Category Number Beer Style 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
1 Light Lager 136 170 170 155 174
2 Pilsner 153 176 155 172 183
3 European Amber Lager 126 117 105 96 145
4 Dark Lager 114 129 158 136 144
5 Bock 153 164 177 155 191
6 Light Hybrid Beer 184 238 248 208 246
7 Amber Hybrid Beer 115 127 150 100 152
8 English Pale Ale 179 219 222 196 187
9 Scottish and Irish Ale 212 238 234 225 247
10 American Ale 358 388 430 364 509
11 English Brown Ale 150 133 163 141 199
12 Porter 205 236 270 226 293
13 Stout 338 366 418 374 477
14 IPA 270 335 332 330 387
15 German Wheat and Rye Beer 132 167 179 164 206
16 Belgian and French Ale 220 298 317 334 410
17 Sour Ale 98 106 141 148 163
18 Belgian Strong Ale 250 281 345 322 362
19 Strong Ale 160 179 232 192 216
20 Fruit Beer 98 99 114 117 130
21 Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer 158 173 185 208 245
22 Smoke-Flavored and Wood-Aged Beer 104 133 165 182 226
23 Specialty Beer 162 155 186 197 275
24 Traditional Mead 100 102 124 75 88
25 Melomel (Fruit Mead) 131 135 148 118 143
26 Other Mead 99 102 107 88 114
27 Standard Cider and Perry 42 47 93 69 97
28 Specialty Cider and Perry 37 39 76 73 78
Total Entries 4484 5052 5644 5165 6287