Ale beers come in a wide variety of styles. From a juicy, hazy IPA to a classic German Rye Beer. There is a style and flavor profile that suits almost all beer lovers.
Click on any of the Ale beer styles below to open a new page detailing the characteristics of that style.
Ale Recipe Styles
British Origin Ale Styles | North American Origin Ale Styles | Belgian and French Origin Ale Styles |
Ordinary Bitter | Golden or Blonde Ale | Belgian-Style Table Beer |
Special Bitter or Best Bitter | Session India Pale Ale | Belgian-Style Session Ale |
Extra Special Bitter | American-Style Amber/Red Ale | Belgian-Style Speciale Belge |
Scottish-Style Light Ale | American-Style Pale Ale | Belgian-Style Blonde Ale |
Scottish-Style Heavy Ale | Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale | Belgian-Style Strong Blonde Ale |
Scottish-Style Export Ale | American-Style Strong Pale Ale | Belgian-Style Strong Dark Ale |
English-Style Summer Ale | Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale | Belgian-Style Dubbel |
Classic English-Style Pale Ale | American-Style India Pale Ale | Belgian-Style Tripel |
British-Style India Pale Ale | Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale | Belgian-Style Quadrupel |
Strong Ale | American-Belgo-Style Ale | Belgian-Style Witbier |
Old Ale | American-Style Brown Ale | Classic French & Belgian-Style Saison |
English-Style Pale Mild Ale | American-Style Black Ale | Specialty Saison |
English-Style Dark Mild Ale | American-Style Stout | French-Style Bière de Garde |
English-Style Brown Ale | American-Style Imperial Porter | Belgian-Style Flanders Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ale |
Brown Porter | American-Style Imperial Stout | Belgian-Style Lambic |
Robust Porter | Double Hoppy Red Ale | Traditional Belgian-Style Gueuze |
Sweet Stout or Cream Stout | Imperial Red Ale | Contemporary Belgian-Style Spontaneous Fermented Ale |
Oatmeal Stout | American-Style Imperial or Double India Pale Ale | Belgian-Style Fruit Lambic |
Scotch Ale or Wee Heavy | Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double India Pale Ale | Other Belgian-Style Ale |
British-Style Imperial Stout | American-Style Barley Wine Ale | German Origin Ale Styles |
British-Style Barley Wine Ale | American-Style Wheat Wine Ale | German-Style Kolsch |
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer | Smoke Porter | German-Style Altbier |
American-Style Sour Ale | Berliner-Style Weisse | |
Other Origin Ale Styles | American-Style Fruited Sour Ale | Leipzig-Style Gose |
Grodziskie | West Coast-Style India Pale Ale | Contemporary-Style Gose |
Adambier | South German-Style Hefeweizen | |
Dutch-Style Kuit, Kuyt or Koyt | Irish Origin Ale Styles | South German-Style Kristal Weizen |
International-Style Pale Ale | Irish-Style Red Ale | German-Style Leichtes Weizen |
Classic Australian-Style Pale Ale | Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout | South German-Style Bernsteinfarbenes Weizen |
Australian-Style Pale Ale | Export-Style Stout | South German-Style Dunkel Weizen |
New Zealand-Style Pale Ale | South German-Style Weizenbock | |
New Zealand-Style India Pale Ale | German-Style Rye Ale | |
Finnish-Style Sahti | Bamberg-Style Weiss Rauchbier | |
Swedish-Style Gotlandsdricke | Kellerbier or Zwickelbier | |
Breslau-Style Schoeps |