Rarest Beer Style — All 82 Answers Ranked by Rarity
82 answers are accepted for “Name a beer style”. Flavoured beer is the rarest beer style in this ranking, with 26 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Caves is the second-rarest with 410 monthly Wikipedia views, 15.8× the figure for Flavoured beer. India pale ale is the most common beer style in this ranking, with 209,091 monthly Wikipedia views, 8,042× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 82 answers: 2,420,927. Flavoured beer is under 0.1% of that total. 17 answers are Epic or Legendary: Flavoured beer (Legendary), Caves (Legendary), Red Beer (Legendary), and 14 more.
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Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).
Ranked answers
| Rank | Answer | Tier | Rarity | Monthly Wikipedia views |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flavoured beer on Wikipedia | Legendary | 1.000 | 26 |
| 2 | Caves on Wikipedia | Legendary | 0.988 | 410 |
| 3 | Red Beer on Wikipedia | Legendary | 0.975 | 508 |
| 4 | Ukrainian golden ale on Wikipedia | Legendary | 0.963 | 638 |
| 5 | Abbey beers on Wikipedia | Legendary | 0.951 | 751 |
| 6 | Dark beer on Wikipedia | Legendary | 0.938 | 800 |
| 7 | Blonde beer on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.926 | 832 |
| 8 | Peeterman Artois on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.914 | 891 |
| 9 | Rye IPA on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.901 | 930 |
| 10 | Amber Ale on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.889 | 1,287 |
| 11 | Steinbier on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.877 | 1,737 |
| 12 | Copper ale on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.864 | 1,756 |
| 13 | American wild ale on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.852 | 2,109 |
| 14 | Seasonal beer on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.840 | 2,474 |
| 15 | Pumpkin ale on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.827 | 2,674 |
| 16 | Brunswick Mum on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.815 | 2,697 |
| 17 | Hemp beer on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.802 | 2,820 |
| 18 | Near beer on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.790 | 3,517 |
| 19 | Cock ale on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.778 | 4,121 |
| 20 | Strong ale on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.765 | 4,355 |
| 21 | Siwa on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.753 | 4,376 |
| 22 | Happōshu on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.741 | 4,730 |
| 23 | Kveik on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.728 | 4,902 |
| 24 | Bouza on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.716 | 5,027 |
| 25 | Zoigl on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.704 | 5,166 |
| 26 | Svagdricka on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.691 | 5,443 |
| 27 | Tella on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.679 | 6,073 |
| 28 | Zhigulevskoye on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.667 | 6,107 |
| 29 | Oud bruin on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.654 | 6,940 |
| 30 | Scotch Ale on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.642 | 7,322 |
| 31 | Rye beer on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.630 | 7,400 |
| 32 | American pale ale on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.617 | 8,705 |
| 33 | Bière de Garde on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.605 | 9,055 |
| 34 | Corn beer on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.593 | 9,459 |
| 35 | Old ale on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.580 | 9,603 |
| 36 | Dortmunder Export on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.568 | 9,906 |
| 37 | Farmhouse ale on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.556 | 10,066 |
| 38 | Flanders red ale on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.543 | 10,377 |
| 39 | Dubbel on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.531 | 10,652 |
| 40 | Grodziskie on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.519 | 10,889 |
| 41 | Banana beer on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.506 | 11,178 |
| 42 | Quadrupel on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.494 | 11,559 |
| 43 | Framboise on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.481 | 12,631 |
| 44 | Umqombothi on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.469 | 12,890 |
| 45 | Cream ale on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.457 | 14,777 |
| 46 | Brown ale on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.444 | 16,219 |
| 47 | American lager on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.432 | 18,024 |
| 48 | Smoked beer on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.420 | 18,172 |
| 49 | Fruit beer on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.407 | 18,223 |
| 50 | Ice beer on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.395 | 18,653 |
| 51 | Gueuze on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.383 | 19,080 |
| 52 | Schwarzbier on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.370 | 19,300 |
| 53 | Kellerbier on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.358 | 20,045 |
| 54 | Kriek lambic on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.346 | 22,652 |
| 55 | Tripel on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.333 | 23,908 |
| 56 | Altbier on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.321 | 27,460 |
| 57 | Light beer on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.309 | 27,753 |
| 58 | Saison on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.296 | 29,372 |
| 59 | Dunkel on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.284 | 31,028 |
| 60 | Irish red ale on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.272 | 31,232 |
| 61 | Barley wine on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.259 | 32,161 |
| 62 | Gose on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.247 | 38,196 |
| 63 | Gruit on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.235 | 39,523 |
| 64 | Märzen on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.222 | 42,610 |
| 65 | Bitter on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.210 | 43,958 |
| 66 | Helles on Wikipedia | Common | 0.198 | 46,471 |
| 67 | Pale ale on Wikipedia | Common | 0.185 | 52,985 |
| 68 | Bock on Wikipedia | Common | 0.173 | 53,139 |
| 69 | Pale lager on Wikipedia | Common | 0.160 | 62,955 |
| 70 | Lambic on Wikipedia | Common | 0.148 | 65,878 |
| 71 | Desperados on Wikipedia | Common | 0.136 | 66,509 |
| 72 | Kölsch on Wikipedia | Common | 0.123 | 74,672 |
| 73 | Low-alcohol beer on Wikipedia | Common | 0.111 | 80,689 |
| 74 | Porter on Wikipedia | Common | 0.099 | 91,547 |
| 75 | Wheat beer on Wikipedia | Common | 0.086 | 92,866 |
| 76 | Trappist beer on Wikipedia | Common | 0.074 | 102,063 |
| 77 | Ale on Wikipedia | Common | 0.062 | 116,291 |
| 78 | Malt liquor on Wikipedia | Common | 0.049 | 117,205 |
| 79 | Lager on Wikipedia | Common | 0.037 | 125,668 |
| 80 | Pilsner on Wikipedia | Common | 0.025 | 136,166 |
| 81 | Stout on Wikipedia | Common | 0.012 | 138,597 |
| 82 | India pale ale on Wikipedia | Common | 0.000 | 209,091 |
FAQ
What is the rarest beer style?
Flavoured beer is the rarest beer style in this ranking, with 26 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).
How many beer styles are there?
There are 82 beer styles in this ranking, from Flavoured beer (rarest) to India pale ale (most common).
What is the most common beer style?
India pale ale is the most common beer style in this ranking, with 209,091 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).
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Sources
Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.