Almost every style in the world at its core is one of the two main types of beer: ales and lagers. Dan and Evan discuss these two types, what they mean, how they’re different, where they came from and what the beer drinker can expect from each.
SHOW NOTES:
Samuel Adams Winter Lager from the Boston Beer Company. Just so you can see how badly Dan messed that up in Ep. 1.
 

Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria, who ordered the 1553 decree that beer could only be brewed between later September and April.
Sources for this episode include:

* The Oxford Companion to Beer. Edited by Garrett Oliver.
* Tasting Beer by Randy Mosher (Free Download for iOS)
* AllAboutBeer.com

Beers mentioned in this episode:

* River Horse Tripel Horse
* KCCO Black Lager
* Pilsner Urquell
* Fuller’s London Pride and ESB
* Samuel Smith (Tadcaster) Organic Pale Ale