Beer Styles

Beer Infinity classifies Beers (including Meads and Ciders) using the BJCP 2008 Style Guidelines which group together similar and related beer styles into 28 categories. Below are the BJCP* categories and styles together with links to articles which we have written about Beer Styles:

1. LIGHT LAGER 1A. Lite American Lager 1B. Standard American Lager 1C. Premium American Lager 1D. Munich Helles 1E. Dortmunder Export Article: Light Lager beer styles 2. PILSNER 2A. German Pilsner (Pils) 2B. Bohemian Pilsener 2C. Classic American Pilsner Article: Pilsner beer styles 3. EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER 3A. Vienna Lager 3B. Oktoberfest Article: European Amber Lager beer styles 4. DARK LAGER 4A. Dark American Lager 4B. Munich Dunkel 4C. Schwarzbier (Black Beer) Article: Dark Lager beer styles 5. BOCK 5A. Maibock/Helles Bock 5B. Traditional Bock 5C. Doppelbock 5D. Eisbock Article: Bock beer styles 6. LIGHT HYBRID BEER 6A. Cream Ale 6B. Blonde Ale 6C. Kölsch 6D. American Wheat or Rye Beer Article: Light Hybrid Beer styles 7. AMBER HYBRID BEER 7A. Northern German Altbier 7B. California Common Beer 7C. Düsseldorf Altbier Article: Amber Hybrid beer styles 8. ENGLISH PALE ALE 8A. Standard/Ordinary Bitter 8B. Special/Best/Premium Bitter 8C. Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) Article: English Pale Ale beer styles 9. SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE 9A. Scottish Light 60/- 9B. Scottish Heavy 70/- 9C. Scottish Export 80/- 9D. Irish Red Ale 9E. Strong Scotch Ale Article: Scottish & Irish Ale beer styles 10. AMERICAN ALE 10A. American Pale Ale 10B. American Amber Ale 10C. American Brown Ale Article: American Ale beer styles 11. ENGLISH BROWN ALE 11A. Mild 11B. Southern English Brown 11C. Northern English Brown Article: English Brown Ale beer styles 12. PORTER 12A. Brown Porter 12B. Robust Porter 12C. Baltic Porter Article: Porter beer styles 13. STOUT 13A. Dry Stout 13B. Sweet Stout 13C. Oatmeal Stout 13D. Foreign Extra Stout 13E. American Stout 13F. Russian Imperial Stout Article: Stout beer styles 14. INDIA PALE ALE (IPA) 14A. English IPA 14B. American IPA 14C. Imperial IPA Article: India Pale Ale beer styles 15. GERMAN WHEAT AND RYE BEER 15A. Weizen/Weissbier 15B. Dunkelweizen 15C. Weizenbock 15D. Roggenbier (German Rye Beer) Article: German Wheat & Rye Beer styles 16. BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE 16A. Witbier 16B. Belgian Pale Ale 16C. Saison 16D. Bière de Garde 16E. Belgian Specialty Ale Article: Belgian & French Ale beer styles 17. SOUR ALE 17A. Berliner Weisse 17B. Flanders Red Ale 17C. Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin 17D. Straight (Unblended) Lambic 17E. Gueuze 17F. Fruit Lambic Article: Sour Ale beer styles 18. BELGIAN STRONG ALE 18A. Belgian Blond Ale 18B. Belgian Dubbel 18C. Belgian Tripel 18D. Belgian Golden Strong Ale 18E. Belgian Dark Strong Ale Article: Belgian Strong Ale beer styles 19. STRONG ALE 19A. Old Ale 19B. English Barleywine 19C. American Barleywine Article: Strong Ale beer styles 20. FRUIT BEER 20. Fruit Beer Article: Fruit Beer styles 21. SPICE / HERB / VEGETABLE BEER 21A. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer 21B. Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer Article: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer styles 22. SMOKE-FLAVORED AND WOOD-AGED BEER 22A. Classic Rauchbier 22B. Other Smoked Beer 22C. Wood-Aged Beer Article: Smoke-Flavored/Wood-Aged Beer styles 23. SPECIALTY BEER 23. Specialty Beer Article: Specialty Beer styles 24. TRADITIONAL MEAD 24A. Dry Mead 24B. Semi-Sweet Mead 24C. Sweet Mead 25. MELOMEL (FRUIT MEAD) 25A. Cyser 25B. Pyment 25C. Other Fruit Melomel 26. OTHER MEAD 26A. Metheglin 26B. Braggot 26C. Open Category Mead 27. STANDARD CIDER AND PERRY 27A. Common Cider 27B. English Cider 27C. French Cider 27D. Common Perry 27E. Traditional Perry 28. SPECIALTY CIDER AND PERRY 28A. New England Cider 28B. Fruit Cider 28C. Applewine 28D. Other Specialty Cider/Perry

* Beer Styles’ information is courtesy of BJCP.org.