The classic beer styles all originate from the northern part of central and Western Europe, but today those styles are brewed with skill around the world.

As more breweries open and more beers are introduced or available in new markets, consumers may feel overwhelmed. Understanding beer starts with understanding style.

The links below will take you to pages giving style definitions and lists of related files. View the list of all documents related to beer styles.

	Beer Styles Index
Abbey, Abbaye, Abdij Bier Ale Altbier Barley Wine Belgian Berliner Weisse Biere de Garde Bitter Bok, Bock Brown Ale Cask-conditioned ale Cream Ale Dark beer Diat Pils Doppelbock "Double" bock. Dort Dortmunder Draught/Draft beer in a can Dry Beer Dunkel/Dunkles Eisbock Export Faro Festbier Framboise/frambozen Genuine Draft (and similar terms) Gueuze Hefe- Hell Ice beer (and similar terms) India Pale Ale (IPA) Kellerbier Kloster Bier "Cloister beer". Kolsch Krausen Kriek Kruidenbier Lager Lambic Light Ale Light Beer Maibock Malt Liquor Marzen Mild Munchener/Munchner Oktoberfest beers Old (Ale) Pale Ale Pilsener/Pilsner/Pils Porter Rauchbier Red beers Sahti Saison Schwarzbier Scotch Ale Smoked Steam Beer Stout Strong Ale Trappist Tripel Ur-/Urquell Vienna Weisse/Weissbier, Weizenbier Wheat White Wiesen/Wies'n Winter Beer Witbier Zwickelbier

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