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The categories are varied and include processes or ingredients not usually regarded as defining beer styles in themselves, such as cask ale or gluten-free beer. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Beer terms such as ale or lager cover a wide variety of beer styles, and are better thought of as broad categories of beer styles.
Lager (/ ˈ l ɑː ɡ ər /; German: ⓘ) is a style of beer brewed and conditioned at low temperature. [1] Lagers can be pale , amber , or dark . Pale lager is the most widely consumed and commercially available style of beer. [ 2 ]
The 12% ABV Bière du Démon (Beer of the Demon) by Les Brasseurs de Gayant is advertised as the strongest blonde beer in the world. La Bière Amoureuse (4.9% ABV, Fischer) contains supposedly aphrodisiac herbs. [13] Pietra beer is a 6% ABV amber beer, brewed from a mix of malt and chestnut flour.
Many beer styles are classified as one of two main types, ales and lagers, though certain styles may not be easily sorted into either category.Beers classified as ales are typically made with yeasts that ferment at warmer temperatures, usually between 15.5 and 24 °C (60 and 75 °F), and form a layer of foam on the surface of the fermenting beer, thus they are called top-fermenting yeasts.
In comparison to a Bavarian pale lager, the traditional Märzen style is characterised by a fuller body, and a sweeter and often less hoppy flavour. [7] It typically contains 5.1–6.0% alcohol by volume. [1] The Austrian style is light in colour, body and flavour balance, and is the most popular beer style among the beers in Austria. [11]
The name was first seen as the Dutch word 'geuze-bier' in a French text in 1829. [5]There is some debate on where the word gueuze originated. One theory is that it originated from geysa (geyser), Old Norse for gush, since, during times of vigorous fermentation, gueuze will spew out of the bunghole of its enclosing oak barrel.
Saison (French, "season," French pronunciation:) is a pale-colored ale that is highly carbonated, dry, fruity, spicy, and often bottle conditioned. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was historically brewed with low alcohol levels, but modern productions of the style have moderate to high levels of alcohol.
Farmhouse ales do not constitute a single beer style; they vary significantly in terms of the ingredients and brewing process used, both of which follow ancient local traditions. Many microbreweries and craft breweries in the present day market products as farmhouse ales, but in most cases, their connection with the actual farmhouse brewing ...