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Know Your Porters from Your Stouts

Those of you who think there are only two kinds of beers--domestic and imported--need to take an extended tour of this website. Malt of the Earth, a subsection of the Brew Harvest Consumer Review, bills itself as a "style guide" to beer--and you'll be surprised at just how many styles there are. In addition to resolving the age-old porter/stout confusion, this site also spells out the differences between European and American-style lagers, explains what makes a brown ale brown, and helpfully defines all those weird German modifiers like "dunkel" and "helles" that routinely frighten away less adventurous tipplers. So, in the words of the Rolling Stones, raise a glass to the hardworking millions and drink a toast at the Malt of the Earth.

Fri, 11 Feb 2000 05:05:37 -0800