British & Irish Beer Styles

Question 1

A ~3.5% abv draught pale ale consumed in British pubs.

Answer 1

Standard Bitter

Question 2

Dark ale consumed by London working classes circa 1750:

Answer 2

Brown Porter

*porters carry stuff = working class. Three porter styles mid-1700s, export, American style

Question 3

Best known Irish beer style made with roast barley:

Answer 3

Dry Stout

Roast barley is used in stouts. There are 6 styles of stout. Dry stouts are Irish.

Question 4

Lower gravity ales denoted as 60/ or 70/ are known as what sort of ale?

Answer 4

Scottish Ales - also known as shilling ales.

Question 5

What are shilling ales?

Answer 5

Scottish ales named for the duty paid per hogshead. The price was based on strength.
Light = 60/ under 3.5%
Heavy = 70/ between 3.5 -4%
Export = 80/ between 4 and 5.5%
Wee Heavy = 90/ over 6.0%

Question 6

Sub-style of stout made in England using lactose

Answer 6

Sweet stout.

Lactose is a milk sugar. Stouts made with lactose are also known as Milk Stout or Cream Stout.

Question 7

Style name used for the strongest stouts:

Answer 7

Russian Imperial Stout

Question 8

Nickname for a strong Scotch Ale:

Answer 8

Wee Heavy

Question 9

In modern times, style name for stouts made for routine export:

Answer 9

Foreign Extra Stout

Question 10

Modern Irish Style that is not a stout:

Answer 10

Irish Red Ale

Question 11

Well-hopped and pale British ale style created for export but became popular domestically in the mid 1800s:

Answer 11

English India Pale Ale

Keywords: well hopped, pale, export.

There are three IPA styles. English IPA was created for export to India.

Question 12

A draught pale ale with a bit more flavor than ordinary but still generally less than 4%:

Answer 12

Best Bitters

Three styles of English Pale Ale. Standard/Ordinary, Special/Best/Premium, and Extra Special Bitters. The level above ordinary is best.

Question 13

Ale of more than 5% abv some or all of which is held in wood vessels for six months or longer before blending and packaging:

Answer 13

Old Ale

Keywords: aged + blended

Question 14

A beer that contains no roast or black malts and is often the strongest of English Ales:

Answer 14

English Barleywine

Question 15

Style of dark ale rare in Britain except for a Newcastle export well-known in the US:

Answer 15

Northern English Brown