Stubby§ The palate
The 37 beer styles, explained in one sentence each
No jargon. What each style tastes like, who's pouring it near you, and which one to try next.
Find your palate — 8 taps →§ Start here
Five beers that teach you the whole map
Clean, hoppy, fruity, tart, dark. Walk these five in order and you've visited the four corners of craft beer without ever ordering something you hate.
Helles
Soft, bready and easy — a pilsner with the edges rounded off.
71 pouring near you
Pale Ale
Balanced and hoppy without shouting — the sensible middle of the tap list.
85 pouring near you
Hazy IPA
Cloudy and juicy — the citrus of an IPA, almost none of the bite.
18 pouring near you
Gose
Tart, salty and refreshing — like a squeeze of lime in your beer.
11 pouring near you
Porter
Chocolate and coffee, medium weight — dark beer that still drinks easy.
5 pouring near you
IPA
Hop-forward. Bitter, fruity, or both.
4 styles · 107 pouring near you
Session IPA
All the hop flavour of an IPA at half the strength.
6 pouring near you
West Coast IPA
Clear, sharp and properly bitter — pine and grapefruit, bone dry.
76 pouring near you
Black IPA
Looks like a stout, tastes like an IPA — roast and pine together.
None nearby
Double IPA
Big, boozy and bitter — an IPA with the volume turned up.
25 pouring near you
Lager
Clean, crisp, cold-fermented.
5 styles · 53 pouring near you
Cream Ale
Smooth, mellow and cold — the craft answer to a plain domestic lager.
4 pouring near you
Pilsner
Crisp, dry and cold — the one you want after work.
38 pouring near you
Vienna Lager
Amber, toasty and smooth — a lager with a bit of bread crust.
8 pouring near you
Dark Lager
Dark but light on its feet — mild cocoa, no heaviness.
2 pouring near you
Bock
Rich, malty and strong — dark bread and caramel, sneaky alcohol.
1 pouring near you
Pale
The balanced middle of the tap list.
1 style · 2 pouring near you
Amber & Brown
Malty, toasty, caramel-leaning.
1 style · 16 pouring near you
Stout & Porter
Dark and roasty. Coffee, cocoa, cream.
3 styles · 54 pouring near you
Sour
Tart and bright. From a squeeze to a pucker.
5 styles · 38 pouring near you
Berliner Weisse
Light, lemony and lightning-tart — the thinnest, sharpest beer on the list.
3 pouring near you
Fruited Sour
Tart and loaded with real fruit — sharp, bright, almost a cordial.
28 pouring near you
Flanders Red
Sour and fruity like a cherry vinegar — tart, balanced, faintly sweet.
None nearby
Lambic
Bone-dry, barnyard-funky and intensely sour — the least beer-like beer there is.
None nearby
Wild Ale
Funky, tart and unpredictable — closer to natural wine than beer.
7 pouring near you
Farmhouse
Dry, peppery, and endlessly drinkable.
3 styles · 18 pouring near you
Wheat
Soft and cloudy. Banana, clove, citrus.
3 styles · 10 pouring near you
Belgian
Fruity, spicy, and stronger than it tastes.
4 styles · 2 pouring near you
Belgian Blonde
Gentle, fruity and lightly spiced — the friendliest beer Belgium makes.
1 pouring near you
Dubbel
Dark, raisiny and smooth — a strong Belgian that hides its alcohol.
1 pouring near you
Tripel
Golden, spicy and dangerously strong — sweet up front, dry at the end.
None nearby
Quadrupel
Enormous — figs, dates and rum, at wine strength. One is plenty.
None nearby
Other
Everything that refuses a box.
3 styles · 3 pouring near you
