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Yeast Style Guide

The following beer descriptions are based on the 2004 version of the BJCP Style Guidelines, and used by permission of the copyright owner, Beer Judge Certification Program, Inc. www.bjcp.org For more information on beer styles, please contact our Microbiologists in Technical Support.

Ales
Belgian Ales
Lagers
Wheats
Wines
Rice Wines
Ciders
Distilled Beverages
Meads

Ales

ENGLISH PALE ALE

Standard/Ordinary Bitter
Special/Best/Premium Bitter
Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)

SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE

Scottish Light 60/-
Scottish Heavy 70/-
Scottish Export 80/-
Irish Red Ale
Strong Scotch Ale

AMERICAN ALE

American Pale Ale
American Amber Ale
American Brown Ale

ENGLISH BROWN ALE

Mild
Southern English Brown
Northern English Brown Ale

PORTER

Brown Porter
Robust Porter
Baltic Porter

STOUT

Dry Stout
Sweet Stout
Oatmeal Stout
Foreign Extra Stout
American Stout
Russian Imperial Stout

INDIA PALE ALE (IPA)

English IPA
American IPA
Imperial IPA

SOUR ALE

Berliner Weisse
Flanders Red Ale
Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin
Straight (Unblended) Lambic
Gueuze
Fruit Lambic

FRUIT BEER

Fruit Beer

SPICE/HERB/VEGETABLE BEER

Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer

SMOKE-FLAVORED AND WOOD-AGED BEER

Classic Rauchbier
Other Smoked Beer
Wood-Aged Beer

SPECIALTY BEER

Specialty Beer

Belgian Ales

BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE

Witbier
Belgian Pale Ale
Saison
Bière de Garde
Belgian Specialty Ale

BELGIAN STRONG ALE

Belgian Blond Ale
Belgian Dubbel
Belgian Tripel
Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Lagers

LIGHT LAGER

Lite American Lager
Standard American Lager
Premium American Lager
Munich Helles
Dortmunder Export

PILSNER

German Pilsner (Pils)
Bohemian Pilsner
Classic American Pilsner

EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER

Vienna Lager
Oktoberfest/Märzen

DARK LAGER

Dark American Lager
Munich Dunkel
Schwarzbier (Black Beer)

BOCK

Maibock/Helles Bock
Traditional Bock
Doppelbock
Eisbock

LIGHT HYBRID BEER

Cream Ale
Blonde Ale
Kölsch
American Wheat or Rye Beer

AMBER HYBRID BEER

Northern German Altbier
California Common Beer
Düsseldorf Altbier

Wheats

GERMAN WHEAT AND RYE BEER

Weizen/Weissbier
Dunkelweizen
Weizenbock
Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)
German Hefe-Weizen

STRONG ALE

Old Ale
English Barleywine
American Barleywine

Wines

RED WINE BLENDS

Chianti
Meritage
Red Bordeaux
Rioja
Southern Rhône
Super-Tuscans
Valpolicella
Vino da Tavola

WHITE WINE BLENDS

Soave
Vinho Verde
White Bordeaux/Fume Blanc

SPARKLING/CARBONATED WINE

Asti
Cava
Champagne
Lambrusco

SWEET/DESSERT WINES

Eiswien/Icewine
Late Harvest
Liebfraumilch
Recioto
Sauternes
Tokaji/Tokay
Vin Santo

FORTIFIED WINES

Madeira
Málaga
Marsala
Port
Sherry
Vermouth

FRUIT WINES

Strawberry, Cherry, Peach, etc.
Plum Wine

Rice Wines

RICE BASED BEVERAGES

Sake
Rice Beer
Nigori
Dai Gingo

Ciders

STANDARD CIDER AND PERRY

Common Cider
English Cider
French Cider
Common Perry
Traditional Perry

SPECIALTY CIDER AND PERRY

New England Cider
Fruit Cider
Apple Wine
Other Specialty Cider or Perry

Distilled Beverages

DISTILLED BEVERAGES

Brandy
Cognac,Armagnac
Eau de Vie
Grappa/Marc/Bagaceira
Rum
Scotch
Vodka
Whiskey

Meads

TRADITIONAL MEAD

Dry Mead
Semi-sweet Mead
Sweet Mead

MELOMEL (FRUIT MEAD)

Pyment (Grape Melomel)
Other Fruit Melomel
Cyser (Apple Melomel)

OTHER MEAD

Other Mead
Braggot
Open Category Mead
Metheglin

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