diff --git a/src/pages/api/beers/[id]/index.ts b/src/pages/api/beers/[id]/index.ts
index ef886c8..8d89326 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/beers/[id]/index.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/beers/[id]/index.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import { NextApiResponse } from 'next';
 import { createRouter, NextHandler } from 'next-connect';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import ServerError from '@/config/util/ServerError';
-import DBClient from '@/prisma/DBClient';
 import validateRequest from '@/config/nextConnect/middleware/validateRequest';
 import NextConnectOptions from '@/config/nextConnect/NextConnectOptions';
+import deleteBeerPostById from '@/services/BeerPost/deleteBeerPostById';
 
 interface BeerPostRequest extends UserExtendedNextApiRequest {
   query: { id: string };
@@ -60,13 +60,9 @@ const editBeerPost = async (
 };
 
 const deleteBeerPost = async (req: BeerPostRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
-  const {
-    query: { id },
-  } = req;
+  const { id } = req.query;
 
-  const deleted = await DBClient.instance.beerPost.delete({
-    where: { id },
-  });
+  const deleted = deleteBeerPostById(id);
 
   if (!deleted) {
     throw new ServerError('Beer post not found', 404);
diff --git a/src/services/BeerPost/deleteBeerPostById.ts b/src/services/BeerPost/deleteBeerPostById.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4eb6c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/BeerPost/deleteBeerPostById.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import DBClient from '@/prisma/DBClient';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+import BeerPostQueryResult from './schema/BeerPostQueryResult';
+
+const deleteBeerPostById = async (
+  id: string,
+): Promise<z.infer<typeof BeerPostQueryResult> | null> => {
+  const deleted = await DBClient.instance.beerPost.delete({
+    where: { id },
+    select: {
+      id: true,
+      name: true,
+      brewery: { select: { id: true, name: true } },
+      description: true,
+      beerImages: { select: { id: true, path: true, caption: true, alt: true } },
+      ibu: true,
+      abv: true,
+      style: { select: { id: true, name: true, description: true } },
+      postedBy: { select: { id: true, username: true } },
+      createdAt: true,
+      updatedAt: true,
+    },
+  });
+
+  return deleted;
+};
+
+export default deleteBeerPostById;
diff --git a/src/services/BeerStyles/deleteBeerStyleById.ts b/src/services/BeerStyles/deleteBeerStyleById.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8a7551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/BeerStyles/deleteBeerStyleById.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { z } from 'zod';
+import DBClient from '@/prisma/DBClient';
+import BeerStyleQueryResult from './schema/BeerStyleQueryResult';
+
+const deleteBeerStyleById = async (id: string) => {
+  const deleted = await DBClient.instance.beerStyle.delete({
+    where: { id },
+    select: {
+      id: true,
+      name: true,
+      createdAt: true,
+      updatedAt: true,
+      abvRange: true,
+      ibuRange: true,
+      description: true,
+      postedBy: { select: { id: true, username: true } },
+      glassware: { select: { id: true, name: true } },
+    },
+  });
+
+  return deleted as z.infer<typeof BeerStyleQueryResult> | null;
+};
+
+export default deleteBeerStyleById;
diff --git a/src/services/BeerStyles/getAllBeerStyles.ts b/src/services/BeerStyles/getAllBeerStyles.ts
index 20d04f5..2f51c04 100644
--- a/src/services/BeerStyles/getAllBeerStyles.ts
+++ b/src/services/BeerStyles/getAllBeerStyles.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const getAllBeerStyles = async (
   pageNum: number,
   pageSize: number,
 ): Promise<z.infer<typeof BeerStyleQueryResult>[]> => {
-  const styles = (await DBClient.instance.beerStyle.findMany({
+  const styles = await DBClient.instance.beerStyle.findMany({
     take: pageSize,
     skip: (pageNum - 1) * pageSize,
     select: {
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ const getAllBeerStyles = async (
       description: true,
       glassware: { select: { id: true, name: true } },
     },
-  })) as z.infer<typeof BeerStyleQueryResult>[];
+  });
 
-  return styles;
+  return styles as z.infer<typeof BeerStyleQueryResult>[];
 };
 
 export default getAllBeerStyles;