Other

This category brings together beers that fall outside the major style families. Not because they are inferior, but because small brewers create recipes that defy classification: an amber ale, a schwarzbier, a saison aged on juniper, a pale ale with paprika. This is the corner where experimentation takes place.

This is the corner that changes the fastest, as it often involves one-off brews. Expect styles you won't find in the supermarket: amber ales, schwarzbiers, saisons, sours, and beers with an ingredient that doesn't belong there but still works. Anyone who wants to know what a brewer does when no one is watching starts here.

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The beers that don't fit in anywhere

Eleven beers that refuse to be pigeonholed into any of the major styles. Not a residual category, but rather the place where the brewers go their own way: grapes in the mash, paprika in the still, juniper barrels for aging.

Grape ale

Beer with grapes. Somewhere between beer and wine: the yeast of the beer, the acidity and the fruit notes of the grape. Fresh, slightly tart, and surprisingly good with food.

Black but light

Schwarzbier looks like a stout but drinks like a lager: dark roasted malt for the color, otherwise lean and dry. The whisky variant adds wood and warmth to that.

Amber, Scotch and Winterbock

The malty middle ground. Caramel, bread, and dried fruit, with little hop in the foreground. Beers for when it gets colder outside.

Opinionated

Three beers that each write their own rules: greenhouse paprika, a saison aged for months in juniper barrels, and a sour ale that tastes like apple pie.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is in the Other category?

Anything that isn't an IPA, Tripel, Stout, Blond, Dubbel, Quadrupel, or wheat beer. Think of grape ale, Schwarzbier, Saison, Scotch Ale, Winterbock, and Pastry Sour. These are often the beers a brewer has enjoyed the most.

Is grape ale beer or wine?

Beer. The base is simply malt, water, hops, and yeast, to which grapes or grape must are added. The result leans towards wine in terms of acidity and fruit, but the fermentation and carbonation are those of beer.

What is a Schwarzbier?

A black lager from Germany. Due to the dark malt, it is almost black, but it is much lighter in body than a stout: dry, lean, and usually under six percent. Anyone who finds black beer heavy should start here.

What does barrel aged mean?

That the beer has aged for months in a wooden barrel that previously contained whisky, gin, or wine. The wood imparts vanilla and tannins, the previous distillate gives its own color to the flavor, and the aging makes the beer rounder.

Which of these beers is the most accessible?

The Schwarzbier and the Scotch Ale. Both have a recognizable taste and are not extreme in alcohol. The barrel-aged Saison and the Pastry Sour, on the other hand, are beers for those who want something they haven't tried before.

This is the line to raid if you don't know what you want. Choose something whose style you are unfamiliar with, and by the end of the evening, you'll know a little more.

Terms such as IBU, EBC, and turbidity explained: beer terms. Curious who brews these beers: our breweries.

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