Pale
Straw to light yellow, about 2–4 on the SRM colour scale: lightly kilned malt, a delicate grain flavour. Most light lagers, pilsners and wheat beers sit here.
Pale beers
German Pils
LagerGerman Pils: a pale, dry, bitter lager with a bright hop aroma, adapted from the Czech original in the 1870s. 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.
Witbier
AleWitbier: a hazy, pale Belgian wheat beer spiced with coriander and orange peel, revived by Pierre Celis in 1966. 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.
International Pale Lager
LagerInternational pale lager: the clean, crisp, pale and fizzy lager brewed by large breweries around the world. Strength, bitterness, glass 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.
Berliner Weisse
Wild & sourBerliner Weisse: a pale, sour, fizzy, low-alcohol wheat beer from Berlin, the 'Champagne of the North'. Strength, sourness, glass and classic examples.
Gose
Wild & sourGose: a tart, hazy wheat beer from Leipzig, brewed with salt and coriander and revived after it died out in 1966. Strength, glass and classic examples.