A Saison (French for season) is a broadly defined pale ale that, in modern versions, is generally around 7% abv, highly carbonated, fruity, spicy (sometimes from the addition of spices). As a beer style, the saison originated from ales brewed during the cooler and less active months in farmhouses in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium, and then stored for drinking by the farm workers during the summer months.
Beer Style
Double Stout / Beer Style
The Double Stout gets some of it inspiration from the Russian Imperial Stout. American brewers, inclined as they are to experiment with the limits of beer styles, have taken the American Stout to bigger levels of malt and hop character. Thus, they’ve “doubled,” or “imperialized,” the American Stout into a stronger brew. Expect a very robust, full-bodied Stout with lots of complexity in aroma and flavor, with many examples surpassing Russian Imperial Stouts in strength and intensity. Look for a dark, virtually black color displaying the beer’s roasted malt soul.
English India Pale Ale / Beer Style
India pale ale (IPA) is a hoppy beer style within the broader category of pale ale. The first known use of the term "India pale ale" is an advertisement in the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser in 1829. It was also referred to as pale ale as prepared for India, India ale, pale India ale, or pale export India ale. Brewed to survive the voyage from England to India. The temperature extremes and rolling of the seas resulted in a highly attenuated beer upon arrival. English pale ales were derived from India Pale Ales.
Imperial (Double) India Pale Ale / Beer Style
Imperial (Double) IPAs are a stronger, very hoppy variant of IPAs that typically have alcohol content above 7.5% by volume. The style is claimed to have originated with Vinnie Cilurzo, currently the owner of Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa CA., in 1994 at the now-defunct Blind Pig Brewery in Temecula, California. The style has been embraced by the craft brewers of San Diego County, California, to such an extent that some refer to double IPAs as "San Diego pale ale".
Oatmeal Stout / Beer Style
Stout is a dark beer made using roasted malt or roasted barley, hops, water and yeast. Stouts are traditionally the generic term for the strongest or stoutest porters, typically 7% or 8%, produced by a brewery.The first known use of the word stout for beer was in a document dated 1677 found in the Egerton Manuscript, the sense being that a stout beer was a strong beer not a dark beer.