Glitter beer joins other beer styles in the Beer Style Guidelines. (CraftBeer.com)

BA Names Glitter Beer ‘Official’ Competition Beer Style

April 1, 2019

BOULDER, Colorado — April 1, 2019 — Today, April 1, 2019, the Brewers Association (BA), the not-for-profit trade group dedicated to promoting and protecting America’s small and independent craft brewers, released an amendment to its Beer Style Guidelines for 2019 creating a new category for 2018’s trendy “it” beer, Glitter Beer.

Reviewed and revised annually by the BA, the BA’s Beer Style Guidelines serve as a model resource for brewers, beer judges and competition organizers, and celebrate the great diversity of beer around the world. The emergency change comes outside of the typical timeline for style guide revisions due to the realization of neglect to recognize the trendy beer style.

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“Typically, our technical team would take more time to adopt a new style to our official competition guidelines,” says BA spokesperson, Lisa Frank. “But when dozens of breweries started brewing glitter beers, and consumers couldn’t get enough, it was apparent to us that it was time to add some sparkle to our beer style guidelines.”

Future BA beer competitions, including the Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup, will accept and award gold, silver and bronze medals for Glitter Beer.

Style guidelines help guide judges during competitions. Here’s what the guidelines look like for glitter beer:

Quantitative Style Statistics

Original Gravity: 1.111 — 1.053

Final Gravity: 1.021 — 0.900

ABV: 13%

IBU: 11-22

SRM: 6-12

Volumes of CO2: 4.98

Apparent Attenuation: 81%

Pairing Suggestions

Peeps

Nicholas Sparks Novels

Mariah Carey’s “Glitter” Soundtrack

Construction paper and glue

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