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BJCP Styles: Overall Impression (Beer Only) Flashcards

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1A: Lite American Lager, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Very refreshing and thirst quenching.

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1B: Standard American Lager, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Very refreshing and thirst quenching.

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1C: Premium American Lager, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Refreshing and thirst quenching, although generally more filling than standard/lite versions.

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1D: Munich Helles, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Malty but fully attenuated Pils malt showcase.

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1E: Dortmunder Export, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Balance and smoothness are the hallmarks of this style. It has the malt profile of a Helles, the hop character of a Pils, and is slightly stronger than both.

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2A: German Pilsner (Pils), overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Crisp, clean, refreshing beer that prominently features noble German hop bitterness accentuated by sulfates in the water.

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2B: Bohemian Pilsener, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Crisp, complex and well-rounded yet refreshing.

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2C: Classic American Pilsner, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A substantial Pilsner that can stand up to the classic European Pilsners, but exhibiting the native American grains and hops available to German brewers who initially brewed it in the USA. Refreshing, but with the underlying malt and hops that stand out when compared to other modern American light lagers. Maize lends a distinctive grainy sweetness. Rice contributes a crisper, more neutral character.

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3A: Vienna Lager, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Characterized by soft, elegant maltiness that dries out in the finish to avoid becoming sweet.

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3B: Oktoberfest/Märzen, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Smooth, clean, and rather rich, with a depth of malt character. This is one of the classic malty styles, with a maltiness that is often described as soft, complex, and elegant but never cloying.

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4A: Dark American Lager, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A somewhat sweeter version of standard/premium lager with a little more body and flavor.

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4B: Munich Dunkel, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Characterized by depth and complexity of Munich malt and the accompanying melanoidins. Rich Munich flavors, but not as intense as a bock or as roasted as a schwarzbier.

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4C: Schwarzbier (Black Beer), overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A dark German lager that balances roasted yet smooth malt flavors with moderate hop bitterness.

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5A: Maibock/Helles Bock, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A relatively pale, strong, malty lager beer. Designed to walk a fine line between blandness and too much color. Hop character is generally more apparent than in other bocks.

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5B: Traditional Bock, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A dark, strong, malty lager beer.

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5C: Doppelbock, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A very strong and rich lager. A bigger version of either a traditional bock or a helles bock.

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5D: Eisbock, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: An extremely strong, full and malty dark lager.

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6A: Cream Ale, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A clean, well-attenuated, flavorful American lawnmower beer.

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6B: Blonde Ale, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Easy-drinking, approachable, malt-oriented American craft beer.

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6C: Kölsch, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A clean, crisp, delicately balanced beer usually with very subtle fruit flavors and aromas. Subdued maltiness throughout leads to a pleasantly refreshing tang in the finish. To the untrained taster easily mistaken for a light lager, a somewhat subtle Pilsner, or perhaps a blonde ale.

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6D: American Wheat or Rye Beer, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Refreshing wheat or rye beers that can display more hop character and less yeast character than their German cousins.

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7A: Northern German Altbier, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A very clean and relatively bitter beer, balanced by some malt character. Generally darker, sometimes more caramelly, and usually sweeter and less bitter than Düsseldorf Altbier.

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7B: California Common Beer, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A lightly fruity beer with firm, grainy maltiness, interesting toasty and caramel flavors, and showcasing the signature Northern Brewer varietal hop character.

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7C: Düsseldorf Altbier, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A well balanced, bitter yet malty, clean, smooth, well-attenuated amber-colored German ale.

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8A: Standard/Ordinary Bitter, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Low gravity, low alcohol levels and low carbonation make this an easy-drinking beer. Some examples can be more malt balanced, but this should not override the overall bitter impression. Drinkability is a critical component of the style; emphasis is still on the bittering hop addition as opposed to the aggressive middle and late hopping seen in American ales.

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8B: Special/Best/Premium Bitter, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A flavorful, yet refreshing, session beer. Some examples can be more malt balanced, but this should not override the overall bitter impression. Drinkability is a critical component of the style; emphasis is still on the bittering hop addition as opposed to the aggressive middle and late hopping seen in American ales.

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8C: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale), overall impression?

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Overall Impression: An average-strength to moderately-strong English ale. The balance may be fairly even between malt and hops to somewhat bitter. Drinkability is a critical component of the style; emphasis is still on the bittering hop addition as opposed to the aggressive middle and late hopping seen in American ales. A rather broad style that allows for considerable interpretation by the brewer.

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9A: Scottish Light 60/-, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Cleanly malty with a drying finish, perhaps a few esters, and on occasion a faint bit of peaty earthiness (smoke). Most beers finish fairly dry considering their relatively sweet palate, and as such have a different balance than strong Scotch ales.

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9B: Scottish Heavy 70/-, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Cleanly malty with a drying finish, perhaps a few esters, and on occasion a faint bit of peaty earthiness (smoke). Most beers finish fairly dry considering their relatively sweet palate, and as such have a different balance than strong Scotch ales.

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9C: Scottish Export 80/-, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Cleanly malty with a drying finish, perhaps a few esters, and on occasion a faint bit of peaty earthiness (smoke). Most beers finish fairly dry considering their relatively sweet palate, and as such have a different balance than strong Scotch ales.

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9D: Irish Red Ale, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: An easy-drinking pint. Malt-focused with an initial sweetness and a roasted dryness in the finish.

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9E: Strong Scotch Ale, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Rich, malty and usually sweet, which can be suggestive of a dessert. Complex secondary malt flavors prevent a one-dimensional impression. Strength and maltiness can vary.

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10A: American Pale Ale, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Refreshing and hoppy, yet with sufficient supporting malt.

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10B: American Amber Ale, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Like an American pale ale with more body, more caramel richness, and a balance more towards malt than hops (although hop rates can be significant).

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10C: American Brown Ale, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Can be considered a bigger, maltier, hoppier interpretation of Northern English brown ale or a hoppier, less malty Brown Porter, often including the citrus-accented hop presence that is characteristic of American hop varieties.

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11A: Mild, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A light-flavored, malt-accented beer that is readily suited to drinking in quantity. Refreshing, yet flavorful. Some versions may seem like lower gravity brown porters.

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11B: Southern English Brown, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A luscious, malt-oriented brown ale, with a caramel, dark fruit complexity of malt flavor. May seem somewhat like a smaller version of a sweet stout or a sweet version of a dark mild.

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11C: Northern English Brown Ale, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Drier and more hop-oriented that southern English brown ale, with a nutty character rather than caramel.

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12A: Brown Porter, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A fairly substantial English dark ale with restrained roasty characteristics.

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12B: Robust Porter, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A substantial, malty dark ale with a complex and flavorful roasty character.

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12C: Baltic Porter, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A Baltic Porter often has the malt flavors reminiscent of an English brown porter and the restrained roast of a schwarzbier, but with a higher OG and alcohol content than either. Very complex, with multi-layered flavors.

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13A: Dry Stout, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A very dark, roasty, bitter, creamy ale.

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13B: Sweet Stout, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A very dark, sweet, full-bodied, slightly roasty ale. Often tastes like sweetened espresso.

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13C: Oatmeal Stout, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A very dark, full-bodied, roasty, malty ale with a complementary oatmeal flavor.

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13D: Foreign Extra Stout, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A very dark, moderately strong, roasty ale. Tropical varieties can be quite sweet, while export versions can be drier and fairly robust.

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13E: American Stout, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A hoppy, bitter, strongly roasted Foreign-style Stout (of the export variety).

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13F: Russian Imperial Stout, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: An intensely flavored, big, dark ale. Roasty, fruity, and bittersweet, with a noticeable alcohol presence. Dark fruit flavors meld with roasty, burnt, or almost tar-like sensations. Like a black barleywine with every dimension of flavor coming into play.

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14A: English IPA, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A hoppy, moderately strong pale ale that features characteristics consistent with the use of English malt, hops and yeast. Has less hop character and a more pronounced malt flavor than American versions.

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14B: American IPA, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American pale ale.

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14C: Imperial IPA, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: An intensely hoppy, very strong pale ale without the big maltiness and/or deeper malt flavors of an American barleywine. Strongly hopped, but clean, lacking harshness, and a tribute to historical IPAs. Drinkability is an important characteristic; this should not be a heavy, sipping beer. It should also not have much residual sweetness or a heavy character grain profile.

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15A: Weizen/Weissbier, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A pale, spicy, fruity, refreshing wheat-based ale.

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15B: Dunkelweizen, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A moderately dark, spicy, fruity, malty, refreshing wheat-based ale. Reflecting the best yeast and wheat character of a hefeweizen blended with the malty richness of a Munich dunkel.

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15C: Weizenbock, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A strong, malty, fruity, wheat-based ale combining the best flavors of a dunkelweizen and the rich strength and body of a bock.

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15D: Roggenbier (German Rye Beer), overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A dunkelweizen made with rye rather than wheat, but with a greater body and light finishing hops.

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16A: Witbier, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A refreshing, elegant, tasty, moderate-strength wheat-based ale.

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16B: Belgian Pale Ale, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A fruity, moderately malty, somewhat spicy, easy-drinking, copper-colored ale.

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16C: Saison, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A refreshing, medium to strong fruity/spicy ale with a distinctive yellow-orange color, highly carbonated, well hopped, and dry with a quenching acidity.

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16D: Bière de Garde, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A fairly strong, malt-accentuated, lagered artisanal farmhouse beer.

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16E: Belgian Specialty Ale, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Variable. This category encompasses a wide range of Belgian ales produced by truly artisanal brewers more concerned with creating unique products than in increasing sales.

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17A: Berliner Weisse, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A very pale, sour, refreshing, low-alcohol wheat ale.

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17B: Flanders Red Ale, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A complex, sour, red wine-like Belgian-style ale.

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17C: Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A malty, fruity, aged, somewhat sour Belgian-style brown ale.

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17D: Straight (Unblended) Lambic, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Complex, sour/acidic, pale, wheat-based ale fermented by a variety of Belgian microbiota.

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17E: Gueuze, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Complex, pleasantly sour/acidic, balanced, pale, wheat-based ale fermented by a variety of Belgian microbiota.

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17F: Fruit Lambic, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Complex, fruity, pleasantly sour/acidic, balanced, pale, wheat-based ale fermented by a variety of Belgian microbiota. A lambic with fruit, not just a fruit beer.

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18A: Belgian Blond Ale, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A moderate-strength golden ale that has a subtle Belgian complexity, slightly sweet flavor, and dry finish.

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18B: Belgian Dubbel, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: : A deep reddish, moderately strong, malty, complex Belgian ale.

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18C: Belgian Tripel, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Strongly resembles a Strong Golden Ale but slightly darker and somewhat fuller-bodied. Usually has a more rounded malt flavor but should not be sweet.

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18D: Belgian Golden Strong Ale, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A golden, complex, effervescent, strong Belgian-style ale.

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18E: Belgian Dark Strong Ale, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A dark, very rich, complex, very strong Belgian ale. Complex, rich, smooth and dangerous.

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19A: Old Ale, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: An ale of significant alcoholic strength, bigger than strong bitters and brown porters, though usually not as strong or rich as barleywine. Usually tilted toward a sweeter, maltier balance. ‘It should be a warming beer of the type that is best drunk in half pints by a warm fire on a cold winter’s night’ – Michael Jackson.

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19B: English Barleywine, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: The richest and strongest of the English Ales. A showcase of malty richness and complex, intense flavors. The character of these ales can change significantly over time; both young and old versions should be appreciated for what they are. The malt profile can vary widely; not all examples will have all possible flavors or aromas.

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19C: American Barleywine, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A well-hopped American interpretation of the richest and strongest of the English ales. The hop character should be evident throughout, but does not have to be unbalanced. The alcohol strength and hop bitterness often combine to leave a very long finish.

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20A: FRUIT BEER, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A harmonious marriage of fruit and beer. The key attributes of the underlying style will be different with the addition of fruit; do not expect the base beer to taste the same as the unadulterated version. Judge the beer based on the pleasantness and balance of the resulting combination.

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21A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A harmonious marriage of spices, herbs and/or vegetables and beer. The key attributes of the underlying style will be different with the addition of spices, herbs and/or vegetables; do not expect the base beer to taste the same as the unadulterated version. Judge the beer based on the pleasantness and balance of the resulting combination.

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21B: Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A stronger, darker, spiced beer that often has a rich body and warming finish suggesting a good accompaniment for the cold winter season.

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22A: Classic Rauchbier, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: Märzen/Oktoberfest-style (see 3B) beer with a sweet, smoky aroma and flavor and a somewhat darker color.

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22B: Other Smoked Beer, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: This is any beer that is exhibiting smoke as a principle flavor and aroma characteristic other than the Bamberg-style Rauchbier (i.e., beechwood-smoked Märzen). Balance in the use of smoke, hops and malt character is exhibited by the better examples.

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22C: Wood-Aged Beer, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A harmonious blend of the base beer style with characteristics from aging in contact with wood (including any alcoholic products previously in contact with the wood). The best examples will be smooth, flavorful, well-balanced and well-aged. Beers made using either limited wood aging or products that only provide a subtle background character may be entered in the base beer style categories as long as the wood character isn’t prominently featured.

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23A: Specialty Beer, overall impression?

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Overall Impression: A harmonious marriage of ingredients, processes and beer. The key attributes of the underlying style (if declared) will be atypical due to the addition of special ingredients or techniques; do not expect the base beer to taste the same as the unadulterated version. Judge the beer based on the pleasantness and harmony of the resulting combination. The overall uniqueness of the process, ingredients used, and creativity should be considered. The overall rating of the beer depends heavily on the inherently subjective assessment of distinctiveness and drinkability.

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