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Beer Guide


1. Barley Wine

a) English-Style Barley Wine:

  • Tawny copper to dark brown in color with a full body and high residual malty sweetness.
  • Complexity of alcohols and fruity-ester characters are often high and counter-balanced by the perception of low to medium bitterness and extraordinary alcohol content.
  • Hop aroma and flavor may be minimal to medium.
  • Diacetyl should be very low.
  • A caramel and vinous aroma and flavor is part of the character.
  • Chill haze is allowable at cold temperatures.
  • b) American-Style Barley Wine

  • Tawny copper to dark brown in color with a full body and high residual malty sweetness.
  • Complexity of alcohols and fruity-ester characters are often high and counterbalanced by the perception of medium to assertive bitterness and extraordinary alcohol content.
  • Hop aroma and flavor may be medium to very high.
  • Diacetyl should be very low.
  • A caramel and vinous aroma and flavor is part of the character.
  • Chill haze is allowable at cold temperatures.
  • ALE: Barley Wine | Belgian and French Ale | Belgian-Style Lambic | Mild and Brown Ale | English-Style Pale Ale | American-Style Ale | English Bitter | Scottish Ale | Porter | English/Scottish Strong Ale | Stout
    LAGER: Bock | German Dark Lager | German Light Lager | Classic Pilsener | American Lager | Vienna/Mrzen/Oktoberfest
    HYBRID/ MIXED: German-Style Ale | German-style Wheat Beer | Smoked Beer | Fruit and Vegetable Beer | Herb and Spice Beer | Specialty and Experimental Beer | California Common Beer


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