DARK BRITISH BEER
Overall Impression: A very dark, sweet, fruity, moderately strong stout with smooth, roasty flavors, yet no burnt harshness.
Aroma: Moderate to high intensity sweetness is prominent. Moderate to high coffee or chocolate roasty aroma, but not burnt. Medium to high fruitiness. May have a molasses, licorice, burnt sugar, dried f
PALE MALTY EUROPEAN LAGER
Overall Impression: A smooth, clean, pale German lager with a moderately strong malty flavor and a light hop character. Deftly balances strength and drinkability, with a palate impression and finish that encourages drinking. Showcases elegant German malt flavors without becoming too heavy or filling.
Aroma: Moderate malty ric
EUROPEAN SOUR ALE
Overall Impression: A sour and fruity oak-aged reddish-brown Belgian-style ale with supportive toasty malt flavors and fruit complexity. The dry, tannic finish supports the suggestion of a vintage red wine.
Aroma: Complex fruity-sour profile with supporting malt. Fruitiness is high, and reminiscent of black cherries, oranges,
FRUIT BEER
Overall Impression: A tasteful union of fruit, spice, and beer, but still recognizable as beer. The fruit and spice character should each be evident but in balance with the beer, not so forward as to suggest an artificial product.
Aroma: Varies by base style. The fruit and spice character should be noticeable in the aroma; ho
FRUIT BEER
Overall Impression: A pleasant integration of fruit with beer, but still recognizable as beer. The fruit character should be evident but in balance with the beer, not so forward as to suggest an artificial product.
Aroma: Varies by base style. The fruit character should be noticeable in the aroma; however, some fruit (e.g., r
EUROPEAN SOUR ALE
Overall Impression: A complex, refreshing, pleasantly sour Belgian wheat beer blending a complementary fermented fruit character with a sour, funky Gueuze.
Aroma: The specified fruit should be the dominant aroma, blending well with similar aromatics as Gueuze (same description applies, but with the addition of a fermented fru
IPA
Color: Straw to pale
Clarity: Filtered. Appearance should be absolutely clear, no haze allow
Taste: Malt sweetness is very low to low. Alcohol sweetness is medium. Absolutely dry finish. Finish should exhibit low to medium-low body with a clean, crisp malt character evident at low levels
Aroma: High floral, fruity, sulfur, pine
IPA
Overall Impression: A beer with the dryness, hop-forward balance, and flavor characteristics of an American IPA, but darker in color. Darker malts add a gentle and supportive flavor, not a strongly roasted or burnt character.
Aroma: Moderate to high hop aroma, often with a stone fruit, tropical, citrusy, resinous, pine, berry
ЧЕШСКИЙ ЛАГЕР
Overall Impression: A lighter-bodied, rich, refreshing, hoppy, bitter pale Czech lager having the familiar flavors of the stronger Czech Premium Pale Lager (Pilsner-type) beer but in a lower alcohol, lighter-bodied, and slightly less intense format.
Aroma: Light to moderate bready-rich malt combined with light to modera
CZECH LAGER
Overall Impression: A refreshing pale Czech lager with considerable malt and hop character and a long finish. The malt flavors are complex for a Pilsner-type beer. The bitterness is strong and clean but lacks harshness, which gives a wellbalanced, rounded flavor impression that enhances drinkability.
Aroma: Medium to medium-h