Service Standards

BEERKNOWLEDGE

COMMONBEER STYLES:

AMERICAN LAGER / PILSNER (LAGER) This is what you think of when you think of “beer”.

American Lager was derived from Czech/German Pilsners and this type comprises most of the yellow-fizzy beers from around the world. American Adjunct Lager is far and away the most popular style and has the largest-scale production by a wide margin (FYI: an “adjunct” is an unmalted grain used in the brewing process). As for the Pilsners; German Pilsner tends to be slightly bitter, Czech Pilsner tends to be lighter, and European Pilsner tends to be sweeter.

1.Budweiser 2.Corona Extra 3.Coors 4.Bud Light 5.Miller High Life 6.Michelob Ultra

WHEAT BEER (ALE) We’re just going to be focusing on Witbier and Weissbier.

A Witbier is a hazy pale, unfiltered mild ale that uses a herb/spice mixture (called a gruit) to flavor the beer in place of hops. The two common flavoring ingredients in most Wits are coriander and orange (sweet or bitter); they may also include cumin, cardamom, anise, black pepper, or other herbs/spices. It is rare to use hops in the brewing of a Wit, but sometimes a spicy variety such as Saaz could be used. The taste is a light refreshing flavorful beer that can be imbibed in quantity. A Weissbier is similar in style to a Wit, but the flavor in the Weiss is derived from specialized yeast strains that impart flavors of banana and clove rather than spicing the beer with fruit. INDIA PALE ALE (IPA) / AMERICAN PALE ALE (APA) You want a hoppy beer? Here you are. This style more than any other has become synonymous with craft brewing in the United States due to the current wave of breweries reveling in IPAs and APAs. American IPAs are much more hoppy than English IPAs and vary greatly amongst the style. The line between American IPAs and APAs is vague at best, but APAs tend to have a lower ABV, be less aggressively hopped, and have some amber notes RED / BROWN (LAGER OR ALE) American Ambers can be Ales or Lagers. Bell’s Amber is an Ale, Yuengling Traditional is a Lager, both are American Ambers. American Browns darken back to English Browns and American Ambers are our take on Irish Reds. Amber and Brown refer to the color of the beer which (like coffee) gets its depth of color from how long the malt is roasted.