Классификатор этой премии построен по совершенно иному принципу, чем большинство других классификаторов.
Сорта оцениваются по следующим категориям:
I. Packaged (smallpack) beers
• The International Lager Competition - 4 classes
1. 2.5 - 4.4
2. 4.5 - 5.5
3. 5.6 - 6.9
4. Organic 2.5 - 6.9
• The International Ale Competition - 4 classes
1. 2.5 - 4.3
2. 4.4 - 5.1
3. 5.2 - 6.9
4. Organic 2.5 - 6.9
II. Draught & packaged beers (competing together)
• The International Speciality Beers Competition - 3 classes (all up to 11.5%)
1. Wheat
2. Fruit
3. Other special ingredients
• The International Strong Beer Competition - 3 classes (all 7.0% or above)
1. Lager
2. Ale
3. Dark
• The International Dark Milds, Stouts & Porters Competition - 4 classes
1. Cask & Keg 2.5 - 4.1
2. Cask & Keg 4.2 - 6.9
3. Smallpack 2.5 - 4.8
4. Smallpack 4.9 - 6.9
• The International Non-Alcoholic & Low-Alcohol Beers Competition - 2 classes
1. Non (up to 1.1%)
2. Low 1.2 - 2.4
III. Draught beers
• The International Lager Competition - 2 classes
1. 2.5 - 4.5
2. 4.6 - 6.9
• The International Keg Ales Competition - 2 classes
1. 2.5 - 3.8
2. 3.9 - 6.9
• The International Cask Conditioned Ale Competition - 3 classes
1. 2.5 - 3.8
2. 3.9 - 4.5
3. 4.6 - 6.9
Пивные же стили классифицируются по следующим группам:
1. Ale
1.1. 60/-
1.2. 70/-
1.3. 80/-
1.4. 90/-
1.5. Adelaide Sparkling
1.6. Altbier
1.7. Amber Ale
1.8. Autumn Ale
1.9. Belgian Ale
1.10. Best Bitter
1.11. Bière de Mars
1.12. Bière de Paris
1.13. Bière de Table
1.14. Bitter
1.15. Bok Ale
1.16. Bonnsch
1.17. Canadian Ale
1.18. Cream Ale
1.19. Dusseldorfer Sticke
1.20. Eighty Shilling
1.21. Export
1.22. Extra Special Bitter
1.23. Golden Ale
1.24. Golden Mild
1.25. Heavy
1.26. India Pale Ale (IPA)
1.27. Irish Ale
1.28. Kölsch
1.29. Kölsch-type
1.30. Light
1.31. Light Mild
1.32. Pale Ale
1.33. Pale Mild
1.34. Pils Ale
1.35. Red Ale
1.36. Scottish Ale
1.37. Seasonal Ale
1.38. Seventy Shilling
1.39. Sixty Shilling
1.40. Special Bitter
1.41. Spring Ale
1.42. Tafelbier
1.43. Traditional Ale
1.44. Ur-wiess
2. Ale or strong ale
2.1. Abbey
2.2. Abbey Single
2.3. Bière de garde
2.4. Dampfbier
2.5. Holy beer
2.6. Saison
2.7. Steam beer
3. Strong ale
3.1. Appellation
3.2. Barleywine
3.3. Christmas Ale
3.4. Dubbel
3.5. Extra-Strong Ale
3.6. French Country Ale
3.7. Golden Strong Bitter
3.8. Grand Cru-Cuvee
3.9. Maibock
3.10. Old Ale
3.11. Scotch Ale
3.12. Strong Ale
3.13. Strong Golden Ale
3.14. Strong Summer Ale
3.15. Trappiste
3.16. Trippel
3.17. Wee Heavy
3.18. Winter Warmer
4. Organic ale or lager
4.1. Organic beer
5. Ale or dark
5.1. Brown Ale
5.2. Mild
6. Dark
6.1. Black beer
6.2. Dark Ale
6.3. Dry Stout
6.4. Dunklesbier
6.5. Entire
6.6. Porter
6.7. Porter lager
6.8. Robust Porter
6.9. Stout
6.10. Stout lager
6.11. Sweet Stout
6.12. Texas Brown Ale
6.13. Traditional Brown Ale
7. Dark or strong dark
7.1. Double Stout
7.2. Extra Stout
8. Strong - dark
8.1. Bière de Noël
8.2. Imperial Russian Stout
8.3. Imperial Stout
8.4. Strong Mild
9. Dark or speciality
9.1. Oatmeal Stout
9.2. Oud Bruin (Old Brown)
9.3. Schwarzbier
10. Lager
10.1. California Common
10.2. Continental Lager
10.3. Craft Lager
10.4. Czech
10.5. Diat Pilsener
10.6. Dry Lager
10.7. Economy Lager
10.8. European Lager
10.9. German Lager
10.10. Hanseatische Pilsener
10.11. Ice Lager
10.12. Kentucky Common
10.13. Klassische Pilsener
10.14. Light lager
10.15. Low Calorie Lager
10.16. Münchener
10.17. Münchener/Helles
10.18. Oktoberfestbier
10.19. Pilsener
10.20. Pilsner
10.21. Premium Lager
10.22. Sauerlnder Pilsener
10.23. Standard Lager
10.24. Süddeutschen Pilsener
10.25. Tropical light lager
10.26. Viennese
10.27. Wiener
11. Lager or strong lager
11.1. Amber lager
11.2. Dortmunder
11.3. Mrzenbier
11.4. Pils, strong
12. Strong lager
12.1. Bock beer
12.2. Bockbier
12.3. Bokbier
12.4. Doppelbockbier
12.5. Doppelbockbier-Dunkles
12.6. Doppelbockbier-Helles
12.7. Double Bock
12.8. Dubbelbok
12.9. Eisbock
12.10. Eisbockbier
12.11. Lente Bokbier
12.12. Malt Liquor
12.13. Meibok
12.14. Urbock
12.15. Winter Lager
13. Lager or dark
13.1. Dark Lager
14. Speciality wheat
14.1. Berliner Weisse
14.2. Dunkel Weizenenbier
14.3. Grtzerbier
14.4. Lambic Blanche Wit
14.5. Steinweizenen
14.6. Weisse
14.7. Weizen
14.8. Weizenbock
14.9. Weizendoppelbock
14.10. Wheat beer
14.11. Witbier-Bière blanche
15. Speciality fruit
15.1. Cassis
15.2. Frambozen
15.3. Frambozen , Ould
15.4. Frambozen Gueuze
15.5. Kreik (Cherry)
15.6. Kriek Gueuze
15.7. Kriek, Ould
15.8. Peche (Peach)
15.9. Raspberry
16. Speciality others
16.1. Aca
16.2. Belgian Aged Beer
16.3. Chiu
16.4. Chung
16.5. Dolo
16.6. Faro
16.7. Faro Lambic
16.8. Graetzer
16.9. Grodzisk
16.10. Gueuze
16.11. Kaaoliang beer
16.12. Kiesel
16.13. Kurunnu
16.14. Kvass
16.15. Lambic Doux
16.16. Li
16.17. Luda or Ludi
16.18. Native beer
16.19. Old Pale
16.20. Old Red
16.21. P'ei
16.22. Rauchbier
16.23. Pomb?
16.24. Roggen (rye)
16.25. Sahti
16.26. Shu
16.27. Smoked beer
16.28. Sour beer
16.29. Spiced Beer
16.30. Steinbier
16.31. t'ien tsiou
16.32. Talla
16.33. Talla Beer
17. No or low- alcohol beer
17.1. Lager, NABLAB
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