8 Malt-driven Styles

Question 1

Malt-driven LAGER styles

Answer 1

Brewed with lager yeast; very little yeast-driven aroma

1. Straw or gold coloured lagers
2. Amber, copper or brown coloured lagers
3. Strong lagers
4. Smoked lagers

Question 2

Straw or gold coloured lagers

Answer 2

Lager yeast - malt driven style
all use only base malt (no speciality malts)
Low level of DMS acceptable (cooked sweetcorn aroma)

1. American lager
2. International pale lager
3. Light lager
   4 Munich helles (Munchner Hell)

Question 3

Amber, copper or brown coloured lagers

Answer 3

Lager yeast - malt driven style
all include proportion of highly killed or dark roasted malts

1. Munich dunkel
2. International dark lager
3. Marzen (alt. lab. term from OUTSIDE Germany: Oktoberfestbier)
4. Vienna lager
5. International amber lager

!!! GERMAN ‘‘Oktoberfestbier (Festbier/Wiesn)’’ labelling term is more commonly used for beer similar to Munich helles but slightly stronger and fuller-bodied, golden in colour

Question 4

Strong lagers

Answer 4

Lager yeast - malt driven style
elevated alcohol levels, fuller body, concentrated malt character (from high original extract)

1. Helles Bock (Maibock)
2. Dunkles bock (bock)
3. Dopplebock (suffix ‘ator’ from Salvator to indicate this style)

Question 5

Smoked lagers

Answer 5

Lager yeast - malt driven style
Bamberg brewery in Bavaria, Germany
wood smoke aromas reminiscent of smoked bacon/cheese

1. Rauchbier marzen

Rauchbier can be attached to range of other classic German beer styles when brewed with smoked malts.

Question 6

Malt-driven ALE styles

Answer 6

Brewed with ALE yeast; may contribute additional fruity aromas

1. Straw or gold coloured ales
2. Amber, copper or brown coloured ales
3. Brown or Black coloured ales
4. Strong ales

Question 7

Straw of gold coloured ales

Answer 7

Ale yeast - malt driven style
base malt, wheat malt or other pale coloured grains

1. American blond ale
2. American wheat beer (ale)
3. Kolsch

Question 8

Amber, copper or brown coloured ales

Answer 8

Ale yeast - malt driven style
use of speciality malts

1. Irish red ale
2. Brown ale

Question 9

Brown or black coloured ales

Answer 9

Ale yeast; malt driven style
inclusion of dark roasted malts

1. Porter
2. Dark mild ale
3. Irish stout
4. Other stouts

Question 10

Strong ales

Answer 10

Ale yeast; malt driven style
high to very high alcohol, full body, concentrated malt character
(from high original extract)

1. Imperial stout
2. Barley wine
3. Scotch ale