Beer Dictionary

• ABV = Alcohol By Volume 
• Availability = How easy the beer is to purchase/find.  Whale being the extremely hard to find (think Kate the Great)
• Had = The method in which I drank the beer
• IBU = International Bitterness Unit - the higher the #, typically the stronger the hops
• Kev Rating = Letter grade scale
• Region = Home State of the brewery
• Style = Style of Beer*

Beer Styles:

Rather than technical explanations of beer styles, I've decided to give you some popular examples of each!

Ales (Top Fermenting Yeast)

• Amber or Red Ale (Troegs Nugget Nectar, Fat Tire Amber, Maine Beer Zoe, etc)
• Barleywine
• American (Sierra Nevada Bigfoot, Troegs Flying Mouflan, Smuttynose Barleywine, etc)
• English (Anchor Old Foghorn, Brooklyn Monster, Avery Samael, etc)
• Black Ale (Stone 15th Anniv Escondidian, Clown Shoes Hoppy Feet, Otter Creek Black IPA, etc)
• Blonde Ale (Shipyard Export Ale, Redhook Blonde, Mayflower Golden, etc)
• Brown Ale
• American (DFH Indian Brown, Smuttynose Old Brown Dog, Brooklyn Brown, etc)
• English (Newcastle Brown, Sam Smith Nut Brown, Pretty Things St Botolph, etc)
• Double or Imperial IPA (Russian River Pliny the Elder, Victory Hop Wallop, DFH 90 & 120 Minute IPA, Stone Ruination, etc)
• IPA
• American (DFH 60 Minute IPA, Smuttynose Finest Kind, Stone IPA, Harpoon IPA, etc)
• Belgian (Lagunitas Little Sumpin' Wild, Clown Shoes Tramp Stamp, Flying Dog Raging Bitch, etc)
• English (Sam Smith India Ale, Long Trail IPA, Shipyard IPA, Brooklyn East India Pale Ale, etc)
• Irish Red Ale (Sam Adams Irish Red, Smithwick's, Harpoon Celtic Ale, etc)
• Old Ale (Smuttynose Really Old Brown Dog, Founders Old Curmudgeon, Ipswich Winter, etc)
• Pale Ale
• American (Oskar Blues Dale's Pale, Sam Adams Boston Ale, Stone Pale, Smuttynose Shoals Pale, etc)
• Belgian (Orval Trappist Ale, Ommegang Rare Vos, Avery Karma, etc)
• English (Boddingtons Pub Ale, Bass Pale, Sam Adams Pale, Fuller's London Pride, etc) 
• Porter
• American (Stone Smoked Porter, Anchor Porter, Smuttynose Robust Porter, Founders Porter, etc)
• Baltic (Sinebrychoff Porter, Victory Baltic Thunder, Smuttynose Baltic, Olfabrikken Porter, Harpoon Leviathan Baltic, etc)
• English (Sam Smith Taddy Porter, Sam Adams Honey Porter, Mayflower Porter, etc)
• Pumpkin Ale (DFH Punkin, Brooklyn Post Road Pumpkin, Southern Tier Pumking, etc)
• Rye (Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye, Founders Red's Rye PA, Bruery Rugbrod, etc)
• Stout
• American (Sierra Stout, Bar Harbor Cadillac Mountain, Harpoon Chocolate Stout, Pretty Things Babayaga, etc)
• Double/Imperial (Founders Breakfast Stout, Goose Island Bourbon County, Dieu Du Ciel Peche Mortel, etc)
• English (Harpoon Island Creek Oyster Stout, Ridgeway Bad King John, Bellhaven Scottish Stout, etc)
• Foreign/Export (Guinness Export, Cisco Captain Swain's, Lion Stout, etc)
• Irish Dry (Guinness Draught, Murphy's Irish Stout, Beamish Irish Stout, etc)
• Milk/Sweet (Sam Adams Cream Stout, Young's Double Chocolate, Left Hand Milk, etc)
• Oatmeal (Sam Smith Oatmeal, Anderson Barney Flats Oatmeal, Wolaver's Oatmeal, etc)
• Russian Imperial (Portsmouth Kate The Great, Brooklyn Black Chocolate, North Coast Old Rasputin, Oskar Blues Ten FIDY, Sam Smith Imperial, etc)
• Scotch Ale/Wee Heavy (Oskar Blues Old Chub, Sam Adams Scotch Ale, Founders Dirty Bastard, etc)
• Scottish Ale (Brooklyn Winter, Long Trail Hibernator, Gritty McDuff's Scottish Ale, etc)
• Strong Ale
• American (Stone Arrogant Bastard, Rogue Dead Guy, Lagunitas Brown Shugga', etc)
• English (Geary's Hampshire Special Ale, Sam Smith Yorkshire Stingo, Ridgeway Insanely Bad Elf, etc)
• Wheat Ale
• American (Sam Adams Summer, UFO Hefeweizen, Kona Wailua Wheat, etc)
• Hefeweizen (Paulaner Hefe-Weissbier, Troegs DreamWeaver, Victory Sunrise, etc)
• Wild Ale (Allagash Interlude, Russian River Supplication, Ommegang Ommegeddon, etc)
• Winter Warmer (Sam Adams Old Fezziwig, Harpoon Winter, Anderson Valley Winter Solstice, etc)

Lagers (Bottom Fermenting Yeast)

• American Adjunct Lager (Bud, PBR, Coors, Miller, etc)
• American Amber/Red (Yuengling, Brooklyn Lager, Killian's Irish Red, Cape Ann Fisherman's Brew, etc)
• American Double/Imperial Pilsner (DFH My Antonia, Stone Juxtaposition Black, Harpoon Leviathan Big Bohemian, etc)
• American Malt (Steel Reserve, Miller Olde English, Private Stock Haffenreffer, etc)
• American Pale Lager (Kirin Ichiban, Michelob, Kona Longboard Island Lager, etc)
• California Common/Steam (Anchor Steam, Flying Dog Old Scratch, Beer Works Boston Common, etc)
• Light (Bud Light, Sam Adams Light, Coors Light, etc)
• Marzen/Oktoberfest (Sam Adams Octoberfest, Spaten Oktoberfiestbier, Hofbrauhaus Hofbrau Oktoberfestbier, Harpoon Octoberfest, etc)
• Munich Dunkel (Negra Modelo, Harpoon Munich Type Dark, Spaten Dunkel, etc)
• Pilsener (Victory Prima Pils, Troegs Sunshine Pils, Warsteiner Premium Verum, etc)
• Rauchbier (Sam Adams Rauchbier, Flying Dog Schwarz, etc)
• Schwarzbier (Sam Adams Black Lager, Kostritzer Schwarzbier, Magic Hat Howl, etc)