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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.

All Grain

May 7, 2011

Berliner Weiss

All Grain

2.6/5.1

5.7

3.5%

Sweet Mead — BJCP Style Information

Uncle Tupelo

Apr 4, 2011

Sweet Mead

Category:	Traditional Mead
Number:	24C

Commercial Examples: Lurgashall Christmas Mead, Chaucer’s Mead, Rabbit’s Foot Sweet Wildflower Honey Mead, Intermiel Benoîte.

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

Extract

2.9/5.7

14.7%

Belgian Golden Strong Ale

Michele Ma Belle

Jun 2, 2013

Belgian Golden Strong Ale — BJCP Style Information

Category:	Belgian Strong Ale
Number:	18D

A golden, complex, effervescent, strong Belgian-style ale.

Commercial Examples: Duvel, Russian River Damnation, Hapkin, Lucifer, Brigand, Judas, Delirium Tremens, Dulle Teve, Piraat, Great Divide Hades, Avery Salvation, North Coast Pranqster, Unibroue Eau Benite, AleSmith Horny Devil.

Extract

3.2/6.3

23.4

4.8%

American Wheat or Rye Beer

Citrachi Wheat

Jul 5, 2010

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

3.3/6.5

32.3

5.1%

Weizen/Weissbier — BJCP Style Information

Watermelon Wheat

Aug 1, 2010

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.

All Grain

3.3/6.5

11.5

5.1%

Blonde Ale — BJCP Style Information

Glass Hammer Blonde Ale

Jul 29, 2012

Blonde Ale

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.

All Grain

3.3/6.5

13.9

5.6%

Classic American Pilsner — BJCP Style Information

LMNOPilsener

Mar 13, 2011

Classic American Pilsner

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

36.5

6.3%

Blonde Ale — BJCP Style Information

Dirty Blonde

May 22, 2011

Blonde Ale

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.

All Grain

3.9/7.7

19.6

5.6%

Scaramouche

Jul 23, 2011

Bohemian Pilsner

All Grain

4/7.9

35.4

5.7%

Bohemian Pilsener — BJCP Style Information

Scaramouche

Feb 27, 2011

Bohemian Pilsener

Category:	Pilsner
Number:	02B

Uses Moravian malted barley and a decoction mash for rich, malt character. Saaz hops and low sulfate, low carbonate water provide a distinctively soft, rounded hop profile. Traditional yeast sometimes can provide a background diacetyl note. Dextrins provide additional body, and diacetyl enhances the perception of a fuller palate.

Commercial Examples: Pilsner Urquell, Kru?ovice Imperial 12°, Budweiser Budvar (Czechvar in the US), Czech Rebel, Staropramen, Gambrinus Pilsner, Zlaty Bazant Golden Pheasant, Dock Street Bohemian Pilsner.

All Grain

4.3/8.4

35.4

5.3%

Munich Helles — BJCP Style Information

30 Helles Agree

May 29, 2012

Munich Helles

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

4.7/9.3

15.4

6.1%

Saison — BJCP Style Information

Z - Tis the Saison

Sep 24, 2011

Saison

Category:	Belgian and French Ale
Number:	16C

A medium to strong ale with a distinctive yellow-orange color, highly carbonated, well hopped, fruity and dry with a quenching acidity.

Commercial Examples: Saison Dupont Vieille Provision; Fantôme Saison D’Erezée - Printemps; Saison de Pipaix; Saison Regal; Saison Voisin; Lefebvre Saison 1900; Ellezelloise Saison 2000; Saison Silly; Southampton Saison; New Belgium Saison; Pizza Port SPF 45; Lost Abbey Red Barn Ale; Ommegang Hennepin.

All Grain

4.8/9.5

26.9

5.3%

Flummoxed Lummox

Aug 26, 2012

Imperial IPA

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

All Grain

5.9/11.6

162.8

8.4%

Hop Heavy

Oct 25, 2010

Imperial IPA

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

All Grain

5.9/11.6

162.5

8.1%

Dortmunder Export — BJCP Style Information

Surrender Dortmunder

Oct 4, 2010

Dortmunder Export

Category:	Light Lager
Number:	01E

Brewed to a slightly higher starting gravity than other light lagers, providing a firm malty body and underlying maltiness to complement the sulfate-accentuated hop bitterness. The term 'Export' is a beer strength category under German beer tax law, and is not strictly synonymous with the 'Dortmunder' style. Beer from other cities or regions can be brewed to Export strength, and labeled as such.

Commercial Examples: DAB Export, Dortmunder Union Export, Dortmunder Kronen, Ayinger Jahrhundert, Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold, Barrel House Duveneck’s Dortmunder, Bell’s Lager, Dominion Lager, Gordon Biersch Golden Export, Flensburger Gold.

All Grain

6.2/12.2

18.3

6.8%

English IPA — BJCP Style Information

Big Brew IPA

May 7, 2011

English IPA

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

A hoppy, moderately strong pale ale that features characteristics consistent with the use of English malt, hops and yeast. Has less hop character and a more pronounced malt flavor than American versions.

Commercial Examples: Meantime India Pale Ale, Freeminer Trafalgar IPA, Fuller's IPA, Ridgeway Bad Elf, Summit India Pale Ale, Samuel Smith's India Ale, Hampshire Pride of Romsey IPA, Burton Bridge Empire IPA,Middle Ages ImPailed Ale, Goose Island IPA, Brooklyn East India Pale Ale.

All Grain

6.3/12.4

48.5

6.1%

Oblibion

Nov 12, 2011

Imperial IPA

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

All Grain

6.4/12.6

114.8

8.5%

American IPA — BJCP Style Information

Pugnacious IPA

Sep 12, 2011

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.

All Grain

6.8/13.4

73.9

7.9%

New England Cider — BJCP Style Information

New England Cider

Nov 20, 2010

New England Cider

Category:	Specialty Cider and Perry
Number:	28A

Adjuncts may include white and brown sugars, molasses, small amounts of honey, and raisins. Adjuncts are intended to raise OG well above that which would be achieved by apples alone. This style is sometimes barrel-aged, in which case there will be oak character as with a barrel-aged wine. If the barrel was formerly used to age spirits, some flavor notes from the spirit (e.g., whisky or rum) may also be present, but must be subtle. Entrants MUST specify if the cider was barrel-fermented or aged. Entrants MUST specify carbonation level (still, petillant, or sparkling). Entrants MUST specify sweetness (dry, medium, or sweet).

OG	FG	ABV	Bitterness	Color (SRM/EBC)
1.060 – 1.100	0.995 – 1.010	7 – 13%	N/A	N/A

All Grain

6.8/13.4

14%