Beer Styles Have Finally Been Updated!

Awesome!

My one question would be will you be adding New England Imperial IPA and New England Pale Ale? They definitely exist as unique products and are well outside the ABV range you have listed for New England IPA. Just curious.

I really like the "origin" tags.

 

Wow, I can't even imagine how much work you and your team have put into all the new features on the site. Looks like there are still a few tweaks to made but I am impressed. Thank you!

 

Was there ever a thought to create a Pale Oktoberfest beers style for beers like Weihenstephaner Festbier? These beers are pale in color and it appears they are presently under the Dark Lager category - this doesn't make sense.

Cheers!

 

IMHO, yes. Not all Brett beers are wild, and not all wild beers are Bretty.

 

So, now that we have these new styles, how do handle existing beers that were entered under the old guidelines? For example, now that Murkbro beers are a unique style, is there a process in place for moving all Hazebombs that were originally listed as "regular" IPAs over to the new style? Do we just go through our individual lists and send in updates, like we would if we saw a beer misclassified?

 

You need to re-read the We Need Your Help section of Todd's post. He covers it there.

 

I was at 102 of 104 styles, so I was a bit apprehensive to see where I landed after the change. Right now, I'm at 102 of 111. Still, after a few beers are changed to the new styles, I will have had several more of the new ones, though could lose another. In the end I expect all of the new ones will be easier to accomplish than the Sahti and Happoshu I am still lacking.

While I still maintain that there are too damn many styles, it is unrealistic of me to expect any will ever go away. About as likely as the national debt being paid off.

I gotta say, I do like the idea of the new categories - makes much more sense than by country as the old way leaned. Still - why not combine porter and stout since they are so closely related?

 

No clue what American Brett is. Does it mean any beer (style) made with Brett?

 

Glad to see that this is implemented finally, will take a LOT of work to edit styles into their respective category. I am going to say it right now, American Brett is going to be a pain in the ass to classify. I know of tons of breweries that use mostly Brett(Jolly Pumpkin comes to mind), but it is far from the only microbe in their beers. Also, I saw that Aunt Sally is in there as well, when it clearly states it is kettle soured right in the notes! There is no Brett in that beer at all!

 

I'm surprised to find that, per the "Styles" feature when we click on our "Beers," I've never had a "Black & Tan," yet I've certainly had Yuengling Black & Tan (a few times), and rated it here.

Yet it's an American Porter.

I'm flummoxed.

Is there a tribunal I can appeal this to? I've always wanted to appeal something to a tribunal.

 

I see the tribunal is moving with considerable alacrity.

 

Thanks. I know, and I do often. I was just wondering how it got there in the first place is all.

 

Suggests a style called "Asian Lager" be created.

Beers like San Miguel and Tsingtao are certainly different from what is considered a Lager in the Western world.

 

While just my opinion: I do agree that the IPL has distinguished itself as a unique style. It has the dryness and crispness of a lager, with the bitterness and hoppiness of an Amercian IPA. And I often see brewers call their beer out as an "IPL"

In my personal style listings ( which roughly mriror BA's ) I rate it as a distinct style