AHA and BJCP Beer Styles

Below are a listing of all the AHA (American Homebrewing Association) and the BJCP (Beer Judging Certification Program) guidelines. Click on a green link to the description of the style.

BJCP Beer Styles

American Lager
- Light/Standard/Premium
- Dark Lager
- Classic American Pilsner
European Pale Lager
- Bohemian Pilsner
- Northern German Pilsner
- Dortmunder Export
- Munich Helles
Light Ale
- Blonde Ale
- American Wheat
- Cream Ale
Bitter & English Pale Ale
- Ordinary Bitter
- Special or Best Bitter
- Strong Bitter/English Pale Ale
Scottish Ale
- Light 60/-
- Heavy 70/-
- Export 80/-
American Pale Ales
- American Pale Ale
- American Amber
- California Common Ale
India Pale Ale
- India Pale Ale
Koelsch & Altibier
- Koelsch-Style Ale
- Dusseldorfer Altbier
- Northern German Altbier
German Amber Lager
- Oktoberfest/Maerzen
- Vienna Lager
Brown Ale
- Mild
- Northern Brown Ale
- Southern Brown Ale
- American Brown Ale
English & Scottish Strong Ale
- Old Ale
- Strong Scotch Ale (Wee Heavy)
Barleywine & Imperial Stout
- Enblish Style Barleywine
- American-style Barleywine
- Russian Imperial Stout
European Dark Lager
- Munich Dunkel
- Schwarzbier
Bock
- Traditional Bock
- Helles Bock/Maibock
- Doppelbock
- Eisbock
Porter
- Robust Porter
- Brown Porter
Stout
- Dry Stout
- Sweet Stout
- Oatmeal Stout
- Foreign Extra Stout
Wheat Beer
- Bavarian Weizen
- Bavarian Dunkelweizen
- Berliner Weisse
- Weizenbock
Strong Belgain Ale
- Dubbel
- Tripel
- Belgian Strong Golden Ale
- Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Belgian & French Ale
- Belgian Pale Ale
- Witbier
- Biere de Garde
- Saison
- Belgian Specialty Ale
Lambic & Belgian Sour Ale
- Straight Lambic-style Ale
- Gueuze-style Ale
- Fruit Lambic-style Ale
- Oud Bruin Ale
- Flanders Red Ale
Fruit Beer
- Fruit Beer
Spice/Herb/Vegetable
- Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Smoked Beer
- Classic Rauchbier
- Other Smoked Beer
Specialty
- Experimental and historic
Mead
- Traditional Mead
- Varietal Honey Traditional Mead
- Cyser
- Pyment
- Other Fruit Melomel
- Metheglin
- Braggot
Cider
- Standard Cider and Perry
- New England-style Cider
- Specialty Cider and Perry

AHA Beer Styles

Barley Wine
- English-Style Barley Wine
- American-Style Barley Wine
Belgian and French Ale
- Flanders Brown / Ouid Bruin
- Dubbel
- Tripel
- Belgain Pale Ale
- Belgain Pale Strong Ale
- Dark Strong Ale
- White (Wit)
- Biere de Garde
Belgain-style Lambic
- Lambic
- Gueuze Lambic
- Fruit Lambic
Mild and Brown Ale
- English Light Mild
- English Dark Mild
- English Brown
- American Brown
- Irish Red Ale
English-style Pale Ale
- Classic English Pale Ale
- India Pale Ale
American-style Ale
- American Pale Ale
- American Amber Ale
- American Wheat
English Bitter
- English Ordinary Bitter
- English Special Bitter
- English Extra Special Bitter
Scottish Ale
- Scottish Light
- Scottish Heavy
- Scottish Export
Porter
- Brown Porter
- Robust Porter
English & Scottish Strong Ale
- English Old Ale/Strong Ale
- Strong Scotch Ale
Stout
- Classic Irish-style Dry Stout
- Foreign Style Stout
- Sweet Stout
- Oatmeal Stout
- Imperial Stout
Bock
- Traditional Bock
- German-Style Helles Bock/Maibock
- Doppelbock
- Eisbock
German Dark Lager
- Munich Dunkel
- Schwarzbier
Classic Pilsner
- German-Style Pilsner
- Bohemian-Style Pilsner
- American-Style Pilsner
American Lager
- American Lager
- American-Style Light Lager
- American-Lager/Ale or Creame Ale
- American-Premium Lager
- America Dark Lager
German Light Lager
- Munchner-Styule Helles
- Dortmunder/European-Style Export
Vienna/Marzen/Oktoberfest
- Vienna
- Marzen/Oktoberfest
German-Style Ale
- Kolsch
- Dusseldorf-Style Altbeir
German-Style Wheat Beer
- Weizen/Weissbeir (Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier)
- Berliner Weisse
- Dunkelweizen
- Weizenbock/Weissbock
Smoked Beer
- Bamberg-Style Rauchbier
- Classic-Style Smoked Beer
- Other Smoked Beer
Fruit and Vegatable Beer
- Fruit and Vegatable Beer
- Classic-Style Fruit Beer
Herb and Spice Beer
- Herb and Spice Beers
- Classic-Style Herb and Spice Beer
Specialty Beer
- Specialty Beer
- Classic-Style Specialty Beer
California Common Beer
- California Common Beer
Mead, Traditional
- Sparkling Traditional Mead
- Still Traditional Mead
- Sparkling Braggot
- Still Braggot
Mead Fruit and Vegetable
- Sparkling Melomel
- Still Melomel
- Sparkling Cyser
- Still Cyser
- Sparkling Pyment
- Still Pyment
Mead, Herb and Spice
- Sparkling Metheglin
- Still Metheglin
- Sparkling Hippocras
- Still Hipposcras
Cider
- Still Cider
- Sparkling Cider
- New-England Style Cider
- Specialty Cider

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