British & Irish Beer Styles Flashcards
A ~3.5% abv draught pale ale consumed in British pubs.
Standard Bitter
Dark ale consumed by London working classes circa 1750:
Brown Porter
*porters carry stuff = working class. Three porter styles mid-1700s, export, American style
Best known Irish beer style made with roast barley:
Dry Stout
Roast barley is used in stouts. There are 6 styles of stout. Dry stouts are Irish.
Lower gravity ales denoted as 60/ or 70/ are known as what sort of ale?
Scottish Ales - also known as shilling ales.
What are shilling ales?
Scottish ales named for the duty paid per hogshead. The price was based on strength. Light = 60/ under 3.5% Heavy = 70/ between 3.5 -4% Export = 80/ between 4 and 5.5% Wee Heavy = 90/ over 6.0%
Sub-style of stout made in England using lactose
Sweet stout.
Lactose is a milk sugar. Stouts made with lactose are also known as Milk Stout or Cream 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:
English India Pale Ale
Keywords: well hopped, pale, export.
There are three IPA styles. English IPA was created for export to India.
A draught pale ale with a bit more flavor than ordinary but still generally less than 4%:
Best Bitters
Three styles of English Pale Ale. Standard/Ordinary, Special/Best/Premium, and Extra Special Bitters. The level above ordinary is best.
Ale of more than 5% abv some or all of which is held in wood vessels for six months or longer before blending and packaging:
Old Ale
Keywords: aged + blended
A beer that contains no roast or black malts and is often the strongest of English Ales:
English Barleywine
Style of dark ale rare in Britain except for a Newcastle export well-known in the US:
Northern English Brown