1. A Festival of Hops GPSCY Beer Tasting 18 August 2011 Header image source: thebeerjournal.com
2. LIGHT LAGER Lite American Lager Standard American Lager Premium American Lager Munich Helles Dortmunder Export PILSNER German Pilsner (Pils) Bohemian Pilsner Classic American Pilsner EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER Venna Lager Oktoberfest/Märzen DARK LAGER Dark American Lager Munich Dunkel Schwarzbier (Black Beer) BOCK Maibock/Helles Bock Traditional Bock Doppelbock Eisbock LIGHT HYBRID BEER Cream Ale Blonde Ale Kolsch American Wheat or Rye Beer AMBER HYBRID BEER Northern German Altbier California Common Beer Düsseldorf Altbier ENGLISH PALE ALE Standard/Ordinary Bitter Special/Best/Premium Bitter Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE Scottish Light 60/- Scottish Heavy 70/- Scottish Export 80/- Irish Red ale Strong Scotch Ale AMERICAN ALE American Pale Ale American Amber Ale American Brown Ale ENGLISH BROWN ALE Mild Southern English Brown Northern English Brown Ale PORTER Brown Porter Robust Porter Baltic Porter STOUT Dry Stout Sweet Stout Oatmeal Stout Foreign Extra Stout American Stout Russian Imperial Stout INDIA PALE ALE (IPA) English IPA American IPA Imperial IPA GERMAN WHEAT AND RYE BEER Weizen/Weissbier Dunkelweizen Weizenbock Roggenbier (German Rye Beer) BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE Witbier Belgian Pale Ale Saison Bière de Garde Belgian Specialty Ale SOUR ALE Berliner Weisse Flanders Red Ale Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin Straight (Unblended) Lambic Gueuze Fruit Lambic BELGIAN STRONG ALE Belgian Blond Ale Belgian Dubbel Belgian Tripel Belgian Golden Strong Ale Belgian Dark Strong Ale STRONG ALE Old Ale English Barleywine American Barleywine FRUIT BEER SPICE/HERB/VEGETABLE BEER Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer SMOKE FLAVORED AND WOOD-AGED BEER Classic Rauchbier Other Smoked Beer Wood-Aged Beer SPECIALTY BEER Source: BJCP Guidelines, 2004 Edition.
6. Southern Tier PALE Dale’s Pale Ale Southern Tier PALE 6.1% ABV AmericanPale Ale BrewedbySouthern Tier 6.5% ABV AmericanPale Ale BrewedbyOskar Blues “Aggressively hopped…delicately refined.” “A huge voluminously hoppedmuthaof a pale ale”
7. Some kinds of Hops Some kinds of Hops American Floral/Citrus Amarillo: popular bittering/aroma Centennial: “supercharged” floral/citrus Chinook: slightly smoky Simcoe: non-aggressive bittering,good aroma/flavor Intense Bittering! Columbus Warrior Others Saaz: herbal/spicy Noble Hops: similar to Saaz(Hallertauer, Tettnanger, etc) Remember: hop flavor is not the same as bitterness!
8. HoublonChouffe Sublimely Self- Righteous HoublonChouffe 9.0% ABV BelgianIPA BrewedbyBrasserie d'Achouffe 8.7% ABV BlackIPA Brewedby Stone “...a marked bitterness…and a pleasant fruitiness.” “Too often, we allow our modesty to get the best of us...”
10. Ruination IPA Ruination IPA Maximus IPA 7.7% ABV ImperialIPA BrewedbyStone 8.2% ABV ImperialIPA Brewedby Lagunitas “A liquid poem to theglory of the hop” “Caution: May removeenamel from teeth.”
11. 90 Minute IPA 9.0% ABV Imperial IPA Brewed by Dogfish HeadCraft Brewery “The world’s firstcontinually-hopped beer.” “Perhaps the bestIPA in America.”
