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Beer styles, explained simply

No gatekeeping, no homework. What each style is, why people love it, and where to start.

Saison / Farmhouse Ale 102,377 beers

Blonde Ale 51,754 beers

Witbier 45,246 beers

Hefeweizen 45,085 beers

Fruit Beer 43,885 beers

Blonde / Golden Ale 34,032 beers

Belgian Tripel 29,884 beers

English Bitter 29,881 beers

Pale Wheat Ale - American 27,892 beers

Blonde Ale - Belgian Blonde / Golden 25,913 beers

Kölsch 23,811 beers

Cream Ale 21,039 beers

Pumpkin / Yam Beer 20,273 beers

Märzen 18,936 beers

American Wild Ale 18,793 beers

Spiced / Herbed Beer 18,315 beers

Belgian Dubbel 18,113 beers

Other 15,423 beers

Extra Special / Strong Bitter 14,900 beers

Belgian Strong Dark Ale 14,884 beers

Rye Beer 14,398 beers

Winter Ale 14,211 beers

Belgian Strong Golden Ale 14,026 beers

Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy 13,447 beers

Belgian Quad 12,201 beers

English Mild Ale 11,375 beers

Dark Ale 11,200 beers

Dunkelweizen 10,043 beers

Scottish Ale 9,708 beers

Smoked Beer 9,360 beers

Winter Warmer 9,152 beers

Shandy / Radler 9,116 beers

Wheat Beer - Other 9,020 beers

Altbier 8,176 beers

Sour - Smoothie / Pastry 7,113 beers

Old Ale 6,810 beers

Schwarzbier 6,569 beers

Kellerbier / Zwickelbier 5,630 beers

California Common 5,531 beers

Hard Seltzer 5,425 beers

Farmhouse Ale - Bière de Garde 4,691 beers

Non-Alcoholic Beer 4,688 beers

Rauchbier 4,467 beers

Festbier 4,176 beers

Imperial Pale Ale 4,096 beers

Ginger Beer 4,073 beers

Kombucha 3,726 beers

Specialty Grain 3,049 beers

Wheat Wine 3,039 beers

Honey Beer 3,029 beers

Gluten-Free 2,989 beers

Traditional Ale 2,874 beers

Gruit / Ancient Herbed Ale 2,802 beers

Table Beer 2,629 beers

Grisette 2,518 beers

Wild Ale - Other 2,219 beers

Malt Liquor 2,103 beers

Farmhouse Ale - Other 2,030 beers

Malt Beer 1,966 beers

Roggenbier 1,780 beers

Kvass 1,764 beers

IPA - Cold 1,730 beers

Root Beer 1,653 beers

Hefeweizen Light / Leicht 1,344 beers

Lager - Amber / Red 1,267 beers

Sour - Other Gose 1,260 beers

Scottish Export Ale 1,255 beers

Black & Tan 1,113 beers

Patersbier 1,106 beers

Grätzer / Grodziskie 1,075 beers

IPA - New Zealand 1,074 beers

Bière de Champagne / Bière Brut 1,050 beers

IPA - Fruited 1,013 beers

Kristallweizen 1,012 beers

Farmhouse Ale - Sahti 927 beers

Brett Beer 926 beers

Harvest Ale 819 beers

Australian Sparkling Ale 743 beers

Lager - Mexican 740 beers

Golden Ale - English 651 beers

Grape Ale - Italian 643 beers

Lager - Other 600 beers

Sour - Tomato / Vegetable Gose 554 beers

Pilsner - Italian 548 beers

Non-Alcoholic Beer - Lager 533 beers

Non-Alcoholic Beer - IPA 532 beers

Happoshu 481 beers

Flavored Malt Beverage 455 beers

Burton Ale 449 beers

Bitter - Best 447 beers

Freeze-Distilled Beer 436 beers

Pale Ale - XPA (Extra Pale) 433 beers

Wheat Beer - Fruited 431 beers

Chilli / Chile Beer 418 beers

Kentucky Common 379 beers

Dampfbier 368 beers

Grape Ale - Other 357 beers

Lichtenhainer 337 beers

Mild - Dark 336 beers

Non-Alcoholic Beer - Shandy / Radler 329 beers

Golden Ale - American 314 beers

Pale Ale - Fruited 308 beers

Zoigl 279 beers

Pilsner - New Zealand 257 beers

Adambier 229 beers

Non-Alcoholic Beer - Pale Ale 228 beers

Rye Wine 222 beers

Lager - Tmavé (Czech Dark) 207 beers

Bière de Mars 197 beers

Historical Beer - Other 197 beers

Non-Alcoholic Beer - Wheat Beer 187 beers

Lager - Světlé (Czech Pale) 183 beers

Wheat Beer - Hopfenweisse 178 beers

Porter - Smoked 168 beers

Non-Alcoholic Beer - Sour 168 beers

Mead - Session / Short 139 beers

Stout - Belgian 117 beers

Lager - Leichtbier 109 beers

Sour - Catharina 109 beers

Farmhouse Ale - Brett 100 beers

Non-Alcoholic Beer - Porter / Stout 98 beers

Lambic - Other 94 beers

Belgian Trappist Ale 92 beers

Lager - Polotmavé (Czech Amber) 90 beers

Mild - Light 89 beers

Lager - Smoked 80 beers

Mumme 79 beers

Farmhouse Ale - Bière de Coupage 74 beers

Altbier - Sticke 74 beers

Abbey Ale 72 beers

Historical Beer - Kuit / Kuyt / Koyt 67 beers

American Blonde Ale 66 beers

Non-Alcoholic Cider / Perry 65 beers

Lager - Rotbier 59 beers

Steinbier 56 beers

English Ale (Decommissioned) 50 beers

Cream Ale - Imperial / Double 50 beers

Mead - Bochet 48 beers

Koji / Ginjo Beer 46 beers

Farmhouse Ale - Kornøl 42 beers

Corn Beer / Chicha de Jora 39 beers

Sorghum / Millet Beer 37 beers

Golden Ale - Ukrainian 35 beers

Cider - Applewine 34 beers

Lager - American Pre-Prohibition 34 beers

Blonde Lager 34 beers

Golden Lager 31 beers

Cider - Basque 27 beers

Historical Beer - Kottbusser 26 beers

Chile Beer 25 beers

Non-Alcoholic Mead 15 beers

Historical Beer - Broyhan 13 beers

Belgian Ale (Decommissioned) 12 beers

Historical Beer - Berliner Braunbier 9 beers

Weissbier 4 beers

Specialty

Barleywine

American

15,110 beers

English

8,723 beers

Other

4,934 beers

Bock

Single / Traditional

12,751 beers

Doppelbock

10,248 beers

Maibock / Heller (Helles) / Lentebock

6,347 beers

Weizenbock

5,679 beers

Eisbock

1,538 beers

Weizendoppelbock

168 beers

Brown Ale

American

38,526 beers

English

16,138 beers

Other

11,093 beers

Belgian

5,615 beers

Imperial / Double

5,240 beers

Cider

Other

49,687 beers

Dry

7,394 beers

Other Fruit

7,331 beers

Sweet

2,827 beers

Herbed / Spiced / Hopped

2,597 beers

Perry

2,213 beers

Ice / Applewine

1,913 beers

Rosé

255 beers

Graff

183 beers

IPA

American

282,103 beers

Imperial / Double

95,751 beers

New England

95,170 beers

Session / India Session Ale

39,140 beers

Black / Cascadian Dark Ale

29,015 beers

Imperial / Double New England

25,347 beers

English

21,471 beers

International

19,738 beers

Belgian

12,622 beers

Milkshake

9,819 beers

White

8,631 beers

Red

8,051 beers

Triple

7,775 beers

Rye

6,213 beers

Brut

6,188 beers

Sour

4,438 beers

Triple New England

4,156 beers

Imperial / Double Black

3,024 beers

Imperial / Double Milkshake

1,149 beers

Farmhouse

1,076 beers

Brown

737 beers

Quadruple

439 beers

Brett

419 beers

Session

Lager

Pale

28,237 beers

Helles

16,470 beers

American Light

13,170 beers

Euro

12,300 beers

Amber

12,022 beers

IPL (India Pale Lager)

10,072 beers

Dark

9,427 beers

Vienna

9,403 beers

North American Adjunct

9,214 beers

Munich Dunkel

6,293 beers

American Amber / Red

6,269 beers

Dortmunder / Export

2,943 beers

Winter

2,266 beers

Japanese Rice

1,808 beers

Euro Strong

1,806 beers

Euro Dark

1,543 beers

Red

1,375 beers

Black

31 beers

Lambic

Traditional

3,517 beers

Fruit

2,036 beers

Gueuze

1,800 beers

Kriek

1,282 beers

Framboise

500 beers

Faro

130 beers

Mead

Other

15,315 beers

Melomel

5,902 beers

Braggot

2,872 beers

Cyser

1,713 beers

Metheglin

1,059 beers

Pyment

597 beers

Traditional

441 beers

Acerglyn / Maple Wine

50 beers

Pale Ale

American

157,688 beers

English

31,569 beers

International

16,034 beers

Belgian

13,203 beers

New England

9,715 beers

Australian

5,258 beers

New Zealand

5,172 beers

Milkshake

521 beers

Pilsner

Other

34,078 beers

German

16,250 beers

Czech

13,014 beers

Imperial / Double

2,234 beers

Porter

Other

44,753 beers

American

28,919 beers

English

11,082 beers

Imperial / Double

10,135 beers

Baltic

8,695 beers

Coffee

2,700 beers

Imperial / Double Baltic

626 beers

Imperial / Double Coffee

238 beers

Red Ale

American Amber / Red

48,473 beers

Irish

17,671 beers

Other

8,659 beers

Imperial / Double

6,803 beers

Sour

Ale

56,936 beers

Fruited

39,883 beers

Berliner Weisse

27,584 beers

Gose

20,293 beers

Fruited Berliner Weisse

7,431 beers

Fruited Gose

6,107 beers

Flanders Red Ale

4,367 beers

Flanders Oud Bruin

2,562 beers

Farmhouse IPA

1,719 beers

Stout

Imperial / Double

54,030 beers

Other

52,440 beers

Milk / Sweet

32,210 beers

American

31,513 beers

Russian Imperial

29,230 beers

Oatmeal

21,733 beers

American Imperial / Double

14,937 beers

Irish Dry

13,328 beers

Imperial Milk / Sweet

8,907 beers

Coffee

7,836 beers

Imperial / Double Pastry

6,842 beers

Imperial Oatmeal

5,770 beers

Foreign / Export

4,377 beers

Pastry

2,799 beers

Imperial / Double Coffee

2,638 beers

English

2,086 beers

White

1,459 beers

Oyster

1,347 beers

Imperial / Double White

351 beers

Strong Ale

American

7,867 beers

English

4,353 beers

Other

1,308 beers

Bitter - Extra Special / Strong (ESB)

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