Category 1: Light Lager
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
01-A
Lite American Lager
×1
12oz.
01-B
Standard American Lager
×1
12oz.
01-C
Premium American Lager
×1
12oz.
01-D
Munich Helles
×1
12oz.
01-E
Dortmunder Export
×1
12oz.
Category 10: American Ale
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
10-A
American Pale Ale
×1
12oz.
10-B
American Amber Ale
×1
12oz.
10-C
American Brown Ale
×1
12oz.
Category 100: Soda
Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
100-A
Soda Pop
×3 †
12oz.
Category 11: English Brown Ale
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
11-A
Mild
×1
12oz.
11-B
Southern English Brown Ale
×1
12oz.
11-C
Northern English Brown Ale
×1
12oz.
Category 12: Porter
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
12-A
Brown Porter
×1
12oz.
12-B
Robust Porter
×1
12oz.
12-C
Baltic Porter
×1
12oz.
Category 13: Stout
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
13-A
Dry Stout
×1
12oz.
13-B
Sweet Stout
×1
12oz.
13-C
Oatmeal Stout
×1
12oz.
13-D
Foreign Extra Stout
×1
12oz.
13-E
American Stout
×1
12oz.
13-F
Imperial Stout
×1
12oz.
Category 14: India Pale Ale(IPA)
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
14-A
English IPA
×1
12oz.
14-B
American IPA
×1
12oz.
14-C
Imperial IPA
×1
12oz.
14-D
Black IPA
×1 ‡
12oz.
Category 15: German Wheat And Rye Beer
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
15-A
Weizen/Weissbier
×1
12oz.
15-B
Dunkelweizen
×1
12oz.
15-C
Weizenbock
×1
12oz.
15-D
Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)
×1
12oz.
Category 16: Belgian And French Ale
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
16-A
Witbier
×1
12oz.
16-B
Belgian Pale Ale
×1
12oz.
16-C
Saison
×1
12oz.
16-D
Bière de Garde
×1
12oz.
16-E
Belgian Specialty Ale
×3
12oz.
Category 17: Sour Ale
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
17-A
Berliner Weisse
×1
12oz.
17-B
Flanders Red Ale
×1
12oz.
17-C
Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin
×1
12oz.
17-D
Straight (Unblended) Lambic
×1
12oz.
17-E
Gueuze
×1
12oz.
17-F
Fruit Lambic
×3
12oz.
Category 18: Belgian Strong Ale
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
18-A
Belgian Blond Ale
×1
12oz.
18-B
Belgian Dubbel
×1
12oz.
18-C
Belgian Tripel
×1
12oz.
18-D
Belgian Golden Strong Ale
×1
12oz.
18-E
Belgian Dark Strong Ale
×1
12oz.
Category 19: Strong Ale
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
19-A
Old Ale
×1
12oz.
19-B
English Barleywine
×1
12oz.
19-C
American Barleywine
×1
12oz.
Category 2: Pilsner
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
02-A
German Pilsner (Pils)
×1
12oz.
02-B
Bohemian Pilsener
×1
12oz.
02-C
Classic American Pilsner
×1
12oz.
Category 20: Fruit Beer
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
20-A
Fruit Beer
×3
12oz.
Category 21: Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
21-A
Spice, Herb or Vegetable Beer
×3
6oz.
21-B
Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer
×3
6oz.
Category 22: Smoke Flavored And Wood Aged Beer
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
22-A
Classic Rauchbier
×1
12oz.
22-B
Other Smoked Beer
×3
6oz.
22-C
Wood-Aged Beer
×3
6oz.
Category 23: Specialty Beer
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
23-A
Specialty Beer
×3
6oz.
Category 24: Traditional Mead
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
24-A
Dry Mead
×1
12oz.
24-B
Semi-Sweet Mead
×1
12oz.
24-C
Sweet Mead
×1
12oz.
Category 25: Melomel (Fruit Mead)
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
25-A
Cyser (Apple Melomel)
×3
6oz.
25-B
Pyment (Grape Melomel)
×3
6oz.
25-C
Other Fruit Melomel
×3
6oz.
Category 26: Other Mead
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
26-A
Metheglin
×3
6oz.
26-B
Braggot
×3
6oz.
26-C
Open Category Mead
×3
6oz.
Category 27: Standard Cider And Perry
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
27-A
Common Cider
×3
6oz.
27-B
English Cider
×3
6oz.
27-C
French Cider
×3
6oz.
27-D
Common Perry
×3
6oz.
27-E
Traditional Perry
×3
6oz.
Category 28: Specialty Cider and Perry
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
28-A
New England Cider
×3
6oz.
28-B
Fruit Cider
×3
6oz.
28-C
Apple Wine
×3
6oz.
28-D
Other Specialty Cider or Perry
×3
6oz.
Category 3: European Amber Lager
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
03-A
Vienna Lager
×1
12oz.
03-B
Oktoberfest/Märzen
×1
12oz.
Category 4: Dark Lager
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
04-A
Dark American Lager
×1
12oz.
04-B
Munich Dunkel
×1
12oz.
04-C
Schwarzbier
×1
12oz.
Category 5: Bock
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
05-A
Maibock/Helles Bock
×1
12oz.
05-B
Traditional Bock
×1
12oz.
05-C
Doppelbock
×1
12oz.
05-D
Eisbock
×1
12oz.
Category 6: Light Hybrid Beer
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
06-A
Cream Ale
×1
12oz.
06-B
Blonde Ale
×1
12oz.
06-C
Kölsch
×1
12oz.
06-D
American Wheat or Rye Beer
×1
12oz.
Category 7: Amber Hybrid Beer
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
07-A
North German Altbier
×1
12oz.
07-B
California Common Beer
×1
12oz.
07-C
Düsseldorf Altbier
×1
12oz.
Category 8: English Pale Ale
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
08-A
Standard/Ordinary Bitter
×1
12oz.
08-B
Special/Best/Premium Bitter
×1
12oz.
08-C
Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
×1
12oz.
Category 9: Scottish And Irish Ale
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Style
Description
Max # Of Entries
Min Bottle Size
09-A
Scottish Light 60/-
×1
12oz.
09-B
Scottish Heavy 70/-
×1
12oz.
09-C
Scottish Export 80/-
×1
12oz.
09-D
Irish Red Ale
×1
12oz.
09-E
Strong Scotch Ale
×1
12oz.
‡ Non-BJCP Category
† MHFS Judging Event