Anyone who thinks wine is the most confusing type of alcohol has probably never tried to break down the differences between types of beer. Perhaps because wine is seen as the fancier drink, it has ...

While St. Paddy’s is typically known as a big drinking holiday, those who are abstaining for whatever reason need not be left ...

This fond association of full-bodied amber and dark malts is what made me enamored at first sip of the bock styles of beer. Bock is a style of beer with over 600 years of history behind it.

Like ales, lagers can be light or dark depending on how the grain malt ... Clark said. Another type of small beer — so named because of its low alcohol content, typically 2 to 4 percent ...

And if dark beers just aren’t your thing ... For those who lean toward classic lager styles — light, crisp, yellow — Harp Lager is an Irish import that may be to your taste.