Welcome to 1-800-Beer Club.Com! 1-800-Beer Club.Com offers Platinum Medal and Gold Medal winning beers to our members from all over the world.

We are privileged to offer you Beer of The Month Club, Micro Brew Beer of The Month Club, International Beer of The Month Club, German Beer of The Month Club, Belgian Beer of The Month Club, French Beer of The Month Club and Japanese Beer of The Month Club.

Our Beer of The Month Clubs represent some of the major specialty beer styles. From authentic abbey ales, abbey-style ales, artisanal ales including wheat, blond, brown, triple, strong golden ale, barley wine ale as well as Flemish red ale, and finally traditional Belgian Lambics.

We believe you will find the beers described in our "Beer of the month clubs" among the very best in their styles. Our distinctive beers offer an intriguing variety of flavor, aroma, and character. We hope you will approach them with an open mind and palate, and of course we welcome your comments.

Brewing Terms

Brewing Terms
ALT German word for "old".

ALTBIER A traditional style of beer originated in Northern Germany. Top-fermented, cold conditioned, copper in color.

BARLEY WINE English term for extra-strong ale (Implied to be as strong as wine)

BITTER In Britain, the draft equivalent of a pale ale, a golden-brown or copper-colored top-fermented beer usually highly hopped, dry and lightly carbonated. Bitter accounts for 80% of draft beer sales in English pubs.

BOCK (Lager) German strong beer, color varies, at least 5 % acl. by wt.

BROWN ALE Dark brown color, sweet in palate, long clean finish.

Das Reinheitsgebot von 1516 01/18/2000

DOPPELBOCK "Double" bock, tawny to dark brown color, at least 6 % alc. by wt.

DRY HOPPING The addition of loose dry hops to the primary fermenter, the secondary fermenter or to casked beer to increase the aroma and hop character of the finished beer without affecting its bitterness.

DUNKEL German word for "dark"

FRAMBOISE Raspberry beer, usually based on lambic.

GRIST 1) Grains to be ground; 2) Sieved and ground malt ready for mashing.

GUEUZE A blend of old and young lambic beers. 4.4-5.5 by volume.

HEFE The German word for yeast.

HELLES German word for "pale" or "blonde".

IMPERIAL STOUT Medium-dry and high in alcohol, from 7 % to more than 10 % alcohol.

INDIA PALE ALE Well-hopped and high in alcohol, around 5-5.5 % alc. by wt.

KOLSCH Cologne's distinctive style of golden top-fermented beer.

KRAUSENING A traditional method of conditioning and carbonation that adds a small quantity of young fermenting wort (about 15 to 20%) to a fully fermented lagering one to create a secondary fermentation and natural carbonation.

KREIK Cherry beer, usually based on lambic.

LAMBIC A unique Belgian wheat beer produced only in a 15-kilometer radius southwest of Brussels in the area called Pajottenland.

MAIBOCK Made at the end of April and beginning of May to celebrate spring.

MARZEN German word for "March", Malty aroma, medium strong. (Oktoberfest)

MILD Lightly hopped, low in alcohol (3.0 % Alc by wt), brown in color.

NOBEL HOPS Any of several hop varieties of European origin valued for their traditional aroma.

PALE ALE Bronze or copper colored, fruity in palate, firm body with a nice hop profile.

PECHE Peach beer, usually based on lambic.

PILSNER/PILS Golden-colored, characterized by hoppiness of it's flowery aroma and a dry finish.

PORTER Lighter bodied companion to the stout, named after bag handlers of old England.

RACHBIER Smoked malts are used in the production of this dark, bottom-fermented beer.

SCOTCH ALE Very strong, and often extremely dark, malt-accented specialty from the country.

Sparging Spraying the spent grains in the mash with hot water to retrieve the liquid malt sugar remaining in the grain husks.

StOUT Extra-dark, almost black, top-fermented brew made with highly roasted malts.

Trappist Order of monks that brew strong ales, bronze to deep brown in color.

URQUELL German word for "Original"

VIEENNA Amber-red, or medium-dark, lager style

WEISSE/ WEISSBIER In Germany, a generic name for top-fermented wheat beers, especially those of the south.