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 your supported drink 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 a beverage that is not on the allowed list which will be deleted from Untappd and your creation abilities revoked.
- Inquiring why a beverage may or may not be allowed on Untappd.
Beverage Type |
Definition/Requirements |
Alcoholic or Non-Alcoholic |
Example |
Apple Wine |
A cider with added sugar to achieve a higher ABV | Alcoholic Only | Iceman |
Beer |
A drink made from yeast-fermented malt flavored with hops. | Both | Steez or Heineken 0.0 |
Cider |
A beverage made from the fermented juice of apples, although the legal definition for other fruit ciders can differ from country to country | Alcoholic only with ABV ≥ 0.5% | Crisp Apple |
Ginger Beer |
A beverage made from fermenting ginger, sugar, and water | Alcoholic only | Ginger Beer |
Hard Seltzer |
A drink that is fermented with sugar, and derives its alcohol content from that fermentation, no soft drink makers | Alcoholic only | Bon and Viv |
Kombucha |
A lightly effervescent fermented drink of sweetened black and/or green tea that is used as a functional food - no soft drink makers | Alcoholic only | Elder Wand |
Kvass |
A traditional fermented Slavic and Baltic beverage commonly made from rye bread aka black bread | Both | Kvass or Iļģuciema Kvass |
Malt Beverages |
A fermented beverage, in which the primary ingredient is the grain, or seed of the barley plant, which has been allowed to sprout in a traditional way called "malting" slightly before it is processed. | Both | Mike's Hard Lemonade or Diet Nesher Malt |
Mead |
A beverage created by fermenting honey with water | Alcoholic only | Viking Blod |
Perry |
A beverage made from fermented pears, similar to the way cider is made from apples | Alcoholic only with ABV ≥ 0.5% | Bee Sting |
Root Beer |
If it's non-alcoholic, it must be produced by a brewery. | Both | Hard Root Beer or Root Beer |
The below listed are beverages explicitly not allowed on Untappd:
- Wine
- Sake
- Distilled Alcohol (canned cocktails, chūhai etc.)
- Blend of two beers, or a blend of beer and an unapproved beverage, done after kegging or bottling (doesn't matter if the brewery blended them or not)
- Products from Soft Drink Makers (article is not all encompassing)
- All other Fermented Beverages
- All other Non-Alcoholic Beverages (Kombucha, Hop Water, Fassbrause etc.)
- Any other product that contains a percentage of an approved 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 approved 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)
- "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 supported or not, please reach out to us by submitting a ticket below and we would be happy to provide guidance.
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