermentation Terms ................................... ix Quality or Off-Flavor Terms...................................... ix Appearance Terms...................................................... x Color Reference ............................................................. x Style Organization ......................................................... x Style Tag Reference ...................................................... xi

1. STANDARD AMERICAN BEER ............................................... 1 1A. American Light Lager.............................................. 1 1B. American Lager ....................................................... 1 1C. Cream Ale ................................................................ 1 1D. American Wheat Beer .............................................2

2. INTERNATIONAL LAGER ..................................................... 3 2A. International Pale Lager ......................................... 3 2B. International Amber Lager ..................................... 3 2C. International Dark Lager ........................................4

3. CZECH LAGER ....................................................................4 3A. Czech Pale Lager .....................................................4 3B. Czech Premium Pale Lager ..................................... 5 3C. Czech Amber Lager ................................................. 5 3D. Czech Dark Lager....................................................6

4. PALE MALTY EUROPEAN LAGER .........................................6 4A. Munich Helles .........................................................6 4B. Festbier.................................................................... 7 4C. Helles Bock.............................................................. 7

5. PALE BITTER EUROPEAN BEER...........................................8 5A. German Leichtbier ..................................................8

5B. K?lsch ......................................................................8 5C. German Helles Exportbier ......................................9 5D. German Pils ............................................................9

6. AMBER MALTY EUROPEAN LAGER .................................... 10 6A. M?rzen .................................................................. 10 6B. Rauchbier .............................................................. 10 6C. Dunkles Bock .........................................................11

7. AMBER BITTER EUROPEAN BEER...................................... 12 7A. Vienna Lager ......................................................... 12 7B. Altbier .................................................................... 12 7C. Kellerbier ............................................................... 13 Kellerbier: Pale Kellerbier ........................................ 13 Kellerbier: Amber Kellerbier.................................... 14

8. DARK EUROPEAN LAGER.................................................. 14 8A. Munich Dunkel ..................................................... 14 8B. Schwarzbier........................................................... 15

9. STRONG EUROPEAN BEER ................................................ 16 9A. Doppelbock ........................................................... 16 9B. Eisbock .................................................................. 16 9C. Baltic Porter .......................................................... 17

10. GERMAN WHEAT BEER .................................................. 17 10A. Weissbier ............................................................. 17 10B. Dunkles Weissbier............................................... 18 10C. Weizenbock ......................................................... 18

11. BRITISH BITTER.............................................................. 19 11A. Ordinary Bitter..................................................... 19 11B. Best Bitter ............................................................20 11C. Strong Bitter.........................................................20

12. PALE COMMONWEALTH BEER......................................... 21 12A. British Golden Ale ............................................... 21 12B. Australian Sparkling Ale ..................................... 21 12C. English IPA ..........................................................22

13. BROWN BRITISH BEER ...................................................23 13A. Dark Mild.............................................................23 13B. British Brown Ale ................................................23 13C. English Porter......................................................24

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14. SCOTTISH ALE................................................................25 14A. Scottish Light.......................................................25 14B. Scottish Heavy ..................................................... 25 14C. Scottish Export ....................................................26

15. IRISH BEER ....................................................................26 15A. Irish Red Ale ........................................................26 15B. Irish Stout ............................................................ 27 15C. Irish Extra Stout .................................................. 27

16. DARK BRITISH BEER ......................................................28 16A. Sweet Stout ..........................................................28 16B. Oatmeal Stout......................................................28 16C. Tropical Stout ......................................................29 16D. Foreign Extra Stout.............................................29

17. STRONG BRITISH ALE .....................................................30 17A. British Strong Ale ................................................30 17B. Old Ale .................................................................30 17C. Wee Heavy ........................................................... 31 17D. English Barleywine..............................................32

18. PALE AMERICAN ALE......................................................32 18A. Blonde Ale ...........................................................32 18B. American Pale Ale ...............................................33

19. AMBER AND BROWN AMERICAN BEER ............................34 19A. American Amber Ale ...........................................34 19B. California Common .............................................34 19C. American Brown Ale............................................ 35

20. AMERICAN PORTER AND STOUT ..................................... 35 20A. American Porter ................................................. 35 20B. American Stout ...................................................36 20C. Imperial Stout .....................................................36

21. IPA................................................................................ 37 21A. American IPA ...................................................... 37 21B. Specialty IPA .......................................................38 Specialty IPA: Belgian IPA .......................................38 Specialty IPA: Black IPA ..........................................39 Specialty IPA: Brown IPA.........................................39 Specialty IPA: Red IPA ............................................ 40 Specialty IPA: Rye IPA ............................................ 40 Specialty IPA: White IPA ......................................... 41

22. STRONG AMERICAN ALE.................................................42 22A. Double IPA ..........................................................42 22B. American Strong Ale ...........................................42 22C. American Barleywine..........................................43 22D. Wheatwine ..........................................................44

23. EUROPEAN SOUR ALE ....................................................44 23A. Berliner Weisse ...................................................44 23B. Flanders Red Ale ................................................. 45 23C. Oud Bruin............................................................45 23D. Lambic ................................................................46 23E. Gueuze................................................................. 47 23F. Fruit Lambic........................................................ 47

24. BELGIAN ALE.................................................................48 24A. Witbier ................................................................48 24B. Belgian Pale Ale ..................................................49 24C. Bi?re de Garde.....................................................49

25. STRONG BELGIAN ALE ...................................................50 25A. Belgian Blond Ale................................................50 25B. Saison ..................................................................50 25C. Belgian Golden Strong Ale .................................. 51

26. TRAPPIST ALE................................................................52 26A. Trappist Single .................................................... 52 26B. Belgian Dubbel....................................................52 26C. Belgian Tripel ...................................................... 53 26D. Belgian Dark Strong Ale ..................................... 53

27. HISTORICAL BEER..........................................................54 Historical Beer: Gose................................................54 Historical Beer: Kentucky Common ........................ 55 Historical Beer: Lichtenhainer................................. 55 Historical Beer: London Brown Ale ......................... 56 Historical Beer: Piwo Grodziskie ............................. 56 Historical Beer: Pre-Prohibition Lager .................... 57 Historical Beer: Pre-Prohibition Porter................... 57 Historical Beer: Roggenbier ..................................... 57 Historical Beer: Sahti ...............................................58

INTRODUCTION TO SPECIALTY-TYPE BEER ........................... 59 Entering Specialty-Type Beers .................................... 59 Judging Specialty-Type Beers ..................................... 59 Effects of Added Ingredients on Balance in Beer ...... 60

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28. AMERICAN WILD ALE ................................................... 60 28A. Brett Beer ........................................................... 60 28B. Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer.......................... 61 28C. Wild Specialty Beer............................................. 61

29. FRUIT BEER...................................................................62 29A. Fruit Beer ............................................................62 29B. Fruit and Spice Beer ...........................................62 29C. Specialty Fruit Beer.............................................63

30. SPICED BEER .................................................................64 30A. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer...........................64 30B. Autumn Seasonal Beer .......................................64 30C. Winter Seasonal Beer.......................................... 65

31. ALTERNATIVE FERMENTABLES BEER ..............................66 31A. Alternative Grain Beer ........................................66 31B. Alternative Sugar Beer ........................................66

32. SMOKED BEER ............................................................... 67 32A. Classic Style Smoked Beer .................................. 67 32B. Specialty Smoked Beer........................................ 67

33. WOOD BEER ..................................................................68 33A. Wood-Aged Beer .................................................68 33B. Specialty Wood-Aged Beer .................................69

34. SPECIALTY BEER ............................................................70 34A. Clone Beer ...........................................................70 34B. Mixed-Style Beer.................................................70 34C. Experimental Beer ..............................................70

APPENDIX A: ALTERNATE CATEGORIZATIONS ....................... 71 1. Styles Sorted Using 2008 Categories (Strict).......... 71 2. Styles Sorted Using 2008 Guidelines (Modified) ... 72 3. Styles Sorted Using Style Family ............................ 73 4. Styles Sorted Using Country of Origin .................... 74 5. Styles Sorted Using History .................................... 75

APPENDIX B: LOCAL STYLES ................................................ 77 Argentine Styles....................................................... 77 X1. Dorada Pampeana ................................................. 77 X2. IPA Argenta........................................................... 77 Italian Styles ............................................................. 79 X3. Italian Grape Ale ................................................... 79

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