U.S. Open Beer Championship Categories Category – Ales 1. Golden or Blonde ale 2. English Summer Ale 3. English Pale Ale 4. IPA 5. Imperial IPA 5A. Triple IPA 6. Bitter 7. ESB 8. English Mild Ale 9. Brown ale 10. Strong/Imperial Brown Ale 11. Brown Porters 12. Robust Porters 13. Imperial Porter 14. Classic Irish Dry Stout 15. Foreign Stout 16. American Stout 17. Cream Stout 18. Oatmeal Stout 19. Imperial Stout 20. Old Ale 21. Barley Wine 22. Scottish Ale 23. Strong Scottish Ale 24. Irish Red Ale 25. American Amber / Red 26. Imperial Red Ale 27. American Pale Ale 28. American IPA 28A. West Coast IPA 28B. East Coast IPA 29. American Brown Ale 30. American-Style Black Ale 31. American Strong Pale ale 32. International Style Pale Ale 33. Altbier 34. German Kolsch 35. German Wheat 36. German Hefeweizen 37. French / Belgian Saison 38. Belgian Pale Ale 39. French / Belgian Ale 40. Belgian Dubbel 41. Belgian Tripel 42. Belgian Quadrupel 43. Sour/Belgian Lambic 44. Belgian Witbier 45. Berliner-Style Weisse 46. Gose Category Lagers 47. American Light 48. American Lager/Pilsener 49. American Premium Lager 50. American Amber/California Common 51. Bohemian Pilsener 52. Geman Lager / Pilsener 53. International Style Pilsner 54. American Imperial Pilsner 55. Munchner Helles, Light 56. Munchner Dunkel / Dark 57. Marzen / Oktoberfest/Vienna 58. Schwarzbier 59. Bock 60. Dopple / Strong Bock 61. Baltic Porter Category – Hybrids 62. American Cream Ale 63. American Wheat Pale 64. American Wheat Dark 65. American specialty wheat 66. American Style Fruit Beer 67. Belgian Style Fruit Beer 68. Vegetable beer 69. Pumpkin 70. Herb and Spice beer 71. Chili Beer 72. Chocolate / Cocoa Beer 73. Coffee beer 74. Rye / Roggen Beer 75. Smoked / Rauch Beer 76. Honey Beer Category Barrel Aged 77. Wood / Barrel aged pale beer 78. Wood / Barrel aged dark beer 79. Wood / Barrel aged strong beer 80. Wood/Barrel-Aged Strong Stout 81. Wood/Barrel-Aged Sour Beer 82. Wood/Barrel-Aged Scotch Ale 83. Wood/Barrel-Aged Barley Wine Category – Special 84. Aged Beer 85. Out of Bounds Pale Ale 86. Out of Bounds IPA 87. Experimental Beer 88. Specialty / Anything Goes 89. American-Belgo-Style Ale 90. Kellerbier or Zwickelbier 91. Brett Beer 92. Sessions Beer 93. Session IPA 94. Gluten-Free Beer 95. Near Gluten Free 96. Hard Root Beer 97. Peanut Butter/Nuts Beer Category Non-Alcoholic 98. Root Beer 99. Non-Alcoholic
