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In the world of beer, it can become a little confusing as to is exactly available, and who produces your wanted beverage. Here is a guide to most every type of beer available today, and a few names of the brewers who produce said beer type. There will be two broad categories Ales and Lagers, as those define the two opposite ends of the spectrum. Ales which are a type of beer with a bitter flavor and high alcoholic content, and Lagers which are effervescent and light in color and body. So without further ado, here is your guide to the various beer types.

Ales

Stout/Porter:

• Sweet Stout – Youngs Double Chocolate Stout, Mackeson XXX Stout
• American Stout – Sierra Nevada Stout, Deschutes Obsidian Stout
• American Porter  – Smuttynose Robust Porter, Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Proter
• English Porter – Fullers London Porter, Geary’s London Style Porter
• Irish Stout - Beamish Stout, Murphy’s Irish Stout, Guinness Draught
• Foreign Stout - Lion Stout, Reaper Ale Mortality Stout, Guinness Foreign Extra Stout
• Imperial Stout - Rogue imperial Stout, Stone Imperial Russion Stout, Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
• Flavored Stout - Porterhouse Oytster Stout, Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout, Bells Java Stout
• Oatmeal Stout – Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout, Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast
• Baltic Porter - Koff Porter, Zywiec Porter, Victory Baltic Thunder

Pale Ale

• Irish Ale – Smithwicks Ale, McSorleys Ale
• English Pale Ale - Boddingtons Pub Ale, Goose Island Honker’s Ale, Morland Old Speckled Hen, Gritty McDuff’s Best Bitter
• Burton Pal Ale - Bass Ale
• Premium Bitter - Wychwood Hobgoblin
• Light Ale - Courage Light Ale, Goachers Fine Light Ale
• India Pale Ale - Victory Hop Devil, Harpoon IPA, Stone IPA, Bear Republic Racer 5
• Double IPA - Dogfish head 120 Minute IPA, Flying Dog Double Dog Double Pale Ale, Brew Dog Sink the Bismarck
• American Pale Ale – Three Floyds Alpha King, Anchor Liberty Ale, HeBrew Genesis Ale, Dogfish Head Shelter Pale Ale, Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.
• Amber Ale - new Belgum Fat Tire, Troegs Hopback Amber Ale
• American Wheat Ale - Lost Coast Apricot Wheat, new Glarus Crack’d Wheat, Three Floyds Gumballhead
• Blonde Ale - Redhook Blonde Ale, Rogue Oregon Blond Ale
• Mild Ale - Motor City Ghettoblaster, Brains Dark
• Brown Ale - Newcastle Brown Ale, Petes Wicked Ale
• Scotch Ale - Founders Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale, McEwans Scotch Ale, AleSmoth Wee heavy Scotch Ale
• Barley Wine - Sierra Nevada Bigfoot, Victory Old Horizontal, Brooklyn Monsters Ale
• American Strong Ale - Arrogant Bastard Ale, Mendocino Eye Of The Hawk, Rogue Double dead Guy Ale
• Old Ale - Kuhnhenn Fourth Dementia Old Ale, Theakston Old Peculier

Lambic

• American Wild Ale – Russian River Consecration, Jolly Pumpkin La Roja
• Faro - Girardin Faro, Boon Faro Pertotale
• Gueuze - Boon Oude Gueuze Mariage Parfait, Drie Fonteinen Oude Gueuze
• Fruit – Kriek De Ranke, Lindemans Framboise
• Unblended - Cantillon iris, De Cam Lambiek

Belgian/French

• Witbier – Unibroue Blance de Chambly, Hoegaarden Original White Ale, Blue Moon Belgia White
• Oud Bruin – Deschutes The Dissident, Petrus Oud Bruin
• Saison – Saison Dupont, Ommegang Hennepin
• Biere De Garde  – Lost Abbey Avant Garde, St. Sylvestre 3 Monts
• Flanders Red Ale – Rodenbach Grand Cru, Duchess de Bourgogne
• Belgian Pale Ale – Leffe Blonde, Orval Trappist Ale
• Belgian Strong Pale Ale - Duvel, Delirium Tremens
• Tripel - Chimay Tripel, Unibroue La Fin du Monde, Gulden Draak
• Belgian Dark Ale - Ommegang Rare Vos, Bink Bruin
• Belgian Strong Dark Ale - Trappistes Rochefort 8
• Quadrupel - Avery The Reverend, La Trappe Quadrupel
• Dubbel - St. Nerardus Prior 8, Goose Island Pere Jacques
• Biere De Champagne - Maheur Biere Brut, Scaldis Prestige

German Ale

• Roggenbier – Thurn Und Taxis Roggen
• Weizenbock - Schneider Aventinus, Victory Moonglow Weszenbock
• Hefeweizen - Paulaner hefeweissbier, Kapuziner Weissbier
• Gose - Bayerischer Bahnof Original Leipziger Gose
• Berliner Weise - Berliner Kindl Weisse, Weihenstephan 1809
• Kristall Weizen - Tucher Kristall Weisen, Weihenstephaner Kristall Weissbier
• Kolsch - Pyramid Curve Ball Kolsch, Reissdorf Kolsch
• Altbier - Alaskan Amber, Uerige Sticke

Lagers

American Lager

• Cream Ale – Genny Cream Ale, New Glarus Spotted Cow
• California Common – Anchor Steam Beer, Steamworks Steam Engine Lager
• American Dark Amber Lager – Brooklyn Lager, Killian’s Irish Red
• American Pale Lager – Moosehead Lager, Michelob, Saranac Lager
• American Adjunct Lager ­- Rolling Rock Extra Pale, Miller High Life, Corona Extra, PBR, TsingTao, Presidente, Budweiser
• Malt Liquor – Olde English 800, King Cobra, Mickey’s
• Ice Beer - Bud Ice, Natural Ice
• Dry Beer - Milwaaukee’s Best Dry, Asahi Super Dry
• Light Beer – Coors Light, Keystone Light, Bud Light

Pilsner

• American Imperial Pilsner – Dogfish head Golden Era, Samuel Adams Hallertau Imperial Pilsner
• American Pilsner - Labatt’s Blue, Yuengling Premium Lager
• German Pilsner - Beck’s, Prima Pils, Jerver Pilsener, St. Pauli Girl
• Bohemian Pilsner – Piilsner Urquell, Lagunitas PILS

German Lager

• Dortmunder - Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold, Ayiner Jarhunder Bier
• Maibock/Helles – Rogue Dead guy Ale, Hofbrau Maibock
• Doppel Bock - Spaten Optimator, Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock
• Eisbock - Capital Brewery Eisphyre, Kulmbacher Reichelbrau Eisbock
• Dunkler Bock - Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock, Einbecker Ur-Bock Dunkel
• Keller Bier - Voodoo Pilzilla, St. Georgenbrau keller Bier
• Marzen - Paulaner Oktoberfest, Spaten Oktoberfestbier Ur-Marzen
• Rauchbier - Aecht Schlenkerla rauchbier Marzen
• Vienna Lager - Samuel Adams Boston Lager, Dos Equis Amber Lager, Great Lakes Eliot Ness
• Schwarzbier - Kostritzer Schwarzbier, Samuel Adams Black Lager
• Munich Helles - Lownbrau Original, Mythos Hellenic Lager, Weihenstephaner Original
• Munich Dunkel - Negra Modelo, Warsteiner Premium Dunkel

European Lager

• European Strong Lager – Baltika 9 Extra, Warka Strong, Carlsberg Elehant
• European Dark Lager - Zatec, Golden Pheasant, Port Brewing Hot Rocks Lager, Leinenkugel’s Creamy Dark
• European Pale Lager - Heineken Lager Beer, Stella Artois, Grolsch Premium Lager, peroni Nastro Azzuro, Harp Lager

That concludes our beer guide, hopefully it was informative enough to either tell you what you already like, or introduce some new beverages to your ordering repertoire. Just be sure to drink responsibly.

About the Author

The author of this article is Damien S. Wilhelmi. If you enjoyed this, you can follow me on twitter @COSportsZealot. I am writing on behalf of LiquorMart.com, which is one of the best wine stores online.

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