Glossary | Styles | List of Beers

Beer comes in many different styles and flavors. Below, you'll find a detailed description of taste, color and body guidelines for each.

*Categories and definitions courtesy of the American Homebrewers Association

ALE A fruity and aromatic style of beer fermented with top fermenting ale yeast. Generally heartier and higher in alcohol than lagers. 1. Barley Wine 2. Belgian and French Ale 3. Belgian-Style Lambic 4. Mild and Brown Ale 5. English-Style Pale Ale 6. American-Style Ale 7. English Bitter 8. Scottish Ale 9. Porter 10. English/Scottish Strong Ale 11. Stout LAGER Lagers are produced with bottom-fermenting Saccharomyces uvarum (a.k.a. S. carlsbergensis) strains of yeast at colder fermentation temperatures than ales. This cooler environment inhibits the natural production of esters and other fermentation byproducts, creating a "cleaner-tasting" product. 12. Bock 13. German Dark Lager 14. German Light Lager 15. Classic Pilsener 16. American Lager 17. Vienna/Mrzen/Oktoberfest HYBRID/MIXED The following beers are fermented or aged with mixed traditions. They can be brewed as an ale or lager (including unusual ingredients) or be made using unusual techniques or procedures. 18. German-Style Ale 19. German-style Wheat Beer 20. Smoked Beer 21. Fruit and Vegetable Beer 22. Herb and Spice Beer 23. Specialty and Experimental Beer 24. California Common Beer A complete text only listing of all above beer styles (40K)

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