Name your favorite Beer styles and why

[MikeFlynn74]

Ok I will start-

Double IPAs or IIPAs
Why- they grab your toung and start attacking while hiding some of the higher alc. By the time your done drinking a pint all other beers taste like water and your hitting on anything female.

Belgian Tripels-
Light yet very fruity- These will punch you in the face and leave you wondering why you are sleeping on the floor...... in the hallway.

Hefes-
Great beer with food- Friends and ladies love them. First beer I introduced my wife too.

Reds-
Oh sweet reds! I love thy malty goodness. Like redheads- I will always have a sweetspot in my heart/liver for reds.

 

[Kevin Dean]

English Pale Ales, especially of the bitter variety

I like a "balanced" beer with clean malty notes but not that tastes like you're sucking on extract syrup. A decently strong hop flavor that shines through but compliments the malt... Mmmm.

I like english ales in comparison to most american ones because they're "heavier" which for me is just easier to drink. High carbonation or light body has to be forced down.

Hefe

I LOVE a good hefe with strong banana (not fond of the clove) notes but I hate MAKING hefes beause I pretty much hate blow-off tubes now.

American Pale Ale

Done "right" I LOVE a beer with a crisp citrus flavor. While english ales are great for drinking and feeling "social", a citrus-infused beer is one of the most refreshing things you can down.

 

[Ryanh1801]

Anything sour. or hoppy

 

[Yooper]

Double IPAs or IIPAs
Why- they grab your toung and start attacking while hiding some of the higher alc. By the time your done drinking a pint all other beers taste like water and your hitting on anything female.

I love IIPAs, too. But I don't hit on anything female when I drink them. I guess I just haven't had the right kind.

IPAs are my all-time favorite. Burst of flavors you can drink all night.

 

[EdWort]

Quaffable beers like my Haus and Kolsch

Bavaraian Hefe Weizens

Good IPA's

A good porter that you can chew on for a while.

 

[RICLARK]

Steam Beer Because of How light they are but have more flavor than a Light Lager.

Ipa because of the full frontal Hop Assault

Hefe because I dont really know I guess because they are just so damn Tastey!

 

[Soulive]

My favorite style, singular, is probably American Pale Ale. I love the balanced, quenching, slightly citric character. It may be boring or cliche but there's a reason its so commonly praised...

 

[Willy Boner]

STOUT! Oatmeal Stout preferably

 

[LostDakota]

+1 Soulive

APA have great flavor and bittering. There's taste there, but it isn't filling. I could drink APAs for hours.

 

[pjj2ba]

Porters in the Winter, although the occassional Oatmeal stout or Belgian dark ale really hits the spot on a cold snowy day.

Pilsners in the Summer. Clean and crisp with a nice bitterness that is easy to drink a fair bit of. After that a good IPA is nice for a change up, but it is not a style I want to sit and have 6 pints of on a hot summer evening.

 

[Danny013]

Anything English/Irish. Pale ales, bitters, stouts, porters, etc. I love 'em all. I love the English hops, too. Fuggles + EKG = teh secks. Good malty flavor, lower carbonation, creamy head and mouthfeel, nice earthy balancing hops, mmm.

I don't care too much for hoppy beers. I like hops, but I prefer a balance with the malt, even a bit on the malty side. And I absolutely cannot stand APA's at this point. Cascade is overused and has become the devil . I love trying new beers and especially American/local micros, but everytime I get one it's the same 'ol thing. Hoppy cascade profile that tastes like the 6er I bought last week. Now I just buy English imports because they rock.

I do like a good Belgian, though. Hefe's are ok, I like the darker German stuff a lot, as well.

Still doesn't compare to good English ales...

 

[jzal8]

My favorite style, singular, is probably American Pale Ale. I love the balanced, quenching, slightly citric character. It may be boring or cliche but there's a reason its so commonly praised...

+1 A clean crisp pale ale is my favorite. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale changed the way I thought about beer. Since I started brewing in April, my goal has been to brew the perfect pale ale.


Also of course I love a smooth Dry Stout. Also, just about all Belgian styles.

 

[Junebug]

+1 A clean crisp pale ale is my favorite. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale changed the way I thought about beer. Since I started brewing in April, my goal has been to brew the perfect pale ale.


Also of course I love a smooth Stout. Also, just about all Belgian beers.

I'm really into pale ales, too. I just made a clone of SNPA. Nice, clean, slightly citrus with the perfect amount of hoppiness.

 

[brauhaus]

the Paulenar Salvator Dobble Bock is one of my favorites...

other than that, a classic ale is my cup of tea just like soulive put it.

 

[cheezydemon]

Somewhat seasonal.

Fall is - Marzens, hop harvest ales
winter - Imperial stouts, Helles Munichs(free lagering in garage)
Spring - APA, IPA, occasional porter
Summer - Reds, Alts

 

[Iordz]

I love all beer styles, however one seems to shine above the rest: Flanders Red! I don't drink them all the time, but when I want something unique I reach for one.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

To me, nothing beats a properly made robust porter. Full bodied with roasted/chocolate notes.

Close second is a monster hop-explosion-in-your-face IIPA.

3rd is just about anything over 50 IBU. :rockin:

 

[elkdog]

I love bitters- nice balanced easy-drinking beer. They're what I think of when I think of ale.

Other than those, I love a good APA for the reasons stated above (crisp, citrusy)

On a cold night when I've worked hard all day, there is nothing better than a good stout (I prefer oatmeal, sweet, or Imperial; not a huge dry stout fan) and a basketball game on TV. Something roasty to enjoy slowly while unwinding really hits the spot.

I was on a hop kick last summer, but it's tailed off as I've been more interested in the balance of a good bitter lately.

 

[niquejim]

I love all beer styles, however one seems to shine above the rest: Flanders Red! I don't drink them all the time, but when I want something unique I reach for one.

I couldn't agree more. I love APA's, IPA's, Bitters, Porters, Stouts and just about anything else,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but there's nothing like a Rodenbach or a Duchesse. If I could make something as good as those I could die a happy man.

 

[mrfocus]

I really love Belgian's, the sort of stuff that Unibroue make (La Fin du Monde, Eau Benite, etc.).

Wheat beers and Pilsner's are also up there, because I like the refreshing taste.

 

[Air Pirate]

Belgian's and British are my favorites.

I like stronger flavors.

 

[Melana]

Let's see... I like a nice dry stout, porter, hefe, IPA... I'll try anything!
I guess I like full flavored beer...

 

[Spyk'd]

I love me the Brown Ale.




But I also love a good ESB and my Abbey Ale (in recipes).

 

[enderwig]

I like the richness of stouts. So many different flavors and each one is so rich and powerful.

 

[PseudoChef]

Wow, loaded question as I love beer in general. Even subtle Hefes are growing on me! (and I hate bananas!)

I'll need to narrow it down to 3:

1) Belgian Strong Dark. Comparable to a full bodied red wine in my eyes. I love the dark fruit/sour flavours that can evolve. Just hits my palate right.

2) American Barleywine. Over the top I've heard, but I enjoy it. Like sipping on an intensely hoppy port in some cases. I haven't had an American Barleywine that I've found terrible yet. Still need to do some exploring, though.

3) Belgian Pale. Again, just so much complexity in a such a simple beer. The art of this one really gets me.

Weird enough, I haven't made any of these styles yet. Gotta get on that!

 

[JeepGuy]

Homebrewed Belgian wit......because it's what I'm drinking.

 

[DeathBrewer]

nice chocolately rich stouts and belgian dark strong ales in the winter.

hefe- and dunkel-weizens (german-style weisse-biers being my favorite), malty (often dark) lagers, and the occasional belgian wit in the summer.

pretty much all belgian, abbey, trappist beers any time. i like very flavorful brew

i like english ales, too...although the low carbonation kinda gets to me sometimes.

 

[brett]

Where's the Blond Ale/English Mild love? Light, quaffable, flavorful, and not too bitter.

I can't wait until early September, sitting outside as the sun hangs low in the late summer sky, sipping on some home-brewed blond ale......

 

[sause]

For every day drinking a good Pils is hard to beat. But it's one beer for the night I would choose a Belgian Tripel or if price wasn't an object Flanders Red's are the best beers out there.