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Beer Flashcards

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How is beer made?

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What is the difference between ales and lagers?

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Ale
- a top-fermenting yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) is added to the wort.
- Top-fermenting yeasts prefer warmer temperatures and result in fruity and richly flavored beers.
- Ale fermentation is quick, usually lasting less than a week

Lager
- Bottom-fermenting yeast (Saccharomyces pastorianus, formerly called Saccharomyces carlsbergensis) is used for lagers and results in a more delicate, cleaner beer.
- With bottom-fermenting yeasts, which tend to clump together at the bottom of the vessel, the fermentation process is slower and occurs at lower temperatures.

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What are the major categories of beer?

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  1. Bocks (Lagers except Weizenbock)
  2. Dark Ales
  3. Pale Ales
  4. Porters (Ales)
  5. Stouts (Ale)
  6. Wheat Beers (Ales)
  7. Brown Ales
  8. Dark Lagers
  9. India Pale Ales
  10. Pale Lagers
  11. Strong Ale
  12. Wild/Sour Beers (Ales)
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List different kinds of Bocks (Lagers except one)

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  1. Bock
  2. Doppelbock
  3. Eisbock
  4. Maibock
  5. Weizenbock (Ale)
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List different kinds of Dark Ales

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  1. Dubbel
  2. Roggenbier
  3. Scottish Ale
  4. Winter Warmer
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List different kinds of Pale Ales

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  1. American Amber / Red Ale
  2. American Blonde Ale
  3. American Pale Ale
  4. Belgian Blonde Ale
  5. Belgian Pale Ale
  6. Bière de Garde
  7. English Bitter
  8. English Pale Ale
  9. English Pale Mild Ale
  10. Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
  11. Grisette
  12. Irish Red Ale
  13. Kölsch
  14. Saison
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List different kinds of Porters (Ales)

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  1. American Porter
  2. Baltic Porter
  3. English Porter
  4. Imperial Porter
  5. Robust Porter
  6. Smoked Porter
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List different kinds of Stouts (Ales)

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  1. American Imperial Stout
  2. American Stout
  3. English Stout
  4. Foreign / Export Stout
  5. Irish Dry Stout
  6. Oatmeal Stout
  7. Russian Imperial Stout
  8. Sweet / Milk Stout
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List different kinds of Wheat Beers (Ales)

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  1. American Dark Wheat Beer
  2. American Pale Wheat Beer
  3. Dunkelweizen
  4. Grodziskie
  5. Hefeweizen
  6. Kristallweizen
  7. Witbier
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List different kinds of Brown Ales

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  1. Altbier
  2. American Brown Ale
  3. Belgian Dark Ale
  4. English Brown Ale
  5. English Dark Mild Ale
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List different kinds of Dark Lagers

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  1. American Amber / Red Lager
  2. Czech Amber Lager
  3. Czech Dark Lager
  4. European Dark Lager
  5. Märzen
  6. Munich Dunkel
  7. Rauchbier
  8. Schwarzbier
  9. Vienna Lager
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List different kinds of India Pale Ales

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  1. American IPA
  2. Belgian IPA
  3. Black IPA
  4. Brut IPA
  5. English IPA
  6. Imperial IPA
  7. Milkshake IPA
  8. New England IPA
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List different kinds of Pale Lagers

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  1. American Adjunct Lager
  2. American Lager
  3. Bohemian / Czech Pilsner
  4. Czech Pale Lager
  5. European / Dortmunder Export Lager
  6. European Pale Lager
  7. European Strong Lager
  8. Festbier / Wiesnbier
  9. German Pilsner
  10. Helles
  11. Imperial Pilsner
  12. India Pale Lager (IPL)
  13. Kellerbier / Zwickelbier
  14. Light Lager
  15. Malt Liquor
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List different kinds of Strong Ales

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  1. American Barleywine
  2. American Strong Ale
  3. Belgian Dark Strong Ale
  4. Belgian Pale Strong Ale
  5. English Barleywine
  6. English Strong Ale
  7. Imperial Red Ale
  8. Old Ale
  9. Quadrupel (Quad)
  10. Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
  11. Tripel
  12. Wheatwine
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List different kinds of Wild/Sour Beers (Ales)

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  1. Berliner Weisse
  2. Brett Beer
  3. Faro
  4. Flanders Oud Bruin
  5. Flanders Red Ale
  6. Fruit Lambic
  7. Fruited Kettle Sour
  8. Gose
  9. Gueuze
  10. Lambic
  11. Wild Ale
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List examples of Bocks (Bocks - Lager)

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Shiner Bock - Spoetzl Brewery
Spring Bock - Saint Arnold
Ur-Bock Dunkel - Einbecker Brauhaus
Crawford Bock - Karbach Brewing

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List examples of Doppelbocks (Bocks - Lager)

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Consecrator - Bell’s Brewery
Salvator - Paulaner Brauerei
Celebrator - Ayinger

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List examples of Weizenbocks (Bocks - Ale)

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Ayinger Weizenbock
Primus Weizenbock - Live Oak Brewing Company

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List examples of Dubbels (Dark Ale)

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Trappist Dubbel - Brouwerij Westmalle
Trappistes Rochefort 6 - Brasserie de Rochefort
Rouge (Red) - Bières de Chimay
Leffe Dubbel

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List examples of American Amber Ale/Red Ale (Pale Ales)

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Fat Tire Amber Ale - New Belgium Brewing
Give Back Gaelic - Highland Brewing
90 Schilling - Odell Brewing Co

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List examples of American Blondes Ales (Pale Ale)

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Bombshell Blonde - Southern Star Brewing
American Blonde Ale - Frankenmuth Brewery
805 - Firestone Walker

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List examples of Belgian Blonde Ales (Pale Ales)

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Affligem Belgian Blonde Ale
Duvel Blonde Ale

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List examples of Bière de Garde (Pale Ales)

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Les Bière Des Sans Culottes - Brasserie La Choulette
St. Amand - Brasserie Castelain
3 MONTS (Originale) - Brasserie 3 MONTS

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List examples of English Bitters (Pale Ales)

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Boddingtons Bitter
Coopers English Bitter

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List examples of English Pale Ales (Pale Ales)

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Boddington’s Pub Ale
Old Speckled Hen

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List examples of ESB - Extra Special/Strong Bitters (Pale Ales)

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Fuller’s ESB
Bridgeport Brewing Company ESB
Redhook ESB

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List examples of Irish Red Ales (Pale Ales)

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Sullivan’s Maltings Irish Ale
Killians Red Ale
O’Haras Red Ale

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List examples of Kolsch (Pale Ales)

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Reissdorf Kolsch
Sierra Nevada Kolsch
Fruh Kolsch
Gaffel Kolsch

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List examples of Saisons (Pale Ales)

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Saison Dupont
Ommegang Hennepin
Bambiere Farmhouse Ale

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List examples of an American Porter (Porters - Ales)

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Deschutes Black Butte Porter
Wooly Mammoth Porter

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List examples of an Irish Dry Stout (Stouts - Ales)

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Guiness Draught
Murphy’s Irish Stout

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List examples of an Oatmeal Stout (Stouts - Ales)

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Schlafely Oatmeal Stout
Brown’s Oatmeal Stout
Summit Oatmeal Stout
Oais Oatmeal Stout - Ninkasi Brewing Company

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List examples of an Imperial Russian Stout (Stouts - Ales)

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Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout - North Coast Brewing Company
Founders Imperial Stout
Stone Imperial Stout

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List examples of a Sweet/Milk Stout (Stouts - Ale)

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Four Hands Milk Stout and Nitro Milk Stout
Lancaster Milk Stout

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List examples of American Pale Wheat Ales (Wheat Beers - Ales)

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Easy Street Wheat Odell Brewing Company
Oberon Bell’s Brewery

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List examples of Dunkelweizen (Wheat Beers - Ales)

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Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse Dunkel Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu

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List examples of Hefeweizen (Wheat - Ales)

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Live Oak Hefeweizen
Hofbrau Hefeweizen
Ayinger Hefeweizen

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List examples of Witbeer (Wheat - Ales)

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Hoegaarden Witbeer
Bluemoon
Allagash White

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List examples of American Brown Ale (Brown Ales)

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Agaisnt the Grain American Brown Ale
Old Brown Dog Smuttynose Brewing Company
Ellie’s Brown Ale Avery Brewing Company

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List examples of Belgian Dark Ales (Brown Ales)

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Leffe Brune / Brown Abbaye de Leffe S.A.
Undertaker Brewery Vivant
Rejection Russian River Brewing Company

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List examples of English Brown Ale (Brown Ales)

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Newcastle Brown Ale Heineken Nederland B.V.
Nut Brown Ale Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster)
Mann’s Brown Ale

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List examples of American Amber/Red Lager (Dark Lagers)

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Texas Red Amber Lager Rahr & Sons Brewing Company
Traditional Lager Yuengling Brewery
Schell’s Dark August Schell Brewing Company

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List examples of Marzen (Dark Lagers)

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Oktoberfest Märzen Paulaner Brauerei
Ayinger Oktober Fest-Märzen Ayinger Privatbrauerei 5.80 3,032 4.03 03-18-2023

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List examples of Rauchbier (Dark Lagers)

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Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Weizen
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen

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List examples of Schwarzbier (Dark Lagers)

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KC Bier Co Schwarzbier
Schwarzbier Köstritzer Schwarzbierbrauerei

45
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List examples of American IPA (IPAs)

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Two Hearted IPA Bell’s Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store
Stone IPA Stone Brewing
IPA Lagunitas Brewing Company

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List examples of English IPA (IPAs)

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IPA Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
Goose IPA Goose Island Beer Co.

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List examples of Imperial IPA (IPAs)

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90 Minute IPA Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Stone Brewing Co. 26th Anniversary Imperial IPA
Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA - New Belgium Brewing

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List examples of New England IPAs (IPAs)

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Samuel Adam New England IPA
Cisco Brewers New England Forever Gameday IPA

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List examples of American Adjunct Lagers (Pale Lagers)

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Budweiser
Dos Equis
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Schlitz
Coors Banquet
Hamm’s

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List examples of American Lager (Pale Lagers)

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Sapporo Premium Beer Sapporo Breweries Ltd.
Kirin Ichiban Kirin Brewery Company, Limited

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List examples of Bohemian/Czech Pilsner (Pale Lagers)

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Pilsner Urquell Plzeňský Prazdroj
Praga Premium Pils První Budějovický Pivovar Samson
Budweiser Budvar (Czechvar Original) Budějovický Budvar, n.p.

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List examples of European/Dortmunder Export Lager (Pale Lagers)

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Ayinger Jahrhundert Bier Ayinger Privatbrauerei
Dortmunder Gold Great Lakes Brewing Co.

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List examples of European Pale Lager (Pale Lagers)

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Stella Artois Stella Artois
Heineken Lager Beer Heineken Nederland B.V.
Peroni Nastro Azzurro Birra Peroni Industriale S.p.A.
Kronenbourg 1664 Brasseries Kronenbourg
Peroni Nastro Azzurro Birra Peroni Industriale S.p.A.

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List examples of European Strong Lager (Pale Lagers)

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Bière Du Démon Les Brasseurs de Gayant
Faxe Extra Strong Royal Unibrew A/S
Tennent’s Super Strong Lager Tennent Caledonian Breweries

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List examples of German Pilsner (Pale Lagers)

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Premium Pils Paulaner Brauerei
Beck’s Brauerei Beck & Co.

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List examples of India Pale Lager (Pale Lagers)

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Founders Dissneter IPL
Fathom IPL Ballast Point Brewing Company
Samuel Adams Double Agent IPL Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
Hoponius Union Jack’s Abby Brewing

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List examples of Light Lager (Pale Lagers)

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Busch Light
Natural Light
Michelob Ultra
Miller Lite
Coors Light
Keystone Light
Amstel Light
Heineken Light
Corona Premium Lager
Bud LIght

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List examples of Malt Liquor (Pale Lagers)

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Colt 45
Mickey’s
Olde English 800

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List examples of Belgian Dark Strong Ale (Strong Ale)

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Trappistes Rochefort 8 Brasserie de Rochefort
Bleue (Blue) Bières de Chimay
Gulden Draak Brouwerij Van Steenberge N.V.

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List an example of a Belgian Pale Strong Ale (Strong Ale)

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La Chouffe (Blonde) Brasserie d’Achouffe
Duvel Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat NV

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List examples of Old Ale (Strong Ale)

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Curmudgeon Founders Brewing Company
Old Stock Ale North Coast Brewing Co.
Hibernation Ale Great Divide Brewing Company
Vintage Ale Fuller’s

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List examples of Quadrupel/Quad (Strong Ale)

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Straffe Hendrik Quadrupel Brouwerij De Halve Maan
Gulden Draak 9000 Quadruple Brouwerij Van Steenberge N.V.
La Trappe Quadrupel (Koningshoeven / Dominus) Bierbrouwerij De Koningshoeven

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List examples of Tripel (Strong Ale)

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De Ranke GuldenbergBrouwerij Brasserie De Ranke
Trappist Tripel Brouwerij Westmalle
Jambe-de-Bois Belgian Revolution Tripel
Tripel Brouwerij St. Bernardus NV
Trippel New Belgium Brewing Company

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List examples of Faro (Wild/Sour Beers)

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Faro Brouwerij Lindemans
Faro Boon Brouwerij Boon

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List examples of Flanders Oud Briun (Wild/Sour Beers)

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Petrus Oud Bruin De Brabandere
Oud Bruin Brouwerij Liefmans

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List examples of Flanders Red Ale (Wild/Sour Beers)

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Duchesse De Bourgogne Brouwerij Verhaeghe
Rodenbach Grand Cru Brouwerij Rodenbach N.V.
La Roja Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales

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List examples of Fruit Lambics (Wild/Sour Beers)

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Framboise Lambicus Brouwerij Timmermans-John Martin N.V.
Framboise Brouwerij Lindemans

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List examples of Gose (Wild/Sour Beers)

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Original Ritterguts Gose Ritterguts Gose
Gose Westbrook Brewing Co.

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List examples of Gueuze (Wild/Sour Beers)

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Oud Beersel Oude Geuze Vieille Brouwerij Oud Beersel
Oude Gueuze Tilquin à L’Ancienne Gueuzerie Tilquin
Gueuze 100% Lambic Brasserie Cantillon
Oude Geuze Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Oud Beersel Oude Geuze Vieille Brouwerij Oud Beersel

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List examples of Lambic (Wild/Sour Beers)

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Oude Lambiek De Cam De Cam Geuzestekerij
Iris Brasserie Cantillon
Zenne Y Frontera Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen

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List examples of Wild Ale (Wild/Sour Beers)

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Supplication Russian River Brewing Company
Consecration Russian River Brewing Company
Temptation Russian River Brewing Company

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