Beer Styles Flashcards
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Stout
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2
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Porter
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3
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Brown Ale
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4
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Saison/Farmhouse Ale
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- traditionally brewed in the winter, to be consumed throughout the summer
- very complex style
- many are very fruity in the aroma and flavor
- earthy yeast tones, mild to moderate tartness
- lots of spice
- medium bitterness
- tend to be semi-dry with many only having touch of sweetness
- abv range: 5.0-8.0%
- IBU:
5
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Milk Stout
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- Milk Stouts are very similar to Sweet Stouts, but brewers add unfermentable sugars, usually lactose, to the brew kettle to add body and some sweetness.
- abv range: 4.0-7.0%
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Irish Red Ale
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-A bit sweet, with a lightly hopped tea-like flavor, and an even dextrinous body, Irish Red Ales are easy to please. Look for well-rounded and blanced flavors, and a pleasant toasted malt character in many examples. A drying finish is common.
- abv range: 4.0-6.0%
- IBU:
- examples: Smithwick’s, Red Trolley
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American IPA
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- More flavorful than the withering English IPA -color can range from very pale golden to reddish amber
- hops are typically American with a big herbal and / or citric character
- high bitterness
- moderate to medium bodied with a balancing malt backbone
-abv range: 5.5-7.5%
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Belgian IPA
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- cleaner bitterness vs. American styles, and a pronounced dry edge
- Belgian yeast strains (bottle-conditioned)
- hops employed tend to be American
- high abv range: 6.0-12.0%
- examples: Stone Cali-Belgique,
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Kölsch
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- light to medium in body
- very pale color
- medium to slightly assertive hop bitterness
- somewhat vinous (grape-y from malts) and dry flavor
- abv range: 4.0-6.0%
- IBU:
- example: BP Yellowtail
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Helles
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- “bright,” “light”
- spicy hop similar to Czech Pils, but more malt
- more subdued and in balance with malts
-abv range: 4.0-6.0%
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American Pale Ale
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-American versions tend to be cleaner and hoppier, while British tend to be more malty, buttery, aromatic and balanced
- abv range:
- IBU:
- examples: Stone,
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American Blonde Ale
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More or less a creation from the craft-brewery movement, and also reminiscent of the German style Kölsch
- pale straw to deep gold for color
- usually an all malt brew, well attenuated with a lightly malty palate.
- most have a subdued fruitiness. Hop character is of the noble variety, or similar, leaving a light to medium bitterness. A balanced beer, light bodied and sometimes lager like.
-abv range: 4.0-7.0%
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Pilsner
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- light straw to golden color and crystal clear. Hops are very prevalent usually with a spicy bitterness and or a spicy floral flavor and aroma, notably one of the defining characteristics of the Saaz hop. Smooth and crisp with a clean malty palate, many are grassy. Some of the originals will show some archaic yeast characteristics similar to very mild buttery or fusel (rose like alcohol) flavors and aromas.
- abv range: 4.5-5.5%
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Hefeweisen
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- south German style of wheat beer (weissbier) made with a typical ratio of 50:50, or even higher, wheat.
- yeast produces unique phenolic flavors of banana and cloves
- dry and tart edge
- some spiciness, bubblegum or notes of apples.
- little hop bitterness, and a moderate level of alcohol.
- “Hefe” means “with yeast”, hence the beers unfiltered and cloudy appearance
- often served with a lemon wedge to cut the wheat or yeast edge
-abv range: 4.0-7.0%
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American Strong Ale
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- 7.0 percent abv and above; can be any style Some may even be as high as 25% abv.
- characteristics will greatly vary; some have similarities to Barley-wines and Old Ales.
- Barrel aging is certainly not out of the question.
- abv range: 7.0-25%
- IBU:
- examples: Stone Arrogant Bastard, Double Bastard; Lagunitas Hairy Eyeball
