It is easy to find excellent examples of some of the beer styles mentioned in these articles: notably American pale ales, India pale ales, or amber lagers and ales. Other styles are not as well known. For every style mentioned, here are some domestic and imported examples to look for. Obviously, the list is not exhaustive, but it should help readers in any part of the country to experiment with these delicious pairings and recipes.
Ale styles
Amber/Red Ale: North Coast Red Seal Ale, Anderson Valley Boont Amber
American Brown Ale: Brooklyn Brown Ale, Smuttynose Old Brown Dog, Goose Island Hex Nut Brown Ale, Pete’s Wicked Ale
British Brown Ales: Samuel Smith’s Nut Brown Ale, Newcastle Brown Ale
Lighter Porters and Stouts: Fuller’s London Porter, Geary’s London Porter, Magic Hat Heart of Darkness, Guinness
Big Porters and Stouts: Anchor Porter, Sierra Nevada Porter and Stout, Sheaf Stout, Deschutes Obsidian Stout
Imperial Stout: Bell’s Expedition Stout, Victory Storm King Stout, Samuel Smith’s Imperial Stout
Bière de Garde: Jenlain, La Choulette, 3 Monts, Castelain
Barleywine: J. W. Lees Harvest Ale, Sierra Nevada Bigfoot, Anchor Old Foghorn
Belgian Dubbel: Chimay Red, Maredsous Dubbel, Corsendonk Abbey Brown Ale, Westmalle Dubbel
Lager styles
Pilsner: Pilsner Urquell. In addition, The most popular domestic beers—Budweiser, Miller, Coors and Pabst—as well as imports including Labatt, Heineken and Tsing Tao, are all descendants of the pilsner style.
Helles: Spaten Lager, Paulaner Premium Lager
Amber/Red Lagers: Killian’s Irish Red, Michael Shea’s Irish Amber
Bock: Samuel Adams Winter Lager, Shiner Bock, Michelob Amber Bock
Doppelbock: Ayinger Celebrator, Augustiner Maximator, Paulaner Salvator, Spaten Optimator, Leinenkugel Doppelbock, Moretti La Rossa
Wheat beers
Belgian-style Witbier: Hoegaarden, Blue Moon, Blanche de Bruxelles, Wieckse Witte, Allagash White
Weissbier: Schneider Weisse, Weihenstephaner, Paulaner Hefe-Weizen, Tabernash Weisse
Specialty styles
Kölsch: Reissdorf Kölsch Flying Dog Tire Biter
Belgian Fruited Lambics: Lindemans Framboise (sweet); Liefmans Kriek, Boon Kriek (dry)
beers made from smoked malt : Schlenkerla Rauchbier, Spezial Rauchbier, Alaskan Smoked Porter, Rogue Smoke
