~ Custom Creations ~ Hand Crafted Classic Cocktails ... with a Modern Twist McGregor Boulevard ... 10.0 Black Bush Irish Whiskey, Solerno Blood Orange Liquor, Sweet Vermouth, Chocolate Mole Bitters. Served up in a Snifter with a Filthy Cherry V6 Shine-Gria ... 9.0 Midnight Moon Blackberry and Raspberry Moonshine, Red Wine, Simple Syrup, Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Club Soda Antifreeze Cooler ... 7.0 Ketel Orange Vodka, Malibu Coconut Rum, Blue Curacao, Melon Liquor, Orange Juice, Sweet and Sour Pink Slip ... 8.0 Ketel Citroen Vodka, Amaretto, Cherries, Limes, Pink Lemonade Bootlegger ... 8.0 Bulliet Bourbon, Simple Syrup, Basil, Lemon Juice, Sweet Tea The Model Tea ... 7.0 Deep Eddy Sweet Tea Vodka, Deep Eddy Lemon Vodka, Peach Schnapps, Mint, Sweet Tea First & Dean ... 8.0 Nolet Silver Gin, Cucumbers, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup, Cranberry Juice, Ginger Ale Rosie’s Riviter-Rita ... 9.0 Patron Silver Tequila, Cointreau, Plum Bitters, Pama, Fresh Limeade, Soda Water 1 ~ Ford’s Fusions ~ The Perfect Balance of Craft Beer and Speciality Spirits Hop in my Gin ... 9.0 Ford’s Gin, St.Germain Elderflower Liquor, Ginger Puree, Mango Puree, Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice, Ft. Myers High 5 IPA Mustang Mary ... 10.0 Tito’s Vodka, Ford’s Homemade Spicy Bloody Mary Mix, Lagunitas IPA. Served w/ a Lime, Bleu Cheese Olive, Pickle Spear, Crispy Bacon Slice, and a 5oz Lagunitas IPA Chaser Angry Ginger ... 8.0 Jameson Irish Whiskey, Limes, Ginger Ale, Angry Orchard Cider Hot Wheels ... 9.0 Herradura Reposado Tequila, Ancho Reyes Chili Liquor, Agave Nectar, Limes, Lemons, Orange Blossom Pilsner. Served with a Grilled Jalapeno Spark Plug ... 9.0 3 Olives Triple Espresso Vodka, Frangelico, Chocolate Syrup, Guinness Irish Stout. Served with a Rock Candy Stick Pin Up Girl ... 8.0 44 North Huckleberry Vodka, Blueberries, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup, Pink Lemonade, Sea Dog Blue Paw Brew-Jito ... 8.0 Bacardi Silver Rum, Agave Nectar, Strawberry Puree, Lime Juice, Mint Leaves, Kona Big Wave Blond Ale Sunshine Skyway ... 8.0 Old St. Pete Gin, Ginger Puree, Cucumbers, Lemon Juice, Cracked Black Pepper, Cigar City Florida Cracker 2 ~ Bottles of Lager ~ Light Lager Amstel Light Bud Light Bud Lime Bud Select 55 Bud Select Coors Light Corona Light Heineken Light Iron City Light Mich Ultra Miller Lite Miller 64 Sam Adams Light Two Henry’s Gilded Age Pale Lager Anchor California Lager Budweiser Carlsberg Elephant Cigar City Hotter than Helles Corona FBC Florida Lager Fosters Full Sail Session Lager Harp Heineken Kona Longboard Pabst Blue Ribbon Stella Artois Widmer Omission Lager (Gluten Free) Pilsner FBC Sunshine State Pils Lagunitas Pils Napa Smith Pilsner Orange Blossom Pilsner 2 Oskar Blues Mama’s Lil Yella Pils Sierra Nevada Nooner Victory Prima Pils Style ABV Origin Price Light Lager Light Lager Light Lager Light Lager Light Lager Light Lager Light Lager Light Lager Light Lager Light Lager Light Lager Light Lager Light Lager Light Lager 3.5% 4.2% 4.2% 2.4% 4.3% 4.2% 3.6% 3.3% 4.2% 4.1% 4.2% 2.8% 4.0% 4.5% Netherlands Missouri Missouri Missouri Missouri Colorado Mexico Netherlands Pennsylvania Missouri Wisconsin Wisconsin Massachusetts Tampa, FL $4.25 $3.50 $3.50 $3.50 $3.50 $3.50 $4.50 $4.50 $3.50 $3.50 $3.50 $3.50 $4.75 $4.50 Style ABV Origin Price Pale Lager Pale Lager Strong Lager Helles Lager Pale Lager Pale Lager Pale Lager Pale Lager Pale Lager Pale Lager Pale Lager Pale Lager Pale Lager Pale Lager 4.9% 5.0% 7.2% 5.0% 4.5% 5.1% 5.0% 5.1% 4.2% 4.2% 4.6% 4.7% 5.1% 4.6% California Missouri Denmark Tampa, FL Mexico Cape Canaveral, FL Australia Oregon Ireland Netherlands Hawaii Illinois Belgium Oregon $5.25 $3.50 $5.00 $4.75 $4.50 $4.75 $8.75 $4.00 $4.75 $4.50 $4.50 $3.00 $4.75 $4.75 Style German Pilsner Czech Pilsner Czech Pilsner Imperial Pilsner Czech Pilsner German Pilsner German Pilsner 3 ABV OriginPrice 5.0% 6.2% 5.0% 11.0% 5.3% 5.2% 5.3% Cape Canaveral, FL California California Lakeland, FL Colorado California Pennsylvania $4.75 $4.75 $5.50 $8.25 $4.75 $4.75 $5.00 ~ Bottles of Lager ~ Amber / Red Lager Style ABV Origin Price Amber / Red Lager Amber / Red Lager Amber / Red Lager Amber / Red Lager 4.5% 4.5% 4.6% 4.4% Lousiana Lakeland, FL Cape Canaveral, FL Pennsylvania $4.75 $4.75 $4.50 $3.50 Style ABV Origin Price California Common 4.9% California $5.50 Style ABV Origin Price Vienna Lager Vienna Lager Vienna Lager Vienna Lager Vienna Lager Vienna Lager 5.3% 5.2% 4.7% 4.7% 5.4% 4.9% New York New York Mexico Bradenton, FL Mexico Massachusetts $4.75 $4.50 $4.50 $5.00 $4.50 $4.75 Märzen / Oktoberfest Style ABV Origin Price Great Divide Hoss Rye Lager Märzen / Oktoberfest 6.2% Colorado $5.25 Abita Amber Golf Keegans New England Lager FBC Ybor Gold Yuengling California Common Anchor Steam Vienna Lager Blue Point Toasted Lager Brooklyn Lager Dos Equis Amber Motorworks V-Twin Lager Negra Modelo Sam Adams Boston Lager Schwarzbier Full Sail Session Black New Belgium 1554 Shiner Black Uinta Baba Style 5.4% 5.6% 4.9% 4.0% Oregon Colorado Texas Utah $4.00 $4.50 $4.75 $5.00 Bock / Maibock / Doppelbock Style ABV Origin Price Abita Andygator Michelob AmberBock Rogue Dead Guy Ale Shiner Bock Doppelbock Bock Maibock Bock 8.0% 5.2% 6.5% 4.4% Louisiana Missouri Oregon Texas $5.00 $3.50 $7.25 $4.75 Low Octane (N/A) Style ABV Origin Price Root Beer N/A Beer N/A Beer 0.0% 0.5% 0.5% Louisiana Missouri Germany $3.50 $3.00 $3.75 Abita Root Beer Odouls Amber St. Pauli Girl Schwarzbier Schwarzbier Schwarzbier Schwarzbier ABV OriginPrice 4 ~ Kölsch / Blonde Ale Bottles of Ale ~ 4.5% 4.5% 4.4% 5.1% 4.9% 5.0% Origin Lakeland, FL Sarasota, FL Hawaii Maine Texas St. Petersburg, FL Price Style ABV 4.3% 5.3% 5.8% 5.6% Origin Illinois Colorado Washington Maine Price Style ABV 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.4% 5.5% 6.0% 6.2% 5.1% 6.5% 5.6% 5.5% 5.3% 5.8% Origin England Tampa, FL Lakeland, FL Colorado Tampa, FL Hawaii California Vermont Colorado California New York Georgia Oregon Price Style ABV Origin Price Amber / Red Ale Amber / Red Ale Amber / Red Ale Amber / Red Ale Amber / Red Ale Imperial Red Ale Amber / Red Ale Amber / Red Ale Imperial Red Ale Amber / Red Ale Amber / Red Ale Amber / Red Ale Amber / Red Ale Imperial Red Ale 5.8% 5.5% 5.8% 6.0% 4.4% 8.0% 5.4% 4.8% 8.1% 5.5% 6.8% 5.5% 7.2% 8.7% California California Michigan Odessa, FL Colorado Lakeland, FL Lakeland, FL Cape Canaveral, FL California Tampa, FL California California California Colorado $5.50 $5.00 $5.50 $4.75 $4.75 $5.00 $4.75 $4.75 $7.25 $4.75 $4.75 $5.25 $6.00 $8.75 Golf Beer Freddie’s Scandanvian Blonde JDubs Poolside Kolsch Ale Kona Big Wave Shipyard Export St. Arnolds Fancy Lawnmower 3 Daughters Beach Blond English Bitter / ESB Goose Island Honker’s Ale Left Hand Sawtooth Nitro Redhook ESB Shipyard Old Thumper Pale Ale Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ballast Point Calico Bell’s Amber Big Storm Wavemaker Breckenridge Avalanche Brew Hub Diver Down Brew Hub Keybilly FBC Key West Sunset Green Flash Hop Head Red Inlet Monk in the Trunk Lagunitas Censored Lost Coast Alley Cat Napa Smith Lost Dog Oskar Blues G’Knight ABV Blonde Ale Kölsch Blonde Ale Blonde Ale Kölsch Blond Ale English Bitter ESB ESB ESB Bass Cigar City Invasion Golf Beer G-Mac’s Celtic Pale Ale Great Divide DPA Intuition Peoples Pale Kona Fire Rock Lagunitas New Dogtown Magic Hat #9 Oskar Blues Dales Pale Ale Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Southern Tier LIVE Terrapin RecreationAle Widmer Omission Pale Ale (Gluten Free) Amber / Red Ale Style Pale Ale Pale Ale Pale Ale Pale Ale Pale Ale Pale Ale Pale Ale Pale Ale Pale Ale Pale Ale Pale Ale Pale Ale Pale Ale 5 $4.75 $4.75 $4.50 $4.50 $4.50 $4.75 $4.50 $5.25 $4.00 $4.50 $4.00 $4.75 $4.75 $5.25 $4.75 $4.50 $4.75 $4.50 $4.75 $4.75 $4.75 $4.50 $4.75 ~ India Pale Ale (IPA) Anderson Valley Hop Ottin’ Ballast Point Even Keel Ballast Point Sculpin Bell’s Two Hearted Big Storm Arcus Blue Point Hopitcal Illusion Boulevard Pop Up Brew Bus Last Stop Brew Hub Pool Hop Cigar City Jai Alai Dogfish Head 60 Min Founders All Day Founders Centennial Full Sail IPA Funky Buddha Hop Gun Great Divide Titan Harpoon IPA Intuition I-10 J Dubs Up Top Kona Castaway Lagunitas Day Time Motorworks Indy Redhook Longhammer Sierra Nevada Torpedo St. Pete Milo’s Stone IPA Terrapin Hi-5 Terrapin Hopsecutioner Tommyknocker Hop Strike 3 Daughters Bimini Twist Two Henry’s 7 Mile Bridge Uinta Hop Nosh Imperial IPA Breckenridge 471 Dogfish Head 90 Min Green Flash West Coast IPA Lagunitas Maximus New Belgium Rampant Shipyard XXXX Southern Tier 2X IPA Victory Dirt Wolf Bottles of Ale ~ Style ABV Style IPA Session IPA IPA IPA IPA IPA Session IPA IPA Session IPA IPA IPA Session IPA IPA IPA IPA IPA IPA IPA IPA IPA Session IPA IPA IPA IPA IPA IPA IPA IPA Black IPA IPA IPA IPA Imperial IPA Imperial IPA Imperial IPA Imperial IPA Imperial IPA Imperial IPA Imperial IPA Imperial IPA 6 7.0% 3.8% 7.0% 7.0% 7.2% 6.8% 4.3% 7.2% 4.5% 7.5% 6.0% 4.7% 7.2% 6.0% 7.7% 7.1% 5.9% 6.8% 6.8% 6.0% 4.6% 6.3% 6.2% 7.2% 7.0% 6.9% 5.9% 7.3% 6.5% 7.0% 6.0% 7.3% Origin California California California Michigan Odessa, FL New York Missouri Tampa, FL Lakeland, FL Tampa, FL Delaware Michigan Michigan Oregon Ft. Lauderdale, FL Colorado Massachusetts Tampa, FL Sarasota, FL Hawaii California Bradenton, FL Washington California St. Petersburg, FL California Georgia Georgia Colorado St. Petersburg, FL Tampa, FL Utah Price ABV Origin Price 9.2% 9.0% 8.1% 8.2% 8.5% 9.3% 8.2% 8.7% Colorado Delaware California California Colorado Maine New York Pennsylvania $5.50 $5.00 $7.00 $5.25 $4.75 $5.00 $5.50 $5.00 $4.75 $5.50 $6.00 $5.50 $5.50 $4.50 $5.25 $5.25 $4.75 $5.25 $5.00 $4.75 $4.75 $5.00 $4.50 $6.25 $5.25 $6.25 $5.00 $5.00 $6.00 $4.75 $5.25 $5.00 $5.00 $7.50 $7.25 $5.00 $5.00 $7.25 $5.25 $6.25 ~ Irish / Scottish Ale Bottles of Ale ~ 5.0% 8.5% 8.0% 5.8% 4.5% Origin Tampa, FL Michigan Colorado Massachusetts Ireland Price Style ABV Origin Price Porter Style ABV OriginPrice Anchor Porter Breckenridge Vanilla Porter Boulder Chocolate Shake Founders Porter OBP Toasted Coconut Porter Terrapin Liquid Bliss Sierra Nevada Porter Porter Porter Porter Porter Porter Porter Porter 5.6% 4.7% 5.9% 6.5% 5.3% 6.1% 5.6% Stout Style ABV OriginPrice 5.8% 5.1% 8.8% 4.6% 6.0% 6.3% 5.0% 5.0% 7.6% 9.1% 5.1% California California California Mississippi Colorado California England England New York Pennsylvania England $5.50 $5.00 $7.25 $5.25 $5.25 $5.25 $7.50 $7.50 $5.00 $6.00 $7.25 Unique Ales Style ABV Origin Price Brew Bus Rollin’ Dirty Founders Dirty Bastard Oskar Blues Old Chub Sam Adams Irish Red Smithwicks Brown Ale Style ABV Irish Red Ale Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Irish Red Ale Irish Red Ale Brooklyn Brown Cigar City Maduro Brown Lazy Magnolia Southern Pecan Miami Gator Tail Ale Newcastle Rogue Hazelnut Brown Tommyknocker Maple Nut Brown Brown Ale Brown Ale Brown Ale Brown Ale Brown Ale Brown Ale Brown Ale 5.6% 5.5% 4.5% 5.3% 5.0% 6.2% 4.5% Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout Bison Organic Chocolate Stout Chocolate Stout Green Flash Double Stout Imperial Stout Lazy Magnolia Jefferson Stout Milk / Cream Stout Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro Milk / Cream Stout Lost Coast 8 Ball Stout Oatmeal Stout Sam Smith Organic Chocolate Stout Milk / Cream Stout Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout Oatmeal Stout Southern Tier 2X Stout Imperial Stout Victory Storm King Stout Imperial Stout Young’s Double Chocolate Stout Chocolate Stout St. Arnolds Santo Stone Arrogant Bastard Black Kolsch Strong Ale 7 4.9% 7.2% New York Tampa, FL Mississippi Miami, FL England Oregon Colorado California Colorado Colorado Michigan Lakeland, FL Georgia California Texas California $4.50 $5.50 $7.25 $4.75 $4.75 $5.00 $4.75 $5.25 $5.25 $4.75 $7.25 $5.25 $5.50 $4.75 $5.00 $5.50 $4.75 $5.00 $4.75 $4.50 $12.00 ~ American Wheat Ale Bottles of Ale ~ 4.4% 4.2% 4.2% 7.5% 5.3% 5.0% 4.7% 4.7% Origin Missouri Colorado Illinois California Miami, FL Colorado St. Petersburg, FL Colorado Price Style ABV 4.2% 4.0% 5.6% 4.8% 5.4% 2.5% 4.8% 5.3% 5.3% 5.1% 4.9% Origin California Michigan Ft. Lauderdale, FL Massachusetts Lakeland, FL Germany California Germany Germany Germany Oregon Price Blue Moon Cigar City Florida Cracker Harpoon UFO White Hoegaarden Lost Coast Great White Shiner White Wing Style Witbier Witbier Witbier Witbier Witbier Witbier ABV Origin Price Belgian Ales Style ABV Origin Price Boulevard Wheat Ale Breckenridge Agave Wheat Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat Lagunitas Lil Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Miami Shark Bait Mango Wheat New Belgium Snapshot St. Pete Orange Wheat Tommyknocker Jack Wacker German Wheat Ale Anderson Valley Holy Gose Bell’s Oarsman Funky Buddha Floridian Harpoon UFO Hefeweizen OBP Weisse Weisse Baby Schofferhofer Grapefruit Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Tucher Dunkel Tucher Hefeweizen Tucher Kristall Widmer Hefeweizen Witbier (White Ale) Style ABV Wheat Ale Wheat Ale Wheat Ale Wheat Ale Wheat Ale Wheat Ale Wheat Ale Wheat Ale Gose Berliner Weissbier Hefeweizen Hefeweizen Kristallweizen Hefeweizen Hefeweizen Dunkelweizen Hefeweizen Kristallweizen Hefeweizen Boulevard Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale Saison / Farmhouse Ale Chimay Red Belgian Dubbel Chimay White Belgian Tripel Chimay Blue Belgian Quad Holy Mackerel Panic Attack Belgian Strong Ale Lindemans Framboise Lambic New Belgium Trippel Belgian Tripel Ommegang Abbey Ale Belgian Dubbel Ommegang Hennepin Saison / Farmhouse Ale Ommegang 3 Philosophers Belgian Quad Unibroue La Fin du Monde Belgian Tripel Victory Golden Monkey Belgian Tripel 8 $5.00 $4.75 $4.50 $5.00 $5.25 $4.50 $5.25 $5.25 $5.50 $5.25 $4.75 $4.75 $4.75 $4.25 $4.75 $7.00 $7.00 $7.00 $5.00 5.3% Colorado $4.75 5.0% Tampa, FL $4.75 4.8% Massachusetts $4.75 4.9% Belgium$4.75 4.8% California $5.25 4.7% Texas $4.75 8.5% 7.0% 8.0% 9.0% 10.0% 2.5% 7.8% 8.2% 7.7% 9.7% 9.0% 9.5% Missouri Belgium Belgium Belgium Ft. Lauderdale, FL Belgium Colorado New York New York New York Canada Pennsylvania $7.50 $11.75 $12.00 $13.00 $7.00 $13.00 $4.50 $7.75 $7.75 $9.75 $7.25 $6.50 ~ Fruit & Veggie Beers ~ Fruit / Vegetable Beer Style Abita Purple Haze Fruit Beer Crabbies Ginger Beer Veggie / Herb / Spice Dogfish Head Midas Touch Ancient Ale Veggie / Herb / Spice Lost Coast Tangerine Wheat Fruit Beer Miami Big Rod Coconut Ale Fruit Beer Not Your Fathers Rootbeer Veggie / Herb / Spice Sam Adams Cherry Wheat Fruit Beer Sea Dog Blue Paw Fruit Beer Sea Dog Raspberry Fruit Beer Unibroue Ephmere Fruit Beer Well’s Banana Bread Fruit Beer ~ Cider Ace Joker Ace Pineapple Cider Angry Orchard Crispin Blackberry Pear Crispin Honey Crisp Crispin Original Kopparberg Strawberry Lime Magners Cider Magner Pear McKenzie’s Black Cherry Rekorderlig Strawberry Lime Stella Cidre Woodchuck Granny Smith Woodchuck Gumption Woodchuck Pear ABV 4.2% 4.8% 9.0% 5.0% 5.4% 5.9% 5.3% 4.5% 4.5% 5.5% 5.2% Origin Louisiana Scotland Delaware California Miami, FL Illinois Massachusetts Maine Maine Canada England Price $4.75 $6.50 $9.00 $5.00 $5.25 $5.25 $4.75 $4.50 $4.50 $7.00 $7.25 Cider ~ Style Cider Cider Cider Cider Cider Cider Cider Cider Cider Cider Cider Cider Cider Cider Cider 9 ABV OriginPrice 6.9% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 6.5% 5.0% 4.5% 4.4% 4.5% 5.0% 4.5% 4.5% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% California California Massachusetts Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Sweden Ireland Ireland California Sweden Belgium Vermont Vermont Vermont $5.00 $5.00 $4.75 $5.00 $12.00 $5.00 $8.50 $5.00 $5.00 $4.75 $6.50 $5.75 $4.50 $4.50 $4.50 ~ Wine ~ Red Wine Glass House Cabernet House Merlot Amado Sur Malbec Broadside Cabernet Liberty School Merlot Lucky Star Pinot Noir Great American Wine Co. Red Zin Pensfold Shiraz Troublemaker Red Blend Woodwork Cabernet $6.0 $6.0 $8.0 $9.0 $8.0 $7.5 $8.0 $7.5 $9.0 $7.5 White Wine Glass House Chardonnay House Pinot Grigio House White Zin Barone Fini Pinot Grigio Frenzy Sauvignon Blanc Seven Daughters Moscato Snap Dragon Riesling Kendall Jackson Chardonnay 10 Span Chardonnay $6.0 $6.0 $6.0 $7.5 $8.0 $7.5 $7.0 $9.0 $7.5 ~ Bottle X X $28.0 $32.0 $28.0 $26.0 $28.0 $26.0 $32.0 $26.0 Bottle X X X $26.0 $28.0 $26.0 $24.0 $32.0 $26.0 Bubbles ~ Champagne Masschio Prosseco Split Vueve Cliquot Yellow Label 10 Glass Bottle $8.0 X X $105.0 ~ Glossary of Lagers ~ Light Lager: The Light Lager is generally a lighter version of a breweries pale lager, some are lower in alcohol but all are lower in calories and carbohydrates compared to other beers. Typically a high amount of cereal adjuncts like rice or corn are used to help lighten the beer as much as possible. Very low in malt flavor with a light and dry body. For the most part this style has the least amount of flavor than any other style of beer. Pale Lager: Light bodied, pale, fizzy lagers made popular by the large breweries of America after prohibition. Low bitterness, thin malts, and moderate alcohol. Focus is less on flavor and more on mass-production and consumption, cutting flavor and sometimes costs with adjunct cereal grains, like rice and corn. The color of pale lager ranges from light bronze to nearly transparent. These beers are brewed for minimum character, though faint traces of hop or malt may show through. Helles Lager: When the golden and clean lagers of Plzen (Bohemia) became all the rage in the mid-1800’s, München brewers feared that Germans would start drinking the Czech beer vs. their own. Munich Helles Lager was their answer to meet the demand. A bit more malty, they often share the same spicy hop characters of Czech Pils, but are a bit more subdued and in balance with malts. “Helles” is German for “bright.” Czech Pilsner: The Czech Pilsner, or sometimes known as the Bohemian Pilsner, is light straw to golden color and crystal clear. Hops are very prevalent usually with a spicy bitterness and or a spicy floral flavor and aroma, notably one of the defining characteristics of the Saaz hop. Smooth and crisp with a clean malty palate, many are grassy. German Pilsner: Classic German Pilsners are very light straw to golden in color. Head should be dense and rich. They are also well-hopped, brewed using Noble hops. These varieties exhibit a spicy herbal or floral aroma and flavor, often times a bit coarse on the palate, and distribute a flash of citrus-like zest-hop bitterness can be high. Strong Lager: Many breweries around the world brew a stronger version of their regular lager. For the US there is the Ice Beer & Malt Liquor, both have a high amount of rice or corn to lighten the flavor. Many European and Asian breweries have a strong lager similar to the Malt Liquor though there is more malt use or it is all malt. Many breweries rush the fermentation or the brew will be too light and signs of higher alcohols will be noticed in the aroma and flavor. Amber / Red Lager: A sort of catch-all category, these lagers boast a bit more malt backbone and overall character than their lighter sister styles. Bitterness is generally low. Aside from caramelly notes, these beers will not typically resemble other dark lager styles so much as they do the lighter styles, due to low amounts of hops, malt and body. Vienna Lager: Named after the city in which it originated, a traditional Vienna lager is brewed using Munich, Pilsner, Vienna malts as well wheat in some cases. Subtle hops, crisp, with residual sweetness. Although German in origin and rare these days, some classic examples come from Mexico, such as: Dos Equis and Negra Modelo. A result of late 19th century immigrant brewers from Austria. Marzen / Oktoberfest: Before refrigeration, it was nearly impossible to brew beer in the summer due to the hot weather and bacterial infections. Brewing ended with the coming of spring, and began again in the fall. Most were brewed in March (Märzen). These brews were kept in cold storage over the spring and summer months, or brewed at a higher gravity, so they’d keep. Märzenbier is full-bodied, rich, toasty, typically dark copper in color with a medium to high alcohol content. California Common: The California Common, or Steam Beer, is a unique 100% American style lager. It’s usually brewed with a special strain of lager yeast that works better at warmer temperatures. This method dates back to the late 1800’s in California when refrigeration was a great luxury. Today’s examples are light amber to tawny in color, medium bodied with a malty character. Mildly fruity with an assertive hop bitterness. 11 ~ Glossary of Lagers ~ Bock: A bottom fermenting lager that generally takes extra months of lagering (cold storage) to smooth out such a strong brew. Bock beer in general is stronger than your typical lager, more of a robust malt character with dark amber to brown hue. Hop bitterness can be assertive enough to balance though must not get in the way of the malt flavor, most are only lightly hopped. Maibock: The Maibock style of beer tends to be lighter in color than other Bock beers and often has a significant hop character with a noticeable alcohol around the same as a traditional Bock. The color is golden to light brown or amber. They should normally pour with a substantial white head. Maibocks are customarily served in the spring and are oftentimes interrelated with spring festivals and celebrations more often in the month of May. Doppelbock: Bocks are relatively strong German lagers. Doppelbocks, as the name might suggest, are typically even stronger and contain enough malty goodness that they’ve been considered a meal in a glass for centuries. Generally they have a very full-bodied flavor and are darker than their little Bock brothers and sisters and a higher level of alcohol too. They range in color from dark amber to nearly black, and dark versions often have slight chocolate or roasted characters. Dunkel Lager: An old friend of Bavaria, Munich Dunkels are smooth, rich and complex, but without being heady or heavy. They boast brilliant ruby hues from the large amounts of Munich malts used, and these malts also lend a fullerbodied beer. The decoction brewing process also lends much depth and richness. Bitterness is often moderate, with just enough to balance out any sweetness. Hop varieties used tend to be of the German noble varieties. Schwarzbier: Schwarzbier (“shvahrts-beer”), is simply German for black beer. It doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily heavy or light in body, although they tend to lean towards light. Unlike other dark beers, like porters or stouts, they are not overly bitter with burnt and roasted malt characteristics that the others tend to depend on. Instead, hops are used for a good portion of the bitterness. Very refreshing, especially when you are looking for a lighter beer with a depth of color and taste. Low Alcohol (NA): Low Alcohol Beer is also commonly known as Non Alcohol (NA) beer, which is a fallacy as all of these beers still contain small amounts of alcohol. Low Alcohol Beers are generally subjected to one of two things: a controlled brewing process that results in a low alcohol content, or the alcohol is removed using a reverse-osmosis method which passes alcohol through a permeable membrane. ~ Glossary of Fruits & Veggies ~ Cider: Made from fermented fruit juices, cider comes in a number of varieties. The most commonly used fruit is apples, but many other fruits like pears, strawberries, and blackberries are used as well. English cider is dry, with fruity, tannic qualities and low carbonation. Ciders produced elsewhere are often sweet, simple beverages for mass consumption. Fruit Beer: A generic form of flavored beer, some breweries actually use real fruit or veggies, though most use an extract, syrup or processed flavor to give the effect of a particular fruit or vegetable. Usually ales, but with not much ale character to them and commonly unbalanced. Malt flavor is typically hidden with a low hop bitterness to allow the fruit or vegetable to dominate. Vegetable / Herb / Spice: This style takes on and beer that is specially herbed and or spiced. This is anything from the common spiced Fall Pumpkin beer to Christmas beers with nutmeg and cinnamon to ginger beers to heather ales. Some brewers will throw just about anything into the brew kettle; hot peppers, hemp, ginseng or spruce needles. Keep you mind open when you are trying some as brewers will always keep on trying to expand the limits of what beer is. 12 ~ Glossary of Ales ~ Blonde Ale: More or less a creation from the craft-brewery movement, and also reminiscent of the German style Kölsch. Pale straw to deep gold for color. Most have a subdued fruitiness. Hop character is of the noble variety, or similar, leaving a light to medium bitterness. A balanced beer, light bodied, very crisp and refreshing. Kölsch: First only brewed in Köln, Germany, now many American brewpubs and a hand full of breweries have created their own version of this obscure style. Light to medium in body with a very pale color, hop bitterness is medium to slightly assertive. Generally they have a moderate bitterness, but fairly prominent hop flavor. They have high effervescence, medium esters, but a rounded, stylish character derived from lagering. Cream Ale: Cream Ales, spawned from the American light lager style, are brewed as an ale though are sometimes finished with a lager yeast or lager beer mixed in. Adjuncts such as corn or rice are used to lighten the body. Pale straw to pale gold color. Low hop bittering and some hop aroma though some micros have given the style more of a hop character. Well carbonated. English Bitter: The Bitter style came from brewers who wanted to differentiate these ales from other mild brews, enter pale malts and more hops. Despite “bitter” being in its name, they are not really all that bitter. Most are gold to copper in colour and are light bodied. Low carbonation. Alcohol should be low and not perceived. Hop bitterness is moderate to assertive. Most have a fruitiness in the aroma and flavor. ESB: The key to an ESB is balance. ESBs are essentially more aggressive and more balanced Bitters, both in alcohol and hop character, but nothing overpowering. The style that has come to be known as Premium or Special Bitter generally includes the stronger (4.6%-6.0%) examples. Color range will be similar, though leaning towards the darker end of the scale; dark golds to copper. Malts tend to be more pronounced, often toasty and fruity. Pale Ale: Of British origin, this style is now popular worldwide. Generally, expect a good balance of malt and hops. Bitterness can range from lightly floral to pungent. Light in color, ranging from golden to a light copper. American Pale Ales are defined by the American hops used which typically have high bitterness and aroma. Distinguishing characteristics are dryness and defined hop taste. IPA: First brewed in England and exported for the British troops in India during the late 1700s. To withstand the voyage, IPA’s were basically tweaked Pale Ales that were, in comparison, much more malty, boasted a higher alcohol content and were well-hopped, as hops are a natural preservative. The modern version of which has largely been formed in the US, has an intense hop flavor, a golden to copper color, and a medium malty body. The aroma is moderate to very strong. Sesion IPA: The term Session IPA describes a category of beers marketed for their hop-dominant flavor profiles at “sessionable” levels of alcohol. It is differentiated from American Pale Ale by typically being lower in alcohol and usually having more hop-dominant profiles. While hops used are typically American Pacific Northwest and New Zealand, proprietary/experimental and South African and other hops may also factor into a Session IPA hop bill. Imperial IPA: Imperial IPAs (also called Double or Triple IPA) are a strong, often sweet, intensely hoppy version of the traditional India Pale Ale. Basically, take an IPA and feed it steroids. Expect something robust, malty, alcoholic and with a hop profile that might rip your tongue out. The ABV level generally begins at 7.5% but is more commonly in the 8.0%+ range. The flavour profile is intense all around. the balance is heavily towards the hops, with malts providing support. Black Ale: An emerging beer style roughly defined as a beer with IPA-level hopping relatively high alcohol and a distinct toasty dark malt character. Also referred to as a Black IPA or Cascadian Dark Ale, ales of this style range from dark brown to pitch black and showcase malty and light to moderate roasty notes and are often quite hoppy generally with the use of American hops. Typically lacks the roastiness and body of a strong stout and is hoppier than a strong porter. 13 ~ Glossary of Ales ~ Amber / Red Ale: A style without definition, amber ales tends to focus on the malts and range from bland, vaguely caramelly beers to products with a fairly healthy malt and hop balance. Expect a balanced beer, with toasted malt characters and a light fruitiness in most examples. Often the differentiation between a quality amber and an American Pale is that the amber might have more dark malt character, or a less assertive hop rate. Irish Red Ale: The red ales of Ireland have a gentle maltiness, caramelly, earthy notes, and a generally restrained hop character. They are session ales, so alcohol is generally at 5% abv or less, though you will find the occasion stronger example. Irish Red Ales are easy to please. Look for well-rounded and blanced flavors, and a pleasant toasted malt character in many examples. A drying finish is common. Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy: Scotch Ales traditionally go through a long boil in the kettle for a caramelization of the wort. This produces a deep copper to brown in colored brew. Sweet and full-bodied, with a pronounced malty caramel and roasted malt flavor. A low tea-like bitterness can be found in many examples. Brown Ale: B rown Ales tend to be malty and sweet on the palate, with a full body. Color can range from reddish brown to dark brown. Some versions will lean towards fruity esters, while others tend to be drier with nutty characters. All seem to have a low hop aroma and bitterness. Spawned from the English Brown Ale, the American version can simply use American ingredients. Many other versions may have additions of coffee or nuts. Porter: Black or chocolate malt gives the porter its dark brown color. Porters are often well hopped and somewhat heavily malted. This is a medium-bodied beer and may show some sweetness usually from the light caramel to light molasses range. Hoppiness can range from bitter to mild. Porters, in relation to stouts of the same region, are typically more mild and less aggressively hopped. Stout: A stout is made with dark roasted malts which results in a dark color and a roasted malt flavor. The word stout means strong, and was applied to strong Porter in the 18th century. American brewers have taken this style to a new level. Whether it is highly hopping the brew or adding coffee or chocolate to complement the roasted flavors associated with this style. The hop bitterness range is quite wide but most are balanced. Milk / Cream Stout: Dark brown to black in color, Milk stouts are made with the addition of lactose, and are sweet and generally low in alcohol. Larger amount of residual dextrins and unfermented sugars give the brew more body and a sweetness that counters the roasted character. Expect a restrained roastiness in comparison with other stouts, with low hop levels. Oatmeal Stout: These are generally medium to full bodied stouts that have an unreal smoothness to them from the addition of oats to the mash. The oats not only add a lot of smoothness to the mouth feel but give a touch of sweetness that is unlike any other type of stout. Both levels of roasted flavor and hop character will vary. Imperial Stout: Many of these are barrel aged, mostly in bourbon / whiskey barrels, while some are infused with coffee or chocolate. Alcohol ranges vary, but tend to be quite big, and bigger than traditional Russian Imperial Stouts. Most tend to have cleaner alcohol flavors, higher hop levels, and more residual sweetness. Very full-bodied with rich roasted flavors far surpassing normal stouts. Irish Dry Stout: One of the most common stouts, Dry Irish Stout tend to have light-ish bodies to keep them on the highly drinkable side. Bitterness comes from roasted barley and there should not be hops in either the flavour or aroma. A little bit of acidity can be present. Often, this type of stout is serving via nitrogen, with all the effects that has on a beer - low carbonation, extra-thick head, lifeless palate and muted flavour and aroma. Strong Ale: Catch all style category for beers to incorporate the plethora of strong, stylistically vague beers. They will range from 7.0 percent abv and above. Some may even be as high as 25% abv. Characteristics will greatly vary; some have similarities to Barley-wines and Old Ales, while others are strong variants on the IPA or red ale themes. No matter how varied their origins or characters might be all are intense, potent with generous quantities of hops and malt. 14 ~ Glossary of Ales ~ Hefeweizen: A south German style of wheat beer (weissbier) made with a yeast that produces a unique phenolic flavors of banana and cloves with an often dry and tart edge, some spiciness, bubblegum or notes of apples. Little hop bitterness, and a moderate level of alcohol. The “Hefe” prefix means “with yeast”, hence the beers unfiltered and cloudy appearance. Poured into a traditional Weizen glass, the Hefeweizen can be one sexy looking beer. Dunkelweizen: Similar to a Hefeweizen, these southern Germany wheat beers are brewed as darker versions (Dunkel means “dark”). Deliciously complex malts with a low balancing bitterness,Dunkelweizens have the same banana and clove notes of their pale cousins, but also have earthy, toasty, chocolatey notes from the addition of dark malts. Some may even taste like banana bread. Most are brown and murky from the presence of yeast. Kristalweizen: Kristalweizens are the third member of the German Wheat trifecta. A filtered version of a Hefeweizen, showcasing sparkling color, bright and clear bodies that range from pale straw to light amber. Overall character will be more clean and softer on the palate, and the common banana and phenols will be more subtle. They have the classic spritzy carbonation of wheat beers, and the same tart wheat notes and signature components of banana, bubblegum and spice. Witbier: A Belgian Style ale that’s very pale and cloudy in appearance due to it being unfiltered and the high level of wheat, and sometimes oats, that’s used in the mash. Always spiced, generally with coriander, orange peel and other oddball spices or herbs in the back ground. The crispness and slight twang comes from the wheat and the lively level of carbonation. Often referred to as “”white beers”” due to the cloudiness / yeast in suspension. Wheat Ale: Golden to light amber in color, the body is light to medium. The wheat lends a crispness to the brew, often with some acidity. Some hop flavour may be present, but bitterness is low. Not as estery as German or Belgian-style wheats. Belgian Dubbel: The Belgian Dubbel is dark brown and cloudy, with a palate mixing malt, a lush fruitiness, and yeast. Rich malty beer with some spicy and mild alcoholic characteristics, and a mild hop bitterness with no lingering hop flavors. It may show traits of caramel flavor from the use of crystal malt or dark candy sugar. Look for a medium to full body with an expressive carbonation. Belgian Tripel: Like other abbey ales, Tripels are strong, yeasty-malty beers. But they are also pale, and have a notable hop profile. Hop bitterness may be higher, but the finish is where the hops really shine, as tripels should finish fairly dry. Otherwise, maltiness is still essential to the style, and the assertive yeast note typical of all abbey ales will be more apparent in tripels, since they do not have the rich dark malts to distract the palate. Belgian Quad: Abt, or quadrupel, is the name given to ultra-strong Trappist and abbey ales. Inspired by the Trappist brewers of Belgium, a Quadrupel is a Belgian style ale of great strength with bolder flavor compared to its Dubbel and Tripel sister styles. Typically a dark creation that ranges within the deep red, brown and garnet hues. Full bodied with a rich, sweet malty palate with a low bitterness yet a well perceived alcohol. Belgian IPA: Inspired by the American IPA, more and more Belgian brewers are brewing hoppy pale colored ales for the US market. Various malts are used, but the beers of the style are finished with Belgian yeast strains and the hops employed tend to be American. You’ll generally find a cleaner bitterness vs. American styles, and a pronounced dry edge (very Belgian), often akin to an IPA crossed with a Belgian Tripel. Belgian Pale Ale: Belgian Pales consume the Belgian brewing scene. They differ from other regional Pale Ale varieties, by traditionally being less bitter, using aged hops for a delicate hop finish, and boasting sweetish to toasty malt overtones. The color ranges from pale straw yellow to amber hues. Most will be crowned with thick, clinging, rocky white heads. Flavors and aromas will vary. Some have natural spice characters from yeast and hops, while others are spiced. 15 ~ Glossary of Ales ~ Lambic: Lambics are wheat beers fermented with wild yeasts and other microorganisms traditionally only on the Senne Valley in and around Brussels. A large portion of wheat brings out the crispness though the flavor is dominated with a unique tartness from the wild yeast. Light bodied with little hop flavor or bitterness. Look for hard cider, white wine or similar tartness. In the case of Fruit Lambics, whole fruits are traditionally added after spontaneous fermentation has started. Sour/ Wild: Sometimes Belgian influenced, American Wild Ales are beers that are introduced to “wild” yeast or bacteria. This introduction may occur from oak barrels that have been previously inoculated, pitched into the beer, or gained from various “sour mash” techniques. Regardless of which and how, these little creatures often leave a funky calling card that can be quite strange, interesting, and pleasing to many. Saison: This is a very complex style; many are very fruity in the aroma and flavor. Look for earthy yeast tones, mild to moderate tartness. Lots of spice and with a medium bitterness. They tend to be semi-dry with many only having touch of sweetness.Fruity esters dominate the aroma. Clarity is good with a large foamy head on top. The addition of several spices and herbs create a complex fruity or citrusy flavor. Light to medium bodied with very high carbonation. Biere de Garde: Golden to deep copper or light brown in color, they are moderate to medium in body. This style of beer is characterized by a toasted malt aroma, slight malt sweetness in flavor, and medium hop bitterness. Noble-type hop aromas and flavors should be low to medium. Fruity esters can be light to medium in intensity and the flavor of alcohol is evident. Berliner Weissbier: Very wheaty, very sour style of Berlin. Berliner weissebier has a barely perceptible hop content, low alcohol, and a sharp character. They have a rapidly vanishing head and a clear, pale golden straw-colored appearance. The taste is refreshing, tart, sour and acidic, with a lemony-citric fruit sharpness and almost no hop bitterness. Often these are laced with syrups to cut the intense acidity. Gose: Gose is an unfiltered wheat beer made with 50-60% malted wheat, which creates a cloudy yellow color and provides a refreshing crispness and twang. A Gose will have a low hop bitterness and a complementary dryness and spice from the use of ground coriander seeds and a sharpness from the addition of salt. Like Berliner Weisse beers, a Gose will sometimes be laced with various flavored and colored syrups. Barleywine: Despite its name, a Barleywine (or Barley Wine) is very much a beer, albeit a very strong and often intense beer! In fact, it’s one of the strongest of the beer styles. Lively and fruity, sometimes sweet, sometimes bittersweet, but always alcoholic. A brew of this strength and complexity can be a challenge to the palate. Expect anything from an amber to dark brown colored beer, with aromas ranging from intense fruits to intense hops. Rye Beer: Beers that fall into this category contain a notable amount of rye grain in the grist bill. Bitterness tends to be moderate, to allow the often spicy and sour-like rye characteristics to pull through. Weizenbock: A more powerful Dunkelweizen, these are strong, dark wheat beers, typically with a high ester profile and more malt and alcohol than is typically associated with a wheat beer. This style is known for a pronounced estery alcohol character, perhaps some spiciness, and bolder and more complex malt characters of dark fruits. Old Ale: Old Ales, also referred to in the past as “Stock” Ales, are beers with high levels of dextrins, creating a full malt body with plenty of character. Old Ales of a hundred plus years ago were often transfered into vats to mature, hence the name. Rich dark amber in color to a very dark brown; near black. Tamed aromatics. Although bittering levels can greatly vary, expect common fruity, vinous, intense malts and sharp alcohol characteristics. Altbier: Well hopped and malty with copper to dark-brown color, native to Dusseldorf, Germany. Alt is the German word for “old” or “old style”. It is more or less the German equivalent to an English ale. Traditionally fermented warm but aged at cold temperatures. The color ranges from amber to dark brown, medium in carbonation with a great balance between malt and hops. Winter Warmer: These malty sweet offerings tend to be a favorite winter seasonal. Big malt presence, both in flavor and body. The color ranges from brownish reds to nearly pitch black. Hop bitterness is generally low, leveled and balanced, but hop character can be pronounced. Alcohol warmth is not uncommon. 16
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