January – Free-For-All
February – Barleywines and Old Ales:
- English Old Ale (Theakston’s Old Peculier, Thomas Hardy, Hair of the Dog Adambier)
- English and American Barleywines (Young’s Old Nick, Sierra Nevada Bigfoot, Anchor Old Foghorn, Rogue Old Crustacean, Dominion Millennium, Victory Old Horizontal)
March – Stout and Porter:
- Dry Stout (Guinness Draught, Murphy’s), Sweet Stout (Watney’s, Mackeson’s)
- Oatmeal Stout (Anderson Valley Barney Flats, Young’s)
- Foreign and Imperial Stout (Sheaf Stout, Sam Smith’s Imperial Stout, Victory Russian Imperial Stout)
- Brown Porter (Anchor, Sam Smith’s Old Taddy Porter)
- Robust Porter (Sierra Nevada Porter)
April – Bitters and Pale Ales:
- Ordinary Bitter (Boddington’s Draught)
- Special Bitter (Young’s Ramrod, Fuller’s London Pride)
- ESB (Fuller’s)
- English and American Pale Ales (Bass, Whitbread, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Tupper’s Hop Pocket)
- English and American IPA (Young’s Special London Ale, Anchor Liberty, Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale)
- California Common (Anchor Steam)
May – Strong Belgian and French Ales:
- Dubbel (Affligem, La Trappe)
- Tripel (Affligem, Westmalle)
- Strong Golden and Dark Ales (Duvel, Chimay, Orval, Scaldis, La Chouffe)
- Bière de Garde (Jenlain, 3 Monts)
- Saison (Saison du Pont)
June – Other Belgian Ales:
- Oud Bruin and Flanders Red (Rodenbach Grand Cru, Liefman’s Goudenband, Liefman’s Framboise)
- Gueuze and Fruit Lambic (assorted Boon, Cantillon and Mort Subite)
- Wit (Celis White, Hoegaarden)
- Belgian Pale Ale (Corsendonk Pale, Celis Pale Bock)
July – Light Lagers:
- American Light (Budweiser, Coors, Michelob)
- Pre-prohibition Pilsner, Bohemian and German Pilsners (Pilsner Urquell, Bitburger, DeGroen’s)
- Dortmunder Export (Stoudt’s Gold)
- Munich Helles (Augustiner Edelstoff Helles)
August – German Ales, Wheat Beers and Rauchbiers:
- Düsseldorf and North German Alt (Bolten Alt, Fordham Alt)
- Kölsch (Reissdorf Kölsch)
- American Wheat (Pyramid Wheathook, Anchor Wheat)
- Bavarian Weizen (DeGroen’s, Paulaner, Victory Sunrise, Schneider Weisse)
- Dunkelweizen (Hacker-Pschorr)
- Weizenbock (DeGroens, Schneider Aventinus)
- Berliner Weiss (Kindl)
- Bamberger Rauchbier (Kaiserdom, Schlenkerla)
September – Brown, Scottish and Strong Scotch Ales:
- Light and Dark Mild (Grant’s Celtic Ale)
- English and American Brown (Newcastle, Sam Smith’s Nut Brown Ale, Brooklyn Brown Ale, Pete’s Wicked Ale)
- Scottish Light, Heavy and Export (McEwen’s Export, Belhaven, MacAndrew’s)
- Scotch Ale (McEwen’s, Traquair House)
October – Amber and Dark Lagers:
- Vienna (Dos Equis, Negra Modelo)
- Oktoberfest/Märzen (Spaten, Paulaner)
- Munich Dunkel (Spaten)
- Schwartzbier (Köstrizer)
- Bock (Paulaner)
- Helles/Maibock (Ayinger, Fordham)
- Doppelbock (Paulaner Salvator, Ayinger Celebrator)
- Eisbock (Kulmbacher Reichelbraü)
November – Fruit, Specialty, Winter, and Christmas Beers
December – Christmas Party – No Categories
