Glasses of amber ale and red ale sitting side by side. - Gonzalo de Miceu/Shutterstock Perhaps you've ordered an amber ale while your friend got a red ale, and you both marveled at how similar they ...

The Story: American brewers are relatively new to the brewing game. In fact, most beer styles enjoyed in America today originated in other countries and came here when immigrants arrived. Because of ...

If forced to choose a beer style for a lifetime monogamous drinking relationship, I'd do what any reasonable beer geek would do. Cheat. I'd choose the amber/red style. Which one, amber or red? There's ...

What I have always liked about beer, as opposed to wine, is that a style description on a label - IPA, doppelbock, porter - leads a drinker to a more precise expectation of what might be in the bottle ...

When I first dove head-first into the world of craft beer more than a decade ago, the idea that an American brewery would choose to get by without an “amber ale” or “red ale” still seemed like a ...