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All Grain

Apr 11, 2009

An intensely hoppy, very strong pale ale without the big maltiness and/or deeper malt flavors of an American barleywine. Strongly hopped, but clean, lacking harshness, and a tribute to historical IPAs. Drinkability is an important characteristic; this should not be a heavy, sipping beer. It should also not have much residual sweetness or a heavy character grain profile.

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

Commercial Examples: Russian River Pliny the Elder, Three Floyd’s Dreadnaught, Avery Majaraja, Bell’s Hop Slam, Stone Ruination IPA, Great Divide Hercules Double IPA, Surly Furious, Rogue I2PA, Moylan’s Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale, Stoudt’s Double IPA, Dogfish Head 90-minute IPA, Victory Hop Wallop.

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All Grain

Oct 12, 2008

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

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All Grain

7.7%

Other Smoked Beer — BJCP Style Information

Smoked Porter

Apr 18, 2009

Other Smoked Beer

Category:	Smoke-Flavored and Wood-Aged Beer
Number:	22B

This is any beer that is exhibiting smoke as a principle flavor and aroma characteristic other than the Bamberg-style Rauchbier (i.e. beechwood-smoked Märzen). Balance in the use of smoke, hops and malt character is exhibited by the better examples.

Commercial Examples: Alaskan Smoked Porter, O’Fallons Smoked Porter, Spezial Lagerbier, Weissbier and Bockbier, Stone Smoked Porter, Schlenkerla Weizen Rauchbier and Ur-Bock Rauchbier, Rogue Smoke, Oskar Blues Old Chub, Left Hand Smoke Jumper, Dark Horse Fore Smoked Stout, Magic Hat Jinx.

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All Grain

90 Min IPA

Jul 11, 2009

Imperial IPA

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

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All Grain

8.4%

American IPA — BJCP Style Information

Aarrr Aye PA

Aug 02, 2010

American IPA

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

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

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.

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All Grain

7.2%

American Wheat or Rye Beer

Aarrr Aye P.A.

Aug 09, 2008

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.

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Doppelbock — BJCP Style Information

All Grain

May 16, 2009

Category:	Bock
Number:	05C

A very strong and rich lager. A bigger version of either a traditional bock or a helles bock.

Commercial Examples: Paulaner Salvator, Ayinger Celebrator, Weihenstephaner Korbinian, Andechser Doppelbock Dunkel, Spaten Optimator, Tucher Bajuvator, Weltenburger Kloster Asam-Bock, Capital Autumnal Fire, EKU 28, Eggenberg Urbock 23º, Bell’s Consecrator, Moretti La Rossa, Samuel Adams Double Bock.

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All Grain

Mar 22, 2009

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

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Robust Porter — BJCP Style Information

All Grain

Apr 25, 2009

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.

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American IPA — BJCP Style Information

All Grain

Oct 20, 2009

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

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

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Lite American Lager — BJCP Style Information

All Grain

May 09, 2010

Category:	Light Lager
Number:	01A

A lower gravity and lower calorie beer than standard international lagers. Strong flavors are a fault. Designed to appeal to the broadest range of the general public as possible.

Commercial Examples: Bitburger Light, Sam Adams Light, Heineken Premium Light, Miller Lite, Bud Light, Coors Light, Baltika #1 Light, Old Milwaukee Light, Amstel Light.

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All Grain

6.5%

Cream Ale — BJCP Style Information

Oatmeal Pale Ale

Apr 26, 2010

Cream Ale

Category:	Light Hybrid Beer
Number:	06A

A clean, well-attenuated, flavorful American lawnmower beer.

Commercial Examples: Genesee Cream Ale, Little Kings Cream Ale (Hudepohl), Anderson Valley Summer Solstice Cerveza Crema, Sleeman Cream Ale, New Glarus Spotted Cow, Wisconsin Brewing Whitetail Cream Ale.

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Brown Porter — BJCP Style Information

All Grain

Feb 22, 2009

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.

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All Grain

7.1%

Cream Ale — BJCP Style Information

Oatmeal Pale Ale

Jun 10, 2009

Cream Ale

Category:	Light Hybrid Beer
Number:	06A

A clean, well-attenuated, flavorful American lawnmower beer.

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American Amber Ale — BJCP Style Information

All Grain

Feb 28, 2009

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.

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All Grain

6.8%

Weizen/Weissbier — BJCP Style Information

Raspberry Hefeweizen

Aug 11, 2008

Weizen/Weissbier

Category:	German Wheat and Rye Beer
Number:	15A

A pale, spicy, fruity, refreshing wheat-based ale.

Commercial Examples: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, Schneider Weisse Weizenhell, Paulaner Hefe-Weizen, Hacker-Pschorr Weisse, Plank Bavarian Hefeweizen, Ayinger Bräu Weisse, Ettaler Weissbier Hell, Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse, Andechser Weissbier Hefetrüb, Kapuziner Weissbier, Erdinger Weissbier, Penn Weizen, Barrelhouse Hocking Hills HefeWeizen, Eisenbahn Weizenbier.

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21.8

5.6%

Weizen/Weissbier — BJCP Style Information

March Hefeweissen

Mar 22, 2009

Weizen/Weissbier

Category:	German Wheat and Rye Beer
Number:	15A

A pale, spicy, fruity, refreshing wheat-based ale.

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All Grain

4.4

11.7

6.8%

American Pale Ale — BJCP Style Information

Fresh Hop Ale

Sep 01, 2010

American Pale Ale

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.

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Fruit Cider — BJCP Style Information

All Grain

Feb 06, 2009

Category:	Specialty Cider and Perry
Number:	28B

Like a dry wine with complex flavors. The apple character must marry with the added fruit so that neither dominates the other.

Commercial Examples: [US] West County Blueberry-Apple Wine (MA), AEppelTreow Red Poll Cran-Apple Draft Cider (WI), Bellwether Cherry Street (NY), Uncle John’s Fruit Farm Winery Apple Cherry Hard Cider (MI).

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1.045 – 1.070	0.995 – 1.010	5 – 9%	N/A	N/A

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7.5%

Fruit Beer — BJCP Style Information

Raspberry Hefeweizen

Feb 16, 2009

Fruit Beer

Category:	Fruit Beer
Number:	20A

A harmonious marriage of fruit and beer. The key attributes of the underlying style will be different with the addition of fruit; do not expect the base beer to taste the same as the unadulterated version. Judge the beer based on the pleasantness and balance of the resulting combination.

Commercial Examples: New Glarus Belgian Red and Raspberry Tart, Bell’s Cherry Stout, Dogfish Head Aprihop, Great Divide Wild Raspberry Ale, Founders Rübæus, Ebulum Elderberry Black Ale, Stiegl Radler, Weyerbacher Raspberry Imperial Stout, Abita Purple Haze, Melbourne Apricot Beer and Strawberry Beer, Saxer Lemon Lager, Magic Hat #9, Grozet Gooseberry and Wheat Ale, Pyramid Apricot Ale, Dogfish Head Fort.

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14.4

6.1%

American Pale Ale — BJCP Style Information

Corey's Pale Ale

May 03, 2009

American Pale Ale

Category:	American Ale
Number:	10A

Refreshing and hoppy, yet with sufficient supporting malt.

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Fruit Cider — BJCP Style Information

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105

Corey S

Apple Rasberry Cider

Aug 24, 2008

Fruit Cider

Category:	Specialty Cider and Perry
Number:	28B

Like a dry wine with complex flavors. The apple character must marry with the added fruit so that neither dominates the other.

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1.045 – 1.070	0.995 – 1.010	5 – 9%	N/A	N/A

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7.7%

Cream Ale — BJCP Style Information

Oatmeal Pale Ale

Mar 08, 2009

Cream Ale

Category:	Light Hybrid Beer
Number:	06A

A clean, well-attenuated, flavorful American lawnmower beer.

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6.4%

Vienna Lager — BJCP Style Information

Vienna Lager

Mar 15, 2009

Vienna Lager

Category:	European Amber Lager
Number:	03A

Characterized by soft, elegant maltiness that dries out in the finish to avoid becoming sweet.

Commercial Examples: Great Lakes Eliot Ness, Boulevard Bob's 47 Munich-Style Lager, Negra Modelo, Old Dominion Aviator Amber Lager, Gordon Biersch Vienna Lager, Capital Wisconsin Amber, Olde Saratoga Lager, Penn Pilsner.

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All Grain

5.9%