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Here is a Style Sampling to Get You Started:
The following
definitions are from:
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for more information on beer styles and tasting.
American Light – This
type of beer encompasses the most popular beers sold
in the United States. Very light in color, this
variety of beer will usually have little to no malt
or hop characteristics. This type of beer is also
very light-bodied.
Bock – A bock is
usually full-bodied, with a strong, malty flavor.
The color is most often a very dark brown.
Doppelbock – A
full-bodied beer, a doppelbock is a stronger variety
of a bock. With a very dark brown color, it will
usually also possess an intense malt flavor.
Oktoberfest –
Medium-bodied and malty, an Oktoberfest will be dark
in color and very flavorful.
Pilsner – A pale,
light-bodied lager, with a hoppy, dry flavor.
Top-fermenting beer
styles – ales
Alt – Derived from the
German word for old, an Alt (or Altbier) is
medium-bodied and slightly fruity. With a medium
copper hue, Alts generally drink lighter than they
appear.
Barley Wine – Barley
wine is very strong, very full-bodied, and possesses
a strong flavor. Generally, barley wine has a
distinct hop presence.
Bitter – A
British-style ale, a bitter is usually
reddish-copper in color, and similar to a pale ale.
Cream Ale – This
variety of beer is usually light in color and body,
with high carbonation. Cream ales usually have very
little hop flavor.
Hefeweizen – An
unfiltered wheat beer. Light in color, hefeweizen is
fruity and light in body.
India Pale Ale – Often
referred to as an IPA, an India pale ale will be
very hoppy, medium-bodied, and amber in color.
Lambic – A
Belgian-style wheat beer, a lambic is not malted and
very fruity in flavor.
Porter – Very dark in
color, but medium-bodied, porter is usually dry and
fruity with a discernable malt character.
Scottish Ale –
Full-bodied, dark, and strong, Scottish ales have a
strong malt aroma and flavor.
Stout – A very dark,
full-bodied roasted-flavored beer.
Trappist Ale – A very
special beer, the only beers that can be called
Trappist ales are produced at monasteries. Generally
medium in body and in color, these beers and usually
strong in fruity, and are often served in a wine
glass or goblet.
White – Also known as a
witbier, white beers are pale and cloudy in color,
with a medium body and apparent fruit, malt and hops
flavors.
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