German beer styles

thumb|upright=1.3|Pilsner Urquell, the world's first [[pale lager and ancestor of today's Pilsners]]

Bock () is a strong German beer, usually a dark lager.

Smoked malt beer

local beer specialty that is brewed in Cologne, Germany

thumb|upright=1|A Diebels Alt Altbier (, ) is a style of beer brewed in the Rhineland, especially around the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. It is a copper coloured beer whose name comes from it being top-fermented, an older method than the bottom fermentation of lagers.

sour wheat beer fermented with Brettanomyces yeast and lactobacteroides

thumb|Köstritzer Schwarzbier

thumb|right|Festbier served at Oktoberfest in the traditional 1-litre Maß Märzen () or Märzenbier () is a lager that originated in Bavaria, Germany. It has a medium to full body and may vary in colour from pale through amber to dark brown. It was the beer traditionally served at the Munich Oktoberfest. The geographical indication Oktoberfestbier is protected in the EU and can only be used for Märzen that is brewed in Munich.

thumb|right|A glass of helles

thumb|Paulaner Dunkel Dunkel (), or Dunkles (), is a word used for several types of dark German lager. Dunkel is the German word meaning "dark", and dunkel beers typically range in color from amber to dark reddish brown. They are characterized by their smooth, malty flavor. In informal terms, such as when ordering at a bar, "dunkel" is likely to mean whatever dark beer the bar has on tap, or sells most of; in much of north and western Germany, especially near Düsseldorf, this may be Altbier.

thumb|Traditional gose beer bottle produced in Leipzig, Germany Gose () is a warm fermented beer that is usually brewed with at least 50% of the grain bill being malted wheat (with the rest being malted barley such as Pilsner malt), fruit syrupssuch as lemon and corianderand salteither added or as a component of the water used. It acquires its characteristic sourness through inoculation with Lactobacillus bacteria, which is not a hop-tolerant bacteria and which provides only a light acidity. Gose beers typically have very little hop aroma or bitterness (5-15 IBUs), limited malt flavour, and a

Type of pale lager beer brewed since 1873

thumb|Kellerbier Kellerbier (; ) is a type of German beer, an unfiltered lager originating in Franconia.

low-alcohol beverage, around 2% that is prepared from malt and has a sweet taste, similar to beer

thumb|Zoigl beers Zoigl is a type of German beer brewed in the Oberpfalz, eastern Bavaria, between Franconia and the Czech Republic.