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건배: Breweries from South Korea

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The long overdue country badge for South Korea. Check into five beers made by South Korean breweries to earn 건배: Breweries from South Korea.

The Korean beer market is dominated by two main brands, Hite (made by HiteJinro) and Cass (made by Oriental Brewery). Microbreweries are slowly beginning to emerge and include 7Bräu, Praha 993, The Booth and Squeeze Brewery.

Untappd has proposed various versions of the badge before, and at one stage was looking at introducing a “unified” badge that also included North Korea.

March 2023 Style updates

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A wee while ago now, but Untappd added a few new styles back in 2023.

The additions were:

In addition, Lager – Amber and Lager – Red got merged into Lager – Amber / Red (Lager Jack and Paint the Town Red), Golden Ale got renamed to Golden Ale – Other (Fields of Gold) and IPA – Brown (I Believe in IPA!, but oddly not Bravo for Brown) was added back into the database.

By my count, that takes the total number of styles on Untappd up to 253, meaning that you can now take the Wheel of Styles badge up to level 51.

2023 New Core Badges

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After a long pause, Untappd has released five new core badges. All country badges, they have been subtitled “Breweries from x country” to make it really obvious.

The five badges are:

  • наздраве: Breweries from Bulgaria
  • अच्छी सेहत के लिए: Breweries from India
  • 건배: Breweries from South Korea
  • Sláinte: Breweries from Northern Ireland
  • Na zdravje: Breweries from Slovenia

Year in Beer

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Spotify Untappd has released its Year in Beer feature for 2022. Happily for us, the release is promoted with a new badge. To claim it, check into any beer between 13 December and 13 January. That’s so easy, you probably already have it!

The release is accompanied by seven style specific badges that are sponsored by Oskar Blues and Cigar City. Check into any beer of that style to earn each badge. They styles are: IPA – American, Pale Ale – American, IPA – New England / Hazy, Wheat Beer – Hereweizen, Blonde Ale, Dark Ale and Hard Seltzer.

National Lager Day

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After long running badges for International Stout Day and IPA Day, Untappd finally introduced a badge for National Lager Day in 2021. National Lager Day is observed on 10 December every year, so get a lager ready to celebrate and become a Lager Jack!

Fun fact: Lager is the third most popular beverage after water and tea!

The badge was broadened in 2022 to include the wider Lager family: Pilsners, Bocks, California Common, Festbier, Zoigl, Kellerbier, Malt Liquor, Rauchbier, Schwarzbier and even Baltic Porter now count towards National Lager Day.