Beer Styles - Tier List & Versus

(2026)

This list has 52 characters from Beer Styles.

Beer Styles - Official Tier

Editorial placements for Beer Styles, with the reasoning behind each list.

Love

Ask a room which style they reach for first and the answers collide: IPA for the hops, pilsner for the crisp finish, stout for the dark pour, wheat beer for the summer patio. This board is pure affection — the pours people order by name and defend in the comments.

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India Pale Ale India Pale Ale
Pilsner Pilsner
Stout Stout
Pale Ale Pale Ale
Wheat Beer Wheat Beer
Lager Lager
Pale Lager Pale Lager
Saison Saison
Bock Bock
Porter Porter
Marzen Marzen
Kolsch Kolsch
American Pale Ale American Pale Ale
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Helles Helles
American Lager American Lager
Dortmunder Export Dortmunder Export
Cream Ale Cream Ale
Ale Ale
Bitter Bitter
Mild Ale Mild Ale
Brown Ale Brown Ale
Dubbel Dubbel
Tripel Tripel
Gose Gose
Sour Beer Sour Beer
Lambic Lambic
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Altbier Altbier
Dunkel Dunkel
Quadrupel Quadrupel
Gueuze Gueuze
Kriek Lambic Kriek Lambic
Framboise Framboise
Oud Bruin Oud Bruin
Flanders Red Ale Flanders Red Ale
Grodziskie Grodziskie
Grisette Grisette
Biere De Garde Biere De Garde
Smoked Beer Smoked Beer
Kellerbier Kellerbier
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Zoigl Zoigl
Fruit Beer Fruit Beer
Pumpkin Ale Pumpkin Ale
Barrel Aged Beer Barrel Aged Beer
Farmhouse Ale Farmhouse Ale
Small Beer Small Beer
Light Beer Light Beer
Rye Beer Rye Beer
Malt Liquor Malt Liquor
Burton Ale Burton Ale
Copper Ale Copper Ale
Old Ale Old Ale
Barley Wine Barley Wine

Power

Some styles are built to hit hard. Barley wine and quadrupel bring the alcohol, stout and barrel-aged beer bring the roasted depth, old ale and dubbel bring slow warmth. If you pick by body and strength instead of refreshment, start at the top.

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Barley Wine Barley Wine
Quadrupel Quadrupel
Tripel Tripel
Stout Stout
Barrel Aged Beer Barrel Aged Beer
Dubbel Dubbel
Bock Bock
Old Ale Old Ale
Porter Porter
Flanders Red Ale Flanders Red Ale
Smoked Beer Smoked Beer
Sour Beer Sour Beer
Malt Liquor Malt Liquor
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India Pale Ale India Pale Ale
Saison Saison
Biere De Garde Biere De Garde
Dunkel Dunkel
Marzen Marzen
Altbier Altbier
American Pale Ale American Pale Ale
Brown Ale Brown Ale
Burton Ale Burton Ale
Copper Ale Copper Ale
Oud Bruin Oud Bruin
Kriek Lambic Kriek Lambic
Gueuze Gueuze
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Pale Ale Pale Ale
Wheat Beer Wheat Beer
Kolsch Kolsch
Helles Helles
Dortmunder Export Dortmunder Export
American Lager American Lager
Pilsner Pilsner
Pale Lager Pale Lager
Lager Lager
Cream Ale Cream Ale
Ale Ale
Bitter Bitter
Zoigl Zoigl
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Mild Ale Mild Ale
Kellerbier Kellerbier
Grodziskie Grodziskie
Grisette Grisette
Farmhouse Ale Farmhouse Ale
Lambic Lambic
Framboise Framboise
Fruit Beer Fruit Beer
Pumpkin Ale Pumpkin Ale
Small Beer Small Beer
Light Beer Light Beer
Rye Beer Rye Beer
Gose Gose

Easy Drinking

Not every round needs to be a challenge. Pilsner, pale lager, helles and kölsch are built for long afternoons: soft bitterness, clean malt and low fuss. The darker, heavier pours slide down this board on purpose.

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Pilsner Pilsner
Pale Lager Pale Lager
American Lager American Lager
Lager Lager
Helles Helles
Kolsch Kolsch
Cream Ale Cream Ale
Wheat Beer Wheat Beer
Dortmunder Export Dortmunder Export
Light Beer Light Beer
Ale Ale
Bitter Bitter
Mild Ale Mild Ale
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Pale Ale Pale Ale
American Pale Ale American Pale Ale
Gose Gose
Fruit Beer Fruit Beer
Saison Saison
Zoigl Zoigl
Kellerbier Kellerbier
Small Beer Small Beer
Grisette Grisette
Grodziskie Grodziskie
Farmhouse Ale Farmhouse Ale
Lambic Lambic
Framboise Framboise
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India Pale Ale India Pale Ale
Sour Beer Sour Beer
Kriek Lambic Kriek Lambic
Gueuze Gueuze
Altbier Altbier
Dunkel Dunkel
Marzen Marzen
Brown Ale Brown Ale
Burton Ale Burton Ale
Copper Ale Copper Ale
Oud Bruin Oud Bruin
Biere De Garde Biere De Garde
Flanders Red Ale Flanders Red Ale
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Stout Stout
Porter Porter
Bock Bock
Dubbel Dubbel
Tripel Tripel
Quadrupel Quadrupel
Barley Wine Barley Wine
Old Ale Old Ale
Barrel Aged Beer Barrel Aged Beer
Smoked Beer Smoked Beer
Rye Beer Rye Beer
Pumpkin Ale Pumpkin Ale
Malt Liquor Malt Liquor

Adventurous

A board for drinkers who chase funk, tartness and smoke: lambic and gueuze for the wild edge, oud bruin and Flanders red for the sweet-sour pull, gose for the salt, smoked beer for the campfire. Safe lagers sit at the bottom by design.

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Lambic Lambic
Gueuze Gueuze
Kriek Lambic Kriek Lambic
Framboise Framboise
Oud Bruin Oud Bruin
Flanders Red Ale Flanders Red Ale
Sour Beer Sour Beer
Gose Gose
Smoked Beer Smoked Beer
Barrel Aged Beer Barrel Aged Beer
Farmhouse Ale Farmhouse Ale
Saison Saison
Grisette Grisette
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Grodziskie Grodziskie
Biere De Garde Biere De Garde
Zoigl Zoigl
Rye Beer Rye Beer
Pumpkin Ale Pumpkin Ale
Fruit Beer Fruit Beer
Malt Liquor Malt Liquor
Barley Wine Barley Wine
Old Ale Old Ale
Quadrupel Quadrupel
Tripel Tripel
Dubbel Dubbel
Stout Stout
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Porter Porter
Bock Bock
Dunkel Dunkel
Marzen Marzen
Altbier Altbier
Kolsch Kolsch
Wheat Beer Wheat Beer
India Pale Ale India Pale Ale
American Pale Ale American Pale Ale
Pale Ale Pale Ale
Brown Ale Brown Ale
Burton Ale Burton Ale
Copper Ale Copper Ale
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Lager Lager
Pilsner Pilsner
Pale Lager Pale Lager
American Lager American Lager
Helles Helles
Dortmunder Export Dortmunder Export
Cream Ale Cream Ale
Ale Ale
Bitter Bitter
Mild Ale Mild Ale
Kellerbier Kellerbier
Small Beer Small Beer
Light Beer Light Beer

Want to rank them yourself? Open the Tier Maker tab.

Beer Styles - Tier Maker

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Characters (52)

Ale
Ale
Lager
Lager
Pilsner
Pilsner
Pale Lager
Pale Lager
American Lager
American Lager
Dortmunder Export
Dortmunder Export
Helles
Helles
Dunkel
Dunkel
Bock
Bock
Marzen
Marzen
Kolsch
Kolsch
Altbier
Altbier
Wheat Beer
Wheat Beer
Gose
Gose
Cream Ale
Cream Ale
Pale Ale
Pale Ale
American Pale Ale
American Pale Ale
India Pale Ale
India Pale Ale
Bitter
Bitter
Mild Ale
Mild Ale
Brown Ale
Brown Ale
Burton Ale
Burton Ale
Copper Ale
Copper Ale
Old Ale
Old Ale
Barley Wine
Barley Wine
Porter
Porter
Stout
Stout
Saison
Saison
Dubbel
Dubbel
Tripel
Tripel
Quadrupel
Quadrupel
Lambic
Lambic
Gueuze
Gueuze
Kriek Lambic
Kriek Lambic
Framboise
Framboise
Oud Bruin
Oud Bruin
Flanders Red Ale
Flanders Red Ale
Grodziskie
Grodziskie
Grisette
Grisette
Biere De Garde
Biere De Garde
Sour Beer
Sour Beer
Smoked Beer
Smoked Beer
Kellerbier
Kellerbier
Zoigl
Zoigl
Fruit Beer
Fruit Beer
Pumpkin Ale
Pumpkin Ale
Barrel Aged Beer
Barrel Aged Beer
Farmhouse Ale
Farmhouse Ale
Small Beer
Small Beer
Light Beer
Light Beer
Rye Beer
Rye Beer
Malt Liquor
Malt Liquor

Beer Styles - Blind Rank

The next character from Beer Styles is drawn for you, so you never pick who comes next. Top 5 holds one per slot. The Tier List works like the regular board, with several characters in each row.

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Beer Styles - Versus

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Beer Styles - Bracket

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Beer Styles - Guess Photo

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