Lager

Clear, crisp beers made with bottom-fermenting yeasts. Pale lagers are light to golden with an even cleaner, leaner taste.

Ale

A stronger, cloudier beer made with top-fermenting yeasts.

Pilsner

A pale lager with a more prominent hop (a flavorful flower) characteristic.

Witbier/Weissbier

Respectively the Belgian and the German names for ales that use a high proportion of wheat in place of the usual barley.

Enkel, dubbel, tripel

The three levels of strength of Belgian ales: basic, double, and triple (the strongest).

Dunkel

A dark, creamy, malty German beer (most commonly a lager).