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  • Small beer, big aroma

    Gentle

    Brew a session IPA under 4.5% ABV that still smells like a proper IPA.

    • Below 4.5% ABV
    • At least 30 IBU
    • Hop aroma of 6 or more
    • Overall score of 72 or better

  • Soft Czech lager

    Involved

    A pale Czech lager: soft water, real bitterness, and no diacetyl.

    • Fermented with a lager strain
    • Between 4.2% and 5.6% ABV
    • 30–45 IBU
    • Pale, under 14 EBC
    • No diacetyl finding
    • Overall score of 78 or better

  • Rescue the sweet stout

    Involved

    This stout is undrinkably sweet. Bring it back into balance without losing the roast.

    • Sweetness below 5.5
    • Roast still at 4 or above
    • Still a dark beer, 40 EBC or more
    • Coherence of 78 or better

  • Loud but gentle

    Gentle

    Get hop aroma to 7 or more while keeping bitterness under 35 IBU.

    • Hop aroma of 7 or more
    • Under 35 IBU
    • No grassy over-hopping findings
    • Overall score of 75 or better

  • Four ingredients

    Hard

    Water, one malt, one hop, one yeast. Make it a beer worth drinking.

    • Exactly one fermentable
    • Exactly one hop variety
    • At least 18 IBU
    • Overall score of 80 or better

  • Dry saison, no heat

    Involved

    Finish at 1.006 or below, above 5.5% ABV, without any solvent heat.

    • Final gravity of 1.006 or below
    • Above 5.5% ABV
    • No hot alcohol finding
    • Alcohol warmth of 4 or less
    • Technical quality of 82 or better

  • Ten percent, still balanced

    Hard

    An imperial stout at 9.5% ABV or more that still holds together.

    • 9.5% ABV or more
    • Roast of 6 or more
    • Alcohol warmth of 7 or less
    • Coherence of 78 or better
    • Technical quality of 78 or better

  • Repair the brew

    Hard

    Every stage of this recipe has a problem. Find them all and make it good.

    • No severe or warning findings
    • At least 4.5% ABV
    • Overall score of 78 or better

  • Nowhere to hide

    Hard

    A pale lager under 10 EBC with no findings worse than a caution.

    • Under 10 EBC
    • Fermented with a lager strain
    • Nothing worse than a caution
    • Technical quality of 90 or better

  • Noble restraint

    Involved

    A malt-forward beer using only European hops, with real flavour under 4% ABV.

    • Only German, Czech, English, Slovenian or French hops
    • Under 4% ABV
    • Malt character of 4.5 or more
    • Overall score of 75 or better