beer types

Dunkelweizen is a dark German wheat beer — a richer, more complex take on hefeweizen that swaps pale grain for darker Munich and crystal malts. You still get the banana and clove yeast character the style is known for, but layered over a base of caramel, dark bread, and a hint of chocolate. ABV runs […]

Kristallweizen is a filtered German wheat beer — the crystal-clear sibling of hefeweizen. Same banana and clove character from the Bavarian weizen yeast, but with the yeast filtered out before packaging. It pours bright golden instead of cloudy, and finishes noticeably crisper and cleaner than its hazy counterpart. ABV typically runs 4.8–5.4%. The name tells

Hefeweizen is one of those beers that surprises people the first time they taste it. You’re expecting something light and neutral — it’s a wheat beer, it’s pale, it’s German — and then you get hit with banana, clove, and a creamy mouthfeel that feels nothing like what the glass suggested. That contrast is exactly

Pilsner beer is responsible for the world drinking what it drinks. The pale, clear, crisp lager in almost every refrigerator on the planet traces its DNA back to a single Czech city in 1842, when brewers in Plzeň produced something nobody had seen before: a brilliantly clear, golden, hop-forward lager that looked and tasted nothing

Golden ale is one of craft beer’s most welcoming styles — pale, clean, easy-drinking, and more interesting than it gets credit for. It sits in that sweet spot between a light lager and a full-flavored pale ale: enough malt character to be satisfying, gentle enough on the hops that it won’t scare off newcomers. If

Belgian saison is the beer that professional brewers drink when they want something interesting. It’s dry, it’s spicy, it’s fruity — and for most of its history it was a humble farmhouse ale brewed for agricultural workers to drink during the harvest. Somewhere between that origin and now, it became one of craft beer’s most

Belgian tripel is a pale, bottle-conditioned strong ale brewed primarily by Belgian abbey and Trappist breweries, typically ranging from 7.5–9.5% ABV. It’s golden in color, highly carbonated, and deceptively strong — the sweet, spicy yeast character and soft malt base make it dangerously easy to drink for something that can push 9%. The style is

Beer by ABV spans a wider range than most people realize — from sub-1% non-alcoholic options all the way to barrel-aged imperial stouts pushing 20% or beyond. ABV (Alcohol By Volume) is the standard measure of how much ethanol is in your beer, and understanding it helps you drink smarter, choose better, and avoid the

Lager beer is the most widely drunk beer style on the planet — a cold-fermented, bottom-fermented brew known for its clean, crisp flavor and refreshing finish. According to CraftBeer.com’s beer styles guide, lager encompasses over a dozen distinct styles, from pale helles to rich doppelbock. It’s brewed with lager yeast at low temperatures, which produces