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Common Beer Terms

Lovibond:
A measurement of colour. The scale begins at zero (0) and increases to over five hundred (500). The higher the number, the darker the colour of the beer.

Beer Styles

A beer 'style' is a label or grouping given to a beer to describe its flavour, origin and characteristics. Esentially it is just a name badge that over the years, through trial and error, been adopted by both consumers and producers alike. The following list is not a be-all and end-all list to beer styles, but rather Beer Guide Australia's interpretation of the styles on the market today, and what is likely to exist in the near future. As such this style guide will be updated over time to reflect any market changes.

Where possible we have provided additional information you may find useful, including food matching, glassware and serving temperature information based on each unique style.

We have created a forum topic available here if you would like to discuss the styles and groupings we have currently.

Ales

French Ale

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English Ale

Baltic Porter
English Barley Wine
English Bitter
English Brown Ale
English Dark Ale
English ESB
English IPA
English Oatmeal Stout
English Pale Ale
English Porter
English Stout
English Strong Ale
English Sweet Stout
Russian Imperial Stout

Finnish Ale

Sahti

German Ale

Altbier
Berliner Weissbier
Dunkelweizen
Hefeweizen
Kristalweizen
Roggenbier
Weizenbock

Irish Ale

Irish Dry Stout
Irish Red Ale

Russian Ale

Kvass

Scottish Ale

Scotch Ale
Scottish Ale

Lagers

Amercian Lager

American Double Pilsner
American Macro Lager
American Red Lager
Australian Pale Lager
Low Alcohol Beer (American)

Australian Lager

Australian Bock
Australian Dark Lager
Australian Macro Lager
Australian Pilsner
Australian Premium Lager
Australian Red Lager
Bohemian Pilsner
Low Alcohol Beer (Australian)

Czech Lager

Czech Pilsner

European Lager

European Dark Lager
European Pale Lager
European Strong Lager

German Lager

Bock
Doppelbock
Dortmunder
Eisbock
German Pilsner
Munich Dunkel Lager
Munich Helles Lager
Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest
Rauchbier
Vienna Lager

Japanese Lager

Happoshu
Japanese Rice Lager

Meads

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Ciders

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Alternative Opinions

Wikipedia currently offers the following diagram, which as you can see doesn't contain a lot of the Styles that we have listed either as further proof it is a very unregulated area in the industry which makes it hard for the consumer to nail down exactly what type of Beer they enjoy. Hopefully the listing that we have will assist as we believe it is much more accurate than Wikipedias, although it is just our opinion.