| Type & OG |
Colour & Head |
Bouquet & Flavour |
Light Lager
OG 35-40 |
Light golden. Good head retention. |
Bouquet a delicate blend of hops, malt and DMS. Clean, dry
and refreshing. Light in malt and hops. |
Heavy Lager
OG 50-65 |
Golden to amber. Good head retention. |
Malty and grainy bouquet with slight DMS and a good hop
balance. Full-bodied, malty flavour, a firm hop, and perceptible alcohol. Some residual sweetness may
be apparent. |
Light Ale
OG 30-35 |
Straw to amber. Light head. |
Lightly hopped. Clean, dry and refreshing. No flavour
components prominent. |
Pale Ale or Bottled Bitter
OG 40-45 |
Golden to deep copper. Good head. |
Hops in the bouquet leading to malt and grain. Full-bodied,
malty and grainy with a hoppy bitter farewell. Perhaps a little residual sweetness. |
| India Pale Ale OG 50-60 |
Rich golden to deep copper. Good head. |
Hoppy alcoholic and grainy bouquet. Full-bodied, malty and
grainy with a prominent hop and a clean bitter farewell. Some residual sweetness to balance the hop. |
London Brown Ale
OG 35-40 |
Light to dark brown. Good close-knit head. |
Malty bouquet backed by caramel. A sweet, smooth blend of
malt and caramel with low hop flavour. |
Newcastle Brown Ale
OG 45-50 |
Light reddish brown. Good head. |
Bouquet a blend of caramel and hop. A full-bodied flavour of
caramelised malt. Some bitterness and noticeable sweetness. |
Dry Stout
OG 45-50 |
Almost black. Well-retained, fine-textured head. |
Bouquet and flavour of roasted grains. Full and dry with a
long hard bitter finish. |
Sweet Stout
OG 40-45 |
Deep garnet to almost black. |
Well-retained, fine-textured head. Predominantly malty
bouquet with some dark grain. A sweet smooth blend of caramel and malt with slight bitterness. |
Porter
OG 60-70 |
Dark brown to almost black. |
Well-retained, fine-textured head. Bouquet of brown and
chocolate malts. Full flavour with some residual sweetness to balance the hop and roast grain. |
Strong Ale
OG 60-80 |
Golden to garnet. Good head. |
The bouquet should be malty and fruity, backed with a good
hop aroma. A full-bodied blend of malt, hops and alcohol with some residual sweetness. |
Barley Wine
OG 90+ |
Golden to brown. Light head. |
Rich, fruity, hoppy, alcoholic and vinous. The flavour
should be full, rounded and malty with a smooth and mature blend of sweetness, hop and alcohol. |
