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All you ever wanted to know but were too afraid to ask.Want to look like Cool Guy/Savvy Lady when ordering your brew? Know this: Beer can be divided into just a couple of categories: ale and lager. The styles fall under these two categories and are numerous. Like, hundreds of styles numerous.Principal ale styles include pale ale, wheat, porter, stout, brown ale, Beligian trippel and dubbel, barley wine, and old ale. These styles are usually brewed at higher temperatures than lagers, making ales more aromatic and flavorful…why we tell you the C.E.O. has a chocolaty nose. Lagers are the most popular beers in the world. Styles include Pilsner, bock, American-style lager, dunkel, and helles. But we don’t brew them here. Because the lager category is the most popular, we’d go through barrels and barrels…. And we just don’t have the brewing capability—we’d sell them faster than we could produce them. Check out the link below to learn more (seriously…LOADS more) about the many, many styles of beer and what makes them each unique. The link is to the Beer Judge Certification Program’s (BJCP) full guidelines for judging beer, mead, and cider. If you learn these, you are a rock star. And you can wax wheats, porters, or dubbels with us anytime. |