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Beer Styles

Top 61 Sour Beers
Sour beers have become one of the most important segments of craft beer. Though their illustrious and colorful history encompasses centuries of beer...
Saison Style Defined
Saison Beer Characteristics Saisons are known for their high attenuation, dry finish and delightful flavors and aromas of citrus fruits (lemon,...
Hefeweizen Unveiled: The Zesty Charm of German Wheat Beer
While Bavaria has been brewing Hefeweizen for centuries, the modern German-style Hefeweizen became a popular kind of beer in the mid-20th century....
13 Classic Beer Styles That Deserve a Comeback
A novice craft beer explorer walks into a brewery taproom that focuses on classic beer styles and asks, "What do you make that's super hazy?" The...
The Origins of Pumpkin Beer
I don’t know that there’s a beer more pathologically, frequently and substantively misunderstood than pumpkin beer. I’m not talking about the...
An Intro to Gluten-Free Beers
Gluten-free beers have become increasingly popular, and fortunately, even more readily available in recent years. While more people are seeking out...
What Is DDH Beer?
If you have spent any time recently in a brewery taproom or any number of beer destinations throughout the country, you may have noticed three little...
The Almighty Trappist Beer
Few beers remain holier in the eyes of the drinker than Trappist beer. Revered for their heavenly attributes, these beers find beauty in simplicity,...
Inside the Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest tent. (Photo Credit: Jim Kelly)
The dog days of summer linger stubbornly for many of us around the world, while elsewhere the nights begin their gradual transition towards crisp...
Oktoberfest vs. Märzen
With autumn seasonals and Oktoberfest beers getting released earlier and earlier each year – to the chagrin of many craft beer lovers – we delve into...
The Difference Between Porter and Stout
Nobody can seem to agree what is the difference between porter and stout. Is it that stouts contain roasted barley? Is it that porters are lighter,...
Kriek Lambic
I believe it was the musician and obvious Belgian beer lover, George Clinton, who aptly penned the words, “Ow, we want the funk. Give up the funk. Ow...