Have a beer from 5 different breweries to gain the Brewery Pioneer badge. It levels after 5 more, all the way to level 100 after you have had beers from 500 different breweries.
Brewery Pioneer
In Lighter Times
The badge for India Pale Lagers. Have 5 IPLs for level 1.
An IPL is a bit of a hybrid. Hoppy like an IPA but brewed with lager yeast at a cooler temperature, the result is a crisp lager with a big hoppy finish.
A relatively recent creation, consensus still hasn’t emerged on what defines the style. As a result some IPLs can be no more than a slightly hoppy lager while others are the wort of an IPA simply brewed with a different yeast.
IPA Day
Celebrated on the first Thursday of August each year, check into any IPA on the day to gain this badge.
Untappd recognises 20 different substyles of IPA, but remember APAs don’t count!
India Pale Ales get their name because they were brewed to be shipped to India by British brewers. First developed in the 18th century, they were brewed to be hoppier than standard pale ales so they would last the journey. They quickly found a market in Britain as well as being exported to the other corners of the British Empire.
In the 20th century American craft brewers took the style and turbo charged it, adding even more hops and kick starting the craft beer revolution.
Make sure you have an IPA to celebrate IPA day today!
#IPADay
Trekking the Alps
The country badge for Austria. Have 5 Austrian beers for level 1. 5 more for level 2, and so on, all the way to level 100.
Austrian brewing tradition naturally is influenced by German traditions, especially from neighbouring Bavaria. Knowing this, it makes sense that the most popular styles are weizenbier, märzen and helles lager.
Austria is also home to the Vienna lager. An Amber coloured lager, this beer is a traditional style that was widespread before pilsners and pale lagers were developed in the 19th century.
Austria has a number of popular brands and many can be found internationally. This includes breweries such as Zipf, Gösser, Puntigam (all owned by Heineken), and the independent Stigel. Austria also has a range of craft brewers, look for Privatbrauetei Hirt and Schloss Eggenberg, especially their Samichlauss Classic which is an amazing 14% Doppelbock.
Sky’s the Limit
Another badge for strong beers, and this one’s the big one. Have 5 beers with an ABV of 10% or more!
You absolutely don’t have to do this one all in one day, so space them out and pace yourself!
Great strong styles to look out for include Russian Imperial Stouts, Triple IPAs, Quadruples, Eisbocks and Barleywines. Just make sure that it’s 10% or more and the ABV is listed on Untappd.
Fruits of Your Labor
The badge for Fruit beer. Have 5 fruit beers for this badge.
Fruit has been added to beer to improve the flavours for hundreds of years. The practice gradually fell out of favour in places such as Germany and Britain due to purity and trade laws. This was partly due to fruit often being used to hide the taste of off beer. However, you can now find fruit being used in experimental and exciting ways by craft brewers.
Untappd currently counts five styles towards this one: Fruit Beer, Sour – Fruited, Sour – Fruited Berliner Weisse, IPA – Fruited and Sour – Gose – Fruited. However fruit Lambics, such as Kriek or Framboise, don’t count.
Bravo for Brown
Bravo for Brown is the badge celebrating Brown Ales. Historically a popular style, in recent years they have been eclipsed by a strong trend towards pale ales.
Six styles count towards this badge: American Brown Ale, English Brown Ale, Imperial/Double Brown Ale, Historical Beer – Berliner Braunbier, Belgian Brown Ale and Brown Ale – Other.
The most well known Brown Ales are from Europe. Examples include Newcastle Brown (owned by Heineken), Mann’s Brown and Leffe Brune/Bruin (Anheuser-Busch InBev).
Wailing For Wales
The country badge for Wales. Have 5 Welsh beers to get level 1, five more for level 2, and so on up to level 100. And remember, these beers also count towards God Save the King!
Beer in Wales has followed a similar path as in neighbouring England, with a fondness for traditional Ales, Cider, Perry and Mead. The Brains Brewery is the main regional brewery still in existence, although there are also a number of upstart craft breweries, led by UK champion Tiny Rebel.
Ich Bin Ein Berliner
Berlin is Europe’s second biggest city, so it’s no surprise that it would have its own style of beer: the Berliner Weisse. Have 5 of them to get this badge.
Called the ‘Champagne of the North’ by Napoleon, a good Weisse is crisp, cloudy and tart. They are not strong in alcohol and are a perfect refreshing beverage.
The style was once the dominant style in Berlin until it started to fade away in the second half of the 20th century. Now revived by the craft revolution, many craft breweries are experimenting with adding fruit to the style which has led to its own style on Untappd, the Fruited Berliner Weisse.
Six Pack
For this one check into the same beer six times in a row, all in the space of a week.
If you achieve this, then you are also well on your way to getting The Usual.
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