- The staff at your favourite beer store should be able to direct you to the current seasonal ales and give you an idea what to expect. The typical affinities associated with seasonal beers are listed below:
- Winter: darker strong ales, barley wine, spiced beers, bocks, doppelbocks, stouts, imperial stouts, robust porters, Weizenbock, bourbon, eggnog.
- Spring: red ale, Maibocks, Marzens, dry stout, abbey beers, saisons, Biere de Mars, pine.
- Summer: Helles, Kolsch, German-style pilsner, wheat beers, fruit-flavors, pale, amber & blonde ales, citrusy-hopped ales.
- Fall: Oktoberfest, fresh hop ales, big IPAs, pumpkin beers, barrel-aged beers fermented on fruit, smoked malt beers, dunkelweizen, maple.
