BJCP Styles


The MOB officially recognizes and embraces the BJCP styles of beer. Their 2008 style guidelines are provided here as a training aid for tasting and judging the beers created by our members. For more information about the BJCP, please click here.
 
1. Light Lager
2. Pilsner
3. European Amber Lager
4. Dark Lager
5. Bock
6. Light Hybrid Beer
7. Amber Hybrid Beer
8. English Pale Ale
9. Scottish and Irish Ale
10. American Ale
11. English Brown Ale
12. Porter
13. Stout
14. India Pale Ale (IPA)
15. German Wheat and Rye Beer
16. Belgian and French Ale
17. SourAle
18. Belgian Strong Ale
19. Strong Ale
20. Fruit Ale
21. Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
22. Smoke-Flavored and Wood-Aged Beer
23. Speciality Beer
24. Traditional Mead
25. Melomel (Fruit Mead)
26. Other Mead
27. Standard Cider and Perry
28. Speciality Cider and Perry