A Very Handy Pocket Guide to Our Favorite Beers
Today, we're excerpting from the book What's the Difference?: Recreational Culinary Reference for the Curious and Confused by Brette Warshaw. Copyright © 2021 by Brette Warshaw. Published by Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Reprinted by permission.
Almost all of the beer in the world can be broken down into two categories: ales and lagers. If you’ve sampled the array of brews on offer at your local bodega, you’re likely familiar with the difference already: lagers are the crisp chuggables like Budweiser and Miller Light, while ales are the richer, more full-flavored beers like stouts, IPAs, and saisons.