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Beer Styles
Description
In the Fridge
Amber Ale
Medium-bodied American style beer
Killian's Irish Red
Berry Beer
Any beer (ale, lager, etc) flavored with berries
Wachusett Blueberry
Cider
Hard beverage made from apples or other fruits
Magners, Blackthorn
Cream Ale
Refreshingly sweet American style beer
Genesse Cream Ale
Hefeweizen
Unfiltered German wheat beer
Spaten Franziskaner
India Pale Ale
More alcohol and hops than traditional ales
Dogfish Head IPA
Lambic
Beer produced by spontaneous fermentation
Lindeman's, De Troch
Light Lager
Light version of a brewer's lager
Bud Light, Coors Light
Malt Liquor
Cheap beer with higher alcohol content
Colt 45, Olde English
Pilsner
Pale ale developed in Pilsen, Bohemia
Pilsner Urquell
Porter
Dark beer brewed with heavily roasted malts
Anchor Porter
Scotch Ale
Pale ale with high ABV and roasted malt flavor
Belhaven Wee Heavy
Stout
Dark brown to black color and strong roasted flavor
Guinness
Trappist
Beer brewed by Trappist Monks
Chimay, Achel
White Beer
Cloudy and smooth; a good summer beer
Hoegaarden, Blue Moon
 
BEER STYLES

Beer, it’s not just for breakfast anymore.  As the oldest alcoholic beverage, beer
is ingrained in world culture and continues to be the most widely consumed
beverage after water and tea, two drinks notoriously low in alcohol.

But there’s more to beer than just light or dark, ale or lager, draft, bottle or can.  
Beer can be a complex beverage to be enjoyed alone or paired with food, but it's
also just fun to drink as many as you can and see what happens.

The reputation of American beer suffered during the 1970s and ‘80s as options
were limited and low alcohol, low flavor light beers dominated the market.  The
microbrew revolution of the 1990s and into today has significantly restored the
world’s opinion of American beer and has given us drinkers diversity and a
stocked fridge.  Beer snobs the world over will tell you what to drink, but as long
as you enjoy your beer of choice, then drink up and enjoy.