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India Pale Ales hale from the famous brewing town of Burton Upon Trent and were so successful in the...

West Coast IPA

Usually dark brown to black with a malty richness and may have toffee and caramel flavours as well a...

Old Ale

As with Brown Ales and American Brown Ales, malt is to the fore, often with roast and nutty flavours...

Red Ale

Lager is without doubt the most popular beer style in the world, if measured by volume also the pref...

Lager, Pilsner

A style of beer which is more common away from the world of cask ale but more brewers are realising...

Saison

A very popular beer style for cask conditioned beer with many brewers having at least one example in...

Pale Ale, Premium

A rich ruby black to jet black beer with with intense flavours of roasted malt and barley. Expect de...

Baltic Porter

India Pale Ales hale from the famous brewing town of Burton Upon Trent and were so successful in the...

Imperial IPA

A strong beer designed to be sipped and savoured rather than being drunk by the pint to quench thirs...

Strong Ale - Blond

A very popular beer style for cask conditioned beer with many brewers having at least one example in...

Blond Ale, Session

Lager is without doubt the most popular beer style in the world, if measured by volume also the pref...

Lager, Vienna

India Pale Ales hale from the famous brewing town of Burton Upon Trent and were so successful in the...

British IPA

A very popular beer style for cask conditioned beer with many brewers having at least one example in...

Golden Ale, Session

Technically not a Lager these beers have an element of top fermenting, that is the yeast works at th...

Lager, Top Fermented

A strong beer designed to be sipped and savoured rather than being drunk by the pint to quench thirs...

Strong Ale - Dark

Strong Porter is part of a family of beers where there is considerable crossover between styles, the...

Strong Porter

Malt is to the fore and may impart nut-like flavours, although there may be some hop character and a...

Brown Ale

To be classified as a Wheat Beer a large proportion of wheat is used in addition to, or instead of,...

Wheat Beer

India Pale Ales hale from the famous brewing town of Burton Upon Trent and were so successful in the...

Black IPA

Strong Stout is part of a family of beers where there is considerable crossover between styles, thes...

Strong Stout

Throughout the second half of the 20th century Bitter was the most common beer style in many pubs an...

Bitter, Session

The use of different yeast strains can bring a different range of flavours to beers. Some specialist...

Kviek Yeast

Black Ales are often referred to as Black IPAs but the alcohol level is too low for CAMRA’s IPA cate...

Black Ale

A much maligned and misunderstood style of beer which has a history stretching back at least 300 yea...

Mild, Pale

Any beer which has had the addition of a high proportion of Smoked Malts can be considered a Smoked...

Smoked Beer

Throughout the second half of the 20th century Bitter was the most common beer style in many pubs an...

Bitter, Premium

Flavoured Beers with Herbs and Spices a very wide range of style of beer where herbs, spices or culi...

Flavoured Beer, Herbs / Spices

For a beer to be considered Wood Aged it need to spend at leat 6 months in a wooden cask. As a resul...

Wood Aged Beer

A rich ruby black to jet black beer with with intense flavours of roasted malt and barley. Expect de...

Imperial Stout

Taking it's name from the late nineteenth century privatise of invoicing for beer in the pre decimal...

Mild, 60/-

India Pale Ales hale from the famous brewing town of Burton Upon Trent and were so successful in the...

East Coast IPA

A very popular beer style for cask conditioned beer with many brewers having at least one example in...

Blond Ale, Premium

Fruit Beers are a very wide range of style of beer where fruit is added to a base beer either during...

Flavoured Beer, Fruit

As part of the Stout family Oyster Stouts are usually black with flavours and aromas derived from th...

Oyster Stout

The use of different yeast strains can bring a different range of flavours to beers. Some specialist...

Belgian Yeasts

A very popular beer style for cask conditioned beer with many brewers having at least one example in...

Golden Ale, Premium

A very popular beer style for cask conditioned beer with many brewers having at least one example in...

Pale Ale, Session

As part of the Stout family Milk Stouts are usually black with flavours and aromas derived from the...

Milk Stout

As part of the Stout family Oatmeal Stouts are usually black with flavours and aromas derived from t...

Oatmeal Stout

A much maligned and misunderstood style of beer which has a history stretching back at least 300 yea...

Mild, Dark

A developing style where brewers are experimenting with different malt types. This experimentation c...

Rye Beers

Wild / Sour beers have one thing in common and that is they are intentionally acidic, tart or sour i...

Wild / Sour

Lager is without doubt the most popular beer style in the world, if measured by volume also the pref...

Lager, Marzen

A strong beer designed to be sipped and savoured rather than being drunk by the pint to quench thirs...

Barley Wine

Lager is without doubt the most popular beer style in the world, if measured by volume also the pref...

Lager, Helles

Lager is without doubt the most popular beer style in the world, if measured by volume also the pref...

Lager, Dark

As with conventional Brown Ales, malt is to the fore and may impart nut-like flavours, although ther...

American Brown Ale

Typically Strong Mild is brown to black in colour and as the name suggests are stronger than convent...

Strong Mild

Strong Dry Stout is part of a family of beers where there is considerable crossover between styles,...

Strong Dry Stout