2009 St. Louis Brews Schedule – Official

 

This is the official monthly beer schedule for the St. Louis Brews.  This list is not a hard and fast rule, but merely a guideline to keep the club running smoothly and with some semblance of order.  If you feel the need to bring a beer not in one of the monthly styles, please do so.  The Brewmeister will make every effort to integrate it into the tasting, but don't feel hurt if it doesn't make it in.

 

(COC)= AHA Club-Only Competition - click here for details

 

January – Wildcard

                        Wildcard - Anything goes.  Bring those beers that either don't fit into any other category or that you just don't want to wait until the               proper category comes up.

 

February – Smoked & Wood-Aged Beers, Specialty Beers

   Cat. 22 Smoke-Flavored and Wood-Aged Beer

               22A. Classic Rauchbier

               22B. Other Smoked Beer

               22C. Wood-Aged Beer

   Cat. 23 Specialty Beer

 

March – Big Beers (hoppy, high alcohol, big malt, etc.)

            Beers with OG > 1.080 (COC)

                        This competition covers the following beer styles:

                        5C - Dopplebock, 5E - Eisbock

                        9E - Strong Scottish Ale

                        12C - Baltic Porter

                        13F - Imperial Stout

                        14C - Imperial IPA

                        15C - Weizenbock

                        16C - Siason, 16D - Bière de Garde, 16E - Belgian Specialty Ale

                        18C - Belgian Tripel, 18D - Belgian Golden Strong Ale, 18E - Belgian Dark Strong Ale

                        19A - Old Ale, 19B - English Barleywine, 19C - American Barleywine

                        20 - Fruit Beer over 1.080 OG

                        21 - Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer over 1.080 OG

                        22B - Other Smoked Beer over 1.080 OG, 22C - Wood-Aged Beer over 1.080 OG

                        23 Specialty Beer over 1.080 OG

 

April – Extract Beers (COC)

            This category covers All BJCP beer styles (Categories 1-23).

            Extract must make up more than 50% of fermentables.

 

May – English Ales

Cat. 8 English Pale Ale

            8A. Standard/Ordinary Bitter

            8B. Special/Best/Premium Bitter

                        8C. Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)

Cat. 14 India Pale Ale

            14A. English IPA

            14B. American IPA

            14C. Imperial IPA

June – Fruit Beers, Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beers, Meads & Ciders

            Cat. 20 Fruit Beer

            Cat. 21 Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer

               21A. Spice, Herb or Vegetable Beer

   Cat. 24 Traditional Mead

               24A. Dry Mead

               24B. Semi-sweet Mead

               24C. Sweet Mead

            Cat. 25 Melomel (Fruit Mead)

                        25A. Cyser (Apple Melomel)

                        25B. Pyment (Grape Melomel)

                        25C. Other Fruit Melomel

   Cat. 26 Other Mead

               26A. Metheglin

               26B. Braggot

               26C. Open Category Mead

            Cat. 27 Standard Cider & Perry

                        27A. Common Cider

                        27B. English Cider

                        27C. French Cider

                        27D. Common Perry

                        27E. Traditional Perry

            Cat. 28 Specialty Cider & Perry

                        28A. New England Cider

                        28B. Fruit Cider

                        28C. Applewine

                        28D. Other Specialty Cider & Perry

 

July – Wheat Beers & Wildcard

            Cat. 6 Light Hybrid Beer

                        6D. American Wheat or Rye Beer

            Cat. 15 German Wheat and Rye Beer

                        15A. Weizen/Weissbier

                        15B. Dunkelweizen

                        15C. Weizenbock

                        15D. Roggenbier (German Rye Beer

            Wildcard - Anything goes.  Bring those beers that either don't fit into any other category or that you just don't want to wait until the proper    category comes up.

 

August – American Beers

            Cat. 1 Light Lager

                        1A. Lite American Lager

                        1B. Standard American Lager

                        1C. Premium American Lager

            Cat. 2 Pilsner

                        2C. Classic American Pilsner

            Cat. 4 Dark Lager

                        4A. Dark American Lager

            Cat. 6 Light Hybrid Beer

                        6A. Cream Ale

                        6B. Blond Ale

            Cat. 7 Amber Hybrid Beer (COC)

                        7A. Northern German Altbier

                        7B. California Common Beer

                        7C. Dusseldorf Altbier

Cat. 10 American Ale

10A. American Pale Ale

                        10B. American Amber Ale

                        10C. American Brown

 

September –  Bocks, German Ales & Lagers

            Cat. 1 Light Lager

            1D. Munich Helles

            1E. Dortmunder Export

Cat. 2 Pilsner

            2A. German Pilsner (Pils)

            2B. Bohemian Pilsner

            Cat. 3 European Amber Lager (COC)

                        3A. Vienna Lager

                        3B. Oktoberfest/Maerzen

            Cat. 4 Dark Lager

                                    4B. Munich Dunkel

                                    4C. Schwarzbier (Black Beer)

            Cat. 5 Bock

                        5A. Maibock/Helles Bock

                        5B. Traditional Bock

                        5C. Doppelbock

            5D. Eisbock

Cat. 6 Light Hybrid Beer

            6C. Kölsch Beer

            Cat. 7 Amber Hybrid Beer

                        7A. Northern German Altbier

                        7B. California Common Beer

                        7C. Dusseldorf Altbier

 

October – Scottish & Irish Beers, Strong Ales & Winter Warmers

            Cat. 9 Scottish & Irish Ale

                        9A. Light 60/-

                        9B. Heavy 70/-

                        9C. Export 80/-

                        9D. Irish Red Ale

                        9E. Strong Scotch Ale

            Cat. 19 Strong Ales

                        19A. Old Ales

                        19B. English Barleywine

                        19C. American Barleywine

Cat. 21 Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer

                        21B. Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer

November – Belgian Beers

Cat. 16 Belgian & French Ale

16A. Witbier

16B. Belgian Pale Ale

16C. Saison

16D. Bière de Garde

16E. Belgian Specialty Ale

Cat. 17 Sour Ale

17A. Berliner Weisse

17B. Flanders Red Ale

17C. Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin

17D. Straight (Unblended) Lambic

17E. Gueuze

17F. Fruit Lambic

Cat. 18 Belgian Strong Ale (COC)

18A. Belgian Blond Ale

18B. Belgian Dubbel

18C. Belgian Tripel

18D. Belgian Golden Strong Ale

            18E. Belgian Dark Strong Ale

 

December – Porters & Stouts, Browns & Milds

Cat. 11 English Brown Ale (COC)

                        11A. Mild

                        11B. Southern English Brown

                        11C. Northern English Brown

            Cat. 12 Porter

                        12A. Brown Porter

                        12B. Robust Porter

                        12C. Baltic Porter

            Cat. 13 Stout

                        13A. Dry Stout

                        13B. Sweet Stout

                        13C. Oatmeal Stout

                        13D. Foreign Extra Stout

                        13E. American Stout

                        13F. Russian Imperial Stout