A malt-focused, generally caramelly beer with perhaps a few esters and occasionally a butterscotch aftertaste. Hops only to balance and support the malt. The malt character can range from dry and grainy to rich, toasty, and caramelly, but is never roasty and especially never has a peat smoke character.
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A malt-focused, generally caramelly beer with perhaps a few esters and occasionally a butterscotch aftertaste. Hops only to balance and support the malt. The malt character can range from dry and grainy to rich, toasty, and caramelly, but is never roasty and especially never has a peat smoke character.
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Saison means "season" in French, referring to the beer's original purpose: a low-gravity provision beer brewed in winter for seasonal farm workers. The term encompasses tremendous stylistic variation—from low-gravity table saisons (3.5-5.0% ABV) to powerful super saisons (7.0-9.5% ABV). What unites saisons is their essential character: dry, refreshing, highly attenuated, with prominent yeast and hop character. These beers represent the rustic, rough-around-edges opposite of modern refined brewing.
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A sweet, heavy, strong traditional Finnish farmhouse beer usually with rye and juniper, and a banana-clove yeast character.
A hop focused, bitter American ale with moderately high alcohol and complex spicy malt notes from rye additions.
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A moderately dark German wheat beer with a distinctive banana-and-clove yeast character, supported by a toasted bread or caramel malt flavor. Highly carbonated and refreshing, with a creamy, fluffy texture and light finish that encourages drinking.
The Altbier represents "old style" German brewing—a top-fermented ale that is then cold-conditioned like a lager. This hybrid approach creates a unique beer that captures some of ale's fruity complexity while achieving the clean finish and crisp character associated with lagers.
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An amber, hoppy, moderate-strength American craft beer with a caramel malty flavor. The balance can vary quite a bit, with some versions being fairly malty and others being aggressively hoppy. Hoppy and bitter versions should not have clashing flavors with the caramel malt profile.
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One of the strongest ales offered by American brewers along with Imperial Stouts. As its name suggests, this rich, malty, hoppy, complex, and warming beer has vinous quality but American swagger.
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Inspired by British Brown Ales, this is a deep ruby to dark brown ale that features more assertive hopping and dark grain character than its ancestors. A classic example of how American brewers took styles from Europe, put them on "steroids," and released them to the hop-loving American public.
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