Vienna Lager
This lager named of course after the city it was first brewed, Vienna in Austria. Unfortunately the style is not as popular where it originated and the beer is now easier to find in Mexico. Vienna lager is also known as Amber Lager and was…
Stout
A beer style that is known for it’s often black appearance and thick fluffy head. Stout is a beer style that grew up alongside Porter, malting technology creating darkly roasted and black malts. The term Stout was used after “Stout Porter”…
Scotch Ale
The Scottish equivalent of the Pale ale or bitter is the Scotch ale. The Scotch Ale is a strong version of a pale ale but the style also includes beers that range up from low gravities to higher gravities, the strongest of which is known as…
Porter
A beer originating in London, Porter was a style that was born from a blend of beers in the 18th century called three threads, eventually a beer brewed that recreated the blend of beers and this became known as Porter. The name porter is supposedly…
Pilsner
The first and original Pilsner brewed was in Pilsen by Bavarian brewer Josef Groll copying techniques of storing beer in caves where the cold temperatures would effectively lager the beer and improve clarity, storage and ultimately the palate.
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American Pale Ale
American Pale Ale could be considered the equivalent to an English Bitter, Pale ale is the go to style of beer and is most often the first beer brewed by any commercial brewery. Whilst pretty much every country in the world has a pale ale,…
Mild
Once one of the biggest selling beers in Britain especially among manual labourers, unfortunately the style nearly became extinct. Fortunately Mild is undergoing a bit of a resurgence and an interpretation recently crowned champion beer of Britain…
Maibock
Maibock is a strong lager originally brewed in Bavaria or Germany, the name bock is supposedly derived from the town Einbeck. Maibock is a seasonal beer made for the spring and early summer (the Mai of the name indicting the month of May)…