Competition Style Guidelines

1. AMERICAN LAGER A. Light/Standard/Premium B. Dark C. Classic American Pilsner 2. EUROPEAN PALE LAGER A. Bohemian Pilsner B. Northern German Pilsner C. Dortmunder Export D. Muenchner Helles 3. LIGHT ALE A. Blond Ale B. American Wheat C. Cream Ale 4. BITTER AND ENGLISH PALE ALE A. Ordinary Bitter B. Special or Best Bitter C. Strong Bitter/English Pale Ale 5. SCOTTISH ALES A. Light 60/- B. Heavy 70/- C. Export 80/- 6. AMERICAN PALE ALES A. American Pale Ale B. American Amber Ale C. California Common Beer 7. INDIA PALE ALE     IPA 8. KOELSCH AND ALTBIER A. Koelsch-Style Ale B. Duesseldorf Altbier C. Northern German Altbier 9. GERMAN AMBER LAGER A. Oktoberfest/Maerzen B. Vienna Lager 10. BROWN ALE A. Mild B. Northern English Brown Ale C. Southern English Brown D. American Brown Ale 11. ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH STRONG A. Old Ale B. Strong Scotch Ale (Wee Heavy) 12. BARLEYWINE AND IMPERIAL STOUT A. English-style Barleywine B. American-Style Barleywine C. Russian Imperial Stout 13. EUROPEAN DARK LAGER A. Munich Dunkel B. Schwarzbier 14. BOCK A. Traditional Bock B. Helles Bock/Maibock C. Doppelbock D. Eisbock

15. PORTER A. Robust Porter B. Brown Porter 16. STOUT A. Dry Stout B. Sweet Stout C. Oatmeal Stout D. Foreign Extra Stout 17. WHEAT BEER A. Bavarian Weizen B. Bavarian Dunkelweizen C. Berliner Weisse D. Weizenbock 18. STRONG BELGIAN ALE A. Dubbel B. Tripel C. Belgian Strong Golden Ale D. Belgian Strong Dark Ale 19. BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE A. Belgian Pale Ale B. Witbier C. Biere de Garde D. Saison E. Belgian Specialty Ale 20. LAMBIC AND BELGIAN SOUR ALE A. Straight (Unblended) Lambic-Style Ale B. Gueuze/Geuze-Style Ale C. Fruit Lambic-Style Ale D. Oud Bruin E. Flanders Red Ale 21. FRUIT BEER     Fruit Beer 22. SPICE/HERB/VEGETABLE BEER     Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer 23. SMOKE-FLAVORED BEER A. Classic Rauchbier B. Other Smoked Beer 24. SPECIALTY, EXPERIMENTAL, HISTORICAL     Specialty, Experimental, Historical Beer 25. MEAD A. Traditional Mead B. Varietal Honey Traditional Mead C. Cyser (Apple Melomel) D. Pyment (Grape Melomel) E. Other Fruit Melomel F. Metheglin G. Braggot H. Mixed Category Mead 26. CIDER A. Standard Cider and Perry B. New England-Style Cider C. Specialty Cider And Perry