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1. This style of beer is one of the few ales that come from Germany. It originated in Dusseldorf, and is a very delicate beer that is copper in color, between 4.5% and 5.2% alcohol and has a bitter flavor with a very malt forward finish. This beer is traditionally made with an blend of pilsner malt and crystal or chocolate malt and German noble hops to give it its signature flavor.
2. This Belgian beer can be quite sneaky. It can have spicy, fruity flavors with a peppery finish. The base malt is pilsner malt which gives it a light golden color and German noble hops along with Belgian hops help give it a dry finish. It's range in alcohol is 7.5% to 9.5% and often uses a Trappist yeast strain.
3. This French style of beer comes in variants of amber, blond and brown. The malts used are pale malt, Vienna malt and Munich malt with soft flavored, often floral hops. They can range from sweet to dry and the alcohol ranges from 6% to 8.5%.
4. This style that has been revived in recent years is a traditional Finnish recipe. It's brewed with baker's yeast and juniper berries and has a dark brown color with a range of 4-7% alcohol.
5. This sour beer can have a funky 'barn yard' flavor due to the wild brettanomyces yeast strain and Lactobacillus delbrukii bacteria used. Pilsner malt is most common and old hops are often used. It has a very light golden color and ranges from 5-8% in alcohol.
6. This lager is of German origin and has a crisp malty sweetness that comes from pilsner malt, German and or Czech hops and a German lager strain. It's golden in color and ranges in the 4.8% to 6.0% alcohol range
7. This is another Belgian style of beer that is quite strong in the 8-11% alcohol range. Belgian specialty malts like special B and Belgian pilsner malts are used, as well as Belgian and German noble hops and a Trappist yeast strain with occasional use of syrup and candy sugar.
8. This strong ale ranges from 8-12% alcohol and used lots of American hops. Pale malts are used and it should be balanced between hoppy with a strong malt backbone with a dark brown/reddish color.
9. This English session beer usually ranges in the 2.8-4.5% alcohol range and is a dark brown to ruby colored. English pale malts are used along with traditional English hops and yeast.
10. This beer is a strong German lager with flavors of dark fruit, banana, clove and wheat. Wheat is a base malt along with a lot of Munich malt. The color is very dark ruby color and is between 6.5% to 8% alcohol.
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