When deciding the type of beverages that we allow on Untappd we take a few things into consideration:
- How the beverage was created.
- What the beverage was fermented with.
- How the beverage differs in other countries.
Be sure that the allowed beverage meets our Beer Naming Standards as well.
A beverage must meet all of the below requirements for its Beverage Type in order for it to be allowed on Untappd. These Beverage Guidelines are a living document that will continue to evolve when innovation, legislative conditions, or unforeseen circumstances necessitate change.
Please take time to review this before:
- Adding beverages not on the allowed list, which may lead to your beverage creation privileges being revoked.
- Inquiring why a beverage may or may not be allowed on Untappd.
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Allowed Beverage Type |
Definition/Requirements |
Alcoholic or Non-Alcoholic |
Example |
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Apple Wine |
A cider with added sugar to achieve a higher ABV |
Alcoholic only** |
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Beer |
A carbonated, fermented beverage made from malted cereal grain (especially barley) and usually flavored with hops (or other bittering ingredients) |
Both |
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Cider |
A beverage made from the fermented juice of apples. |
Both* |
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Fassbrause |
A beverage typically made with fruit and non-alcoholic beer. Versions that do not contain any beer are not allowed. |
Both* |
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Hard Ginger Beer |
A beverage made from fermenting ginger, sugar, and water |
Alcoholic only** |
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Hard Seltzer |
A beverage made from carbonated water and alcohol. The alcohol can be from fermentation of sugar, fermentation of malted barley, distilled alcohol, or wine. Untappd allows only hard seltzers that use alcohol from fermentation of sugar or fermentation of malted barley. |
Alcoholic only** |
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Hard Kombucha/Jun/Xun |
Hard Kombucha is a variety of fermented, lightly effervescent sweetened black or green tea drinks. Jun, or Xun, is a fermented drink similar to kombucha, differing only in that its base ingredients are green tea and honey, while traditional kombucha is made with black tea and cane sugar.. |
Alcoholic only** |
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Kvass |
A traditional fermented Slavic and Baltic beverage commonly made from rye bread aka black bread |
Both |
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Malt Beverages |
A fermented beverage made from malted barley. The barley flavor is removed and other flavors are added. |
Both* |
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Mead |
A fermented beverage made from honey |
Both* |
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Perry |
A beverage made from fermented pears, similar to the way cider is made from apples. It is currently supported under the Cider - Perry category. |
Both* |
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Root Beer |
A beverage traditionally made using the root bark of the sassafras tree or sarsaparilla as the primary flavor. Root beer is typically but not exclusively non-alcoholic, caffeine-free, sweet, and carbonated. |
Both* |
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Makgeolli |
Makgeolli, sometimes anglicized to makkoli, is a Korean alcoholic beverage made by fermenting rice. It is currently supported under the Specialty Grain category. |
Alcoholic only** |
The following beverages are currently not allowed on Untappd:
- Wine (or any beverage containing only fermented fruit other than apples or pears)
- Sake
- Distilled alcohol or any beverage containing distilled alcohol (including canned cocktails containing spirits, chūhai etc.)
- Blend of two or more beers, or a blend of beer and an unapproved beverage, done after kegging, canning, or bottling (doesn't matter if the brewery blended them or not)
- Blend of two or more beers during growler or crowler fill after production
- All other Fermented Beverages
- All other Non-Alcoholic Beverages (Kombucha, Kefir, Hop Water, etc.)
- Any other product that contains a percentage of an allowed beverage type, but is not that type of beverage by definition (for ex. a wine that is made with 15% beer is not allowed).
- Any other product that contains a percentage of an allowed beverage type, but has had additional flavorings added to it after kegging/bottling. (For example, a mix of beer with cherry juice that is meant to be heated up before drinking but is a beer by definition or beer slushies that utilize a beer base but have fruit(s) added.)
- "Variety Packs" or "Mixed Packs" of multiple beverages should not be added as an individual beverage and will be removed, regardless of the brewery's intent. Individual beverages in the pack, however, can be added if they are not already in our database.
If you are unsure if a beverage is allowed or not, please reach out to us by submitting a ticket below and we would be happy to provide guidance.
* Must be produced by a brewery, cidery, or meadery that also produces other allowed beverages on Untappd
** Must be labeled or categorized as "alcoholic" by the country of origin