Beer Studies

Category 1: Light Lager

1A Lite American Lager

Sam Adams Lite Audio Scoresheet
Miller Lite Audio Scoresheet
Amstel Light Audio Scoresheet

1B Standard American Lager

Pabst Blue Ribbon Audio Scoresheet
Grain Belt Premium Lager Audio Scoresheet

1C Premium American Lager

Miller Genuine Draft Audio Scoresheet
Full Sail Session Lager Audio Scoresheet

1D Munich Helles

Weihenstephaner Original Audio Scoresheet
Hacker-Pschorr Münchner Gold Audio Scoresheet
Paulaner Premium Lager Audio Scoresheet
Spaten Premium Lager Audio Scoresheet
Capital Bavarian Lager Audio Scoresheet (future example)

1E Dortmunder Export

DAB Export Audio Scoresheet
Ayinger Jahrhundert Audio Scoresheet
Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold Audio Scoresheet

Category 2: Pilsner

2A German Pilsner

Victory Prima Pils Audio Scoresheet
Bitburger Audio Scoresheet
Warsteiner Audio Scoresheet
König Pilsener Audio Scoresheet
Jever Pils Audio Scoresheet
Left Hand Polestar Pilsner Audio Scoresheet
Paulaner Premium Pils Audio Scoresheet (future example)

2B Bohemian Pilsener

Pilsner Urquell Audio Scoresheet
Krušovice Imperial 12° Audio Scoresheet
Budweiser Budvar (Czechvar in the US) Audio Scoresheet
Staropramen Audio Scoresheet
Capital Special Pilsner Audio Scoresheet (future example)

2C Classic American Pilsener

(None Available)

Category 3: European Amber Lager

3A Vienna Lager

Great Lakes Eliot Ness Audio Scoresheet
Negra Modelo Audio Scoresheet
Capital Wisconsin Amber Audio Scoresheet
Dos Equis Amber Audio Scoresheet (not a classic example)

3B Oktoberfest

Paulaner Oktoberfest Audio Scoresheet
Ayinger Oktoberfest-Märzen Audio Scoresheet
Hacker-Pschorr Original Oktoberfest Audio Scoresheet

Category 4: Dark Lager

4A Dark American Lager

Baltika #4 Audio Scoresheet
St. Pauli Dark Audio Scoresheet
Warsteiner Dunkel Audio Scoresheet

4B Munich Dunkel

Ayinger Dunkel Audio Scoresheet
Penn Dark Lager Audio Scoresheet
Capital Munich Dark Audio Scoresheet

4C Schwarzbier (Black Beer)

Kostritzer Audio Scoresheet
Kulmbacher Mönschof Premium Schwarzbier Audio Scoresheet
Samuel Adams Black Lager Audio Scoresheet
Sprecher Black Bavarian Audio Scoresheet

Category 5: Bock

5A Maibock/Helles Bock

Capital Maibock Audio Scoresheet
Einbecker Mai-Urbock Audio Scoresheet
Hofbräu Mailbock Audio Scoresheet
Altenmünster Maibock Audio Scoresheet (future example)

5B Traditional Bock

Einbecker Ur-Bock Dunkel Audio Scoresheet

5C Dopplebock

Paulaner Salvator Audio Scoresheet
Ayinger Celebrator Audio Scoresheet
Capital Autumnal Fire Audio Scoresheet

5D Eisbock

Kulmbacher Reichelbräu Eisbock Audio Scoresheet
Eggenberg Urbock Dunkel Eisbock Audio Scoresheet

Category 6: Light Hybrid Beer

6A Cream Ale

Genesee Cream Ale Audio Scoresheet
Little Kings Cream Ale Audio Scoresheet
New Glarus Spotted Cow Audio Scoresheet

6B Blonde Ale

Rogue Oregon Golden Ale Audio Scoresheet
Redhook Blonde Audio Scoresheet

6C Kölsch

Reissdorf Kolsch Audio Scoresheet
Gaffel Kolsch Audio Scoresheet
Goose Island Summertime Audio Scoresheet
New Holland Lucid Audio Scoresheet

6D American Wheat or Rye Beer

Bell's Oberon Audio Scoresheet
Pyramid Hefe-Weizen Audio Scoresheet
Widmer Hefeweizen Audio Scoresheet
Sierra Nevada Unfiltered Wheat Beer Audio Scoresheet
Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat Audio Scoresheet (future example)

Category 7: Amber Hybrid Beer

7A Northern German Altbier

Alaskan Amber Audio Scoresheet
Long Trail Ale Audio Scoresheet
Otter Creek Copper Ale Audio Scoresheet

7B California Common Beer

Anchor Steam Audio Scoresheet
Flying Dog Old Scratch Amber Lager Audio Scoresheet

7C Düsseldorf Altbier

Zum Uerige Audio Scoresheet
Southampton Altbier Audio Scoresheet (future example)

Category 8: English Pale Ale

8A Standard/Ordinary Bitter

Boddington's Pub Draught Audio Scoresheet

8B Special/Best/Premium Bitter

Fuller's London Pride Audio Scoresheet
Coniston Bluebird Bitter Audio Scoresheet
Goose Island Honkers Ale Audio Scoresheet

8C Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)

Fullers ESB Audio Scoresheet
Samuel Smith's Old Brewery Pale Ale Audio Scoresheet
Bass Ale Audio Scoresheet
Avery 14'er ESB Audio Scoresheet
Sierra Nevada ESB Audio Scoresheet (future example)

Category 9: Scottish and Irish Ale

9A Scottish Light 60/-

No example found Audio Scoresheet

9B Scottish Light 70/-

No example found Audio Scoresheet

9C Scottish Light 80/-

Orkney Dark Island Audio Scoresheet
Belhaven Scottish Ale Audio Scoresheet

9D Irish Red Ale

O'hara's Irish Red Audio Scoresheet
Smithwicks Audio Scoresheet
Murphy's Irish Red (lager) Audio Scoresheet
Harpoon Celtic Ale (formerly Hibernian Ale) Audio Scoresheet
Samuel Adams Irish Red Audio Scoresheet (future example)

9E Strong Scotch Ale

Traquair House Ale Audio Scoresheet
Belhaven Wee Heavy Audio Scoresheet
McEwan's Scotch Ale Audio Scoresheet
Founders Dirty Bastard Audio Scoresheet
Orkney Skullsplitter Audio Scoresheet
Gordon Highland Scotch Ale Audio Scoresheet

Category 10: American Ale

10A American Pale Ale

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Audio Scoresheet
Great Lakes Burning River Audio Scoresheet
Deschutes Mirror Pond Audio Scoresheet
Left Hand Brewing Jackman’s Pale Ale Audio Scoresheet

10B American Amber Ale

North Coast Red Seal Ale Audio Scoresheet
Tröegs HopBack Amber Ale Audio Scoresheet
Pyramid Broken Rake Audio Scoresheet
Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale Audio Scoresheet
Lagunitas Censored Ale Audio Scoresheet
Mendocino Red Tail Ale Audio Scoresheet

10C American Brown Ale

Bell’s Best Brown Audio Scoresheet
Big Sky Moose Drool Brown Ale Audio Scoresheet
Brooklyn Brown Ale Audio Scoresheet

Category 11: English Brown Ale

11A Mild

Moorhouse Black Cat Audio Scoresheet

11B Southern English Brown

Mann's Brown Ale Audio Scoresheet

11C Northern English Brown

Newcastle Brown Ale Audio Scoresheet
Samuel Smith’s Nut Brown Ale Audio Scoresheet
Goose Island Nut Brown Ale Audio Scoresheet

Category 12: Porter

12A Brown Porter

Fuller's London Porter Audio Scoresheet
Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter Audio Scoresheet
RCH Old Slug Porter Audio Scoresheet
Nethergate Old Growler Audio Scoresheet
Hambleton Nightmare Audio Scoresheet
St. Peter's Old-Style Porter Audio Scoresheet
Wasatch Polygamy Porter Audio Scoresheet

12B Robust Porter

Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter Audio Scoresheet
Meantime London Porter Audio Scoresheet
Anchor Porter Audio Scoresheet
Bell's Porter Audio Scoresheet
Great Divide St. Bridget's Robust Porter Audio Scoresheet

12C Baltic Porter

Sinebrychoff Porter (Finland) Audio Scoresheet
Baltika #6 Porter (Russia) Audio Scoresheet

Category 13: Stout

13A Dry Stout

Guinness Draught Stout (canned) Audio Scoresheet
Beamish Stout (canned) Audio Scoresheet
O'hara's Irish Stout Audio Scoresheet
Dorothy Goodbody's Wholesome Stout Audio Scoresheet
Orkney Dragonhead Stout Audio Scoresheet

13B Sweet Stout

Farson’s Lacto Stout Audio Scoresheet
St. Peter's Cream Stout Audio Scoresheet
Samuel Adams Cream Stout Audio Scoresheet
Left Hand Milk Stout Audio Scoresheet

13C Oatmeal Stout

Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout Audio Scoresheet
Young's Oatmeal Stout Audio Scoresheet
Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout Audio Scoresheet
New Holland The Poet Audio Scoresheet
Goose Island Oatmeal Stout Audio Scoresheet
Wolaver’s Oatmeal Stout Audio Scoresheet

13D Foreign Extra Stout

Guinness Foreign Extra Stout Audio Scoresheet

13E American Stout

Sierra Nevada Stout Audio Scoresheet
North Coast Old No. 38 Stout Audio Scoresheet

13F Russian Imperial Stout

North Coast Old Rasputin Imperial Stout Audio Scoresheet
Samuel Smith Imperial Stout Audio Scoresheet

Category 14: India Pale Ale (IPA)

14A English IPA

Meantime India Pale Ale Audio Scoresheet
Samuel Smith's India Ale Audio Scoresheet
Burton Bridge Empire IPA Audio Scoresheet
Wild Goose IPA Audio Scoresheet (future example)

14B American IPA

Bell’s Two-Hearted Ale Audio Scoresheet
Stone IPA Audio Scoresheet
Anderson Valley Hop Ottin' Audio Scoresheet
Avery IPA Audio Scoresheet
Nectar IPA Audio Scoresheet (future example)

14C Imperial IPA

Russian River Pliny the Elder Audio Scoresheet
Avery Maharaja Audio Scoresheet
Bell's Hop Slam Audio Scoresheet
Great Divide Hercules Double IPA Audio Scoresheet
Moylan's Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale Audio Scoresheet
Dogfish Head 90-minute IPA Audio Scoresheet
Port Brewing Hop 15 Audio Scoresheet (future example)

Category 15: German Wheat and Rye Beer

15A Weizen/Weissbier

Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Audio Scoresheet
Paulaner Hefe-Weizen Audio Scoresheet
Hacker-Pschorr Weisse Audio Scoresheet

15B Dunkelweizen

Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel Audio Scoresheet
Ayinger Ur-Weisse Audio Scoresheet
Franziskaner Dunkel Hefe-Weisse Audio Scoresheet
Schneider Weisse (Original) Audio Scoresheet

15C Weizenbock

Schneider Aventinus Audio Scoresheet
Plank Bavarian Dunkler Weizenbock Audio Scoresheet
Eisenbahn Vigorosa Audio Scoresheet

15D Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)

No example found Audio Scoresheet

Category 16: Belgian and French Ale

16A Witbier

Hoegaarden Wit Audio Scoresheet
Celis White Audio Scoresheet
Vuuve 5 Audio Scoresheet
Wittekerke Audio Scoresheet
Bell's White Winter Ale Audio Scoresheet

16B Belgian Pale Ale

De Koninck Audio Scoresheet
Avery Karma Audio Scoresheet
Eisenbahn Pale Ale Audio Scoresheet
Ommegang Rare Vos Audio Scoresheet

16C Saison

Saison Dupont Audio Scoresheet
Saison de Pipaix Audio Scoresheet
Southampton Saison Audio Scoresheet

16D Bière de Garde

Jenlain (Amber) Audio Scoresheet
St. Amand (Brown) Audio Scoresheet
La Choulette (Blond) Audio Scoresheet
La Choulette Bière des Sans Culottes (Blond) Audio Scoresheet
Saint Sylvestre 3 Monts (Blond) Audio Scoresheet
Flying Dog Garde Dog Audio Scoresheet (not a classic example)

16E Belgian Specialty Ale

De Dolle Stille Nacht Audio Scoresheet
Weyerbacher QUAD Audio Scoresheet
Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaza Audio Scoresheet (not a classic example)

Category 17: Sour Ale

17A Berliner Weisse

Fritz Briem 1809 Audio Scoresheet

17B Flanders Red Ale

Rodenbach Grand Cru Audio Scoresheet
Duchesse de Bourgogne Audio Scoresheet
Verhaege Vichtenaar Audio Scoresheet
Monk's Cafe Flanders Red Ale Audio Scoresheet

17C Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin

Liefman's Goudenband Audio Scoresheet

17D Straight (Unblended) Lambic

No examples found Audio Scoresheet

17E Gueuze

Boon Oude Gueuze Audio Scoresheet
Hanssens Oude Gueuze Audio Scoresheet

17F Fruit Lambic

Boon Kriek Audio Scoresheet

Category 18: Belgian Strong Ale

18A Belgian Blond Ale

Leffe Blond Audio Scoresheet
Val-Dieu Blond Audio Scoresheet

18B Belgian Dubbel

Westmalle Dubbel Audio Scoresheet

18C Belgian Tripel

Westmalle Tripel Audio Scoresheet

18D Belgian Golden Strong Ale

Duvel Audio Scoresheet

18E Belgian Dark Strong Ale

St. Bernardus Abt 12 Audio Scoresheet

Category 19: Strong Ale

19A Old Ale

Gale’s Prize Old Ale Audio Scoresheet
Burton Bridge Olde Expensive Audio Scoresheet
Greene King Olde Suffolk Audio Scoresheet
J.W. Lee's Moonraker Audio Scoresheet
Fuller's Vintage Ale 1999 Audio Scoresheet
Theakston Old Peculier Audio Scoresheet
Great Divide Hibernation Audio Scoresheet

19B English Barleywine

J.W. Lee’s Vintage Harvest Ale Audio Scoresheet
Young's Old Nick Audio Scoresheet

19C American Barleywine

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 2008 Audio Scoresheet
Victory Old Horizontal Audio Scoresheet
Anchor Old Foghorn Audio Scoresheet

Category 20: Fruit Beer

20 Fruit Beer

New Glarus Raspberry Tart Audio Scoresheet
Bell's Cherry Stout Audio Scoresheet

Category 21: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

21A Spice, Herb, and Vegetable Beer

Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock Audio Scoresheet (future example)
Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout Audio Scoresheet (not a classic example)

21B Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer

Anchor Our Special Ale Audio Scoresheet
Harpoon Winter Warmer Audio Scoresheet
Great Lakes Christmas Ale Audio Scoresheet

Category 22: Smoke-Flavored and Wood-Aged Beer

22A Classic Rauchbier

Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen Audio Scoresheet
Eisenbahn Defumada Audio Scoresheet

22B Other Smoked Beer

Stone Smoked Porter Audio Scoresheet

22C Wood-Aged Beer

J.W. Lees Harvest Ale in Lagavulin Whisky Casks Audio Scoresheet

Category 23: Speciality Beer

23 Specialty Beer

Dogfish Head India Brown Ale Audio Scoresheet