“So many beers, so little time” ~ a beer lover
Pliny The Younger, Trappist Westvleteren 12, Fuller’s London Porter, Ola Dubh Special Reserve 12, Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout, Wee Heavy, Traquair Jacobite and so many others! If one were to make a list of different beers available then a day will fall short, courtesy to the myriad of beer styles available.
Though there are different beer styles but the ingredients used in brewing the beer remain same in most of them – water, barley, hops and yeast.
So the mystery is if all beers have a combination of malt and hops, then why they taste differently. The mystery lies in the art of the brewer and the way beer is fermented. Some beers have a higher combination of both hop and malt, while some have a higher combination of either hop or malt.
Beer styles primarily fall under three significant categories Ale, Lager and Hybrid.
Ale beer style: The first beer was ale. Ales are the single largest category of beer style. A majority of ale styles originated in the British Isles but there are styles that originated in Belgium and Germany. Following is the list of different ales –
- wheat ale
- pale ale
- bitters
- amber or red ale
- german ale
- brown ale
- scottish ale
- belgian ale
- porter
- stout
Lager beer style: Lager is one of the three major beer styles. The term lager is derived from the German word “lagern” which means to store. Hundreds of years back beer was stored in a cool place to keep it fresh and hence, the name lager. It is a kind of beer that is bottom fermented, means yeast settles at the bottom of the brewing vessel rather than floating on top. It is fermented at cold temperature of around 50 degree Fahrenheit or below. This is stored or lagered for some period, usually between two weeks to a month, before it is ready to drink.
Hybrid Beer Style: Hybrid beer style is fairly different from both ale and lager. It is a kind of beer produced in some unique ways. Hybrids are usually dry like lagers but have malty flavours. This category of beer was originally produced by fermenting a yeast strain at a different room temperature. For example, California Common Beer is brewed with a lager fermented in sunny, warm California, while Kolsch was first brewed with ale strains in the unusually low temperatures of North Europe.
Difference between ale and lager:
Now when we know about the three main beer styles let us take a look at the difference between ale and lager. The difference between ale and lager can be categorized into following three main groups:
Yeast:
Ale involves “top-fermenting” strains of yeast. On the other hand, lager involves “bottom fermenting” yeasts that sink to the bottom of the tank and ferment there.
Temperature:
Ale is fermented at warm temperature whereas lager is fermented at cooler temperature.
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