All BJCP styles are eligible. For more style information, please visit: BJCP. For ABC entries only, each major style category has a "special" sub-style explained here.

MCAB Styles

1. Light Lager
  a.Lite American Lager
  b. Standard American Lager
  c. Premium American Lager
  d. Munich Helles
  e. Dortmunder Export

2. Pilsner
  a. German Pilsner (Pils)
  b. Bohemian Pilsner
  c. Classic American Pilsner

3. European Amber Lager
  a. Vienna Lager
  b. Oktoberfest/Märzen

4. Dark Lager
  a. Dark American Lager
  b. Munich Dunkel
  c. Schwarzbier

5. Bock
  a. Maibock/Helles Bock
  b. Traditional Bock
  c. Doppelbock
  d. Eisbock

6. Light Hybrid Beer
  a. Cream Ale
  b. Blonde Ale
  c. Kölsch
  d. American Wheat or Rye Beer

7. Amber Hybrid Beer
  a. North German Altbier
  b. California Common Beer
  c. Düsseldorf Altbier

8. English Pale Ale
  a. Standard/Ordinary Bitter
  b. Special/Best/Premium Bitter
  c. Extra Special/Strong Bitter

9. Scottish and Irish Ale
  a. Scottish Light 60/-
  b. Scottish Heavy 70/-
  c. Scottish Export 80/-
  d. Irish Red Ale
  e. Strong Scotch Ale

10. American Ale
  a. American Pale Ale
  b. American Amber Ale
  c. American Brown Ale

11. English Brown Ale
  a. Mild
  b. Southern English Brown Ale
  c. Northern English Brown Ale

12. Porter
  a. Brown Porter
  b. Robust Porter
  c. Baltic Porter

13. Stout
  a. Dry Stout
  b. Sweet Stout
  c. Oatmeal Stout
  d. Foreign Extra Stout
  e. American Stout
  f. Imperial Stout

14. India Pale Ale (IPA)
  a. English IPA
  b. American IPA
  c. Imperial IPA

15. German Wheat and Rye Beer
  a. Weizen/Weissbier
  b. Dunkelweizen
  c. Weizenbock
  d. Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)

16. Belgian and French Beer
  a. Witbier
  b. Belgian Pale Ale
  c. Saison
  d. Bière de Garde
  e. Belgian Specialty Ale

17. Sour Ale
  a. Berliner Weisse
  b. Flanders Red Ale
  c. Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin
  d. Straight Unblended Lambic
  e. Gueuze
  f. Fruit Lambic

18. Belgian Strong Ale
  a. Belgian Blond Ale
  b. Belgian Dubbel
  c. Belgian Triple
  d. Belgian Golden Strong Ale
  e. Belgian Dark Strong Ale

19. Strong Ale
  a. Old Ale
  b. English Barleywine
  c. American Barleywine

22. Smoke-Flavoured & Wood-Aged Beer
  a. Classic Rauchbier
  b. Other Smoked Beer
  c. Wood-Aged Beer

Non-MCAB styles

20. Fruit Beer
  a. Fruit Beer

21. Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
  a. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
  b. Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer

23. Specialty Beer
  a. Specialty Beer

24. Traditional Mead
  a. Dry Mead
  b. Semi-Sweet Mead
  c. Sweet Mead

25. Melomel (Fruit Mead)
  a. Cyser (Apple Melomel)
  b. Pyment (Grape Melomel)
  c. Other Fruit Melomel

26. Other Mead
  a. Metheglin
  b. Braggot
  c. Open Mead category