The Beer Glossary That Makes You Look Like You Know Beer
2014/11/24

●A
Abbey Beer
Abbey beer. A Belgian-style, higher-alcohol, fruity, lingering ale.
Ale
This beer is fermented at 13 to 21 degrees Celsius with top fermenting yeast and usually uses more hops (Hop, hops) than Lager beer.
Altbier
Pale Ale is a German style beer with a bitter taste and a dull color.
Amber
Irish red amber Ale beer.
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Bavaria
Bavaria, the largest state in Germany, has a large number of breweries and its capital is Munich.
Beer
A general term for fermented wines of various flavors brewed from grains.
Biere de Garde
A French-style ale-like beer with a higher alcohol content that is stored for a longer period of time.
Bock
A German-style dark lager with a high alcohol content.
Bottle-conditioned
Some active yeast remains in the beer bottle.
Brewpub
A beer bar that usually brews and sells its own beer.
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Doppelbock/Double Bock
Beer with a high alcohol content, often above 7.5%.
Dortmunder Export
A dry, high-alcohol golden lager beer.
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ESB
English abbreviation for Hop Special Brew.
Export
German beer has a higher alcohol content, ranging from 4.2% to 4.4% or 5.25% to 5.5%.
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Gueuze/Gueze
A blend of two Belgian beers fermented with wild yeast.
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Hefe
German means yeast.
Hefeweizen
Unfiltered wheat beer.
Helles
Pale in German means "pale" as opposed to gold.
●I
Imperial Stout
A Russian beer with a high alcohol content.
IPA
Abbreviation for "India Pale Ale" in English. This is a hop-heavy Ale beer, originally produced for the British Indian colony, named after the hop is a natural preservative for long-distance transportation.
Irish Ale
A red amber colored Irish Ale brewed from barley malt.
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Kellerbier
German "Cellar Beer", an unfiltered, low-carb, hop-heavy lager beer.
Kloster
German term for all beer produced in monasteries.
Kölsch
Means "from Cologne" in German, referring to several local golden ale beers.
Kriek
Generic term for some fruity beers flavored with Flemish cherries.
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Lager
A beer-brewing term referring to those beers that are fermented and stored at lower temperatures. Lager refers to the need for a slow fermentation process by the yeast, which has nothing to do with the beer color.
Lambic
Belgian beer fermented with wild yeast.
Limburg
A beer-brewing region in the Netherlands.
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Mild Ale
Hop Light Ale.
Munich-style
Usually refers to a lager beer brewed from dark barley.
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Octoberfest
A reddish barley beer with moderate alcohol content, usually brewed in March and matured in September, also known as Marzenbier.
Old Ale
A traditional dark ale with high alcohol content.
Oud Bruin
A sweet dark Lager; the Belgian style is a dark brown Ale.
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Pale Ale
This is a lighter beer compared to dark brown Ale and Porter.
Pils/Pilsner/Pilsener
The standard version of golden lager beer, and the most widely popular beer in the world.
Porter
A dark brown beer brewed with roasted barley malt and top-fermented.
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Rauchbier
A German lager beer brewed with smoked barley malt.
Red Ale
Irish Red Amber Ale.
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Saison
A high-alcohol, dry, sour Ale beer produced in the Belgian summer.
Schwarzbier
Dark beer, produced in the former East Germany, has a strong taste of bitter coffee and chocolate.
Scotch Ale
Scottish barley beer with a high alcohol content, dark color and smooth taste.
Stout
Usually a top-fermented dark brown ale brewed with roasted grain malt.
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Trappist
High alcohol content Ale brewed in several Belgian monasteries.
V
Vienna-style Lager
A reddish or brown barley lager beer with a slightly sweet taste.
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Weisse/Weissbier
German for wheat beer, this type of beer is pale and cloudy.
Weizen
German for "wheat beer".
White
English vocabulary, a Belgian-style wheat beer with some spices.
Other
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