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Beer Styles

So many beers and so little time. Understand the keys to brewing different beer styles and what techniques, choice of yeast strain, hops and grains will bring out the best in your pint glass. Different beer styles call for different approaches and the Brew Your Own archives will guide you through from Abbey Ales to Witbiers.

Featured Story: Gruitbier: Style Profile (Jan/Feb 2006)
A dark beer from the Dark Ages. Learn the nitty gritty on brewing a great gruitbier with herbs.

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Additional Articles
  • Weizenbock: Style Profile (Jan/Feb 2012)
  • Gotlandsdricka (December 2011)
  • Brewing Sour Beers: Tips from the Pros (December 2011)
  • Brown Porter: Style Profile (December 2011)
  • English Barleywine: Style Profile (November 2011)
  • Retro Regional Beer Clones (October 2011)
  • Maibock: Style Profile (October 2011)
  • Welsh Beer (September 2011)
  • American IPA: Style Profile (September 2011)
  • Witbier (Jul/Aug 2011)
  • The Cult of American Saison (Jul/Aug 2011)
  • Session Beers (Jul/Aug 2011)
  • Saison: Tips from the Pros (Jul/Aug 2011)
  • Cream Ale: Style Profile (Jul/Aug 2011)
  • Beers From the Top of the World (May/Jun 2011)
  • Viking Ale (May/Jun 2011)
  • Session Creation: Tips from the Pros (May/Jun 2011)
  • Belgian Strong Golden Ale: Style Profile (Mar/Apr 2011)
  • Foreign Extra Stout (Jan/Feb 2011)
  • Delicious Dry Stout (Jan/Feb 2010)
  • Pulque: A Mexican Indigenous Brew (Jan/Feb 2011)
  • German Hefeweizen: Style Profile (Jan/Feb 2011)
  • Kvass Revival ( 2010)
  • German Pilsner: Style Profile (December 2010)
  • Barleywine Clones (November 2010)
  • English IPA: Style Profile (November 2010)
  • Rauchbier: Brewing “Liquid Bacon” (October 2010)
  • Cooking with Homebrew (September 2010)
  • Adding Fruit to Sour Beers (September 2010)
  • American Wheat: Tips from the Pros (Jul/Aug 2010)
  • American Wheat: Style Profile (Jul/Aug 2010)
  • Historical Porter: Techniques (Jul/Aug 2010)
  • Oatmeal Stout: Tips from the Pros (May/Jun 2010)
  • Belgian Tripel: Style Profile (May/Jun 2010)
  • Northern English Brown Ale: Style Profile (Mar/Apr 2010)
  • The Dark Secrets of Porter (Jan/Feb 2010)
  • Dunkelweizen: Style Profile (Jan/Feb 2010)
  • Russian Imperial Stout: Style Profile (December 2009)
  • Bohemian Pilsener: Style Profile (November 2009)
  • Big Imperial German Beers (October 2009)
  • Brewing Imperial Styles: Tips from the Pros (October 2009)
  • American Brown Ale: Style Profile (October 2009)
  • Berliner Weisse: Style Profile (September 2009)
  • Build an in-line aerator: Projects (Jul/Aug 2009)
  • Mild Ale: Style Profile (Jul/Aug 2009)
  • Six Summer Beer Clones (Jul/Aug 2009)
  • Kölsch: Style Profile (May/Jun 2009)
  • Irish Red Ale: Style Profile (Mar/Apr 2009)
  • Aussie-style Dark Ale: Tips from the Pros (Mar/Apr 2009)
  • Australian Pale Ale (Mar/Apr 2009)
  • Australian Beer Scene (Mar/Apr 2009)
  • American Pale Ale: Style Profile (Jan/Feb 2009)
  • Barleywine (Jan/Feb 2009)
  • Fruit Beers: Style Profile (December 2008)
  • Brewing Smoked Beers: Tips from the Pros (December 2008)
  • Belgian Pale Ale: Style Profile (Jul/Aug 2008)
  • Imperial IPA: Style Profile (November 2008)
  • Hybrid Beer Styles: Tips from the Pros (November 2008)
  • Roggenbier: Style Profile (October 2008)
  • Style Profile (September 2008)
  • Low Hop Recipes  (September 2008)
  • Scottish Ale (September 2008)
  • Munich dunkel: Style Profile (May/Jun 2008)
  • Czech Pilsner (May/Jun 2008)
  • ESB: Style Profile (Mar/Apr 2008)
  • Kölsch: Tips from the Pros (Mar/Apr 2008)
  • Winter Spiced Ale: Style Profile (December 2007)
  • Scottish Ale: Style Profile (October 2007)
  • 10 GABF Gold Medal Clones (September 2007)
  • Brown Ale (September 2007)
  • Brewing With Coffee: Techniques (September 2007)
  • Foreign Extra Stout: Style Profile (September 2007)
  • IPA: A Tale of Two Beer Styles (May/Jun 2007)
  • Belgian Golden Ale: Style Profile (May/Jun 2006)
  • Russian Imperial Stout: Style Profile (December 2005)
  • Russian Imperial Stout: Tips from the Pros (December 2005)
  • Biére de garde: Style Profile (October 2005)
  • Mild Ale: It's Not Dead Yet! (September 2005)
  • Northern German Pils: Style Profile (Jul/Aug 2005)
  • Saison (Jul/Aug 2005)
  • International Lagers (Jul/Aug 2005)
  • Oud Bruin: Style Profile (May/Jun 2005)
  • American Cream Ale: Style Profile (Mar/Apr 2005)
  • Dusseldorf Altbier: Style Profile (November 2004)
  • Berliner Weisse: Style Profile (October 2004)
  • Make Your Beer Burn: Bring the Heat of Hot Peppers to Your Brewing (October 2004)
  • Scottish Ale: Style Profile (September 2004)
  • Brewing Bitter Ale: Tips from the Pros (September 2004)
  • Dortmund Export: Style Profile (Jul/Aug 2004)
  • Bockbier -- Pride of the Bavarian Brewhouse (Jul/Aug 2004)
  • Chip Off the Old Bock -- The American Adaptation of Bock Beer (Jul/Aug 2004)
  • Roggenbier: Style Profile (May/Jun 2004)
  • Bohemian Pilsner: Style Profile (Mar/Apr 2004)
  • Big, Bad Barleywine (Mar/Apr 2004)
  • Malt Liquor: Style Profile (December 2003)
  • Ice Block Eisbock (December 2003)
  • Mild Ale: Style Profile (November 2003)
  • Braggot: Style Profile (October 2003)
  • Trappist Ale (October 2003)
  • Dunkelweizen: Style Profile (September 2003)
  • Pale Ale (September 2003)
  • Beer Styles: Between Theory and Practice (September 2003)
  • Sour Cherry Ale: Syle Profile (Jul/Aug 2003)
  • Oktoberfest: Tips from the Pros (Jul/Aug 2003)
  • Lawnmower Beers (Jul/Aug 2003)
  • Kolsch: Style Profile (May/Jun 2003)
  • Irish Red Ale: Style Profile (Jan/Feb 2003)
  • Brewing Stout: Tips from the Pros (Jan/Feb 2003)
  • Perfect Porter (Jan/Feb 2003)
  • Brown Ale: Style Profile (October 2002)
  • Helles: Style Profile (Jul/Aug 2002)
  • Dunkel: Style Profile (Mar/Apr 2002)
  • Schwarzbier: Style Calendar (Jan/Feb 2002)
  • Kolsch and Robust Porter: Style Calendar (September 2001)
  • American Brown Ale and Marzen: Style Calendar (March 2001)
  • Cream Stout and Dark Lager: Style Calendar (February 2001)
  • Homebrew Adventures! 4 Indigenous Beers (January 2001)
  • Periodic Table of Beer Styles (January 2001)
  • ESB and Weizenbock: Style Calendar (October 2000)
  • Mild Ale and IPA: Style Calendar (May 2000)
  • Strong Scotch Ale and Maibock: Style Calendar (April 2000)
  • Just Brew It! 3 Beers that are Hard to Brew (April 2000)
  • Cream Ale and Irish Stout: Style Calendar (February 2000)
  • Barleywine and Roggenbier: Style Calendar (January 2000)
  • 10 Keys to Great Ales (January 2000)
  • Old Ale and Christmas Ale: Style of the Month (December 1999)
  • Frambozenbier and Porter: Style of the Month (November 1999)
  • Kolsch and Witbier: Style of the Month (August 1999)
  • Father Knows Best: 5 American Lage Recipes (August 1999)
  • Belgian Tripel and IPA: Style of the Month (July 1999)
  • Dunkelweizen and English bitter: Style of the Month (March 1999)
  • Dublin Stout and Steam: Style of the Month (February 1999)
  • Imperial Stout and Barleywine: Style of the Month (January 1999)
  • Eisbock: Brew the Beer Money Can't Buy (January 1999)
  • Brewing Like the British (December 1998)
  • Superior Stout (December 1998)
  • Brewing Maibock: Tips from the Pros (October 1998)
  • Best Bitter and Bavarian Weizen: Style Calendar (May 2001)
  • Traditional IPA: Style of the Month (November 1997)
  • Fruit Beer: Tips from the Pros (November 1997)
  • Scotch Ale: Style of the Month (July 1996)
  • American Amber Ale: Style of the Month (June 1996)
  • Weiss: Style of the Month (May 1996)
  • Belgian Abbey Ale: Style of the Month (April 1996)
  • Stout: Style of the Month (March 1996)
  • India Pale Ale: Style of the Month (February 1996)
  • Bock: Style of the Month (January 1996)
  • Barleywine: Style of the Month (December 1995)
  • Cozy Brews for Winter Nights: Winter Warmers (December 1995)
  • Porter: Style of the Month (November 1995)
  • It's the Great Pumpkin! (November 1995)
  • Classic American Pilsner: Style of the Month (October 1995)
  • Belgian Strong Ale and Fruit Ale: Style Calendar (Summer 2001)

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