Eight styles: Thousands of beers

The craft beer market is comprised of hundreds of documented beer varieties and a handful of organisations with their own unique classifications, but beers primarily fall into one of three types: bottom fermentation beers (lagers); top fermentation beers (ales); and spontaneous or wild fermentation beers. Within each of these categories there are many sub-groups but…

Eight styles: Thousands of beers

The craft beer market is comprised of hundreds of documented beer varieties and a handful of organisations with their own unique classifications, but beers primarily fall into one of three types: bottom fermentation beers (lagers); top fermentation beers (ales); and spontaneous or wild fermentation beers. Within each of these categories there are many sub-groups but…

The Great British Beer Festival

If you love real ale and have a taste for it in London then there’s only one place to be this week… the Great British Beer Festival at London’s Olympia. The CAMRA-organised event gets underway tomorrow and promises 542 beers on tap, with more still to be confirmed. There will also be hundreds of bottled…

Eight styles: Thousands of beers

The craft beer market is comprised of hundreds of documented beer varieties and a handful of organisations with their own unique classifications, but beers primarily fall into one of three types: bottom fermentation beers (lagers); top fermentation beers (ales); and spontaneous or wild fermentation beers. Within each of these categories there are many sub-groups but…

CAMRA and ‘real ale’

CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, is an independent, voluntary organisation that campaigns for real ale, community pubs and consumer rights. It has more than 160,000 members across the world and supports well-run pubs as the centres of community life – whether in rural or urban areas – and believes their continued existence plays a…