Beer fermented at a warmer temperature than Lageri, using top fermenting yeast.
Beer in its widest sense made from apples or pears respectively. Often with no additional ingredients as the yeast for fermenting them can come from the fruits skin.
Comes from the German meaning "to store" - think of our word "larder". A beer fermented at a relatively cool temperature with bottom fermenting yeast and stored at a few degrees above freezing to mature.
Darker beers in the ale style.
Usually anything brewed with atypical ingredients or processes such as rye beer, lambics or rauchbier.