Add three styles

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by thecheapies, May 15, 2012.

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  1. thecheapies

    thecheapies Initiate (0) Jan 11, 2009 Pennsylvania

    I just saw the 'Eliminate three styles' thread and thought I'd go the other way with it (as one BA reminded us, 'Variety is the spice of life').

    Here are my submissions...

    - American Imperial Red Ale (possibly calling it American Imperial Amber/Red Ale)
    - Fruit Ale (thus adding Fruit Lager and Vegetable Beer)
    - American Witbier/White Ale

    Honorable mention:
    - Strong Doppelbock

    What would you like to see expanded?
     
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  2. keithmurray

    keithmurray Pooh-Bah (2,967) Oct 7, 2009 Connecticut
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    Scotch Ale/Wee Heavy
    Baltic Porter
    Munich Helles/Dortmunder

    I would like to see more brewers make an attempt at some styles that fall out of the IPA/IIPA/RIS realm
     
  3. thecheapies

    thecheapies Initiate (0) Jan 11, 2009 Pennsylvania

    I was more so aiming at three newly-defined styles to categorize by on beeradvocate, but I like where you're going with your answer! If I had to choose three styles I'd like brewers to attempt more often, I'd choose...

    English Bitter
    Berliner Weissbier
    English Stout

    Cheers!
     
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  4. dukes

    dukes Initiate (0) Apr 2, 2012 Maryland

    Chicken Beer
    Beef Beer
    Shrimp Beer
     
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  5. guajolote

    guajolote Maven (1,359) Sep 12, 2008 Oregon

    Imperial/Double Mild Ale
    White Stout
    Sour IPA
     
  6. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    Black tripel
    Russian imperial adjunct lager
    Quadrupel IPA
     
  7. guajolote

    guajolote Maven (1,359) Sep 12, 2008 Oregon

    HA!
     
  8. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    Just you wait.
     
  9. icetrauma

    icetrauma Pooh-Bah (1,657) Sep 7, 2004 Texas
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    BA American Adjunct IPA
    Fruit Stout
    Sour IPA
     
  10. keithmurray

    keithmurray Pooh-Bah (2,967) Oct 7, 2009 Connecticut
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    Ok this time, I'll play by the rules

    White Chocolate Macadamia nut Stout
    Double Witbier
    Maple Ale
     
  11. FosterJM

    FosterJM Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2009 California

    Isnt Bramble and Widmer Raspberry a fruit stout?

    Cheers!
     
  12. Domingo

    Domingo Grand Pooh-Bah (4,252) Apr 23, 2005 Colorado
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    I'd like to see some of the German styles rearranged a bit in relation to those styles floating around 5.5% ABV like Export and Spezial.

    The "Euro" Pale Lager grouping is kind of lame, too. Right now if someone likes a beer, they tend to call it a German or Czech Pilsner and if they don't, they shaft it to that poor grouping.

    Much easier, why not have an Imperial/Double Red Ale?
     
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  13. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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  14. Zimbo

    Zimbo Pooh-Bah (2,305) Aug 7, 2010 Scotland
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    Old Ale
    Berliner Weisse
    Mild
     
  15. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    You could do a blend of these styles and call it "Gumbo Beer"!
     
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  16. patto1ro

    patto1ro Pooh-Bah (2,084) Apr 26, 2004 Netherlands
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    AK, KK, EIP.
     
  17. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Since "bock" means strong, and "doppel" means double, are you asking for a Double Strong Bock? In other words, a "Quad Bock" (doubling the double)? Not sure what you mean by an American Wit, a hoppy Wit? Not sure I'd be down with that. There are Imp Reds and Fruit Ales out ther already.

    My Three new styles: LIPA, a sub 4%, light bodied, light colored, very hoppy ale: Cocoa Wit, add some chocolate to the orange in a Wit and drop the Coriander: Wheat-Rye Saison, typical Saison yeast and spice on a base of wheat and rye, about 5.5% ABV.
     
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  18. Errto

    Errto Zealot (737) Oct 20, 2009 Connecticut

    Yeah that's a tricky one. Calling something Euro Pale Lager isn't really a neutral statement at all. It is basically saying "the brewer was attempting to make a Pils or Helles but, in, my opinion, they failed." Then you're forced to get into the question about how much room to allow for temporal and regional variation in traditional styles without going all the way into the opposite extreme of whatever the brewer calls it is correct.
     
  19. thecheapies

    thecheapies Initiate (0) Jan 11, 2009 Pennsylvania

    Strong Doppelbock was merely a suggestion for categorizing atypically high-ABV Doppelbocks with rich, candied or caramel-like malt flavors--examples include Samichlaus, Urbock 23°, and EKU 28. By American Witbier / White Ale, I mean those that either have fruits or fruit juices added, higher-ABVs, use barrel-aging, or are masking the coriander/spice element with big citrus flavors--examples include DFH Red & White, Blue Moon Belgian White, and Sam Adams Blackberry Witbier. Imperial Reds are still classified as American Amber / Red Ales; the same category as, say, Fat Tire or Budweiser American Ale. Fruit Ales are still lumped into the hybrid style Fruit / Vegetable Beer. I, more so, would just like to see 'fruit' separated from 'vegetable'.
     
  20. TheFlern

    TheFlern Initiate (0) May 9, 2009 Idaho

    I've already read literally dozens of threads and posts here that guarantee me that there is ZERO 0% Null nada chance that there will ever be any sort of innovation in beer ever again. Apparently everything that could possibly ever be considered beer was already brewed by the English and then apparently they stopped brewing those beers. So to answer this thread is a fallacy. All beer styles and all possible combinations of beer have already been made by the English.

    as for the Imperial American Red Ale. Look up Pursuit of Hoppiness by Grand Teton. It received a medal at the World Beer fest for one of the best barleywines. Further proof that there is a 100% chance of impossibility of coming up with a new beer style.
     
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