Take the 2-minute tour ×  Reading (or tasting) it is easy to
find dozens of different styles, going a litte more in details
than lager/ale distinction, what is a simple categorization of
beer styles?  share|improve this question Have you looked
through the BJCP style guidelines, or are you asking for
something different here? bjcp.org/2008styles/catdex.php – 
fire.eagle Mar 15 '13 at 14:41  1 Answer 1  up vote 7 down vote
accepted  Like fire.eagle said, I think the BJCP style guideline
is what you are looking for. This is what nearly all home brew
competitions use when judging beer.  You can also look at the
Great American Beer Festival's style guidelines. They break
beers out into more categories than the BJCP.  share|improve
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