Beer Styles

I base my classifications on the guidelines provided by the Association of Brewers, the classification from Mario D'Eer in his book "Ales, lagers et lambics: la bière" and from Josh Oakes. For a description of each styles, please take a look at Oake's Beer Styles Advanced Guide..

If you see any beers that are obviously in the wrong category, please

ALES

  • Barley Wine

  • Barley Wine

  • Belgian Ale

  • Flanders Red/Brune (Bruin)
  • Dubbel (Prior)
  • Tripel
  • Belgian-Style Pale Ale
  • Abbaye Blonde
  • Abbaye Brune (Pater)
  • ABT (Quadrupel)

  • Saison and Bières de Garde

  • Biere de Garde
  • Saison

  • Mild and Brown Ale

  • Brown Ale
  • Mild

  • English-Style Ale

  • Classic English Pale Ale
  • India Pale Ale
  • Old Ale / English Strong Ale

  • Other-Style Ales

  • Blond Ale
  • Amber Ale

  • English Bitter

  • English Ordinary Bitter
  • English Best (Special) Bitter
  • English Strong (Extra Special) Bitter

  • Scottish and Irish Ale

  • Scotch Ale (70/-, 80/-, Wee Heavy)
  • Irish Ale

  • Porter

  • Porter
  • Baltic / Imperial Porter

  • Stout

  • Stout / Classic Irish-Style Dry
  • Foreign Extra Stout
  • Imperial Stout
  • Sweet Stout

    LAMBIC

  • Lambics

  • Faro
  • Gueuze
  • Fruit
  • unblended

    LAGERS

  • Bock

  • Traditional Bock
  • Helles Bock/Maibock
  • Doppelbock
  • Eisbock

  • Dark Lager

  • Dunkel
  • Schwarzbier

  • Pale Lager

  • Mainstream Pale Lager (dry, ice, light, ...)
  • Dortmunder / European-Style Export / Helles / Premium Lager
  • Malt Liquor / European Strong Lager
  • Zwickelbier / Kellerbier / Landbier

  • Pilsener

  • Pilsener

  • Vienna

  • Vienna/Märzen/Oktoberfest

    WHEAT/RYE

  • Wheat/Wit/Weizen/Rye/Roggen

  • Witbier
  • American Wheat
  • Berliner Weisse
  • Hefe-Weizen/Hefe-Weissbier
  • Dunkelweizen
  • Weizenbock
  • Kristall Weizen
  • Rye (Roggen)

    HYBRID/MIXED STYLES

  • German-Style Ale

  • Köln-Style Kölsch
  • Düsseldorf-Style Altbier

  • Smoked Beer

  • Bamberg-Style Rauchbier / Steinbier
  • Other Smoked Beer

    FANTASY

  • Fantasy Beers / not classified

  • Glühbier, fruit, colonche, cream ale, diät pils, gose, gotlandsdricka, gruitbier, heather ale, keptinis alus, malzbier, pulque, sahti, sarrasin, sorgho, tesguino, uytzet, hemp, ...

    NON-ALCOHOLIC

  • Non-Alcoholic

  • Non-Alcoholic