Complete List of Styles
Light Lager
American Light Lager
One set of medals will be awarded for the 3 sub-categories below.
Dortmunder/Helles
One set of medals will be awarded for the 2 sub-categories below.
Pilsner
Pilsner
One set of medals will be awarded for the 3 sub-categories below.
European Amber Lager
European Amber Lager
One set of medals will be awarded for the 2 sub-categories below.
Dark Lager
Dark Lager
One set of medals will be awarded for the 3 sub-categories below.
Bock
Bock
One set of medals will be awarded for the 4 sub-categories below.
- 5A Maibock/Helles Bock
- 5B Traditional Bock
- 5C Doppelbock
- 5D Eisbock
Light Hybrid Beer
Amber Hybrid Beer
Altbier
One set of medals will be awarded for the 2 sub-categories below.
Steam Beer
English Pale Ale
Bitter
One set of medals will be awarded for the 2 sub-categories below.
ESB/English Pale Ale
Scottish and Irish Ale
Scottish & Irish Ale
One set of medals will be awarded for the 4 sub-categories below.
Strong Scotch Ale
American Ale
American Pale Ale
American Amber Ale
American Brown Ale
English Brown Ale
English Brown Ale
One set of medals will be awarded for the 3 sub-categories below.
- 11A Mild
- 11B Southern English Brown Ale
- 11C Northern English Brown Ale
Porter
Porter
One set of medals will be awarded for the 3 sub-categories below.
- 12A Brown Porter
- 12B Robust Porter
- 12C Baltic Porter
Stout
Dry Stout
- 13A Dry Stout
Sweet and Oatmeal Stout
One set of medals will be awarded for the 2 sub-categories below.
- 13B Sweet Stout
- 13C Oatmeal Stout
Foreign and American Stout
One set of medals will be awarded for the 2 sub-categories below.
- 13D Foreign Extra Stout
- 13E American Stout
Imperial Stout
India Pale Ale (IPA)
English IPA
- 14A English IPA
American IPA
One set of medals will be awarded for the 2 sub-categories below.
- 14B American IPA
- 14C Imperial IPA
German Wheat and Rye Beer
German Wheat and Rye Beer
One set of medals will be awarded for the 4 sub-categories below.
- 15A Weizen/Weissbier
- 15B Dunkelweizen
- 15C Weizenbock
- 15D Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)
Belgian and French Ale
Witbier
- 16A Witbier
Belgian and French Ale
One set of medals will be awarded for the 4 sub-categories below.
- 16B Belgian Pale Ale
- 16C Saison
- 16D Bière de Garde
- 16E Belgian Specialty Ale
Sour Ale
Sour Ale
One set of medals will be awarded for the 6 sub-categories below.
- 17A Berliner Weisse
- 17B Flanders Red Ale
- 17C Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin
- 17D Straight (Unblended) Lambic
- 17E Gueuze
- 17F Fruit Lambic
Belgian Strong Ale
Belgian Strong Light Ale
One set of medals will be awarded for the 3 sub-categories below.
- 18A Belgian Blond Ale
- 18C Belgian Tripel
- 18D Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Belgian Strong Dark Ale
One set of medals will be awarded for the 2 sub-categories below.
Strong Ale
Fruit Beer
Fruit Beer
- 20 Fruit Beer
Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
One set of medals will be awarded for the 2 sub-categories below.
Smoke-Flavored and Wood-Aged Beer
Smoked Beer
One set of medals will be awarded for the 3 sub-categories below.
- 22A Classic Rauchbier
- 22B Other Smoked Beer
- 22C Wood-Aged Beer
Specialty Beer
Specialty Beer
Traditional Mead
Traditional Mead
One set of medals will be awarded for the 3 sub-categories below.
- 24A Dry Mead
- 24B Semi-sweet Mead
- 24C Sweet Mead
Melomel (Fruit Mead)
Fruit Mead
One set of medals will be awarded for the 3 sub-categories below.
Other Mead
Other Mead
One set of medals will be awarded for the 3 sub-categories below.
- 26A Metheglin
- 26B Braggot
- 26C Open Category Mead
Cider and Perry
Cider and Perry
One set of medals will be awarded for the 9 sub-categories below.
- 27A Common Cider
- 27B English Cider
- 27C French Cider
- 27D Common Perry
- 27E Traditional Perry
- 28A New England Cider
- 28B Fruit Cider
- 28C Applewine
- 28D Other Specialty Cider/Perry
Special Dixie Cup Style
Frankenbier
- 29 Frankenbier