Beer Styles
There are many styles of beer and everyday it seems like brewers keep coming up with more. Whether it's pushing the limit with triple and quadruple IPAs or combining styles and changing traditional colours to make sub categories, you will never run out of new styles to try.
These are some traditional styles of beers and a few of their sub-categories
brew masters have been brewing for centuries.
Pilsners
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German Pilsner
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Jever Pilsener
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American Pilsner
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Bohemian Pilsner
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Italian Pilsner
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Czech Pilsner
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IPA's
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New England IPA
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West Coast IPA
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East Coast IPA
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Double IPA
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Triple IPA
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Milkshake IPA
Wheat
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Witbier
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Hefeweizen
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American Wheat Beer
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Rye Beer
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Weizenbock
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Belgian White
Sours
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Kettle Sour
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Gose
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Berliner Weisse
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Gueuze
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Lambic
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American Wild Ale
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Lagers
Kölsch
In 1997, "Kölsch" has had a PGI in the EU, indicating a beer that is made within 50km of Cologne. This is not recognized outside of the EU, and many breweries outside the EU produce beer as "kölsch" with varying degrees of authenticity.
Porters
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Brown Porter
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Coffee Porter
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English Porter
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Robust Porter
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Baltic Porter
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Mild Porter
Fruited
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Wheat
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IPAs
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Stouts
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Sours
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Pale Ales
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Blonde Ales
Ales
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Golden or Blonde Ale
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Brown Ale
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Amber/Red Ale
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Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale
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Imperial Red Ale
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New Zealand Pale Ale
Farmhouse Ales
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Saison
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Biere de Garde
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Biere de Mars
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Grisette
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Sahti
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Stouts
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Nitro Stout
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Milk Stout
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Oatmeal Stout
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Coffee Stout
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Pastry Stout
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Chocolate Stout
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Specialty
Any beer that doesn't fit into any of the other categories would go here. Out-of-style variations of existing styles (low ABV of other styles, extra-hoppy beers, "imperial" strength beers).