beer Flashcards
What is braggot?
A mead/beer blend that is often produced when the sugar derived from honey and grains are cofermented.
What is the Reinheitsgebot?
1516 bavarian purity law that states the ingredients for beer as water, barley, hops (no yeast)
Pilsner- where? what influenced style?
lager - influence from England pale ale with german bavarian lager. local hops, paler, brighter malts - hoppier
Helles lager or ale? originated where?
lager -munich- light style
4 noble hops
Saaz, Hallertauer Mittelfrüh, Spalt, and Tettnang
what us city is nicknamed “Brew city”
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
California Common ? example?
Lager fermented at warmer than normal temperatures (i.e. Anchor Steam)
non belgium trappist beers?
Koningshoeven (Netherlands 1884); Stift Engelszell (Austria, est. 1293); Mariawald (German, ceased production in 1956); St.-Joseph’s Abbey (Spencer, Massachusetts, 2013); Abdij Maria Toevlucht (Netherlands 2013); Tre Fontane (italy 2015); Mount St Bernard (England 2018)
Kölsch style?
Ale from Cologne (Germany) fermented at cooler than normal temperatures
mash tun?
vessel in which grist is soaked in water and heated in order to convert the starch to sugar and to extract the sugars, colors, flavors and other solubles from the grist.
Vienna Style lager or ale?
lager - maltier style?
what kind of beer is famous in cologne?
kolsch- ale
Mars beer?
A mild lambic produced by reusing the malt from a previous lambic fermentation
Name country for following beers? hoeegarden, grolsch, bass, red stripe
belgium, netherlands, england, jamaica
dry hopping?
hops added late in the brewing process to increase the hop aroma of a finished beer without significantly affecting its bitterness. Dry hops may be added to the wort in the kettle; whirlpool, hop back, or added to beer during primary or secondary fermentation
pre-prohibition breweries in USA still in today?
schlitz, pabst, miller, anhauser-busch
Bock (including Doppelbock, Eisbock, Maibock)- lager or ale?
lager - higher in abv
wort?
The bittersweet sugar solution obtained by mashing the malt and boiling the hops
Enkel/Single; Dubbel; tripl, quadrupel
levels of malt
Framboise, kriek are what kind of beer? base?
fruit lambics - framboise=raspberry ; kriek=cherry
3 of 6 breweries that can sell to oktoberfest?
paulaner, augustiner (munichs oldest), hofbrau, lowenbrau, spaten, hacker-pschorr
sparging?
an operation consisting of spraying the spent mash grains with hot water to retrieve the liquid malt sugar and extract remaining in the grain
trappist beers requirements:
- brewed within the walls of a Trappist monastery, either by the monks themselves or under their supervision; 2. must be of secondary importance within the monastery and it should witness to the business practices proper to a monastic way of life; 3. not intended to be a profit-making venture - covers the living expenses of the monks and the maintenance of the buildings and grounds. Whatever remains is donated to charity for social work and to help persons in need
2 belgium trappist beers?
Orval (Belgian, est. 1931); Chimay (Belgian, est. 1863); Westvleteren (St.-Sixtus, Belgian, est. 1838); Rochefort (Belgian, est. 1595); Westmalle (Belgian, est. 1836); Achel (Belgian, est. 1998)- no longer bc no monks
yeast for bottom fementing?
saccharomyces pastorianus
secondary fermentation?
second slower stage of fermentation for top fermenting beers, and lasting from a few weeks to many months, depending on the type of beer… not really second.. simply the vessel to which beer is racked away from the yeast and trub that remain after primary fermentation is complete
fresh hopping/wet hopping?
addition of fresh hops that have not yet been dried to different stages of the brewing process. Fresh hopping adds unique flavors and aromas to beer that are not normally found when using hops that have been dried and processed per usual. Synonymous with wet hopping.
Dortmunder is lager or ale? where from ?
lager - german; stronger, more body than helles, not as hoppy as pilsner
Faro beer?
A mixture of lambic and a lighter brewed beer, Belgian candy sugar is added for sweetness
josef groll associated with what style of beer?
pilsner
wheat beer top fermented or bottom fermented?
top (like ale)
when ‘hefe’ is added to weizen, beer, what does it indicate?
Hefe is the German word for yeast, is added to indicate that the beer is cottel conditioned, unfiltered.
Stout & Porters are lager or ales?
Ales
krausen?
A method of conditioning in which a small quantity of unfermented wort is added to a fully fermented beer to create a secondary fermentation
trippel trappist style
stonger style, higher abv -8-10%
A mixture of lambic and a lighter brewed beer, Belgian candy sugar is added for sweetness
faor
Rauchbier?
smoked beer, famously produced in Bamberg (Franken, Germany)
berliner weiss
malt & wheat - low temp kiln for light coloring ; mix of yeast & natural lactic acid
reissdorf, gaffel, fruh examples of what style
kolsch
ibu?
international bitterness unit
Ale from Cologne (Germany) fermented at cooler than normal temperatures
kolsch
A mild lambic produced by reusing the malt from a previous lambic fermentation
mars
SRM stand for?
Standard Reference Method- An analytical method and scale that brewers use to measure and quantify the color of a beer. The higher the SRM is, the darker the beer. In beer, SRM ranges from as low as 2 (light lager) to as high as 45 (stout) and beyond.
White Beer/witbier? what country associated?
often includes additions of orange peel and/or coriander- belgium
lambic beers produced where?
brussels, belgium
dubbel trapist style
dubblels fiarly strong, brown ale, bitterness, heavy body
Märzen/Fest Beer lager or ale?
lager - origins in Bavaria. brewed in March, with more hops and slightly higher alcohol content that would allow the beer to last while the brewing of new beer was forbidden from 24 April to 28 September. Austrian Märzenbiers often use caramel malts that impart a sweeter flavour than their German counterparts.
yeast for top fementing?
saccharomyces ceravisiae
trappist beers not produced within monastery?
Mont des Cats (France, est. 1826, beer production began 1848, commercialized in 1896, halted production in 1905. Production began again in 2011, but is now made at Scourmont Abbey/Chimay in Belgium); San Pedro de Cardeña (Castilla y Leon, Spain, production began in 2016 at the Fabrica de Cervezas MarPal in Madrid)
smoked beer, famously produced in Bamberg (Franken, Germany)
rauchbier
What trappist beer term is often used interchangeably with ‘Patersbier’/ father’s beer
“Enkel” are a weak beer brewed originally to be consumed by the monks themselves
helles beer is common where ?
munich, germany (bavaria)
Biere de Garde beer?
Flemish and Northern French bottle-conditioned beer
Saison ?
From Hainaut Province in Belgium
Chimay beer labels are based on the colour system- which strength is blue?
quadrupel; in increasing order of strength- gold/ red/white/blue-quadrupel; verte- higher, 10%
blend of one year-old and two year-old lambics, fermentation concludes in the bottle
Geuze
altbier style, from where?
dusseldorf, germany - top fermented aled but with cold storage like lager
“lager” beer etymology
The term “lager” comes from the German for “storage”, as the beer was stored before drinking - traditionally in cool caves.
Kvass beer?
Rye-based Russian beer usually fermented with fruit juices
lindemans, belle-vue, boon, timmermans what style of beer?
lambic
wheat beers min % wheat?
up to 60% wheat instead of barley (German law requires at least 50%), wheat beers are typically cloudy and unfiltered
what beer is referred to as “brussels champagne?
geuze - because mix of old and young lambics (young contains fermentable sugars that referment creating bubbles)
What is Steinbeer?
Beer produced by the old method of throwing scorching hot chunks of granite into the wort which caused a rapid, violent boil carmelizing the grain in the process resulting in a sweet toasty brew; This method was used when brew kettles were wood and direct flame would’ve been catastrophic.
where did marzen beer originate?
munich, germany (bavaria)
La Trappe made by who? what country?
Dutch brewery De Koningshoeven
3 species of american hops used for beer production?
cascade, citra, centennial, willamette, millenial, chinook, simcoe
real ale?
A style of beer found primarily in England, where it has been championed by the consumer rights group called CAMRA- campaign for real ale. beers that have undergone a secondary fermentation in the container from which they are served and that are served without the application of carbon dioxide.
boiling ?
A critical step during the brewing process during which wort (unfermented beer) is boiled inside the brew kettle. During the boiling, one or more hop additions can occur to achieve bittering, hop flavor and hop aroma in the finished beer. Boiling also results in the removal of several volatile compounds from wort, especially dimethyl sulfide (see below) and the coagulation of excess or unwanted proteins in the wort (see “hot break“). Boiling also sterilizes a beer as well as ends enzymatic conversion of proteins to sugars.
Name country for following beers? Bohemia; heineken, leffe, peroni?
mexico, netherlands, belgium, italy
From Hainaut Province in Belgium
saison
Rye-based Russian beer usually fermented with fruit juices
kvass
Gueuze beer?
blend of one year-old and two year-old lambics, fermentation concludes in the bottle
Kristall Weizen is what kind of beer?
filtered, crystal clear wheat beer
Black/Schwartz beer- lager or ale?
lager- dark
saaz hops local to which country?
Czech republic- pilsen
Name country for following beers? allagash, becks, harp
usa, germany, ireland
goslar, germany specialty beer?
gose- sour wheat beer
Lager fermented at warmer than normal temperatures (i.e. Anchor Steam)
california common
Flemish and Northern French bottle-conditioned beer
biere de garde
milling?
grinding of malt into grist to facilitate the extraction of sugars and other soluble substances during the mash process.
dos equis amber, negro modelo based off what classic beer style?
vienna lager
