Gold
Deep yellow to gold, about 5–7 SRM: a little more malt colour, often honey or bread notes. Helles, Kölsch, Belgian blonds and tripels.
Gold beers
American IPA
AleAmerican IPA: a strong, bitter pale ale built around American hops, from citrus and pine to tropical fruit. Strength, bitterness, glass and classic examples.
Czech Pilsner
LagerCzech Pilsner: a gold lager with bready malt and a soft, spicy hop bitterness, first brewed in Plzeň in 1842. Strength, bitterness, glass and classic examples.
Belgian Tripel
AleBelgian Tripel: a strong, pale, dry abbey ale with spicy yeast and fruity notes, made famous by Westmalle. Strength, bitterness, glass and classic examples.
Hazy IPA (New England IPA)
AleHazy IPA, or New England IPA: a soft, juicy, hazy IPA bursting with tropical fruit from late hops, with low bitterness. Strength, glass and how it is made.
Munich Helles
LagerMunich Helles: a gold Bavarian lager, soft and malty with a dry finish, created in Munich in 1894. Strength, bitterness, glass and classic examples.
Weissbier
AleWeissbier (Hefeweizen): a pale, cloudy Bavarian wheat beer with banana and clove from its yeast and a huge fluffy head. Strength, bitterness, glass and examples.
Saison
AleSaison: a dry, fizzy, peppery farmhouse ale from Wallonia, in table, standard and super strength. Strength, bitterness, glass and classic examples.
Kölsch
HybridKölsch: a pale, delicate, top-fermented beer from Cologne, matured cold like a lager and served in a 20 cl Stange. Strength, bitterness, glass and classic examples.
Belgian Blond Ale
AleBelgian Blond: a golden, smooth, moderately strong ale with soft spice from its yeast, popularised by Leffe after the Second World War. Strength, bitterness, glass and examples.
Gueuze
Wild & sourGueuze: a sparkling, sour Belgian wild beer blended from one-, two- and three-year-old lambic. Strength, colour, glass, the Oude Geuze rules and classic examples.
Lambic
Wild & sourLambic: a still, sour, wild wheat beer from around Brussels, fermented by the yeasts in the air and aged in oak. Strength, colour, glass and classic examples.