11 Months out of the year I prefer ales. But when October rolls around I love a good Oktoberfest. Particularly Boulevard's Bob's 47 or Sam Adams Oktoberfest.

I'm going to have to say lagers. Although we brew a red ale that, if i say so myself, is delicious!

Well now that i think about it i probably drink more ales than lagers. This supports the idea that women drink more ales but i'll try just about any beer.

What i see more than anything else is a lot women staying away from overly hopped beers. saying this i realize that there are plenty of women who drink the hoppy stuff but within my circle of friends the majority do not.

I do plan on a few guiness followed by a few smithwicks tomorrow!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Not be overly technical, well this is a beer connoisseur site so I think may be able to get away with with being overly technical, but almost all Belgian beers are ales, ales are not particularly a style as much a broad type of beer, mostly categorized by the type of yeast used to make it, the temperature it is fermented at, and length of time it is lagered (stored at cool temperatures).

For me, I don't prefer either one, each has its appeal and place for me. As far as if women are more inclined to drink ales or lagers, from what I've seen a vast majority prefer light styles, not necessarily ales or lagers, but lighter beers. For example cream ale, fruit beers, blonde ales, German Pilsners, wheat beers, all seem to appeal more to women in general than a roasty stout or rich barleywine. Maybe it's just because I live in Wisconsin, but I also know quite a few women who enjoy just about every beer style out there. So I wonder how much of a role gender really plays.

Craft beer drinking women are sadly still a minority. It is wonderful to see more and more women drinking a number of beer styles. I love the fact that many women have become beer drinkers and enjoy a good beer, be it ale or lager. In my experience, unless you are going to a "beercentric" place or event, the majority of women will be drinking wine or a mixed drink. Craft beer bars, beer festivals, are seeing more and more women, but for the most part, is still a sausage fest.

Personally Ales are much more interesting to me and there aren't many Lagers I'm a fan of.  The women I know that love beer are no different than the men I know...some love Lagers some love Ales.  I see no real gender-bias with my friends...at least not so far.