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A decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American pale ale.

Category:	India Pale Ale (IPA)
Number:	14B

Commercial Examples: Bell’s Two-Hearted Ale, AleSmith IPA, Russian River Blind Pig IPA, Stone IPA, Three Floyds Alpha King, Great Divide Titan IPA, Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA, Victory Hop Devil, Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, Anderson Valley Hop Ottin’, Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA, Founder’s Centennial IPA, Anchor Liberty Ale, Harpoon IPA, Avery IPA.

All Grain

8.3/16.4

66.3

7.1%

Dusseldorf Altbier — BJCP Style Information

Adrift Altbier

Dusseldorf Altbier

Category:	Amber Hybrid Beer
Number:	07C

A well balanced, bitter yet malty, clean, smooth, well-attenuated copper-colored German ale.

Commercial Examples: Altstadt brewpubs: Zum Uerige, Im Füchschen, Schumacher, Zum Schlüssel; other examples: Diebels Alt, Schlösser Alt, Frankenheim Alt.

All Grain

12.6/24.8

4.9%

Barry Weeg

Auggie’s Oktoberfest Ale

Oktoberfest/Marzen

Oktoberfest/Marzen — BJCP Style Information

Category:	European Amber Lager
Number:	03B

Smooth, clean, and rather rich, with a depth of malt character. This is one of the classic malty styles, with a maltiness that is often described as soft, complex, and elegant but never cloying.

Commercial Examples: Paulaner Oktoberfest, Ayinger Oktoberfest-Märzen, Hacker-Pschorr Original Oktoberfest, Hofbräu Oktoberfest, Victory Festbier, Great Lakes Oktoberfest, Spaten Oktoberfest, Capital Oktoberfest, Gordon Biersch Märzen, Goose Island Oktoberfest, Samuel Adams Oktoberfest.

Extract

6.7%

Jerry van West

AZ Craft Brewers Guild Double Red

A harmonious marriage of ingredients, processes and beer. The key attributes of the underlying style (if declared) will be atypical due to the addition of special ingredients or techniques; do not expect the base beer to taste the same as the unadulterated version. Judge the beer based on the pleasantness and harmony of the resulting combination. The overall uniqueness of the process, ingredients used, and creativity should be considered. The overall rating of the beer depends heavily on the inherently subjective assessment of distinctiveness and drinkability.

Category:	Specialty Beer
Number:	23A

Commercial Examples: Bell’s Rye Stout, Bell’s Eccentric Ale, Samuel Adams Triple Bock and Utopias, Hair of the Dog Adam, Great Alba Scots Pine, Tommyknocker Maple Nut Brown Ale, Great Divide Bee Sting Honey Ale, Stoudt’s Honey Double Mai Bock, Rogue Dad’s Little Helper, Rogue Honey Cream Ale, Dogfish Head India Brown Ale, Zum Uerige Sticke and Doppel Sticke Altbier, Yards Brewing Company General Washington Tavern Porter, Rauchenfels Steinbier, Odells 90 Shilling Ale, Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale, Stone Arrogant Bastard.

OG	FG	ABV	Bitterness	Color (SRM/EBC)
Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies

All Grain

16.5/32.5

8.1%

Barry Weeg

BJ’s Goliath

Category:	Specialty Beer
Number:	23A

OG	FG	ABV	Bitterness	Color (SRM/EBC)
Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies

All Grain

11.5/22.6

45.2

BJ’s Goliath

Scottish Heavy 70/- — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Specialty Beer
Number:	23A

OG	FG	ABV	Bitterness	Color (SRM/EBC)
Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies

All Grain

11.5/22.7

60.3

7.9%

Ken Forrey

BL Scottish 70s #1

Scottish Heavy 70/-

Category:	Scottish and Irish Ale
Number:	09B

Cleanly malty with a drying finish, perhaps a few esters, and on occasion a faint bit of peaty earthiness (smoke). Most beers finish fairly dry considering their relatively sweet palate, and as such have a different balance than strong Scotch ales.

Commercial Examples: Caledonian 70/- (Caledonian Amber Ale in the US), Belhaven 70/-, Orkney Raven Ale, Maclay 70/-, Tennents Special, Broughton Greenmantle Ale.

All Grain

Black Butte Porter Clone (CYBI)

Brown Porter

Brown Porter — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Porter
Number:	12A

A fairly substantial English dark ale with restrained roasty characteristics.

Commercial Examples: Fuller's London Porter, Samuel Smith Taddy Porter, Burton Bridge Burton Porter, RCH Old Slug Porter, Nethergate Old Growler Porter, Hambleton Nightmare Porter, Harvey’s Tom Paine Original Old Porter, Salopian Entire Butt English Porter, St. Peters Old-Style Porter, Shepherd Neame Original Porter, Flag Porter, Wasatch Polygamy Porter.

All Grain

60/118.2

5.5%

Robust Porter — BJCP Style Information

Chocolate Balls Porter

Robust Porter

Category:	Porter
Number:	12B

A substantial, malty dark ale with a complex and flavorful roasty character.

Commercial Examples: Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter, Meantime London Porter, Anchor Porter, Smuttynose Robust Porter, Sierra Nevada Porter, Deschutes Black Butte Porter, Boulevard Bully! Porter, Rogue Mocha Porter, Avery New World Porter, Bell’s Porter, Great Divide Saint Bridget’s Porter.

All Grain

76.1/149.9

115

6.9%

Darren Sucato

Four Peaks Imperial Red

Category:	Specialty Beer
Number:	23A

OG	FG	ABV	Bitterness	Color (SRM/EBC)
Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies

All Grain

11/21.7

Gordon Biersch Imperial Red

Category:	Specialty Beer
Number:	23A

OG	FG	ABV	Bitterness	Color (SRM/EBC)
Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies

All Grain

7.8/15.3

79.8

8.1%

Imperial Stout — BJCP Style Information

Guinness Draught Clone

Imperial Stout

Category:	Stout
Number:	13F

An intensely flavored, big, dark ale. Roasty, fruity, and bittersweet, with a noticeable alcohol presence. Dark fruit flavors meld with roasty, burnt, or almost tar-like sensations. Like a black barleywine with every dimension of flavor coming into play.

Commercial Examples: Three Floyd’s Dark Lord, Bell’s Expedition Stout, North Coast Old Rasputin Imperial Stout, Stone Imperial Stout, Samuel Smith Imperial Stout, Scotch Irish Tsarina Katarina Imperial Stout, Thirsty Dog Siberian Night, Deschutes The Abyss, Great Divide Yeti, Southampton Russian Imperial Stout, Rogue Imperial Stout, Bear Republic Big Bear Black Stout, Great Lakes Blackout Stout, Avery The Czar, Founders Imperial Stout, Victory Storm King, Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout.

Extract

40/78.8

4.3%

David Marcus

Harbor Helles

Munich Helles

Munich Helles — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Light Lager
Number:	01D

Unlike Pilsner but like its cousin, Munich Dunkel, Helles is a malt-accentuated beer that is not overly sweet, but rather focuses on malt flavor with underlying hop bitterness in a supporting role.

Commercial Examples: Weihenstephaner Original, Hacker-Pschorr Münchner Gold, Bürgerbräu Wolznacher Hell Naturtrüb, Mahr’s Hell, Paulaner Premium Lager, Spaten Premium Lager, Stoudt’s Gold Lager.

All Grain

3/5.9

15.8

4.7%

Barry Weeg

HopMonster Key Lime Celebration IPA

A decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American pale ale.

Category:	India Pale Ale (IPA)
Number:	14B

All Grain

7.3/14.3

52.4

7.1%

Jerry van West

Hoppiness is an IPA

A decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American pale ale.

Category:	India Pale Ale (IPA)
Number:	14B

All Grain

7.3/14.4

71.2

6.7%

Johnathan OClair

Kingpin Double Red

Category:	Specialty Beer
Number:	23A

OG	FG	ABV	Bitterness	Color (SRM/EBC)
Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies

All Grain

14.1/27.9

Ken Forrey

Lumberyard Imperial Red

Category:	Specialty Beer
Number:	23A

OG	FG	ABV	Bitterness	Color (SRM/EBC)
Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies

All Grain

14/27.6

135.6

9.2%

Lupulus Imperialus Premiumus

Premium American Lager

Premium American Lager — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Light Lager
Number:	01C

Premium beers tend to have fewer adjuncts than standard/lite lagers, and can be all-malt. Strong flavors are a fault, but premium lagers have more flavor than standard/lite lagers. A broad style of international mass-market lagers ranging from up-scale American lagers to the typical 'import' or 'green bottle' international beers found in America.

Commercial Examples: Full Sail Session Premium Lager, Miller Genuine Draft, Corona Extra, Michelob, Coors Extra Gold, Birra Moretti, Heineken, Beck’s, Stella Artois, Red Stripe, Singha.

All Grain

6.6/13

52.5

6.3%

Robust Porter — BJCP Style Information

Robust Porter

Category:	Porter
Number:	12B

A substantial, malty dark ale with a complex and flavorful roasty character.

All Grain

Category:	Specialty Beer
Number:	23A

OG	FG	ABV	Bitterness	Color (SRM/EBC)
Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies

All Grain

16.8/33.1

7.9%

Witbier — BJCP Style Information

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Method

SRM/EBC

IBU

ABV

Contributor

Orange Krush

Witbier

Category:	Belgian and French Ale
Number:	16A

A refreshing, elegant, tasty, moderate-strength wheat-based ale.

Commercial Examples: Hoegaarden Wit, St. Bernardus Blanche, Celis White, Vuuve 5, Brugs Tarwebier (Blanche de Bruges), Wittekerke, Allagash White, Blanche de Bruxelles, Ommegang Witte, Avery White Rascal, Unibroue Blanche de Chambly, Sterkens White Ale, Bell’s Winter White Ale, Victory Whirlwind Witbier, Hitachino Nest White Ale.

Partial Mash

1.6/3.2

15.9

3.6%

Test User

Steamer

California Common Beer

California Common Beer — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Amber Hybrid Beer
Number:	07B

A lightly fruity beer with firm, grainy maltiness, interesting toasty and caramel flavors, and showcasing the signature Northern Brewer varietal hop character.

Commercial Examples: Anchor Steam, Southampton Steem Beer, Flying Dog Old Scratch Amber Lager.

Extract

12.3/24.2

3.7

4.9%

Test User

Brett Blonde

Blonde Ale

Blonde Ale — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Light Hybrid Beer
Number:	06B

Easy-drinking, approachable, malt-oriented American craft beer.

Commercial Examples: Pelican Kiwanda Cream Ale, Russian River Aud Blonde, Rogue Oregon Golden Ale, Widmer Blonde Ale, Fuller’s Summer Ale, Hollywood Blonde, Redhook Blonde.

Extract

6/11.8

22.6

0.7%

Oktoberfest/Marzen — BJCP Style Information

Auggie’s Oktoberfest Ale

Oktoberfest/Marzen

Category:	European Amber Lager
Number:	03B

Smooth, clean, and rather rich, with a depth of malt character. This is one of the classic malty styles, with a maltiness that is often described as soft, complex, and elegant but never cloying.

Extract

6.7%

Jerry van West

Guinness Draught Clone

Imperial Stout

Imperial Stout — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Stout
Number:	13F

Extract

40/78.8

4.3%

David Marcus

60-Minute Ticker

A decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American pale ale.

Category:	India Pale Ale (IPA)
Number:	14B

All Grain

8.3/16.4

66.3

7.1%

Lupulus Imperialus Premiumus

Premium American Lager

Premium American Lager — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Light Lager
Number:	01C

Commercial Examples: Full Sail Session Premium Lager, Miller Genuine Draft, Corona Extra, Michelob, Coors Extra Gold, Birra Moretti, Heineken, Beck’s, Stella Artois, Red Stripe, Singha.

All Grain

6.6/13

52.5

6.3%

The Power of the Darkside

Munich Dunkel

Munich Dunkel — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Dark Lager
Number:	04B

Characterized by depth and complexity of Munich malt and the accompanying melanoidins. Rich Munich flavors, but not as intense as a bock or as roasted as a schwarzbier.

Commercial Examples: Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel, Hacker-Pschorr Alt Munich Dark, Paulaner Alt Münchner Dunkel, Weltenburger Kloster Barock-Dunkel, Ettaler Kloster Dunkel, Hofbräu Dunkel, Penn Dark Lager, König Ludwig Dunkel, Capital Munich Dark, Harpoon Munich-type Dark Beer, Gordon Biersch Dunkels, Dinkel Acker Dark. In Bavaria, Ettaler Dunkel, Löwenbräu Dunkel, Hartmann Dunkel, Kneitinger Dunkel, Augustiner Dunkel.

All Grain

16.1/31.6

28.4

5.7%

Test User

Pale Horse APA

American Pale Ale

American Pale Ale — BJCP Style Information

Category:	American Ale
Number:	10A

Refreshing and hoppy, yet with sufficient supporting malt.

Commercial Examples: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Stone Pale Ale, Great Lakes Burning River Pale Ale, Bear Republic XP Pale Ale, Anderson Valley Poleeko Gold Pale Ale, Deschutes Mirror Pond, Full Sail Pale Ale, Three Floyds X-Tra Pale Ale, Firestone Pale Ale, Left Hand Brewing Jackman’s Pale Ale.

All Grain

6.2/12.2

45.6

5.6%

Patrick Barch

Pat-o’s Irish Red

Irish Red Ale

Irish Red Ale — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Scottish and Irish Ale
Number:	09D

An easy-drinking pint. Malt-focused with an initial sweetness and a roasted dryness in the finish.

Commercial Examples: Three Floyds Brian Boru Old Irish Ale, Great Lakes Conway’s Irish Ale (a bit strong at 6.5%), Kilkenny Irish Beer, O’Hara’s Irish Red Ale, Smithwick’s Irish Ale, Beamish Red Ale, Caffrey’s Irish Ale, Goose Island Kilgubbin Red Ale, Murphy’s Irish Red (lager), Boulevard Irish Ale, Harpoon Hibernian Ale.

All Grain

12.5/24.6

23.7

5.6%

Patrick Barch

Smoked RyePA

A decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American pale ale.

Category:	India Pale Ale (IPA)
Number:	14B

All Grain

7.8/15.4

56.2

6.7%

Patrick Barch

A decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American pale ale.

Category:	India Pale Ale (IPA)
Number:	14B

All Grain

7.8/15.4

58.5

6.7%

Oatmeal Stout — BJCP Style Information

McQuaker’s Oatmeal Stout

Oatmeal Stout

Category:	Stout
Number:	13C

A very dark, full-bodied, roasty, malty ale with a complementary oatmeal flavor.

Commercial Examples: Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout, Young's Oatmeal Stout, McAuslan Oatmeal Stout, Maclay’s Oat Malt Stout, Broughton Kinmount Willie Oatmeal Stout, Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout, Tröegs Oatmeal Stout, New Holland The Poet, Goose Island Oatmeal Stout, Wolaver’s Oatmeal Stout.

All Grain

44.3/87.3

33.9

5.6%

American Amber Ale — BJCP Style Information

American Amber

American Amber Ale

Category:	American Ale
Number:	10B

Like an American pale ale with more body, more caramel richness, and a balance more towards malt than hops (although hop rates can be significant).

Commercial Examples: North Coast Red Seal Ale, Tröegs HopBack Amber Ale, Deschutes Cinder Cone Red, Pyramid Broken Rake, St. Rogue Red Ale, Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale, Lagunitas Censored Ale, Avery Redpoint Ale, McNeill’s Firehouse Amber Ale, Mendocino Red Tail Ale, Bell's Amber.

All Grain

11.6/22.9

31.3

0.7%

American Amber w/ Summit and Jade

American Amber Ale

American Amber Ale — BJCP Style Information

Category:	American Ale
Number:	10B

Like an American pale ale with more body, more caramel richness, and a balance more towards malt than hops (although hop rates can be significant).

All Grain

11.4/22.5

43.4

0.7%

American Barleywine — BJCP Style Information

American Barley Wine

American Barleywine

Category:	Strong Ale
Number:	19C

A well-hopped American interpretation of the richest and strongest of the English ales. The hop character should be evident throughout, but does not have to be unbalanced. The alcohol strength and hop bitterness often combine to leave a very long finish.

Commercial Examples: Sierra Nevada Bigfoot, Great Divide Old Ruffian, Victory Old Horizontal, Rogue Old Crustacean, Avery Hog Heaven Barleywine, Bell’s Third Coast Old Ale, Anchor Old Foghorn, Three Floyds Behemoth, Stone Old Guardian, Bridgeport Old Knucklehead, Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws, Lagunitas Olde GnarleyWine, Smuttynose Barleywine, Flying Dog Horn Dog.

All Grain

22.3/43.9

71.9

0.7%

Lite American Lager — BJCP Style Information

American Light Lager

Lite American Lager

Category:	Light Lager
Number:	01A

Hacked By _Sa!F_

All Grain

2.8/5.5

10.5

0.7%

Mild — BJCP Style Information

BBKF Mild

Mild

Category:	English Brown Ale
Number:	11A

A light-flavored, malt-accented beer that is readily suited to drinking in quantity. Refreshing, yet flavorful. Some versions may seem like lower gravity brown porters.

Commercial Examples: Moorhouse Black Cat, Gale’s Festival Mild, Theakston Traditional Mild, Highgate Mild, Sainsbury Mild, Brain’s Dark, Banks's Mild, Coach House Gunpowder Strong Mild, Woodforde’s Mardler’s Mild, Greene King XX Mild, Motor City Brewing Ghettoblaster.

All Grain

23.4/46.1

14.9

0.7%

American Pale Ale — BJCP Style Information

s Pale Ale

American Pale Ale

Category:	American Ale
Number:	10A

Refreshing and hoppy, yet with sufficient supporting malt.

All Grain

6/11.8

37.2

0.7%

American Wheat or Rye Beer

BCS American Rye

American Wheat or Rye Beer — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Light Hybrid Beer
Number:	06D

Refreshing wheat or rye beers that can display more hop character and less yeast character than their German cousins.

Commercial Examples: Bell’s Oberon, Harpoon UFO Hefeweizen, Three Floyds Gumballhead, Pyramid Hefe-Weizen, Widmer Hefeweizen, Sierra Nevada Unfiltered Wheat Beer, Anchor Summer Beer, Redhook Sunrye, Real Ale Full Moon Pale Rye.

All Grain

5.1/10

0.7%

BCS Berliner

Berliner Weiss

All Grain

4.7/9.3

6.2

0.7%

California Common Beer — BJCP Style Information

BCS California Common

California Common Beer

Category:	Amber Hybrid Beer
Number:	07B

A lightly fruity beer with firm, grainy maltiness, interesting toasty and caramel flavors, and showcasing the signature Northern Brewer varietal hop character.

Commercial Examples: Anchor Steam, Southampton Steem Beer, Flying Dog Old Scratch Amber Lager.

All Grain

11/21.7

44.2

0.7%

BCS Classic American Pils (pre-prohibition)

Classic American Pilsner

Classic American Pilsner — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Pilsner
Number:	02C

A substantial Pilsner that can stand up to the classic European Pilsners, but exhibiting the native American grains and hops available to German brewers who initially brewed it in the USA. Refreshing, but with the underlying malt and hops that stand out when compared to other modern American light lagers. Maize lends a distinctive grainy sweetness. Rice contributes a crisper, more neutral character. A version of Pilsner brewed in the USA by immigrant German brewers who brought the process and yeast with them when they settled in America. They worked with the ingredients that were native to America to create a unique version of the original Pilsner. This style died out after Prohibition but was resurrected as a home-brewed style by advocates of the hobby

Commercial Examples: Occasional brewpub and microbrewery specials.

All Grain

3.9/7.7

18.4

0.7%