Use this guide to recognize your favorite style!

Abbey -strong, fruity, spicy, aromatic, complex

Amber -color signals caramelized flavors in amber ales and lagers

Bitter -fruity and racy, subtle, low carbonation, robust hopping

Bock -dark (usually), strong, malty, toffeeish, full-bodied, restrained bitterness

Doppelbock -very strong, dark, toffeeish, with some sweetness

Dunkel/Dunkles -dark, malty, juicy, bready, moderate bitterness

Framboise/Frambozen -beer made with raspberries; can be sweet or dry

Hefeweizen -wheat beer with yeast, light-bodied, spritzy, clovey, banana like

IPA -” India pale ale”, amber, strong, dry, robust hop bitterness and aroma

Lambic -fermented by wild yeast; tart base for gueuze and fruit beers; funky

Pale ale -amber, snappy, dry, fruity, hoppy, with some caramel flavors

Pilsner -if genuine-golden, dry, sharply bitter, flowery, bready, snappy

Porter -very dark, chocolaty, coffeeish, caramelized, hoppy

Scotch ale -dark, sometimes strong, malty, full-bodied, restrained bitterness

Stout -black, coffeeish, chocolaty; can be dry or sweet, strong or modest

Tripel -pale, strong, dry, fruity, complex, spicy, rummy, spirituous

Weisse/Weissbier -wheat beer, usually with yeast; see “hefeweizen”