Tasting Medals and classes
This year there will be 62 tasting classes, arranged within 7 categories. Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals will be awarded according to merit (therefore there can be multiple awards within classes), with 7 Trophies awarded to the best beer in each category, if it is deemed to be of sufficient quality. A Supreme Champion will be selected from the category winners.
The classes:
Ales
- 1. Milds
- 2. Strong Milds
- 3. Pale Ales and Bitters (amber to brown, up to 4%)
- 4. Pale Ales and Bitters (amber to brown, 4.1 to 5%)
- 5. Strong Ales (amber to brown, 5.1% and up)
- 6. Golden Ales (up to 4%)
- 7. Golden Ales (up to 4.1 to 5%)
- 8. Golden Ales (5.1% and up)
- 9. Brown Ales
- 10. Old Ales
- 11. IPAs
- 12. Imperial/Double IPAs
- 13. Alts
- 14. Kôlsch
- 15. Barley Wines
- 16. Dubbels
- 17. Tripels
- 18. Belgian-Style Brown Ales and Reds
- 19. Belgian-Style Blonds
- 20. Scotch Ales
- 21. Saisons
- 22. Biéres de Garde
- 23. Trappist and Abbey Beers (not fitting above classes)
- 24. Other Continental-Style Ales
Lagers
- 25. Pale Lagers (excluding pilsners, up to 4%)
- 26. Pale Lagers (excluding pilsners, 4.1 TO 5%)
- 27. Pale Lagers (excluding pilsners, 5.1% and up)
- 28. Pilsners
- 29. Bocks (Minimum 6% ABV including doublebocks)
- 30. Dunkels, Schwarzbiers and Cerne
- 31. Viennas
- 32. Märzen/Oktoberfest
Stouts and Porters
- 33. Sweet and Milk Stouts
- 34. Dry Stout
- 35. Oatmeal Stout
- 36. Porter
- 37. Imperial Russian Stout and Baltic Porter
Wheat Beers (minimum 30% wheat content)
- 38. Witbier and Blanche
- 39. Berlinerweisse
- 40. Weissbier and Kristallweiss
- 41. Weizenbock
- 42. Dunkelweiss
- 43. Plain Lambic and Gueuze
- 44. Wheat Ales
- 45. Wheat Lagers
Fruit Beers
- 46. Fruited Lambic
- 47. Fruited Belgian Brown Ales
- 48. Fruited Wheat Beers
- 49. Fruited Ales
- 50. Fruited Lagers
- 51. Fruited Stouts and Porters
Speciality Beers
- 52. Smoked Beers
- 53. Wood Aged Beers
- 54. Spiced Beers
- 55. Honey Beers
- 56. Coffee Beers
- 57. Chocolate Beers
- 58. Gluten Free Beers
- 59. Experimental Beers (not fitting other classes)
NABLABS
- 60. Zero alcohol up to 0.5%
- 61. 0.6 to 1.9%
- 62. 2 to 2.5%












