What is craft beer?
Craft beer can be defined as a beer made in a traditional way by a smaller brewery.
It is made by individuals with a passion for beer, using specific ingredients and in smaller batches.
Where mass produced beer usually has a pale yellow colour, craft beer can take a variety of colors depending on the brew.
Craft beers are also more about specific flavour palate.
Some of the Many BEER TYPES
Pale Lager - pilsner
- light to medium bodied
- light to medium hoppy
- clean
- malt character
- usually between 3.5% and 5%
- golden color
- conditioned at low temperature
ipa - india pale ale
New england ipa
- hoppy, bitter, fruity and hazy
- usually between 5,8 - 10 %
Session ipa
- mild hops, more on the fruitty side
- usually between 3,5 - 5,5 %
west coast ipa
- bitter, mostly filtered and clean
- usually between 6% and 8%
Apa - american pale ale
- Bitter flavours
- malt character
- darker colored
- usually between 5 % - 7 %
- high in hops
- served at 2 - 5 degrees
Brown Ale
- light to medium bodied
- light to medium hoppy
- clean
- malt character
- usually between 3.5% and 5%
- golden color
- conditioned at low temperature
Wheat beer
- beer with wheat used in brewing
- full mouthfull
- hazy texture
- sweet flavours
- creamy texture
- typically between 4.5 % - 5.5%
Stout - porter
- top-fermented and dark in color
- made using roasted malt or barley
- traditionally the strongest porters
- Different styles: Imperial, milk, aged
- common ingrediets: coffee, chocolate, vanilla & vanilla
- aged commonly in whissky or rum barells
- Imprial stounts: 10% - 20%
Normal stouts: 8% - 14%