Beer style
As a beer style is called the generic term for a category of beers .
use
The term beer style is used to communicate internationally, for example to create beer accompaniments to meal sequences without having to use brand or variety names. Different styles of beer are also used in international competitions such as the World Beer Award . The organizers create style or category descriptions.
Such a style description contains sensory characteristics and values. The sensory characteristics are divided according to the individual sensory perceptions, in the case of beers mainly into optical, olfactory (this also includes taste) and haptic impressions . (Acoustic impressions are usually never described).
The values are referred to as alcohol values, original wort , color values ( EBC or SRM Standard Reference Method), bitter values (EBU, European Bitterness Unit ) and ranges in which certain taste impressions may occur. These are often given in percent.