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MEININGER'S INTERNATIONAL CRAFT BEER AWARD awards beers in various categories.

When registering, select - none - or one of the following 5 special categories.

I. Beer with alternative grain

II. Barrel-Aged Beer

III. Freestyle / Experimental-style beer

IV. Non-Alcoholic Beer

V. Smoke Beer

Below you will find all beer styles approved for tasting listed alphabetically. The exact description can be found in the PDF for download.

Beerstyle download

Please note that the stated value ranges for original extract, alcohol, colour (EBC) and bitterness units (IBU) are merely guide values to help you to place your beer speciality into the right category. Deviations from these values are not a reason for barring the beers from the competition. If you have any further questions about the individual categories, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us by phone or email.

Fon: +49 6321 8908-951

Categories:

 

  1. Alt / Altbeer

  2. Barley Wine

  3. Berliner Weiße / Berliner Weiße Style

  4. Black IPA

  5. Blonde Ale

  6. Bock Beer (amber/dark)

  7. Bock Beer (pale)

  8. Brown Ale

  9. Dark Ale

  10. Dark Strong Ale

  11. Doppelbock (amber/dark)

  12. Doppelbock (pale)

  13. Dubble

  14. Dark Lager

  15. Ice Bock (bottom-fermented)

  16. Export

  17. Farmhouse Ale

  18. Fruit Beer

  19. Fruit sour beer (e.g. Kriek, Framboise)

  20. Gose

  21. Gueze / Gueze Style

  22. Hell

  23. Hell (new Style)

  24. Honey beer

  25. Imperial IPA

  26. Imperial Porter

  27. Imperial Stout

  28. IPA (American)

  29. IPA (English)

  30. IPA (New England)

  31. IPL

  32. Kellerbier (amber/dark)

  33. Kellerbier (pale)

  34. Keller Pils

  35. Kölsch / Kölsch Style

  36. Crystal Wheat Beer

  37. Lager

  38. Lager (amber/dark)

  39. Lager (new Style)

  40. Lambic / Lambic Style

  41. Session Wheat Beer

  42. Märzen/Oktoberfest-Style Lager

  43. Pale Ale (American)

  44. Pale Ale (English)

  45. Pale/Blonde Strong Ale

  46. Pils (Bohemian)

  47. Pils (German)

  48. Pils (new Style)

  49. Porter

  50. Porter/Stout (Baltic)

  51. Red Ale / Amber Ale

  52. Saison (Belgian Style)

  53. Sour Beer

  54. Schwarzbier (Bohemian)

  55. Schwarzbier (German)

  56. Session Ale / Summer Ale

  57. Session IPA

  58. Session Lager

  59. Stout

  60. Tripel

  61. Wheat Beer (amber)

  62. Wheat Beer (dark)

  63. Wheat Beer (pale)

  64. Weizen (new Style)

  65. Wheat IPA

  66. Wheat Bock (amber/dark)

  67. Wheat Bock (pale)

  68. Wheat Bock/Wheat Double Bock (new Style)

  69. Wheat Double Bock (amber/dark)

  70. Double Wheat Bock (pale)

  71. Wheat Ice Bock

  72. Wit Beer