2019 Style Guidelines will be adding 4 new styles:
– Juicy or hazy strong pale ale
– Contemporary Belgian-style gueuze lambic
– Franconian-style rotbier
– American-style India pale lager

In addition, there are five different examples of styles that will becombined:

– Pale and dark American-Belgo-style ale styles were consolidated into one guideline
– Kellerbier/Zwickelbier ales and lager styles were consolidated into one guideline
– Breslau-style pale and dark schoeps styles were consolidated into one guideline
– American-style light and dark wheat beer styles were consolidated from four guidelines to one
– Wood-and barrel-aged pale to Amber, dark and strong were consolidated into one guideline

Finally, one style will be removed entirely from the guideline, namely American-style ice lager.