For 2022, Brewers Association styles will be used.
The head judge reserves the right to combine classes when the number of entries warrants.
| British-Style Barley Wine Ale | British-Style Imperial Stout | Brown Porter |
| Classic English-Style Pale Ale | Contemporary-Style Gose | Double Red Ale |
| English-Style Brown Ale | English-Style Dark Mild Ale | English-Style India Pale Ale |
| English-Style Pale Mild Ale | English-Style Summer Ale | Extra Special Bitter |
| Oatmeal Stout | Old Ale | Ordinary Bitter |
| Robust Porter | Scotch Ale | Scottish-Style Export Ale |
| Scottish-Style Heavy Ale | Scottish-Style Light Ale | Special Bitter or Best Bitter |
| Strong Ale | Sweet or Cream Stout | Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout |
| Foreign (Export)-Style Stout | Irish-Style Red Ale | American-Style Amber/Red Ale |
| American-Style Barley Wine Ale | American-Style Black Ale | American-Style Brown Ale |
| American-Style Imperial Porter | American-Style Imperial Stout | American-Style India Pale Ale |
| American-Style Pale Ale | American-Style Sour Ale | American-Style Stout |
| American-Style Strong Pale Ale | American-Style Wheat Wine Ale | Dark American-Belgo-Style Ale |
| Fresh “Wet” Hop Ale | Golden or Blonde Ale | Imperial or Double India Pale Ale |
| Imperial Red Ale | Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double India Pale Ale | Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale |
| Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale | Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale | Pale American-Belgo-Style Ale |
| Session India Pale Ale | Smoke Porter | Specialty Stouts |
| Adambier | Bamberg-Style Weiss (Smoke) Rauchbier (Dunkel or Helles) | Berliner-Style Weisse (Wheat) |
| German-Style Altbier | German-Style Kölsch / Köln-Style Kölsch | German-Style Leichtes Weizen / Weissbier |
| Kellerbier (Cellar beer) or Zwickelbier – Ale | Leipzig-Style Gose | South German-Style Bernsteinfarbenes Weizen / Weissbier |
| South German-Style Dunkel Weizen / Dunkel Weissbier | South German-Style Hefeweizen / Hefeweissbier | South German-Style Kristall Weizen / Kristall Weissbier |
| South German-Style Weizenbock / Weissbock | Belgian-Style Blonde Ale | Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale |
| Belgian-Style Dubbel | Belgian-Style Flanders Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ales | Belgian-Style Fruit Lambic |
| Belgian-Style Gueuze Lambic | Belgian-Style Lambic | Belgian-Style Pale Ale |
| Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale | Belgian-Style Quadrupel | Belgian-Style Table Beer |
| Belgian-Style Tripel | Belgian-Style White (or Wit) / Belgian-Style Wheat | Contemporary Belgian-Style Gueuze Lambic |
| French & Belgian-Style Saison | French-Style Bière de Garde | Other Belgian-Style Ales |
| Australian-Style Pale Ale | Classic Australian-Style Pale Ale | Dutch-Style Kuit, Kuyt or Koyt |
| Grodziskie | International-Style Pale Ale | Bamberg-Style Bock Rauchbier |
| Bamberg-Style Helles Rauchbier | Bamberg-Style Märzen Rauchbier | Bohemian-Style Pilsener |
| Dortmunder / European-Style Export | European-Style Dark / Münchner Dunkel | Franconian-Style Rotbier |
| German-Style Doppelbock | German-Style Eisbock | German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock |
| German-Style Leichtbier | German-Style Märzen | German-Style Oktoberfest / Wiesen (Meadow) |
| German-Style Pilsener | German-Style Schwarzbier | Kellerbier (Cellar beer) or Zwickelbier – Lager |
| Münchner (Munich)-Style Helles | Traditional German-Style Bock | Vienna-Style Lager |
| American-Style Amber Lager | American-Style Amber Light Lager | American-Style Dark Lager |
| American-Style Ice Lager | American-Style India Pale Lager | American-Style Lager |
| American-Style Light Lager | American-Style Maerzen / Oktoberfest | American-Style Malt Liquor |
| American-Style Pilsener | Contemporary American-Style Lager | Contemporary American-Style Light Lager |
| Contemporary American-Style Pilsener | Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lager | Baltic-Style Porter |
| Dry Lager | International-Style Pilsener | Aged Beer (Ale or Lager) |
| American-Style Cream Ale or Lager | Belgian-Style Fruit Beer | Brett Beer |
| California Common Beer | Chili Pepper Beer | Chocolate / Cocoa-Flavored Beer |
| Coffee-Flavored Beer | Dark American Wheat Ale or Lager with Yeast | Dark American Wheat Ale or Lager without Yeast |
| Experimental Beer (Lager or Ale) | Experimental India Pale Ale | Field Beer |
| Fruit Beer | Fruit Wheat Ale or Lager with or without Yeast | German-Style Rye Ale (Roggenbier) with or without Yeast |
| Ginjo Beer or Sake-Yeast Beer | Gluten-Free Beer | Herb and Spice Beer |
| Historical Beer | Indigenous Beer (Lager or Ale) | Light American Wheat Ale or Lager with Yeast |
| Light American Wheat Ale or Lager without Yeast | Mixed Culture Brett Beer | Non-Alcoholic Malt Beverage |
| Other Strong Ale or Lager | Pumpkin Beer | Rye Ale or Lager with or without Yeast |
| Session Beer | Smoke Beer (Lager or Ale) | Specialty Beer |
| Specialty Honey Lager or Ale | Wild Beer | Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer |
| Wood- and Barrel-Aged Dark Beer | Wood- and Barrel-Aged Pale to Amber Beer | Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer |
| Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer | Energy Enhanced Malt Beverage | Flavored Malt Beverage |
| Hard Kombucha (Custom Style) |