Specialty beers include styles, ingredients and techniques that fall beyond the framework of other categories. They can include a range of flavours from subtle to intense. Specialty beers defined by flavour character may showcase herb, spice, smoke, coffee, chilli, chocolate or cocoa elements while historic styles may focus on a brewing technique no longer in mainstream use. Additionally this category includes gluten-free and dietary specific driven beers.
If you’re looking to try something different, ask if an indie brewery has a specialty beer on your next tasting flight and enjoy something delightfully different.
Words & Styles to Look For: Rye, Smoke, Coffee, Chili, Spice, Grodziskie, Lichtenhainer.
