Conquering the "beer styles"

I'm at 98...6 to go
American Dark Wheat Ale
Biere De Champagne
Kvass
English Pale Mild
Hoppushu
Lambic unblended

 

I've had all 4 British styles also... cask, brown, diacetyl-laden, and export

As far as the Irish Red goes...I'm sure the Irish don't think it's a British Ale (oops...style) either

When Kvaas is considered a style and American macro lagers have 3 or 4 subcatagories, it's time to rethink styles
completely.

On second thought....drink what you like and call it what you like...we'll never agree anyway

 

wow, I think I've had about 20 different styles. I want to try several beers from each style but I know it's going to take a long to time to get around to doing it.

So far, I've been able to narrow it down to like 10 styles that I like the most...

Russian Imperial Stout

Milk/Sweet Stout

Porter

English Bitter

Saison/Farmhouse Ale

Smoked Beer

MaiBock

Dopplebock

Hefeweizen

Both English and Belgian Dark Ales

A few I didn't really care for...

Vegetable beer

Pilsner

Foreign/Extra Stout

Japanese Rice Beer

Adjunct Lager

 

Had 72. Keep em comin'

 

I am working on all of them except a few I consider to be catch-all categories rather than legit styles ("herbed/spiced beer"). Can't recall my number. There's no rush. I did buy a Bavarian that will probably taste like rocket fuel so I could sample "Euro strong lager". Haha.

 

According to Beoir , the Irish craft beer site , Irish Red isn't a style at all anyway.
I quote;
"The second proven thesis from the evening's tippling is that Irish Red is not a real beer style. On the night, nobody was confident about which was Smithwick's and which was Bass, even though one is supposedly an Irish "red ale" and the other a British "keg bitter". Kilkenny was easily spotted since it had a nitro head, but had John Smith's or Tetley's Smooth been in the mix, I think there would have been some contention. Likewise there was no way either craft beer was going to be mistaken for a mass-produced ale like Bass, but a quality British red keg ale -- Brewdog 5am Saint, for instance -- would, I believe, have muddied the water considerably. Until further tests are carried out, I think my hypothesis that "Irish Red" is simply keg bitter stands."

http://www.beoir.org/index.php/articles-mainmenu-36/beoir-meets/175-the-irish-red-paradox