7 Beer Flavor Categories

This is a great article helping us to organize beers into seven basic categories for the purposes of pairing with food.

1. Crisp
2. Hop
3. Malt
4. Roast
5. Smoke
6. Fruit & Spice
7. Tart & Funky

See here for the article for specific beers style examples of each category and which foods to pair with.

Here is another handy chart:

Cheers!