I remember a while back finding this neat chart that showed a bunch of religions from all over the world, with connections between them to show how new religions developed over time (and when, and even in what part of the world.) Has anyone ever seen a similar chart for beer styles? I know I've seen mentions of the history of certain types of beer every now and then, like how stouts developed from porters (originally being "stout porters"), and everyone's heard the story of where the first IPAs came from and why they ended up being called "India" Pale Ales, but it'd be pretty interesting to see a detailed chart covering as many styles as possible (or at least the ones with any interconnection to others) plus when and where they developed, putting all that information in one place.
I think I've actually seen the "Beeriodic Table" somewhere before--though it seems like it's always a really small version of the image so it's hard/borderline impossible to actually read any of the blocks. I think I can make out "Pale ale" in the example in the lower-left corner, but that's about it. The big interlinking-circles chart is new to me, though. Definitely getting closer to the kind of thing I was looking for (I kinda want to know the story behind some of these connections now--like why cream ale is linked directly to both ale and lager... I know California common/steam beer's story and why it would be considered connected to both types of beer, but I can't remember really hearing much about cream ales.)
The only thing I have a problem with this that some people will think that there are real styles,like elements. elements do not have fuzzy boundaries
Unfortunately it's all over the place.Why is bitter separate from Pale Ale when they are two names for the same thing?Why do Old Ale , Barley Wine and Scotch Ale (Burton Ale seems to have been forgotten) appear as Mixed Styles?
Not only did I like this chart, I had several copies laminated and gave it as Christmas gifts a few years ago. I also not have one in my brewing area (okay.... it's mead, not beer, but I LIKE beer too !!)