German pils
- light body, highly attenuated
- long lasting head
- balance towards bitterness
- medium low body
- medium to high carbonation
- lighter, drier, fully attenuated, bitter, higher carb than premium lager
- hoppy and bitter than Munich Helles
- ABV 4.4~5.2 (=kolsch)
Kolsch
- delicately balanced, subtle fruit and hop
- not persistent head
- soft yet attenuated malt flavor, no residual sweet
- wheat, attenuative ale yeast
6. American barleywine vs. Eisbock
American barleywine
- well-hopped, evident hop
- new world variety, hop=malt > alcohol & ester aroma
- amber to copper, off white to tan
- leg
- balance towards bitter
- medium strong to aggressive hop flavor
- full, chewy not syrupy, under attenuated
- hoppier than English barleywine
- more malt and body than DIPA
Eisbock
- malty dark German lager
- definite alcohol, significant malt-driven dark fruit aroma
- copper to brown, ruby highlight, off white to deep ivory
- toasty to chocolate, no hop flavor, significant alcohol
- full to very full body
- less thick, rich, sweet than wheatwine
- ABV 9.0~14
7. Czech pale lager vs. Czech amber lager
Czech pale lager
- hoppy and bitter
- low to medium bready malt aroma, diacetyl ok
- light to deep gold, long lasting creamy white head
- prominent bitterness
- medium low to medium body, medium carbonation
- small Czech premium pilsner
Czech amber lager
- drier, bready, biscuity to caramelly malt driven beer
- bready, maillard caramelly, candy aroma, low fruity, diacetyl ok
- amber to copper color, persist off white head
- complex, dominant malt flavor, no roasted malt flavor
- medium to medium full body, low to medium carbonation
- vienna lager+saazer hop, English bitter+caramel malt
8. Baltic porter vs. Belgian strong dark ale
Baltic porter
- reminiscent of English porter, Schwarzbier w/o roasty
- multi-layered malt and dark fruit flavor
- caramel, plum, chocolate & coffee aroma, no burnt, no hop, no sour
- copper to brown, not black, tan head
- clean lager flavor, mouth filling and smooth
- full body, well aged alcohol, medium to medium high carbonation
- less roasted & smoother Imperial stout, more fruit and alcohol than other porter
Belgian strong dark ale
- dark, complex, very strong beer
- significant ester and alcohol aroma, medium low to strong fruit aroma, no roast, no solvent
- amber to coppery brown, cream to light tan head
- malty rich balance and dry finish
- medium low to medium full and creamy body, high carbonation
- larger, fuller, maltier Dubbel
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