🍺 Beer Vocab
Beer names can describe the yeast, color, strength, bitterness, or ingredients that shape the final drink. Lagers typically ferment at cooler temperatures, while ales generally ferment warmer. From there, beer styles branch into hop-forward IPAs, roasted stouts and porters, wheat beers, Belgian styles with spicy or fruity notes, and tart sour beers. The names below cover the styles you’ll commonly find on menus and in beer aisles.
❄️ Lagers
🍺 Lager
beer fermented and conditioned at cool temperatures
Example: Most pale supermarket beer is some kind of lager.
🇫🇷 French: Lager
🇩🇪 German: Lager
🇮🇹 Italian: Lager
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Lager
💡 Nuance: A family, not one flavor. Pilsner, bock, dunkel, and märzen are all lagers.
beer fermented and conditioned at cool temperatures
Example: Most pale supermarket beer is some kind of lager.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Lager🇫🇷 French: Lager
🇩🇪 German: Lager
🇮🇹 Italian: Lager
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Lager
💡 Nuance: A family, not one flavor. Pilsner, bock, dunkel, and märzen are all lagers.
🇨🇿 Pilsner
pale, crisp lager first tied to Pilsen, Czechia
Example: A Czech pilsner is hoppier and more bitter than a bland pale lager.
🇫🇷 French: Pils / pilsner
🇩🇪 German: Pilsner / Pils
🇮🇹 Italian: Pilsner
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pilsner
💡 Nuance: A pale lager with a point. Not every yellow lager earns the name.
pale, crisp lager first tied to Pilsen, Czechia
Example: A Czech pilsner is hoppier and more bitter than a bland pale lager.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Pilsner / pilsener🇫🇷 French: Pils / pilsner
🇩🇪 German: Pilsner / Pils
🇮🇹 Italian: Pilsner
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pilsner
💡 Nuance: A pale lager with a point. Not every yellow lager earns the name.
💪 Bock
strong, malt-forward German lager
Example: The bock tasted like bread and toast, not like an IPA.
🇫🇷 French: Bock
🇩🇪 German: Bock
🇮🇹 Italian: Bock
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Bock
💡 Nuance: Strength and malt. Doppelbock is stronger. Maibock is the paler spring one.
strong, malt-forward German lager
Example: The bock tasted like bread and toast, not like an IPA.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Bock🇫🇷 French: Bock
🇩🇪 German: Bock
🇮🇹 Italian: Bock
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Bock
💡 Nuance: Strength and malt. Doppelbock is stronger. Maibock is the paler spring one.
🐐 Doppelbock
a stronger version of bock - rich and full
Example: Doppelbock names often end in -ator.
🇫🇷 French: Doppelbock
🇩🇪 German: Doppelbock
🇮🇹 Italian: Doppelbock
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Doppelbock
💡 Nuance: Double in strength, not a different yeast family. Still a lager.
a stronger version of bock - rich and full
Example: Doppelbock names often end in -ator.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Doppelbock🇫🇷 French: Doppelbock
🇩🇪 German: Doppelbock
🇮🇹 Italian: Doppelbock
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Doppelbock
💡 Nuance: Double in strength, not a different yeast family. Still a lager.
🌷 Maibock
pale, strong German lager tied to spring
Example: Maibock is a bock you can see through.
🇫🇷 French: Maibock
🇩🇪 German: Maibock
🇮🇹 Italian: Maibock
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Maibock
💡 Nuance: Same strength idea as bock, lighter color. Also called helles bock.
pale, strong German lager tied to spring
Example: Maibock is a bock you can see through.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Maibock🇫🇷 French: Maibock
🇩🇪 German: Maibock
🇮🇹 Italian: Maibock
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Maibock
💡 Nuance: Same strength idea as bock, lighter color. Also called helles bock.
🌑 Dunkel
traditional dark German lager with a malt-forward taste
Example: Munich dunkel is brown bread in a glass, not a roasted stout.
🇫🇷 French: Dunkel
🇩🇪 German: Dunkel
🇮🇹 Italian: Dunkel
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Dunkel
💡 Nuance: Dark lager. Porter and stout are dark ales. Color is not the family.
traditional dark German lager with a malt-forward taste
Example: Munich dunkel is brown bread in a glass, not a roasted stout.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Dunkel🇫🇷 French: Dunkel
🇩🇪 German: Dunkel
🇮🇹 Italian: Dunkel
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Dunkel
💡 Nuance: Dark lager. Porter and stout are dark ales. Color is not the family.
🍂 Märzen
amber lager tied to German brewing and Oktoberfest
Example: Festival tents pour märzen by the liter.
🇫🇷 French: Märzen
🇩🇪 German: Märzen
🇮🇹 Italian: Märzen
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Märzen
💡 Nuance: Toasty amber lager. Vienna lager is the close cousin with a cleaner toast.
amber lager tied to German brewing and Oktoberfest
Example: Festival tents pour märzen by the liter.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Märzen / Oktoberfest🇫🇷 French: Märzen
🇩🇪 German: Märzen
🇮🇹 Italian: Märzen
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Märzen
💡 Nuance: Toasty amber lager. Vienna lager is the close cousin with a cleaner toast.
🟠 Vienna Lager
amber lager with a balanced, toasty malt character
Example: Vienna lager is amber without the festival weight of some märzens.
🇫🇷 French: Vienna lager
🇩🇪 German: Wiener Lager
🇮🇹 Italian: Vienna lager
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Vienna lager
💡 Nuance: Amber lager family with märzen. Not an amber ale - ale yeast is a different ferment.
amber lager with a balanced, toasty malt character
Example: Vienna lager is amber without the festival weight of some märzens.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Vienna lager🇫🇷 French: Vienna lager
🇩🇪 German: Wiener Lager
🇮🇹 Italian: Vienna lager
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Vienna lager
💡 Nuance: Amber lager family with märzen. Not an amber ale - ale yeast is a different ferment.
🌿 Pale Ales & IPAs
🥇 Pale Ale
ale with a clear malt-and-hop balance
Example: The house pale ale was bitter enough to notice, not an IPA blast.
🇫🇷 French: Pale ale
🇩🇪 German: Pale Ale
🇮🇹 Italian: Pale ale
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pale ale
💡 Nuance: The balanced parent. IPA is the hop-forward child.
ale with a clear malt-and-hop balance
Example: The house pale ale was bitter enough to notice, not an IPA blast.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Pale ale🇫🇷 French: Pale ale
🇩🇪 German: Pale Ale
🇮🇹 Italian: Pale ale
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pale ale
💡 Nuance: The balanced parent. IPA is the hop-forward child.
🌿 India Pale Ale (IPA)
hop-forward ale - bitterness and hop aroma up front
Example: The IPA smelled like grapefruit before it tasted bitter.
🇫🇷 French: IPA
🇩🇪 German: IPA
🇮🇹 Italian: IPA
🇵🇹 Portuguese: IPA
💡 Nuance: Hops first. Double IPA is stronger. Session IPA is the lower-alcohol version.
hop-forward ale - bitterness and hop aroma up front
Example: The IPA smelled like grapefruit before it tasted bitter.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: IPA🇫🇷 French: IPA
🇩🇪 German: IPA
🇮🇹 Italian: IPA
🇵🇹 Portuguese: IPA
💡 Nuance: Hops first. Double IPA is stronger. Session IPA is the lower-alcohol version.
💥 Double IPA
stronger, more intensely hopped IPA
Example: One double IPA felt like two regular pints.
🇫🇷 French: Double IPA
🇩🇪 German: Double IPA
🇮🇹 Italian: Double IPA
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Double IPA
💡 Nuance: Also called imperial IPA. Strength plus hops. Not a different yeast.
stronger, more intensely hopped IPA
Example: One double IPA felt like two regular pints.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Doble IPA🇫🇷 French: Double IPA
🇩🇪 German: Double IPA
🇮🇹 Italian: Double IPA
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Double IPA
💡 Nuance: Also called imperial IPA. Strength plus hops. Not a different yeast.
🚴 Session IPA
lower-alcohol IPA that still tastes hoppy
Example: Session IPA for a long afternoon, double IPA for one glass.
🇫🇷 French: Session IPA
🇩🇪 German: Session IPA
🇮🇹 Italian: Session IPA
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Session IPA
💡 Nuance: Session means you can have more than one. Hop character stays. Alcohol drops.
lower-alcohol IPA that still tastes hoppy
Example: Session IPA for a long afternoon, double IPA for one glass.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Session IPA🇫🇷 French: Session IPA
🇩🇪 German: Session IPA
🇮🇹 Italian: Session IPA
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Session IPA
💡 Nuance: Session means you can have more than one. Hop character stays. Alcohol drops.
🟤 Dark & Amber Ales
🥜 Brown Ale
darker ale - malt, caramel, or nut
Example: The brown ale tasted like toasted nuts, not coffee roast.
🇫🇷 French: Brown ale
🇩🇪 German: Brown Ale
🇮🇹 Italian: Brown ale
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Brown ale
💡 Nuance: Nut and caramel. Porter and stout go further into roast.
darker ale - malt, caramel, or nut
Example: The brown ale tasted like toasted nuts, not coffee roast.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Brown ale🇫🇷 French: Brown ale
🇩🇪 German: Brown Ale
🇮🇹 Italian: Brown ale
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Brown ale
💡 Nuance: Nut and caramel. Porter and stout go further into roast.
🟧 Amber Ale
reddish or amber ale with a clear malt character
Example: Amber ale sat between pale ale and brown ale on the color line.
🇫🇷 French: Amber ale
🇩🇪 German: Amber Ale
🇮🇹 Italian: Amber ale
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Amber ale
💡 Nuance: Ale yeast. Vienna lager and märzen can look the same and still be lagers.
reddish or amber ale with a clear malt character
Example: Amber ale sat between pale ale and brown ale on the color line.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Amber ale🇫🇷 French: Amber ale
🇩🇪 German: Amber Ale
🇮🇹 Italian: Amber ale
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Amber ale
💡 Nuance: Ale yeast. Vienna lager and märzen can look the same and still be lagers.
🔴 Red Ale
reddish ale - malty or hop-forward depending on the brewery
Example: Irish-style red ale was malty. The American red was hoppy.
🇫🇷 French: Red ale
🇩🇪 German: Red Ale
🇮🇹 Italian: Red ale
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Red ale
💡 Nuance: Color name, loose style. Overlaps amber ale. Read the tap description.
reddish ale - malty or hop-forward depending on the brewery
Example: Irish-style red ale was malty. The American red was hoppy.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Red ale🇫🇷 French: Red ale
🇩🇪 German: Red Ale
🇮🇹 Italian: Red ale
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Red ale
💡 Nuance: Color name, loose style. Overlaps amber ale. Read the tap description.
☕ Porter
dark ale tied to roasted malt
Example: The porter was chocolate-toast, not espresso-bitter.
🇫🇷 French: Porter
🇩🇪 German: Porter
🇮🇹 Italian: Porter
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Porter
💡 Nuance: Roast, usually a step below stout. The line is blurry on purpose.
dark ale tied to roasted malt
Example: The porter was chocolate-toast, not espresso-bitter.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Porter🇫🇷 French: Porter
🇩🇪 German: Porter
🇮🇹 Italian: Porter
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Porter
💡 Nuance: Roast, usually a step below stout. The line is blurry on purpose.
🖤 Stout
dark ale - roast, coffee, or chocolate
Example: Dry Irish stout is bitter roast. Milk stout is sweeter.
🇫🇷 French: Stout
🇩🇪 German: Stout
🇮🇹 Italian: Stout
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Stout
💡 Nuance: Dark ale, not a dark lager. Imperial stout is the strong version.
dark ale - roast, coffee, or chocolate
Example: Dry Irish stout is bitter roast. Milk stout is sweeter.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Stout🇫🇷 French: Stout
🇩🇪 German: Stout
🇮🇹 Italian: Stout
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Stout
💡 Nuance: Dark ale, not a dark lager. Imperial stout is the strong version.
🏰 Imperial Stout
especially strong, full-bodied stout
Example: The imperial stout was dessert in a snifter.
🇫🇷 French: Imperial stout
🇩🇪 German: Imperial Stout
🇮🇹 Italian: Imperial stout
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Imperial stout
💡 Nuance: Imperial means stronger. Same idea as double IPA, applied to roast.
especially strong, full-bodied stout
Example: The imperial stout was dessert in a snifter.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Imperial stout🇫🇷 French: Imperial stout
🇩🇪 German: Imperial Stout
🇮🇹 Italian: Imperial stout
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Imperial stout
💡 Nuance: Imperial means stronger. Same idea as double IPA, applied to roast.
🌾 Wheat, Belgian & German Ales
🌾 Wheat Beer
beer brewed with a large share of wheat
Example: Wheat beer can be German, Belgian, or American - wheat is the grain, not one flavor.
🇫🇷 French: Bière de blé
🇩🇪 German: Weizenbier
🇮🇹 Italian: Birra di frumento
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Cerveja de trigo
💡 Nuance: Umbrella word. Hefeweizen, witbier, gose, and Berliner weisse all sit under it.
beer brewed with a large share of wheat
Example: Wheat beer can be German, Belgian, or American - wheat is the grain, not one flavor.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Cerveza de trigo🇫🇷 French: Bière de blé
🇩🇪 German: Weizenbier
🇮🇹 Italian: Birra di frumento
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Cerveja de trigo
💡 Nuance: Umbrella word. Hefeweizen, witbier, gose, and Berliner weisse all sit under it.
🍌 Hefeweizen
German wheat beer - banana and clove aromas from the yeast
Example: The hefeweizen was cloudy and smelled like banana bread.
🇫🇷 French: Hefeweizen
🇩🇪 German: Hefeweizen
🇮🇹 Italian: Hefeweizen
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Hefeweizen
💡 Nuance: Hefe means yeast left in. Witbier is the Belgian wheat with coriander and peel.
German wheat beer - banana and clove aromas from the yeast
Example: The hefeweizen was cloudy and smelled like banana bread.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Hefeweizen🇫🇷 French: Hefeweizen
🇩🇪 German: Hefeweizen
🇮🇹 Italian: Hefeweizen
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Hefeweizen
💡 Nuance: Hefe means yeast left in. Witbier is the Belgian wheat with coriander and peel.
🍊 Witbier
Belgian-style wheat beer, often with coriander and citrus peel
Example: Witbier with an orange slice is a bar habit, not a rule.
🇫🇷 French: Bière blanche / witbier
🇩🇪 German: Witbier
🇮🇹 Italian: Witbier
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Witbier
💡 Nuance: Spice added. Hefeweizen's banana-clove comes from yeast, not from a spice jar.
Belgian-style wheat beer, often with coriander and citrus peel
Example: Witbier with an orange slice is a bar habit, not a rule.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Witbier / cerveza blanca🇫🇷 French: Bière blanche / witbier
🇩🇪 German: Witbier
🇮🇹 Italian: Witbier
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Witbier
💡 Nuance: Spice added. Hefeweizen's banana-clove comes from yeast, not from a spice jar.
🏡 Saison
Belgian farmhouse ale - dry, highly carbonated, often peppery
Example: The saison finished dry and fizzy, like it wanted food.
🇫🇷 French: Saison
🇩🇪 German: Saison
🇮🇹 Italian: Saison
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Saison
💡 Nuance: Farmhouse, not a dark abbey beer. Dubbel, tripel, and quad are the numbered Belgian strengths.
Belgian farmhouse ale - dry, highly carbonated, often peppery
Example: The saison finished dry and fizzy, like it wanted food.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Saison🇫🇷 French: Saison
🇩🇪 German: Saison
🇮🇹 Italian: Saison
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Saison
💡 Nuance: Farmhouse, not a dark abbey beer. Dubbel, tripel, and quad are the numbered Belgian strengths.
2️⃣ Belgian Dubbel
dark, moderately strong Belgian ale - malt and dried fruit
Example: The dubbel tasted like raisins and brown bread.
🇫🇷 French: Dubbel belge
🇩🇪 German: Belgisches Dubbel
🇮🇹 Italian: Dubbel belga
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Dubbel belga
💡 Nuance: Dark and medium-strong. Tripel is pale and stronger. Quad is darker and stronger still.
dark, moderately strong Belgian ale - malt and dried fruit
Example: The dubbel tasted like raisins and brown bread.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Dubbel belga🇫🇷 French: Dubbel belge
🇩🇪 German: Belgisches Dubbel
🇮🇹 Italian: Dubbel belga
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Dubbel belga
💡 Nuance: Dark and medium-strong. Tripel is pale and stronger. Quad is darker and stronger still.
3️⃣ Belgian Tripel
strong pale Belgian ale - fruit and spice, hides its alcohol
Example: The tripel looked like a pilsner and drank like a trap.
🇫🇷 French: Tripel belge
🇩🇪 German: Belgisches Tripel
🇮🇹 Italian: Tripel belga
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Tripel belga
💡 Nuance: Pale and strong. Not a triple IPA. Different tradition.
strong pale Belgian ale - fruit and spice, hides its alcohol
Example: The tripel looked like a pilsner and drank like a trap.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Tripel belga🇫🇷 French: Tripel belge
🇩🇪 German: Belgisches Tripel
🇮🇹 Italian: Tripel belga
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Tripel belga
💡 Nuance: Pale and strong. Not a triple IPA. Different tradition.
4️⃣ Belgian Quadrupel
very strong dark Belgian-style ale - rich malt and dark fruit
Example: A quadrupel is a winter sipper, not a session pint.
🇫🇷 French: Quadrupel
🇩🇪 German: Quadrupel
🇮🇹 Italian: Quadrupel
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Quadrupel
💡 Nuance: Top of the abbey ladder. Dark like a dubbel, stronger than a tripel.
very strong dark Belgian-style ale - rich malt and dark fruit
Example: A quadrupel is a winter sipper, not a session pint.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Quadrupel / quad🇫🇷 French: Quadrupel
🇩🇪 German: Quadrupel
🇮🇹 Italian: Quadrupel
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Quadrupel
💡 Nuance: Top of the abbey ladder. Dark like a dubbel, stronger than a tripel.
🇩🇪 Kölsch
light, crisp ale from Cologne - tastes almost like a lager
Example: Kölsch is served in a tall, thin glass and replaced before it warms.
🇫🇷 French: Kölsch
🇩🇪 German: Kölsch
🇮🇹 Italian: Kölsch
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Kölsch
💡 Nuance: Ale yeast, then cold conditioning. Looks like a pilsner. Altbier is Düsseldorf's copper answer.
light, crisp ale from Cologne - tastes almost like a lager
Example: Kölsch is served in a tall, thin glass and replaced before it warms.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Kölsch🇫🇷 French: Kölsch
🇩🇪 German: Kölsch
🇮🇹 Italian: Kölsch
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Kölsch
💡 Nuance: Ale yeast, then cold conditioning. Looks like a pilsner. Altbier is Düsseldorf's copper answer.
🟠 Altbier
copper German ale from Düsseldorf
Example: Altbier is toasted malt with a clean, bitter finish.
🇫🇷 French: Altbier
🇩🇪 German: Altbier
🇮🇹 Italian: Altbier
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Altbier
💡 Nuance: Alt means old-style ale. Not an amber ale from a U.S. tap list, even if the color matches.
copper German ale from Düsseldorf
Example: Altbier is toasted malt with a clean, bitter finish.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Altbier🇫🇷 French: Altbier
🇩🇪 German: Altbier
🇮🇹 Italian: Altbier
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Altbier
💡 Nuance: Alt means old-style ale. Not an amber ale from a U.S. tap list, even if the color matches.
🍋 Sour
🍋 Sour Ale
beer made tart on purpose
Example: The sour ale was lemon-sharp, not hop-bitter.
🇫🇷 French: Sour ale / bière acide
🇩🇪 German: Sour Ale / Sauerbier
🇮🇹 Italian: Sour ale
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Sour ale
💡 Nuance: Umbrella. Gose and Berliner weisse are specific German sours.
beer made tart on purpose
Example: The sour ale was lemon-sharp, not hop-bitter.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Sour ale / cerveza agria🇫🇷 French: Sour ale / bière acide
🇩🇪 German: Sour Ale / Sauerbier
🇮🇹 Italian: Sour ale
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Sour ale
💡 Nuance: Umbrella. Gose and Berliner weisse are specific German sours.
🧂 Gose
tart German wheat beer brewed with coriander and salt
Example: Gose tastes salty-sour, like a wheat beer that went to the sea.
🇫🇷 French: Gose
🇩🇪 German: Gose
🇮🇹 Italian: Gose
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Gose
💡 Nuance: Salt is traditional, not a gimmick. Berliner weisse is tarter and usually without the salt.
tart German wheat beer brewed with coriander and salt
Example: Gose tastes salty-sour, like a wheat beer that went to the sea.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Gose🇫🇷 French: Gose
🇩🇪 German: Gose
🇮🇹 Italian: Gose
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Gose
💡 Nuance: Salt is traditional, not a gimmick. Berliner weisse is tarter and usually without the salt.
⚪ Berliner Weisse
light, very tart German wheat beer
Example: Berliner weisse is sometimes served with a shot of sweet syrup to cut the acid.
🇫🇷 French: Berliner weisse
🇩🇪 German: Berliner Weisse
🇮🇹 Italian: Berliner weisse
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Berliner weisse
💡 Nuance: Low alcohol, high tart. Hefeweizen is wheat that is not sour.
light, very tart German wheat beer
Example: Berliner weisse is sometimes served with a shot of sweet syrup to cut the acid.
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🇪🇸 Spanish: Berliner weisse🇫🇷 French: Berliner weisse
🇩🇪 German: Berliner Weisse
🇮🇹 Italian: Berliner weisse
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Berliner weisse
💡 Nuance: Low alcohol, high tart. Hefeweizen is wheat that is not sour.
🧠 Useful Distinctions
❄️ Lager vs. ale
Lager yeast works cold. Ale yeast works warmer. Color does not tell you which family you have.
Lager yeast works cold. Ale yeast works warmer. Color does not tell you which family you have.
🍺 Lager vs. 🇨🇿 Pilsner
Pilsner is a pale, hop-bright lager. Not every pale lager is a pilsner.
Pilsner is a pale, hop-bright lager. Not every pale lager is a pilsner.
🥇 Pale ale vs. IPA vs. Double IPA vs. Session IPA
Pale ale is balanced. IPA is hop-forward. Double is stronger. Session keeps the hops and drops the alcohol.
Pale ale is balanced. IPA is hop-forward. Double is stronger. Session keeps the hops and drops the alcohol.
☕ Porter vs. 🖤 Stout vs. Imperial stout
All dark ales. Porter is roast. Stout is often roast-plus. Imperial stout is the strong one.
All dark ales. Porter is roast. Stout is often roast-plus. Imperial stout is the strong one.
🍌 Hefeweizen vs. 🍊 Witbier
Both wheat. Hefeweizen gets banana and clove from yeast. Witbier is Belgian and often spiced with coriander and peel.
Both wheat. Hefeweizen gets banana and clove from yeast. Witbier is Belgian and often spiced with coriander and peel.
2️⃣ Dubbel vs. 3️⃣ Tripel vs. 4️⃣ Quad
Belgian strength ladder. Dubbel is dark and medium-strong. Tripel is pale and strong. Quad is dark and strongest.
Belgian strength ladder. Dubbel is dark and medium-strong. Tripel is pale and strong. Quad is dark and strongest.
🇩🇪 Kölsch vs. Altbier vs. Pilsner
Kölsch is a pale Cologne ale that drinks like a lager. Altbier is Düsseldorf copper ale. Pilsner is a lager.
Kölsch is a pale Cologne ale that drinks like a lager. Altbier is Düsseldorf copper ale. Pilsner is a lager.
🍋 Sour ale vs. Gose vs. Berliner weisse
Sour ale is the category. Gose is salty-tart wheat. Berliner weisse is light and very tart.
Sour ale is the category. Gose is salty-tart wheat. Berliner weisse is light and very tart.
💬 Everyday Beer Phrases
🌿 Something hoppy, not a dark roast.
IPA family vs. stout
🇫🇷 Quelque chose d’houblonné, pas un stout torréfié.
🇩🇪 Etwas Hopfiges, kein dunkles Röstaroma.
🇮🇹 Qualcosa di luppolato, non un dark roast.
🇵🇹 Algo lupulado, não um stout torrado.
IPA family vs. stout
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🇪🇸 Algo lupulado, no un tostado oscuro.🇫🇷 Quelque chose d’houblonné, pas un stout torréfié.
🇩🇪 Etwas Hopfiges, kein dunkles Röstaroma.
🇮🇹 Qualcosa di luppolato, non un dark roast.
🇵🇹 Algo lupulado, não um stout torrado.
🚴 Make it a session IPA if we are staying for two.
hops without the double-IPA weight
🇫🇷 Une session IPA si on en prend deux.
🇩🇪 Dann eine Session IPA, wenn wir zwei trinken.
🇮🇹 Una session IPA se restiamo per due.
🇵🇹 Uma session IPA se formos ficar para duas.
hops without the double-IPA weight
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🇪🇸 Que sea una session IPA si nos quedamos a dos.🇫🇷 Une session IPA si on en prend deux.
🇩🇪 Dann eine Session IPA, wenn wir zwei trinken.
🇮🇹 Una session IPA se restiamo per due.
🇵🇹 Uma session IPA se formos ficar para duas.
🥂 It is dark. That does not make it a stout.
dunkel and dubbel are dark too
🇫🇷 Elle est sombre. Ça n’en fait pas un stout.
🇩🇪 Sie ist dunkel. Das macht sie nicht zum Stout.
🇮🇹 È scura. Non per questo è una stout.
🇵🇹 É escura. Isso não a torna stout.
dunkel and dubbel are dark too
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🇪🇸 Es oscura. Eso no la convierte en stout.🇫🇷 Elle est sombre. Ça n’en fait pas un stout.
🇩🇪 Sie ist dunkel. Das macht sie nicht zum Stout.
🇮🇹 È scura. Non per questo è una stout.
🇵🇹 É escura. Isso não a torna stout.
🍋 Tart on purpose - not a beer that went off.
sour ale vs. a fault
🇫🇷 Acide exprès, pas une bière tournée.
🇩🇪 Absichtlich sauer, kein verdorbenes Bier.
🇮🇹 Acida di proposito, non una birra andata a male.
🇵🇹 Ácida de propósito, não uma cerveja estragada.
sour ale vs. a fault
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🇪🇸 Ácida a propósito, no una cerveza estropeada.🇫🇷 Acide exprès, pas une bière tournée.
🇩🇪 Absichtlich sauer, kein verdorbenes Bier.
🇮🇹 Acida di proposito, non una birra andata a male.
🇵🇹 Ácida de propósito, não uma cerveja estragada.
🏆 Final Practice
English in the Real World:
Read the situation. Choose the more precise beer word.
Read the situation. Choose the more precise beer word.
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