Contest Styles

Byggvir's Big Beer Cup is a style appropriate event, only open to historically appropriate styles. (To understand why styles are or are not included, read about the criteria for selecting these styles - Criteria for Selecting the Beer Styles included in Byggvir's Big Beer Cup)

Styles marked with a numeric-only style number are Byggvir defined styles, while styles marked with a numeric-alpha style number are defined by the BJCP Guidelines.  

The link in the Style Name column will take you to this site's style definition, and will be the comprehensive listing for that non-BJCP styles.  The link in the BJCP Style Link column will take you to the published BJCP Style Guidelines website - these definitions will be used for the Big Beer Cup Judging.

Here is the comprehensive Style list for Byggvir's Big Beer Cup, the content are sortable by clicking on the column titles:

Judging Category Contest Styles
Historic 00A - Historic (Non-Hopped)
Historic 00B - Historic (Hopped)
Bock 05A - Maibock/Helles Bock
Bock 05B - Traditional Bock
Bock 05C - Doppelbock
Bock 05D - Eisbock
Kolsch 06C - Kölsch
Light and Amber Hybrids 07A - Northern German Altbier
Light and Amber Hybrids 07C - Dusseldorf Altbier
English Bitters 08A - Standard/Ordinary Bitter
English Bitters 08B - Special/Best/Premium Bitter
English Bitters 08C - Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
Scottish and Irish 09A - Scottish Light 60/-
Scottish and Irish 09B - Scottish Heavy 70/-
Scottish and Irish 09C - Scottish Export 80/-
Scottish and Irish 09D - Irish Red Ale
Scottish and Irish 09E - Strong Scotch Ale
English Browns 11A - Mild
English Browns 11B - Southern English Brown
English Browns 11C - Northern English Brown Ale
Porters 12A - Brown Porter
Porters 12B - Robust Porter
Porters 12C - Baltic Porter
Stouts 13A - Dry Stout
Stouts 13B - Sweet Stout
Stouts 13C - Oatmeal Stout
German Wheat and Rye 15A - Weizen/Weissbier
German Wheat and Rye 15B - Dunkelweizen
German Wheat and Rye 15C - Weizenbock
German Wheat and Rye 15D - Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)
Belgian and French 16A - Witbier
Belgian and French 16B - Belgian Pale Ale
Belgian and French 16C - Saison
Belgian and French 16D - Bière de Garde
Belgian and French 16E - Belgian Specialty Ale
Belgian and French 17A - Berliner Weisse
Belgian and French 17B - Flanders Red Ale
Belgian and French 17C - Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin
Belgian and French 17D - Straight (Unblended) Lambic
Belgian and French 17E - Gueuze
Belgian and French 17F - Fruit Lambic
Belgian and French 18A - Belgian Blond Ale
Belgian Strong 18B - Belgian Dubbel
Belgian Strong 18C - Belgian Tripel
Belgian Strong 18D - Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Belgian Strong 18E - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
English Strong 19A - Old Ale
English Strong 19B - English Barleywine
Fruit Beers 20A - Fruit Beer
Spice/Herb/Vegetable 21A - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Wood Aged and Smoked 22A - Classic Rauchbier
Wood Aged and Smoked 22B - Other Smoked Beer
Wood Aged and Smoked 22C - Wood-Aged Beer
Specialty 23A - Specialty Beer
Traditional Meads 24A - Dry Mead
Traditional Meads 24B - Semi-sweet Mead
Traditional Meads 24C - Sweet Mead
Fruit meads 25A - Cyser (Apple Melomel)
Fruit meads 25B - Pyment (Grape Melomel)
Fruit meads 25C - Other Fruit Melomel
Specialty Meads 26A - Metheglin
Specialty Meads 26B - Braggot
Specialty Meads 26C - Open Category Mead
Ciders 27A - Common Cider
Ciders 27B - English Cider
Ciders 27C - French Cider
Ciders 27D - Common Perry
Ciders 27E - Traditional Perry
Ciders 28A - New England Cider
Ciders 28B - Fruit Cider
Ciders 28C - Applewine
Ciders 28D - Other Specialty Cider/Perry