Beer Styles Flashcards
What two US organizations maintain comprehensive and detailed lists of beer styles, including qualitative descriptions and quantitative data like original gravity and color?
BJCP and Brewers Association
Just prior to fermentation, brewers test the wort with a hydrometer or refractometer to assess what important property of a beer?
Brix, Balling, Sugar level
The property of beer that corresponds to milligrams per liter of isomerized alpha acids is known by what name? (Please spell out each word.)
IBU International Bitterness Units
What beer trait do measurements in degrees SRM or degrees EBC represent?
Color of Beer
Carbonation levels in beer are commonly represented by what measure?
Volumes of CO2
The qualitative beer trait represented by the texture and weight of the beer during tasting is known by what name?
Body
Pale lager created and consumed in Munich:
Munich Helles
Amber lager named for Austrian capital:
Vienna Lager
Dark German lager style whose name translates as “black”:
Schwartzbeir
Often pale and hoppier variation of a 16° P lager associated with Spring:
Maibock
The style dubbed “liquid bread,” created to sustain fasting monks:
Doppelbock
Specialty lager made from malt dried directly over a wood fire:
Classic Rauchbier
Brewed on the banks of the Rhine river, Zum Uriege is a classic example of this style:
Dusseldorf Altbier
The city of Cologne gives a blonde ale known by what style name:
Kolsch
Munich beer style known for flavor of 4-vinyl guiacol:
Weizen or Weissebier
German style known for distinct tartness produced by lactobacillus?
Berliner Weisse
Of the two sub-categories of European pilsner, which is the often-paler and drier version?
German Pilsner
Drier and crisper than Bohemian Pils and adapted for Germany?
German Pilsner
Brewed by Germans that moved to America, making a crisp german style lager with American Ingredients.
Classic American Pilsner
Strong (>8% abv) pale Belgian-style ale of monastic origin?
Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Brown Trappist or Abbey-style ale around 6 to 7% abv?
Belgian Dubbel
Straight, unblended spontaneously fermented wheat-containing ale from Brussels region:
Staight Unblended Lambic
Blend of one-, two- and three-year old spontaneously fermented Brussels-region wheat- containing ale?
Gueze
Spontaneously fermented Belgian-style ale aged with cherries?
Kreik
With red and brown sub-styles, these lactic-acid flavored beers derive their name from the northern region of Belgium:
Flanders Red Ale and Flanders Brown Ale
Belgian-style ale that may be flavored with Curacao orange peel, coriander and grains of paradise:
Witbier
Malt-accented Belgian-style ale that often displays “cellar” notes and originates near the French border:
Biere de Garde
Refreshingly well-attenuated yellow-orange Belgian/French-style ale with complex fruit-spice aroma and some earthy notes?
Saison
Very pale ales with 7.5 to 10.5% abv made by secular Belgian brewers?
Belgian Strong Gold Ale
A ~3.5% abv draught pale ale consumed in British pubs?
Standard English Bitter
English Midlands ale, often dark and nearly always less than 3.5% abv?
British Mild Brown Ale
Dark ale consumed daily by London working classes circa 1750?
Porter
Best-known Irish beer style made with roast barley?
Dry Stout
Lower gravity ales denoted as 60/ or 70/ are known as what sort of ale?
Scottish Ale
Sub-style of stout made in England using lactose?
Milk Stout, Sweet Stout
Style name used for the strongest stouts?
Russian Imperial Stout
Nickname for a strong Scotch ale?
Wee Heavy
In modern times, style name for stouts made for routine export?
Foreign Extra Stout
Modern Irish style that is not a stout?
Irish Red Ale
Well-hopped and pale British ale style created for export but became popular domestically in the mid-1800s?
Indian Pale Ale
A draught pale ale with a bit more flavor than ordinary but still generally less than 4.0% ABV:
Premium Bitter
A beer that contains no roast or black malts and is often the strongest of English ales:
English Pale Ale or English Extra Special Bitter
Style of dark ale rare in Britain except for a Newcastle export well-known in the US:
Northern English Brown
Prior to prohibition this amber lager was made by a number of western breweries without the use of refrigeration:
Californian Common
A very pale 20th century American style that may be either a mixture of ale and lager or fermented using an ale yeast at cooler temperatures?
Cream Ale
Lager made with a grist of 30 to 50 percent corn or rice?
American Standard Lager
Similar to American Pale Ale but with slightly more malt character?
American Amber Ale
Name (s) for stronger, more highly hopped versions of IPA?
Imperial IPA
Black ale style whose first name comes from the non-barley grain it contains?
Oatmeal Stout
Well-bittered all-malt pale lager?
Vienna Lager
Often malt-balanced ale with a color between that of amber and stout:
American Brown Ale
Discuss the range of flavors you might expect to find in wood- or barrel-aged beers. Please cite commercial examples to illustrate.
Bourbon, vanilla and sherry.
- Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
- Firestone Walker Double Barrel Aged Stout
Describe an IPA.
Color: gold to copper
Taste: high hop profile
Body: medium
Additional: British Troops stationed in India….returned home and wanted “India Beer”
Describe a California Common.
Color: pale to light amber
Body: medium
Additional: lager fermented at ale temperature
Describe an English Pale Ale.
Color: light in color
Taste: earthy hops
Body: medium
Additional: low ABV
Describe an Imperial Stout.
Color: black/opaque
Taste: roasted, coffee, sometimes slight fruity notes (fig)
Additional: low carbonation, high alcohol
Describe a Doppelbock.
Taste: highly malty, often sweet and thick
Pale: have malt characters of being bready and toasty Dark: show toffee and chocolate flavors
Additional: Originally brewed by monks as “liquid bread” for sustanance during fasts.
Alcoholic warmth may be apparent.
What styles are related to a Doppelbock?
Traditional Bock
Maibock/Hellesbock
Describe a Traditional Bock.
Formulated like a darker version of a doppelbock, but with less alcoholic strength (6-7%).
Strong, dark lager from Germany.
Describe a Maibock/Hellesbock.
Color: gold to light amber version of bock
Taste: bready, toasty flavors of a pale doppelbock, but with less alcoholic strength (6-7%) and more hops in flavor, aroma and bitterness.
Additional: seasonal strong pale lager
What are the related styles to Maibock/Hellesbock?
Bock
Doppelbock
