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Individual beer styles

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A

Adambier
Altbier
Amber ale (British)
Amber ale (US)

B

Baltic porter
Barley wine (British)
Barley wine (Italian)
Barleywine (US)
Barrel-aged beers
Berliner Weisse
Bière brune (France)
Bière de garde
Bière de Mars
Birra alle castagna (Chestnut beer)
Bitter (Strong / Extra special)
Bitter & Best Bitter
Black IPA
Blended or cut beers
Blond (Belgian)
Blond ale (British)
Blond ale (US)
Breakfast stout
Brett beers
Brown ale (British)
Brown ale (US)
Brown IPA
Brut IPA
Burton ale

C

Cerný / cerne (Czech black lager)
Chestnut beer (Italian)
Cream ale
Cream stout

D

Doppelbock
Double-Brown
Double IPA (DIPA)
Dubbel / Double
Dunkel / Dunkeles
Dunkelweizen / Dunkel Weißbier
Dunkles Bock

E

Eisbock
Expresso stout

F

Faro
Flemish red
Framboise / Framboos
Fruit sours

G

Gardsøl
Gose
Gotlandsdricka
Grisette
Grodziškie / Gratzer
Gueuze (Oude / Vieille /authentic)

H

Hefeweizen / Hefeweiß
Helles / Hell
Helles Bock / Mai Bock

I

IGA (Italian grape ale)
Imperial stout
IPA (Belgian)
IPA (British)
IPA (New England – NEIPA)
IPA (US / West Coast)
IPL (Indian Pale Lager)

K

Kaimiškas
Kellerbier
Kettle sours
Koduōlu
Kölsch
Kriek (Oude / authentic)
Kristallweizen / Kristall Weiß
Kveik beers

L

Lager (industrial – American)
Lager (industrial – European)
Lager (industrial light)
Lager (industrial strong)
Lager (industrial ultralight / ice)
Lagers (authentic)
Lambic (fruit)
Lambic (industrial)
Lambic (Oude / Vieille / authentic)
Lichtenhainer

M

Märzen
Milds

O

Oak-aged ales
Oktoberfestbier
Old ale / Winter warmer
Oud bruin

P

Pale ale (Belgian)
Pale ale (British)
Pale ale (US)
Pils (German)
Pils (Italian)
Polotmavý (Czech amber lager)
Porter (British)
Porter (US)

Q

Quadrupel

R

Rauchbier
Red ale (Irish)
Red ale (US)
Red IPA
Roggenbier
Rye IPA (or RIPA)

S

Sahti
Saison (Belgian)
Saison (craft)
Saison (light)
Schoeps
Schwarzbier
Scott ale (or Wee heavy)
Scottish export / Ninety shilling
Scottish heavy / Eighty shilling
Scottish light / Sixty shilling
Session IPA
Spéciale / Speciaal
Sticke / Doppel Sticke
Smoked porter
Stout (export / foreign export)
Stout (extra)
Stout (Irish)
Stout (Milk)
Stout (Oatmeal)
Stout (Pastry)
Stout (Strong export / Tropical)
Stout (US)
Strong ale (British)
Strong ale (US)
Strong dark (Belgian)
Strong golden (Belgian)
Světlý (Czech blond lager)

T

Tarwebier / Bière de froment
Tmavý / Tmave (Czech dark lager)
Tripel / Triple

V

Versnijbier

W

Weizenbock
Wheat beer (US)
Wheat wine
White IPA
Wiener (Vienna lager)
Wild beers
Witbier / Bière blanche
Wood-aged ales

Z

Zoigl

About the Author

The lead author and curator of The Beer Styles of Europe and beyond is Tim Webb, co-author of The World Atlas of Beer.

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