The Lagers appeared in the 14th century and became popular with the creation of Pilsen, in the 19th century.

They usually have less alcohol than the Ales, are more gaseous and malted, less bitter, more refreshing and less fruity.

In the fermentation process, the yeast is concentrated in the bottom of the tank and requires lower temperatures to live, generating a slower fermentation compared to Ales.

The Lager name comes from this longer fermentation time. Lager means "saved, stored .

Alcohol Content: 2.8% - 4.2%

Suggested Glassware: Shaker, Lager, Americano

This is the drink’s lighter version, filling the increasing demand for low calorie products.
Very clear beer, of a pale yellow, almost no malt aroma.
Receiving, often, corn or rice (up to 40%), giving a great lightness, and may even look watered. Has high levels of carbonation, causing the sensation of freshness and little persistent white foam.

Commercial Examples: Heineken Premium, Sam Adams Light, Light, Miller Lite, Bud Light, Coors Light, Old Milwaukee Light, Amstel Light, Brahma Light, Santa Cerva, Colonia Pilsen, Donna’s Beer

Alcohol Content: 4.2% - 5.3%

Suggested Glassware: Shaker, Lager, Americano

Much like the Lite American Lager, but with higher alcohol content and a bit more hops, creating a bit more body.
A yellow, transparent and well refreshing beer, with little clear persistent foam and discreet aroma.
The most popular style, representing the sales majority around the world.

Commercial Examples: Antarctica Pilsen, Cristal, Original, Skol Pilsen, Skol Beats, Brahma Chopp, Bohemia Pilsen, Polar Export, Nova Schin, Primus, Devassa Loura, Itaipava, Bavaria Pilsen, Kaiser Pilsen, Sol Pilsen, Summer Draft, Cerpa Pilsen, Miller High Life, Budweiser, Kirin Lager, Coors Original, Foster’s Lager.

Alcohol Content: 4.6% - 6.0%

Suggested Glassware: Shaker, Lager, Americano, Pokal

Beer with a higher content of barley malt, therefore with less corn and rice (maximum 20%), generating a stronger flavor and a more golden color.
Most beers are versions of the big American Standard Lager beers, created to meet a loyal consumer, but want a stronger flavor in a beer with more body.

Commercial Examples: Brahma Extra, Serramalte, Bavaria Premium, Eisenbahn Pilsen, Eisenbahn Pilsen Natural, Baden Baden Cristal, Itaipava Premium, Kaiser Gold, Therezopolis Gold, Colorado Cauim, Miller Genuine Draft, Corona Extra, Michelob, Coors Extra Gold, Birra Moretti, Heineken, Beck’s, Stella Artois, Red Stripe, Singha

Alcohol Content: 4.7% - 5.4%

Suggested Glassware: Pokal, Flute, Lager, Americano, Shaker

Style created in Munich, at Spaten Brewery, to compete with Pilsner.
A beer with a strong malt flavor, light color and slightly bitter.
With average carbonation produces a creamy white foam.

Commercial Examples: Weihenstephaner Original, Hacker-Pschorr Münchner Gold, Bürgerbräu Wolznacher Hell Naturtrüb, Mahr’s Hell, Paulaner Premium Lager, Spaten Premium Lager, Stoudt’s Gold Lager

Alcohol Content: 4.8% - 6.0%

Suggested Glassware: Pokal, Flute, Lager, Americano, Shaker

Originated in the Dortmund region, in Germany, has as its main characteristic the balance between malt and hops (between sweet and bitter).
Medium carbonation produces a white solid foam.
It has less aroma than Pilsner, but is a bit stronger and bitter.
The term Export is used in Germany to determine the high-alcohol beverages, including for tax purposes.

Commercial Examples: DAB Export, Dortmunder Union Export, Dortmunder Kronen, Ayinger Jahrhundert, Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold, Barrel House Duveneck’s Dortmunder, Bell’s Lager, Dominion Lager, Gordon Biersch Golden Export, Flensburger Gold.

The name comes from the city of Pilsen, Bohemia region, Czech Republic, where this beer was created in 1842 and became the most produced and consumed beer in the world at that time.

Many manufacturers name their products like Pilsner, but according to the established criteria, they should be called Standard American Lager.

Alcohol Content: 4.4% - 5.2%

Suggested Glassware: Pokal, Flute, Native Americano, Shaker

Very similar to the original Bohemian Pilsner, with minor adaptations to the German production conditions, becoming less malty and with more hops.
Its foam is white and persistent and the beer is drier, clearer and lighter than the Bohemian Pilsner.

Commercial Examples: Dado Bier Original, Victory Prima Pils, Bitburger, Warsteiner, Trumer Pils, Old Dominion Tupper’s Hop Pocket Pils, König Pilsener, Jever Pils, Left Hand Polestar Pilsner, Holsten Pils, Spaten Pils, Brooklyn Pilsner

Alcohol Content: 4.2% - 5.4%

Suggested Glassware: Pokal, Flute, Americano, Shaker

Style that stays true to the production process discovered in 1842, often called the Czech Pilsner.
A refreshing beer with a pronounced malt taste balanced with the hop’s bitterness.
Crystalline, with color ranging from straw yellow to golden, with a white, dense and creamy foam.

Commercial Examples: Pilsner Urquell, Krušovice Imperial 12°, Budweiser Budvar (Czechvar nos EUA), Czech Rebel, Staropramen, Gambrinus Pilsner, Zlaty Bazant Golden Pheasant, Dock Street Bohemian Pilsner

Alcohol Content: 4.5% - 6.0%

Suggested Glassware: Pokal, Flute, Native American, Shaker

As the name implies, is the American version of the traditional recipe.
Had his faithful start with the traditional recipe, but it became clearer and less bitter to adapt to local taste.

Commercial Examples: Occasional brewpubs and microbreweries specials.

Very traditional beers, made with high quality malt (Munich or Vienna), obtaining a very distinctive flavor.
The color is darker than Pilsner.

Alcohol Content: 4.5% - 5.5%

Suggested Glassware: Pokal, Flute, Native American, Shaker

Created in Vienna, Austria, this beer is characterized by a different malting process.
Similar to the Oktoberfest beer style, but less intense.
Interesting balance between the hop’s bitterness and malt color close to copper and moderate carbonation are its main features.

Commercial Examples: Eisenbahn 5, Broklyn Lager, Negra Modelo, Meantime Union, Samuel Adams Vienna Style Lager, Old, Amber Lager, Gordon Biersch Vienna Lager, Capital Wisconsin Amber, Olde Saratoga Lager, Penn Pilsner

Alcohol Content: 4.8% - 5.7%

Suggested Glassware: Pokal, Flute, Native Americano, Shaker, Mug

Typically produced in European spring (Marzen = March), at the end of typical brewing season, stored cold during the summer and autumn, consumed in the celebrations of Oktoberfest, one of the most traditional beer festivals in the world, held every year in Munich, Germany.
Soft aroma of roasted malt, with a dark golden color between red and amber.
With a creamy foam, it is not considered very full bodied and has a sweet malt feel in the beginning, with a moderately dry finish.

Commercial Examples: Paulaner Oktoberfest, Ayinger Oktoberfest- Märzen, Hacker-Pschorr Original Oktoberfest, Hofbräu Oktoberfest, Victory Festbier, Great Lakes Oktoberfest, Spaten Oktoberfest, Capital Oktoberfest, Gordon Biersch Märzen, Goose Island Oktoberfest, Samuel Adams Oktoberfest (um pouco incomum pela sua adição tardia de lúpulos)

As the name implies, these are the darker lagers, but with similar alcohol content.

Alcohol Content: 4.2 - 6.0

Suggested Glassware: Pokal, Willybecher Lager Mug, Americano, Shaker

Beers darker and less bitter than Pilsner, with a sweeter flavor than the Standard American Lager.
Sometimes has corn, rice or caramel to characterize its aroma and flavor.
Very discreet aroma; its color may vary from dark brown and amber.
Very carbonated beer, but with a light foam

Commercial Examples: Bohemia Escura, Cintra Escura, Petra, Warsteiner Dunkel, Heineken Dark Lager,  Dixie Blackened Voodoo, Shiner Bock, San Miguel Dark, Baltika #4, Becks Dark, Saint Pauli Girl Dark, , Crystal Diplomat Dark Beer.

Alcohol Content: 4.5% - 5.6%

Suggested Glassware: Willybecher Lager Mug, Americano, Shaker

Dunkel means dark in German, and identifies a classic style malty beer, sparkling and with a slightly roasted flavor, originally from Munich.
A very popular beer until the invention of Pilsner, but very difficult to be produced, considered by many an artistic process.
Typical malt aroma with honeyed tones, but not fruity, due to the large amount of malt used, also featuring the flavor.
The color is intense copper; median carbonation and creamy foam.

Commercial Examples: Eisenbahn Dunkel, Paulaner Alt Münchner, Hofbräu Dunkel, König Ludwig Dunkel, Löwenbräu Dunkel, Augustiner Dunkel, Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel, Hacker-Pschorr Alt Munich Dark, Dunkel, Weltenburger Kloster Barock-Dunkel, Ettaler Kloster Dunkel, , Penn Dark Lager, , Capital Munich Dark, Harpoon Munich-type Dark Beer, Gordon Biersch Dunkels, Dinkel Acker Dark. In Bavaria, Ettaler Dunkel, , Hartmann Dunkel, Kneitinger Dunkel.

Alcohol Content: 4.4% - 5.4%

Suggested Glassware: Willybecher Lager Mug

Schwarzbier means black beer in German.
Despite this, the beer has a dark brown color.
A full-bodied beer with a light roasted malt aroma, sweet flavor with hints of bitterness.
It is darker and drier than the Munich Dunkel.
But compared with other styles of dark beers, like Potter and Stout, is lighter and more refreshing with less bitterness.

Commercial Examples: Xingu, Germania Escura, Petra Schwarzbier, Köstritzer Schwarzbier, Kulmbacher Mönchshof Premium Schwarzbier, Samuel Adams Black Lager, Krušovice Cerne, Original Badebier, Einbecker Schwarzbier, Gordon Biersch Schwarzbier, Weeping Radish Black Radish Dark Lager, Sprecher Black Bavarian.

Some believe that the word Bock is derived from the name of the city of Einbeck, which used to be a big brewing center. Another hypothesis is that the name comes from the sign of Capricorn in German, because some ancient people believed that the beer production in the corresponding period of this sign would bring protection and assistance.

Compared with other Lagers, Bocks are the strongest, the most alcoholic, the most robust and the maltiest.

Normally these beers are stored to rest, reaching mature for months.

Alcohol Content: 6.3% - 7.4%

Suggested Glassware: Goblet, Snifter Tulip

This is the most recent bock developed. Produced in the European spring, to be drunk in the summer.
Can be described as a lighter version of traditional bock and bitter, with a strong malt aroma and color ranging from golden to dark amber, due to the use of toasted malt.
It also has a white, creamy foam.

Commercial Examples: Baden Badem Bock, Ayinger Maibock, Mahr’s Bock, Hacker-Pschorr Hubertus Bock, Capital Maibock, Einbecker Mai- Urbock, Hofbräu Maibock, Victory St. Boisterous, Gordon Biersch Blonde Bock, Smuttynose Maibock.

Alcohol Content: 6.3% - 7.2%

Suggested Glassware: Goblet, Snifter Tulip

Initially produced in Saxony, in the 14th century, this beer is almost always a dark beer with a high malt flavor, often chocolaty.
This style has fewer hops than the other bocks.
The malt aroma takes care of everything, leaving no room for the hops, which is critical to the beer’s flavor balance.
A full-bodied beer with moderate carbonation.

Commercial Examples: Kaiser Bock, Petra Bock, Schornstein Schorn Bier, Einbecker Ur-Bock Dunkel, Pennsylvania Brewing St. Nick Bock, Aass Bock, Great Lakes Rockefeller Bock, Stegmaier Brewhouse Bock

Alcohol Content: 7.0% - 10.0%

Suggested Glassware: Goblet, Snifter Tulip Mug

Doppel, in German, means double, explaining the high alcohol content of this style. Consumed in the cold seasons, like a cognac.
Normally the names end in actor, to follow the nomenclature of the first beer produced in this style in 1780: Salvator.
Darker versions have very strong malt aroma and lighter are drier and bitter.

Commercial Examples: Paulaner Salvator, Ayinger Celebrator, Weihenstephaner Korbinian, Andechser Doppelbock Dunkel, Spaten Optimator, Tucher Bajuvator, Weltenburger Kloster Asam-Bock, Capital Autumnal Fire, EKU 28, Eggenberg Urbock 23o, Bell’s Consecrator, Moretti La Rossa, Samuel Adams Double Bock

Alcohol Content: 9.0% - 14.0%

Suggested Glassware: Snifter Tulip Mug

The name has reference to the drink called Eiswein, produced from frozen grapes.
The legend says that a brew master apprentice forgot some Doppelbock beer barrels outside the brewery in a very cold day, freezing the content. But what remained pleased by the stronger flavor.
This style of beer uses aromatic malt types, and has high alcohol content. Its color ranges from copper to dark brown.
A full-bodied and slightly carbonated beer.

Commercial Examples: Kulmbacher Reichelbräu Eisbock, Eggenberg Urbock Eisbock Dunkel, Niagara Eisbock, Capital Eisphyre, Southampton Eisbock

They are called hybrid because the ingredients or the production processes not strictly obeyed the Lager’s or Ale’s characteristics.

Alcohol Content: 4.2% - 5.6%

Suggested Glassware: Shaker Lager Willybecher, Mug

Created from American Pale Ale, with lager yeast and adjuncts such as corn and rice.
A balanced beer, with no predominance of malt or hop flavor, with a light color and good carbonation with a creamy characteristic.

Commercial Examples: Genesee Cream Ale, Little Kings Cream Ale (Hudepohl), Anderson Valley Summer Solstice Cerveza Crema, Sleeman Cream Ale, New Glarus Spotted Cow, Wisconsin Brewing Whitetail Cream Ale

Alcohol Content: 3.8% - 5.5%

Suggested Glassware: Shaker Lager Willybecher

A very popular beer in the United States that resembles a Pilsner, due to the appearance; but it is a medium-bodied ale with mild wheat flavor.
Besides wheat, some versions add honey and fruits, but in small amounts not to disfigure the style.

Commercial Examples: Pelican Kiwanda Cream Ale, Russian River Aud Blonde, Rogue Oregon Golden Ale, Widmer Blonde Ale, Fuller’s Summer Ale, Hollywood Blonde, Redhook Blonde

Alcohol Content: 4.4% - 5.2%

Suggested Glassware: Flute, Stange

Traditional beer from the region of Cologne, in Germany.
The style name is protected and only a very small number of breweries in the city can use it.
A blond beer like Pilsner, dried and flavored as a Ale.
Slightly bitter, delicate and short-lived. The foam is white and is not persistent.

Commercial Examples: Available in Cologne only:; PJ Früh, Hellers, Malzmühle, Paeffgen, Sion, Peters, Dom; import versions available in parts of North America: Reissdorf, Gaffel; Non-German versions: Eisenbahn Dourada, Goose Island Summertime, Alaska Summer Ale, Harpoon Summer Beer, New Holland Lucid, Saint Arnold Fancy Lawnmower, Capitol City Capitol Kölsch, Shiner Kölsch

Alcohol Content: 4.0% - 5.5%

Suggested Glassware: Weizen Lager Willybecher

Beers based on other styles that use significant quantities of rye, wheat normally.
If another ingredient is used, it is mandatory specifies on the label.
Although normally this style contains wheat, this beer differs from the German by presenting a mild fruity or floral scent.
Have high carbonation, and, in the stronger versions, alcoholic feeling is noticeable.

Commercial Examples: Bell’s Oberon, Harpoon UFO Hefeweizen, Three Floyds Gumballhead, Pyramid Hefe-Weizen, Widmer Hefeweizen, Sierra Nevada Unfiltered Wheat Beer, Anchor Summer Beer, Redhook Sunrye, Real Ale Full Moon Pale Rye

Hybrid beers with color ranging from amber to copper.

Alcohol Content: 4.5% - 5.2%

Suggested Glassware: Flute, Stange

Alt style beers, typical from northern Germany.
Alt in German means ancient, and is used as a reference to the old production process.
Beer with an amber color, bitter and with aromas similar the Pilsner’s.
Have clear foam and is slightly bitter with mild roasted malt notes.

Commercial Examples: DAB Traditional, Hannen Alt, Schwelmer Alt, Grolsch Amber, Alaskan Amber, Long Trail Ale, Otter Creek Copper Ale, Schmaltz’ Alt

Alcohol Content: 4.5% - 5.5%

Suggested Glassware: Shaker, Lager, Americano, Stange

Beer originated on the American West Coast in the late 19th century, fermented as Ale but with Lager yeast, making it unique.
This style is characterized by light beers, amber color, medium-bodied and balanced flavor of malt and hops with caramel and toasted notes.

Commercial Examples: Anchor Steam, Southampton Steem Beer, Flying Dog Old Scratch Amber Lager

Alcohol Content: 4.5% - 5.2%

Suggested Glassware: Flute, Stange

Very similar to Norh German Altbier, but more bitter and clear.
The name shows the beer’s association with the German city of Dusseldorf.
Despite using ale yeast, is stored for long periods at low temperatures, such as lagers.
Light amber, rich in malt aroma and dry and bittersweet taste.

Commercial Examples: Altstadt brewpubs in Dusseldorf: Zum Uerige, Im Füchschen, Schumacher, Zum Schlüssel; other examples: Diebels Alt Schlosser Alt, Alt Frankenheim

One of the oldest and most popular styles in the United Kingdom.
These beers have little foam due to the low carbonation.
Because of its bitter taste, these drinks are generally known as simply Bitter.

Alcohol Content: 3.2% - 3.8%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Skaker, Willybecher

With a color ranging from yellow to copper, these are the lighter beers of the group.
Add to this a low carbonation and you have an easy-to-drink beer.

Commercial Examples: Fullers Chiswick Bitter, Adnams Bitter, Youngs Bitter, Greene King IPA, Oakham Jeffrey Hudson Bitter (JHB), Brains Bitter, Tetley’s Original Bitter, Brakspear Bitter, Boddingtons Pub Draught

Alcohol Content: 3.8% - 4.6%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Skaker, Willybecher

The big difference, if compared to Standard Bitters is the ingredients quality, although this difference is rarely perceived by the consumer.
The difference brings a slightly darker and more full-bodied and bitter alcoholic variation than standard Bitter beers.

Commercial Examples: Fullers London Pride, Coniston Bluebird Bitter, Timothy Taylor Landlord, Adnams SSB, Young’s Special, Shepherd Neame Masterbrew Bitter, Greene King Ruddles County Bitter, RCH Pitchfork Rebellious Bitter, Brains SA, Black Sheep Best Bitter, Goose Island Honkers Ale, Rogue Younger’s Special Bitter

Alcohol Content: 4.6% - 6.2%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Skaker, Willybecher

This style is the most full-bodied, bitter and alcoholic of Bitters.
The color does not change much compared to other styles, but the taste changes, making clearer the hop’s bitterness.

Commercial Examples: Fullers ESB, Adnams Broadside, Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger, Young’s Ram Rod, Samuel Smith’s Old Brewery Pale Ale, Bass Ale, Whitbread Pale Ale, Shepherd Neame Spitfire, Marston’s Pedigree, Black Sheep Ale, Vintage Henley, Mordue Workie Ticket, Morland Old Speckled Hen, Greene King Abbot Ale, Batemans XXXB, Gale’s Hordean Special Bitter (HSB), Ushers 1824 Particular Ale, Hopback Summer Lightning, Great Lakes Moondog Ale, Shipyard Old Thumper, Alaskan ESB, Geary’s Pale Ale, Cooperstown Old Slugger, Anderson Valley Boont ESB, Avery 14’er ESB, Redhook ESB

As a Scottish beers feature, all of them are have a very little hop taste, due to the high import price of this product.
The nomenclature of the first three types dates back to the 19th century, when the price per barrel was calculated by alcohol and shilling was the currency.

Alcohol Content: 2.5% - 3.2%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Skaker, Willybecher

The lightest of the Scottish styles, with an almost sweet caramelized malt flavor due to the use of hops in small quantity.
Its color varies from amber to copper and its foam is creamy and lightly browned.

Commercial Examples: Belhaven 60 / -, McEwans 60 / -, Maclay 60 / - Light (all available only in barrel, and not exported.)

Alcohol Content: 3.2% - 3.9%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Skaker, Willybecher

A more full-bodied beer that Light 60, more bitter and more alcoholic too.

Commercial Examples: Caledonian 70 / - (Caledonian Amber Ale in the U.S.), Belhaven 70 / -, Orkney Raven Ale, Maclay 70 / -, Tennents Special, Broughton Greenmantle Ale

Alcohol Content: 3.9% - 5.0%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Skaker, Willybecher

The most bitter and alcoholic Scottish beer.
Much more full-bodied and with a light touch of smoked malt.

Commercial Examples: Orkney Dark Island, Caledonian 80 / - Export Ale, Belhaven 80 / - (Belhaven Scottish Ale in the U.S.), Southampton 80 Shilling, Broughton Excisemans 80 / -, Belhaven St. Andrews Ale, McEwans Export (IPA), Inveralmond Lia Fail, Broughton Merlins Ale, Arran Dark

Alcohol Content: 4.0% - 6.0%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Skaker, Willybecher

A very malty beer, with fruity notes. Use little hop, full-bodied and produces creamy foam.
Usually uses roasted barley malt, giving it a copper color and a slightly toasted flavor.

Commercial Examples: Three Floyds Brian Boru Old Irish Ale, Great Lakes Conways Irish Ale (a bit strong with 6.5%), Kilkenny Irish Beer, OHaras Irish Red Ale, Smithwicks Irish Ale, Beamish Red Ale, Caffreys Irish Ale, Goose Island Kilgubbin Red Ale, Murphys Irish Red (lager), Boulevard Irish Ale, Harpoon Hibernian Ale

Alcohol Content: 6.5% - 10.0%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Skaker, Willybecher

Scottish higher alcohol content beer, this is strongly malty, caramel-flavored, and slightly bitter; a great suggestion to harmonize desserts.

Commercial Examples: Traquair House Ale, Belhaven Wee Heavy, McEwans Scotch Ale, Founders Dirty Bastard, MacAndrews Scotch Ale, AleSmith Wee Heavy, Orkney Skull Splitter, Inveralmond Black Friar, Broughton Old Jock, Gordon Highland Scotch Ale, Dragonmead Under the Kilt

The Ales of the new generation arising on the American West Coast.

These styles are characterized by strong floral aroma, caramel notes and stronger citrus palate.

Alcohol Content: 4.5% - 6.2%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher

Considered an English Pale Ale adaptation using local ingredients. More bitter and with higher alcohol content than its European cousin. Refreshing drinks, flavored with hops and white and resistant foam.

Commercial Examples: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Stone Pale Ale, Great Lakes Burning River Pale Ale, Bear Republic XP Pale Ale, Anderson Valley Poleeko Gold Pale Ale, Deschutes Mirror Pond, Full Sail Pale Ale, Three Floyds X-Tra Pale Ale, Firestone Pale Ale, Left Hand Brewing Jackman’s

Alcohol Content: 4.5% - 6.2%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher

Known as Red Ale, they are very similar to the American Ale, however are more full-bodied and have very strong caramel malt notes.
With high carbonation, have yellowish-resistant foam.

Commercial Examples: North Coast Red Seal Ale, Tröegs HopBack Amber Ale, Deschutes Cinder Cone Red, Pyramid Broken Rake, St. Rogue Red Ale, Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale, Lagunitas Censored Ale, Avery Redpoint Ale, McNeill’s Firehouse Amber Ale, Mendocino Red Tail Ale, Bells Amber

Alcohol Content: 4.3% - 6.2%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher

Can be considered the American version of the Northern English Brown with caramel aroma and citrus notes from the hops. With good carbonation, gives a dry feel to the end of the tasting.

Commercial Examples: Bells Best Brown Smuttynose Old Brown Dog Ale, Big Sky Moose Drool Brown Ale, North Coast Acme Brown, Brooklyn Brown Ale, Lost Coast Downtown Brown, Left Hand Deep Cover Brown Ale

Typical beers of England with small regional variations, ranging in bitterness and alcohol content.

Alcohol Content: 2.8% - 4.5%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher, Shaker Mug

Beer that was very popular in England, especially in the southern region. Not too bitter, almost sweet, amber color, low carbonation and little foam. They are normally filtered and are little bodied, great with English breakfast.

Nowadays are rare, even in the UK.

Commercial Examples: Moorhouse Black Cat, Gales Mild Festival, Theakston Traditional Mild, Highgate Mild, Sainsbury Mild, Brains Dark, Bankss Mild, Coach House Gunpowder Strong Mild, Woodfordes Mardlers Mild, Greene King XX Mild, Motor City Brewing Ghettoblaster

Alcohol Content: 2.8% - 4.1%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher, Shaker Mug

The characteristic London beer, also known as London Style. Tasty, flavored and with a malty aroma. Its color is brown. Darker, but less alcoholic than the Nothern Inglês Brown Ale.

Commercial Examples: Manns Brown Ale, Harveys Nut Brown Ale, Woodefordes Norfolk Nog

Alcohol Content: 4.2% - 5.4%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher, Shaker Mug Typical beer from the northern region of the country.
Dry, bitter and can be considered a stronger and more hoppy than the London Style. Are clear with good carbonation.

Commercial Examples: Newcastle Brown Ale, Samuel Smiths Nut Brown Ale, Riggwelter Yorkshire Ale, Wychwood Hobgoblin, Troegs Rugged Trail Ale, Alesmith Nautical Nut Brown Ale, Avery 1.033 to 1.042 Ellies Brown Ale, Goose Island Nut Brown Ale, Samuel Adams Brown Ale

This style was popular in the 18th and 19th centuries in London.
A long maturation period beer, requiring large barrels for storage.
It was also George Washington’s favorite style, who manufactured for his own consumption. Being able to use both Ale and Lager yeast, it has a flavor and aroma of roasted malt.

Alcohol Content: 4.0% - 5.4%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher, Shaker Mug

The lighter and sweet style of Porter, with less alcohol and light roasting, producing a soft caramel or chocolate aroma, with hints of hops.

Light foam with good retention and a very beautiful brown color.

Commercial Examples: Fullers London Porter, Samuel Smith Taddy Porter, Burton Bridge Burton Porter, RCH Old Slug Porter, Nethergate Old Growler Porter, Hambleton Nightmare Porter, Harvey’s Tom Paine Original Old Porter, Salopian Entire Butt English Porter, St. Peters Old-Style Porter, Shepherd Neame Original Porter, Flag Porter, Wasatch Polygamy Porter

Alcohol Content: 4.8% - 6.5%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher, Shaker Mug

Style with the most dense, full-bodied and bitter Porter beers, though not the most alcoholics examples of the group.
Slightly darker than the Brown Porter, with good carbonation and persistent foam.

Commercial Examples: Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter, Meantime London Porter, Anchor Porter, Smuttynose Robust Porter, Sierra Nevada Porter, Deschutes Black Butte Porter, Boulevard Bully! Porter, Rogue Mocha Porter, Avery New World Porter, Bell’s Porter, Great Divide Saint Bridget’s Porter

Alcohol Content: 5.5% - 9.5%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher, Shaker Mug

Traditional beers from countries bordering the Baltic Sea: Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia. Derived from the English Porter, are less bitter, lighter and more alcoholic.

Commercial Examples: Sinebrychoff Porter (Finlândia), Okocim Porter (Polônia), Zywiec Porter (Polônia), Baltika #6 Porter (Russia), Carnegie Stark Porter (Suécia), Aldaris Porteris (Letonia), Utenos Porter (Lituânia), Stepan Razin Porter (Russia), Nøgne ø porter (Noruega), Neuzeller Kloster-Bräu Neuzeller Porter (Alemanha), Southampton Imperial Baltic Porter

Known around the world by the Guinness commercial success, is a dark, bitter and very creamy beer.

Alcohol Content: 4.0% - 5.0%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher, Shaker Mug

Similar to Porter, but more full-bodied and creamy.
Well known for its almost black color and dark roasted aroma with a slight hint of chocolate.
Its color is because of the use of roasted barley, unmalted tough. Some brewers use dark malts too.

Commercial Examples: Guinness Draught Stout (also canned), Murphys Stout, Beamish Stout, OHaras Celtic Stout, Russian River OVL Stout, Three Floyds Black Sun Stout, Dorothy Goodbodys Wholesome Stout, Orkney Dragonhead Stout, Old Dominion Stout, Goose Island Dublin Stout, Brooklyn Dry Stout

Alcohol Content: 4.0% - 6.0%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher, Shaker Mug

In the 19th century, brewers realized that many consumers put sugar in its beer to lessen the bitterness, and then decided to add the lactose to the recipe. Great beers to accompany desserts: creamy, with dense foam and sweet, reminding an alcoholic cappuccino.

Commercial Examples: Mackesons XXX Stout, Watneys Cream Stout, Farsons Lacto Stout, St. Peters Cream Stout, Marstons Oyster Stout, Sheaf Stout, Hitachino Nest Sweet Stout (Lacto), Samuel Adams Cream Stout, Left Hand Milk Stout, Widmer Snowplow Milk Stout

Alcohol Content: 4.2% - 5.9%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher, Shaker Mug

Black and opaque, creamy beer with a strong malt flavor with hints of chocolate. A variation of Sweet Stout, but a little more bitter; with a creamy lather and malt and oat aromas.

Commercial Examples: Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout, Youngs Oatmeal Stout, McAuslan Oatmeal Stout, Maclays Oat Malt Stout, Broughton Kinmount Willie Oatmeal Stout, Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout, Troegs Oatmeal Stout, New Holland The Poet, Goose Island Oatmeal Stout, Wolavers Oatmeal Stout

Alcohol Content: 5.5% -8.0%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher, Shaker Mug

Can be called Tropical Stout also to be produced in tropical countries such as Jamaica. Have higher alcohol content, are smoother, less bitter and darker when compared with the other Stouts.

Commercial Examples: Tropical Type: Lion Stout (Sri Lanka), Dragon Stout (Jamaica), ABC Stout (Singapore), Royal Extra "The Lion Stout" (Trinidad), Jamaica Stout (Jamaica), Export type: Freeminer Deep Shaft Stout, Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (bottled, not sold in the U.S.), Ridgeway of Oxfordshire Foreign Extra Stout, Coopers Best Extra Stout, Elysian Stout Dragonstooth

Alcohol Content: 5.0% - 7.0%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher, Shaker Mug

American version of the Foreign Extra Stout, but more bitter, more malty, with a persistent light brown foam.

Commercial Examples: Rogue Shakespeare Stout, Deschutes Obsidian Stout, Sierra Nevada Stout, North Coast Old No. 38, Bar Harbor Cadillac Mountain Stout, Avery Out of Bounds Stout, Lost Coast 8 Ball Stout, Mad River Steelhead Extra Stout

Alcohol Content: 8.0% - 12.0%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher, Shaker Mug

Famous for being Russian Czar Alexander’s favorite beer. It has a high alcohol content, which helped soften the cold on the Russian long journeys. Beers with varying amounts of roasted grains, hops, and fruity aromas, resulting in a drink with flavor and aroma.

Commercial Examples: Three Floyds Dark Lord, Bells Expedition Stout, North Coast Old Rasputin Imperial Stout, Stone Imperial Stout, Samuel Smith Imperial Stout, Scotch Irish Tsarina Katarina Imperial Stout, Thirsty Dog Siberian Night, Deschutes The Abyss, Great Divide Yeti, Southampton Russian Imperial Stout, Rogue Imperial Stout, Bear Republic Big Bear Black Stout, Great Lakes Blackout Stout, Avery The Czar, Founders Imperial Stout, Victory Storm King, Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout

18th century beer, made especially for the British Army officers who were in India during the colonial period, facing the heat and lack of clean water.
To not spoil during the trip, this drink was made with many hops to maintain its quality even with large temperature variations, resulting in a beer with higher alcohol content and fruity flavor.
The accepted minimum alcohol content for an IPA is 5%.

Alcohol Content: 5.0% - 7.5%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher, Shaker Mug

By increasing the amount of hops and alcohol in this beer, so it could face the bumpy trip to India and its large temperature variation, the British developed a new beer style, which is currently very popular. This style can be considered a more bitter and alcoholic version of English Pale Ale, with an strong hop’s aroma, with amber color and little persistent foam.

Commercial Examples: Meantime India Pale Ale, Freeminer Trafalgar IPA, Fullers IPA, Ridgeway Bad Elf, Summit India Pale Ale, Samuel Smiths India Ale, Hampshire Pride of Romsey IPA, Burton Bridge Empire IPA, Middle Ages ImPailed Ale, Goose Island IPA, Brooklyn East India Pale Ale

Alcohol Content: 5.5% - 7.5%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher, Shaker Mug

American version of English IPA, produced with local ingredients and slightly more bitter.
It also reflects the characteristics of American hops, with citrus and floral aromas.

Commercial Examples: Colorado Indica, Wanton India Falke Royal Road, Bells Two-Hearted Ale, AleSmith IPA, Russian River Blind Pig IPA, Stone IPA, Three Floyds Alpha King, Great Divide Titan IPA, Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA, Victory Hop Devil Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, Anderson Valley Hop Ottin , Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA, Founders Centennial IPA, Anchor Liberty Ale, Harpoon IPA, Avery IPA

Alcohol Content: 7.5% - 10.0%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Willybecher, Shaker Mug

Style recently emerged to please the fanatics of bitterest products. It has one of the highest IBU (International Bitter Units - Unit of measure of the bitterness) between beers, reaching 120. A light beer with persistent foam and high in alcohol.

Commercial Examples: Russian River Pliny the Elder, Three Floyds Dreadnaught, Avery Majaraja, Bells Hop Slam, Stone Ruination IPA, Great Divide Hercules Double IPA, Surly Furious, Rogue I2PA, Moylans Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale, Stoudts Double IPA, Dogfish Head 90 -minute IPA, Victory Hop Wallop

Very traditional beer in all German regions.
According to the German purity laws, the beers, to be considered wheat beer, must be produced with at least 50% of wheat malt.
If filtered, it is called Kristalweizen.
The prefix Hefe (yeast, in German) also means that there is still some yeast in the bottle.

Alcohol Content: 4.3% - 5.6%

Suggested Glassware: Weizen, Lager

Weizen and Weiss are the most common nomenclatures for wheat beers, and mean wheat and white, respectively. This style is Bavarian typical style, and is considered the typical European summer beer. It is usually unfiltered, has a light fruit flavor and a white and abundant foam. In this style, the younger the beer is, the better.

Commercial Examples: Eisenbahn Weizenbier, Bohemia Weiss, Dado Bier Weiss, Colorado Appia, Dani Weiss, Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, Schneider Weisse Weizenhell, Paulaner Hefe-Weizen, Hacker- Pschorr Weisse, Plank Bavarian Hefeweizen, Ayinger Bräu Weisse, Ettaler Weissbier Hell, Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse, Andechser Weissbier Hefetrüb, Kapuziner Weissbier, Erdinger Weissbier, Penn Weizen, Barrelhouse Hocking Hills HefeWeizen, Eisenbahn Weizenbier

Alcohol Content: 4.3% - 5.6%

Suggested Glassware: Weizen Lager Mug

These beers contain more wheat, somewhere between 60 and 70% and have a darker color due the roasted barley malt used. These are fizzy drinks, with a great aroma of wheat with a subtle hint of fruit, cloudy appearance and dense and persistent foam.

Commercial Examples: Weihenstephaner Dunkel Hefeweissbier, Ayinger Ur-Weisse, Franziskaner Dunkel Hefe-Weisse, Schneider Weisse (Original) Weissbier Dunkel Ettaler, Hacker-Pschorr Weisse Dark, Tucher Hefe Weizen Dunkles, Edelweiss Dunkel Weissbier, Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel Weissbier Kapuziner Schwarz

Alcohol Content: 6.5% - 8.0%

Suggested Glassware: Weizen Lager Mug

It is known as a stronger version of the Dunkelweizen, with a similar flavor but with a body closest to a Bock’s. The malt is clearly noted in its flavor as well as clove and banana.

Commercial Examples: Schneider Aventinus, Schneider Aventinus Eisbock, Plank Bavarian Dunkler Weizenbock, Plank Bavarian Heller Weizenbock, AleSmith Weizenbock, Erdinger Pikantus, Mahrs Der Weisse Bock, Victory Moonglow Weizenbock, High Point Ramstein Winter Wheat, Capital Weizen Doppelbock, Eisenbahn Vigorous

Alcohol Content: 4.5% - 6.0%

Suggested Glassware: Weizen Lager Mug

Originally from Regensburg, in Bavaria, this beer is a version of Dunkelweizen, which uses rye instead of wheat.
A refreshing beer, full-bodied, yet delicate, with lots of carbonation and dense and persistent foam.

Commercial Examples: Paulaner Roggen (formerly named Thurn und Taxis, no longer imported to the U.S.), Bürgerbräu Wolznacher Roggenbier

In this group are the five typical styles of the Franco-Belgian region.
The last one is actually used to house the many variations available in the region, especially in Belgium, which is known as a very creative, which blends the traditional with the contemporary.

Alcohol Content: 4.5% - 5.5%

Suggested Glassware: Weizen, Lager

Wheat beers, especially Belgian, which were very popular until the beginning of World War II, and rediscovered in the recent decades. It is very different when compared with German wheat beer: it has non-malted wheat and is seasoned with coriander seeds and orange peel. Its aroma and flavor is citrus and dried.

Commercial Examples: Hoegaarden Wit, St. Bernardus Blanche, Celis White, Vuuve 5, Brugs Tarwebier (Blanche de Bruges), Wittekerke, Allagash White, Blanche de Bruxelles, Ommegang Witte, Avery White Rascal, Unibroue Blanche de Chambly, Sterkens White Ale, Bells Winter White Ale, Victory Whirlwind Witbier, Hitachino Nest White Ale

Alcohol Content: 4.8% - 5.5%

Suggested Glassware: Bolleke, Trappist, Snifter, Goblet

Beers produced in Belgium since the 18th eighteenth century with lots of malt, fruity but slightly bitter and amber. This is a creamy beer, but with little resistant foam. An easy beer to drink, considered the daily common beer in Belgium.

Commercial Examples: De Koninck, Speciale Palm, Dobble Palm, Russian River Perdition, Ginder Ale, Op-Ale, St. Pieters Zinnebir, Brewers Art House Pale Ale, Avery Karma, Eisenbahn Pale Ale, Ommegang Rare Vos (unusual with its alcohol content 6.5% ABV)

Alcohol Content: 5.0% - 7.0%

Suggested Glassware: Tulip, Goblet

The Southern Belgium typical beer, which was normally produced in the winter and spring to be consumed on the hottest days.
As there was no refrigeration, fermentation took place in barrels. This process is used today as a matter of tradition.
A beer with aromas and complex flavors, due to the variety of spices used in the production.
This is a refreshing, very carbonated beverage, with a balanced hop and malt flavor.
Saison, in French, means seasons of the year.

Commercial Examples: Saison Dupont Vieille Provision; Fantôme Saison DErezée - Printemps; Saison of Pipaix; Saison Regal; Saison Voisin; Lefebvre Saison 1900; Saison Ellezelloise 2000; Silly Saison; Southampton Saison; New Belgium Saison; Pizza Port SPF 45; Lost Abbey Red Barn Ale; Ommegang Hennepin

Alcohol Content: 6.0% - 8.5%

Suggested Glassware: Snifter, Tulip, Goblet

The name in French means "beer to save , therefore they are beers made in the coldest days of the year and stored for consumption in summer. Typical product of Northern France, this beer is usually stored in large bottles such as sparkling wines. A rich malt flavor, with high carbonation and a small alcohol perception. Can be called Bière de Mars, to be produced in March.

Commercial Examples: Jenlain (amber), Jenlain Bière de Printemps (blonde), St. Amand (brown), chti Brun (brown.) Chti Blond (blond), La Choulette (all three versions), La Bière des Sans Culottes Choulette (blonde), Saint Sylvestre 3 Monts (blond), Biere Nouvelle (brown), Castelain (blonde), Jade (amber), Brasseurs Bière de Garde (amber), Southampton Bière de Garde (amber), Lost Abbey Avante Garde (blonde).

Alcohol Content: Variable

Suggested Glassware: Tulip, Trappist, Bolleke, Goblet

This style is the most comprehensive that exists, encompassing wide range of Belgian ales produced by craft breweries concerned to create unique drinks. Here fit, for example, the Quadrupel Trappists, Belgian stouts, etc. Therefore it is not possible to comment on this style’s aroma and flavor.

Commercial Examples: Orval; De Dolles Arabier, Oerbier, Stille Nacht and Boskeun; La Chouffe, McChouffe, Chouffe Bok and NIce Chouffe; Ellezelloise Hercule Stout and Amber Quintine; Unibroue Ephemere, Maudite, Don de Dieu, etc..; Minty; Zatte Bie; Caracole Amber, and Saxo Nostradamus; Silenrieu Sara and Joseph; Fantôme Black Ghost and Speciale Noël; Dupont Moinette, Moinette Brune, and Avec Les Bons Voeux de la Brasserie Dupont; St. Fullien Noël; Gouden Carolus Noël; Affligem Noël; Guldenburg and Pere Noël; De Ranke XX Bitter and Guldenberg; Poperings Hommelbier; Bush (Scaldis); Moinette Brune; Grottenbier; La Trappe Quadrupel; Weyerbacher QUAD; Bière de Miel; Verboden Vrucht; New Belgium 1554 Black Ale; Cantillon Iris; Russian River Temptation; Lost Abbey Cuvee of Tomme and Devotion, Lindemans Kriek and Framboise, and many others.

These beers are characteristic for the most difficult beers to drink because of its sour taste.
Acid beers with a strong aroma and fermentation flavor, potentially referring to vinegar.
A common feature of all beers is the use of spontaneous fermentation.

Alcohol Content: 2.8% - 3.8%

Suggested Glassware: Snifter, Trappist Tulip Bolleke

The translation is as follows: white Belrin beer. It is produced with 75% wheat and 25% barley only. And because of its low alcohol content, it seems a soft drink or a sparkling wine, remembering a non-sweetened lemonade. It has a bitter flavor and a dense non persistent foam.

Commercial Examples: Schultheiss Berliner Weisse Berliner Kindl Weisse, Nodding Head Berliner Weisse, Weihenstephan 1809 (unusual with its 5% ABV), Bahnhof Berliner Style Weisse, Southampton Berliner Weisse, Weisse Berliner Bethlehem, Three Floyds Deesko

Alcohol Content: 4.6% - 6.5%

Suggested Glassware: Snifter, Tulip, Goblet

Product originated in Flanders, northern Belgium, region, considered the closest beer style from a wine by its reddish color and mild acetic touch.
Beer with fruity aroma and flavor, with a slight hint of vanilla, low carbonation and very little foam.
Aged in oak barrels for nearly two years, is bottled after a blend with non-aged beers, to adjust the acidity and bitterness of the final product.

Commercial Examples: Klassiek Rodenbach, Rodenbach Grand Cru, Bellegems Bruin, Duchesse de Bourgogne, New Belgium La Folie, Petrus Oud Bruin, Flanders Red Ale Southampton, Verhaege Vichtenaar, Monks Cafe Flanders Red Ale, New Glarus Enigma, Panil Barriquée, Mestreechs Aajt

Alcohol Content: 4.0% - 8.0%

Suggested Glassware: Snifter, Tulip, Goblet

Originating from the region of Flanders, Belgium, this beer is darker and less bitter, when compared to the Flanders Red Ale.
It passes through the same aging and blending procedures, but it doesn’t use oak barrels, uses stainless steel.
But the big difference is the malt used, with different degrees of roasting, contributing with chocolate and caramel notes, creating a bittersweet taste in the end.

Commercial Examples: Liefmans Goudenband, Liefmans Odnar, Liefmans Oud Bruin, Ichtegem Old Brown, Riva Vondel

Alcohol Content: 5.0% - 6.5%

Suggested Glassware: Tumbler, Snifter, Tulip

The ancients believed that beer was a divine product, because they used to their cereal mixture and water in contact with air to receive Gods blessing, to turn it into beer.
In the Middle Ages, brewers began to collect some yeast from the production to apply next, even without fully understanding how the process of spontaneous fermentation worked.
The Lambic beers are drinks that still use this ancient method of spontaneous (or wild) fermentation. The name of the beer comes from the city of Lembeek, near Brussels, Belgium.
This style is the least resembles to regular beer, passing over two years maturing in oak barrels.
The aroma is sour and its yellow color, darkening every month that the beer is maturing. There is no carbonation, so it does not produce foam.
The flavor is weak and dry. A very different and extremely rare beer nowadays.

Commercial Examples: The only bottled version available is Cantillon Grand Cru Bruocsella from any single crop that the brewer consider worthy of bottling. De Cam sometimes, bottles his lambic aged well (5 years). In and around Brussels there are cafes that often are specialized in lambicin traditional barrels from traditional brewers such as Boon, De Cam, Cantillon, Drie Fonteinen, Lindemans, Timmermans and Girardin.

Alcohol Content: 5.0% - 8.0%

Suggested Glassware: Snifter, Tulip, Flute, Goblet

This beer is a blend of a young Lambic with an already aged version, taking advantage of the freshness of the young and aroma and body of the oldest.
An increasingly dark, golden beer over the years, with an acid and bitter flavor.
Unlike Lambic, she is effervescent, so many companies use more resistant bottles such as those used for sparkling wines.

Commercial Examples: Boon Oude Gueuze, Oude Gueuze Boon Mariage Parfait, Gueuze De Cam, De Cam / Drei Fonteinen Millennium Gueuze, Drie Fonteinen Oud Gueuze, Cantillon Gueuze, Oude Gueuze Hanssens, Lindemans Gueuze Cuvée René Girardin Gueuze (Black Label), Mort subite (Unfiltered) Gueuze, Oud Beersel Oude Gueuze

Alcohol Content: 5.0% - 7.0%

Suggested Glassware: Flute, Stange, Tulip

To please most palates, producers add fruit during the Lambic fermentation process, reducing the bitterness. Initially, the beers are produced as Geuze (blend of a younger version and an aged one). During the maturation period, this beer gets considerable amount of fruits, causing more fermentation. Aroma and taste clearly denounce the fruit used, making a light, clear, and sparkling bittersweet beer.

Commercial Examples: Framboise Boon Marriage Parfait, Boon Kriek Mariage Parfait, Boon Oude Kriek, Cantillon Fou Foune (apricot), Cantillon Kriek, Cantillon Lou Pepe Kriek, Cantillon Lou Pepe Framboise, Cantillon Rose de Gambrinus, Cantillon St. Lamvinus (merlot grape ), Cantillon Vigneronne (Moscatel), De Cam Oude Kriek, Drie Fonteinen Kriek, Girardin Kriek, Hanssens Oude Kriek, Oud Beersel Kriek Mort Subite Kriek

In this group are all variations of the original Belgian Belgian brewed in medieval monasteries and abbeys.
Belgian beers monks classified its beers according to alcohol content: enkel (basic), dubbel (middle), and tripel (strong), not necessarily referring to the double or triple alcohol content.
The newest one is quadruppel to classify Belgian beers of high alcohol content

Alcohol Content: 6.0% - 7.5%

Suggested Glassware: Bolleke, Tulip, Goblet, Trappist, Snifter The Abbeys, in search of a product to combat the Pilsner beer’s popularity, have created this lighter and less bitter version. Beers fragrant, creamy, with dense, white and golden foam.

Commercial Examples: Leffe Blond, Affligem Blond, La Trappe (Koningshoeven) Blond, Blond Grimbergen, Val Dieu Blond, Blonde Straffe Hendrik, Brugse Zot, Pater Lieven Blond Abbey Ale, Troubadour Blond Ale

Alcohol Content: 6.0% - 7.6%

Suggested Glassware: Tulip, Goblet, Trappist, Bolleke, Snifter

Produced to be consumed in religious festivals.
To differentiate it from traditional Ale, which was already part of the daily monk’s diet, the Teappist Abbey of Westmalle created the name.
Beers with a strong malt presence, toasted flavor with chocolate and little hops’ hints, with almost no bitterness.
Its color varies from brown to copper, its aroma reminiscent of citrus fruits and its foam is creamy and persistent.

Commercial Examples: Westmalle Dubbel, St. Bernardus Pater 6, La Trappe Dubbel, Corsendonk Abbey Brown Ale, Grimbergen Double, Affligem Dubbel, Chimay Premiere (Red), Pater Lieven Bruin, Duinen Dubbel, St. Feuillien Brune, New Belgium Abbey Belgian Style Ale, Stoudts Abbey Double Ale, Russian River Benediction, Flying Fish Dubbel, Lost Abbey Lost and Found Abbey Ale, Allagash Double

Alcohol Content: 7.5% - 9.5%

Suggested Glassware: Bolleke, Goblet Tulip Trappist

Lighter beers than Dubbel, a little bitterer and generally citrus.
The are fizzy drinks, with a dense, creamy and persistent foam.
The addition of sugar into the fermentation and second fermentation directly in the bottle contribute to a lighter, more mellow taste.
Style developed by Trappist Abbey of Westmalle.
Some breweries today use the term to indicate that the Tripel beer using malt up to three times more than normal, others use the term to indicate that use three cereals.

Commercial Examples: Westmalle Tripel, La Rulles Tripel, St. Bernardus Tripel, Chimay Cinq Cents (White), Watou Tripel, Val-Dieu Triple, Affligem Tripel, Grimbergen Tripel, La Trappe Tripel, Witkap Pater Tripel, Corsendonk Abbey Pale Ale, St . Feuillien Tripel, Bink Tripel, Tripel Karmeliet, New Belgium Trippel, Unibroue La Fin du Monde, Dragonmead Final Absolution, Allagash Tripel Reserve, Victory Golden Monkey

Alcohol Content: 7.5% - 10.5%

Suggested Glassware: Goblet, Bolleke Tulip Trappist, Pokal

Despite being very limited to the Belgium region, this is one of the most classic beer styles in the world.

Strong beers, despite the clear color, bitter because of the high hop’s concentration, fizzy, producing a dense, creamy and extremely persistent foam.

Despite being confused wit the Tripel beers, they are lighter, drier and with more bitter aftertaste.

Commercial Examples: Duvel, Russian River Damnation, Hapkin, Lucifer, Brigand, Judas, Delirium Tremens, Dulle had, Piraat, Great Divide Hades, Avery Salvation, North Coast Pranqster, Unibroue Eau Benite, AleSmith Horny Devil

Alcohol: 8.00% - 11.0%

Suggested Glassware: Goblet, Bolleke Tulip Trappist

They are darker, fruitier and less malty compared to Belgian Golden Ale beer.
Amber or copper color, with dense, creamy foam and aroma with fruit and malt notes.

Commercial Examples: Westvleteren 12 (yellow cap), Rochefort 10 (blue cap), St. Bernardus Abt 12, Gouden Carolus Grand Cru of the Emperor, Achel Extra Brune, Rochefort 8 (green cap), Southampton Abbot 12, Chimay Grande Reserve ( Blue), Brasserie des Rocs Grand Cru, Gulden Draak, Kasteelbier Bière du Chateau Donker, Lost Abbey Judgment Day, Russian River Salvation

These are the strongest beers. Very full-bodied beers, bitter, although not too dark.
The Barleywine (malt wine) carry this name because they are aged during years, like wine, achieving a similar alcohol content.

Alcohol Content: 6.0% - 9.0%

Suggested Glassware: English Pint, Goblet, Willybecher, Caldereta, Trappist, Pokal, Lager

Originally these beers were aged for months and sometimes for years. But even today they keep the tradition of a dense drink with fruity and often bitter aroma.

Commercial Examples: Gales Prize Old Ale, Burton Bridge Olde Expensive, Marston Owd Roger, Greene King Olde Suffolk Ale, JW Lees Moonraker, Harviestoun Old Engine Oil, Fullers Vintage Ale, Harveys Elizabethan Ale, Theakston Old Peculier (peculiar OG 1.057), Youngs Winter Warmer, Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild, Samuel Smiths Winter Welcome, Fullers 1845, Fullers Old Winter Ale, Great Divide Hibernation Ale, Founders Curmudgeon, Cooperstown Pride of Milford Special Ale, Coniston Old Man Ale, Avery Old Jubilation

Alcohol Content: 8.0 - 12.0

Suggested Glassware: Pokal, Pint, Goblet, Snifter, Trappist, Bolleke

Strong ale with high alcohol content, usually copper colored, and fruity.
Indicated to harmonize with desserts, in liquorish feature.
Traditionally aged in barrel, which is rolled from time to time to accentuate the hops and facilitate the secondary fermentation.
A good beer to be stored in the bottle, because its flavor improves with time, like wine.

Commercial Examples: Thomas Hardys Ale, Burton Bridge Thomas Sykes Old Ale, JW Lees Vintage Harvest Ale, Robinsons Old Tom, Fullers Golden Pride, AleSmith Old Numbskull, Youngs Old Nick (unusual in its 7.2 ABV), Whitbread Gold Label, Old Dominion Millenium, North Coast Old Stock Ale (when aged), Weyerbacher blithering Idiot

Alcohol Content: 8.0% - 12.0%

Suggested Glassware: Pokal, Goblet, Snifter, Trappist, Bolleke

American version of the English Barleywine, which uses local ingredients and with more hops to meet with the American palate.
Compared to English Barleywine, they are darker and richer in hops’ flavor in contrast with the malt.
Also aged for years as wine.

Commercial Examples: Sierra Nevada Bigfoot, Great Divide Old Ruffian, Victory Old Horizontal, Rogue Old Crustacean, Avery Hog Heaven Barleywine, Bells Third Coast Old Ale, Anchor Old Foghorn, Three Floyds Behemoth, Stone Old Guardian, Bridgeport Old Knucklehead, Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws, Lagunitas Olde GnarleyWine, Smuttynose Barleywine, Flying Dog Horn Dog

Alcohol: It depends on the basic style

Suggested Glassware: Flute, Goblet, Trappist, Bolleke

An interesting marriage between beer and fruit, which goes beyond the fruity beers.
The starting point is a regular beer to which is added a fruit to give aroma and flavor, but without overriding the original flavor.
The most commonly used fruits are raspberry, cherry, blueberry, apricot and strawberry.

Commercial Examples: New Glarus Belgian Red and Raspberry Tart, Bells Cherry Stout, Dogfish Head Aprihop, Great Divide Wild Raspberry Ale, Founders Rübæus, Ebulum Elderberry Black Ale, Stiegl Radler, Weyerbacher Raspberry Imperial Stout, Abita Purple Haze, Melbourne Apricot Beer and Strawberry Beer, Saxer Lemon Lager, Magic Hat # 9, Grozet Gooseberry and Wheat Ale, Pyramid Apricot Ale, Dogfish Head Fort

Group that explores the possibilities of using herbs, vegetables and condiments to enhance and to spice beers.

Alcohol Content: It depends on the basic style

Suggested Glassware: Lager Pokal

Similar to Fruit Beer, this style combines the possibilities of joining a style of beer with herbs, vegetables or spices.
As the fruit beers, the spice must not overlap the original beer style, but enriches it.
The most commonly used ingredients are: pumpkin, ginger, cinnamon, chocolate, vanilla, honey and pepper.

Commercial Examples: Alesmith Speedway Stout, Founders Breakfast Stout, Traquair Jacobite Ale, Rogue Chipotle Ale, Youngs Double Chocolate Stout, Bells Java Stout, Fraoch Heather Ale, Southampton Pumpkin Ale, Rogue Hazelnut Nectar, Hitachino Nest Real Ginger Ale, Breckenridge Vanilla Porter, Left Hand JuJu Ginger Beer, Dogfish Head Punkin Ale, Dogfish Head Midas Touch, Redhook Double Black Stout, Buffalo Bills Pumpkin Ale, BluCreek Herbal Ale, Christian Moerlein Honey Almond, Rogue Chocolate Stout, Birrificio Malaika Nora, Cave Creek Chili Beer

Alcohol Content: 6.0% - 9.0%

Suggested Glassware: Shaker, Lager

Traditional European beer style on the winter and especially at Christmas.
Usually these beers contain typical seasonal ingredients: ginger, maple syrup, candied fruits, nuts, dates, lemon peels, etc..
It is a very open style, but usually produces full-bodied beers, dense, dark, lots of foam and an average alcohol content.

Commercial Examples: Anchor Our Special Ale, Harpoon Winter Warmer, Weyerbacher Winter Ale, Nils Oscar Julöl, Goose Island Christmas Ale, North Coast Wintertime Ale, Great Lakes Christmas Ale, Lakefront Holiday Spice Lager Beer, Samuel Adams Winter Lager, Troegs The Mad Elf , Jamtlands Julöl

Strong woody beers because they are usually tanned in oak or other wood barrels.

Alcohol Content: 4.8% - 6.0%

Suggested Glassware: Shaker Lager Pokal, Mug

Part of the malt used in this style is dried by a process of curing with wood, giving smoked aroma and flavor to the final product.
The intensity of the smoked character ranges from lightly toasted to burnt.
Beers with a low alcohol content and slightly bitter.

Commercial Examples: Schlenkerla Rauchbier Marzen, Rauchbier Kaiserdom, Eisenbahn Rauchbier, Victory Scarlet Fire Rauchbier, Spezial Rauchbier Märzen, Saranac Rauchbier

Alcohol Content: Variable

Suggested Glassware: Shaker, Mug

Beers who use various forms of malt curing, all different from those used by the Smoked Beer.
Various woods can be used to smoke the malt (oak, maple, etc.), Influencing the taste and aroma of the beer.
Therefore, the brewer should not only inform the wood used for smoking, but also, the base beer style used.

Commercial Examples: Alaskan Smoked Porter, OFallons Smoked Porter, Spezial Lagerbier, Weissbier and Bockbier, Stone Smoked Porter, Schlenkerla Weizen Rauchbier and Ur-Bock Rauchbier, Rogue Smoke, Oskar Blues Old Chub, Left Hand Smoke Jumper, Dark Horse Fore Smoked Stout, Magic Hat Jinx

Alcohol Content: It depends on the basic style

Suggested Glassware: Pokal, Willybecher, Bolleke, Shaker

Beers matured in barrels with waste other beverages like wine, whiskey, port, rum, etc.. Its main characteristics come from, of course, the product that was inside the barrel before and the chosen aging method.

Commercial Examples: The Lost Abbey Angels Share Ale, JW Lees Harvest Ale in Port, Sherry, Lagavulin Whisky or Calvados Casks, Bush Prestige, Petrus Aged Pale, Firestone Walker Double Barrel Ale, Dominion Oak Barrel Stout, New Holland Dragons Milk, Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout, Goose Island Bourbon County Stout, Le Coq Imperial Extra Double Stout, Harviestoun Old Engine Oil Special Reserve, many microbreweries have specialty beers served only on premises often directly from the barrel.

It can’t properly be considered a style, but a category into which fit all the beers that are not in the previous styles.
Some examples are: Honey Beer, Sticke Altbier, Imperial Porter, Classic American Cream Ale, English Pale Mild, English Strong Ale.
The BJCP does not consider its own styles, but all must use at least 20% malted barley.

Commercial Examples: Bells Rye Stout, Bells Eccentric Ale, Samuel Adams Triple Bock and Utopias, Hair of the Dog Adam, Great Alba Scots Pine, Tommyknocker Maple Nut Brown Ale, Great Divide Bee Sting Honey Ale, Stoudts Honey Double Mai Bock, Rogue Dads Little Helper, Rogue Honey Cream Ale, Dogfish Head India Brown Ale, Zum Uerige Sticke and Doppel Sticke Altbier, Yards Brewing Company General Washington Tavern Porter, Rauchenfels Steinbier, Odells 90 Shilling Ale, Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale, Stone Arrogant Bastard