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BEER STYLES
Download the 2008 Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines (PDF file, ~289 KB).

India Pale Ale
For beer lovers, India Pale Ale still evokes images of tall-masted sailing ships and the Taj Mahal.
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Brown Ale
Before 1700, nearly all beers were brown ales but "brown ale" as a specific beer style is a relatively modern invention.
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Pilsner
Pilsner is the classic lager style that emerged from the Czech Republic in 1841 to become the most common style of beer brewed worldwide.
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Amber Ale
American amber ale does not have a long, distinguished history, unless you include it in the centuries-old saga of English pale ale.
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American Pale Ale
Pale ale is the prototypical English beer style, born at the dawn of the Industrial Age and popularized at the height of empire.
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Wheat Beer
America's 1400 small brewers have revived the ages-old practice of making beers with wheat in addition to barley.
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