# BJCP Releases 2021 Beer Style Guidelines **URL:** \ **Category:** General Homebrew Discussion\ **Created:** [December 29, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/bjcp-releases-2021-beer-style-guidelines/31814 "2021-12-29T18:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dmtaylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/dmtaylor/32/9644_2.png) [@dmtaylor](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/dmtaylor)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/bjcp-releases-2021-beer-style-guidelines/31814/1 "2021-12-29T18:09:51Z")
2021 Guidelines were released moments ago.  I thought you might all like to discuss.  I haven’t even read them yet, other to confirm that they kind of / sort of incorporated my comment from 6 years ago about the color ranges for various IPAs (especially Red and Brown) being… not accurate. > **[BJCP Releases 2021 Beer Style Guidelines – Beer Judge Certification Program](https://www.bjcp.org/news/bjcp-releases-2021-beer-style-guidelines/?fbclid=IwAR2XgFBbtcmTtzrus6n_6anxVMwrYE7xu__h0Yxwxdom6JKGrNmS-1RmVis)** ---
**Author:** ![dmtaylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/dmtaylor/32/9644_2.png) [@dmtaylor](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/dmtaylor)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/bjcp-releases-2021-beer-style-guidelines/31814/2 "2021-12-29T18:29:00Z")
I’m pleased to see they replaced “Trappist” with either “Monastic” or “Belgian”.  BJCP has no business throwing around the term “Trappist” which is an appellation, like a certificate of authenticity and quality.  Your homebrew might be high quality and use authentically Belgian ingredients, but, if you’re not a monk living in Belgium, it’s not a Trappist product. Continuing to wade through the rest of it all… ---
**Author:** ![BrewBama](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/brewbama/32/21184_2.png) [@BrewBama](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/BrewBama)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/bjcp-releases-2021-beer-style-guidelines/31814/3 "2021-12-29T22:57:41Z")
I’m glad they kept this: “The BJCP Style Guidelines are guidelines not specifications. … They are suggestions, not hard limits. …” ---
**Author:** ![ynotbrusum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/ynotbrusum/32/10316_2.png) [@ynotbrusum](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/ynotbrusum)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/bjcp-releases-2021-beer-style-guidelines/31814/4 "2021-12-29T23:13:28Z")
> [@BrewBama](#): > > I’m glad they kept this: “The BJCP Style Guidelines are guidelines not specifications. … They are suggestions, not hard limits. …” Agreed. Next appellation given similar consideration as the Trappist might be Kolsch? (couldn’t get an umlaut on that o) ---
**Author:** ![chinaski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/chinaski/32/19_2.png) [@chinaski](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/chinaski)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/bjcp-releases-2021-beer-style-guidelines/31814/5 "2021-12-29T23:24:20Z")
> [@dmtaylor](#): > > 2021 Guidelines were released moments ago.  I thought you might all like to discuss. I’m all for a reasonable discussion over a bashing- folks volunteer their time to produce them, so let’s keep that in mind! ---
**Author:** ![lsales](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/lsales/32/12239_2.png) [@lsales](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/lsales)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/bjcp-releases-2021-beer-style-guidelines/31814/6 "2021-12-30T02:31:42Z")
> [@BrewBama](#): > > I’m glad they kept this: “The BJCP Style Guidelines are guidelines not specifications. … They are suggestions, not hard limits. …” If only people could read. That’s not enough to stop the unnecessary fights lol ---
**Author:** ![JFMBearcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@JFMBearcat](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/JFMBearcat)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/bjcp-releases-2021-beer-style-guidelines/31814/7 "2021-12-30T04:04:16Z")
Glad to see gose in Euro sour ale over historical. I don’t know why, I just feel it does make sense and belongs there moreso. ---
**Author:** ![reverseapachemaster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/reverseapachemaster/32/19_2.png) [@reverseapachemaster](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/reverseapachemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/bjcp-releases-2021-beer-style-guidelines/31814/8 "2022-01-06T03:48:14Z")
> [@JFMBearcat](#): > > Glad to see gose in Euro sour ale over historical. I don’t know why, I just feel it does make sense and belongs there moreso. A lot of people were exposed to the style through Brewing With Wheat which articulated it as a historical style. I agree, to the extent it might have been a historical style, since the publication of the last BJCP guidelines it would be impossible to argue it is a historical style given how many have been brewed commercially and by homebrewers.