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1
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What is the sugary rich liquid derived from malty grains to make beer called

A

Wort

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2
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What are the 4 key ingredients to a Beer

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Water, Yeast, Hops and a starch source

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3
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What are hops

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Dried flower structures that provide bitterness and flavour to Beer

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4
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What is the reason for adding hops to beers, beyond taste

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Hops act as preservative and have antiseptic, anti bacterial qualities

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5
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When was Bavarian Purity law (Reinheitsgebot) established

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1516

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6
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What were the three ingredients proscribed in Reinheitsgebot

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Barley, Water and Hops

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7
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Which enzyme coverts the starch to sugar during malting

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Amylase

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8
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What does amylase breaks the starch into

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Fermentable sugars - Maltose and Dextrin

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9
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How do you suppress further growth in Green Malt

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By drying and roasting using hot air

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10
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What determines the degree of roasting in Beer Malt

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The style desired for the finished beer; light for Pale Ale, highly roasted black malt for porter

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11
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What is the name given to the milled ground malt

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Grist

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12
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What is the name of tank where grist is combined with hot water

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Mash Tun

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13
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What is the name of the liquid produced by drawing off from solids from the mash tun

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Wort

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14
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What is Sparging

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Risnsing the spent grains used to make wort with fresh water, to draw out flavours and sugars still left

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15
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Why is sparging not extensively used

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It may cause unwanted bitterness in the finished brew

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16
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Why is the wort boiled for over an hour

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To stabilise and sterilize, darken the colour and reduce excess water. Also extract bitterness from hops

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17
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What is hopback chamber

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The wort is passed through hopback chamber after boiling to regain hop flavours lost during excessive boiling

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18
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Which wort is cooled to a lower temperature, Lager or Ale

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Lager wort is cooled to lower temperature

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19
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What is the name of the yeast used for Ales

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae - top fermenting yeast

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20
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What is the name of bottom fermenting yeast in a Lager

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Saccharomyces pastorianus

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21
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What is the old name of Saccharomyces pastorianus

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Saccharomyces Carlsbergensis

22
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What is the difference in fermentation temperature of Ales and lagers

A

Ales ferment at higher temperature, lagers are lower.
Ales finish fermentation in about a week, lagers take longer

23
Q

When are the beers pasteurised

A

In the conditioning tanks, before bottling

24
Q

What are bottle onditioned beers

A

Beers that undergo partial fermentation in the bottle. Unfiltered and unpasteurised

25
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What are cask Ales

A

Unfiltered beers transferred to casks, unpasteurised, to be used as draught beers

26
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What are lambic beers

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Beers fermented in open tanks with wild yeast, sour and aged for upto three years, usually blended

27
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What are the yeasts active in fermenting Lambic beers

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Brettanomyces bruxellensis and Brettanomyces lambicus

28
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What is a Geuze

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Beer produced by mixing 1 year old lambic with 2 to 3 year old lambics

29
Q

Which beer is called Brussels Champagne

A

Geuze, due to the refermentation in bottle because of sugars from 1 year old lambics

30
Q

What are Kriek Beers

A

Fruit lambics fermented with morello cherries

31
Q

Name two noteworthy producers of fruit lambics

A

Lindemans
Cantillon

32
Q

What is the optimum serving temperature for lagers

A

48 to 52 degree F

33
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What is the optimum serving temperature of Ales and draughts

A

54 to 57 degree F

34
Q

What style of beer is Burton, abbey and stout

A

Ale

35
Q

What style of beer is Dortmunder, Boch, Munich Helles and Marzen

A

Lagers

36
Q

What kind of beer is Mars

A

Mild lambic produced by reusing the malt from previous lambic

37
Q

What kind of beer is Faro

A

Lambic mixed with lighter brewed style, added belgian candy sugar

38
Q

How much Wheat is typically there in Wheat Beer

A

50% minimum in Germany, usually 60%

39
Q

What is a Kristall Weizen

A

Filtered wheat beer

40
Q

What is Hefe Weizen

A

Yeast - Wheat, unfiltered wheat beer

41
Q

Where would you find Mount St Bernard trappist beer

A

England, Leicestershire

42
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Where would you find Tre Fontaine trappist beer

A

Italy, Rome

43
Q

Name a Austrian Trappist Beer

A

Stift Engelszell

44
Q

Name 2 Trappist Beers of Netherlands

A

Koenigshoven, Abdij Maria Toevlucht

45
Q

Name few Belgian Trappist Beers

A

Orval
Chimay
Westmalle
Rochefort
Westvleteren

46
Q

Where do you find Mont des Cats Trappist Ale? What is special about it

A

French Trappist ale, produced in Chimay Abbaye now

47
Q

What is Biere de Garde

A

Bottle conditioned Ale from Northern France

48
Q

What is California Common

A

Lager beers fermented at higher temperature that usual. Anchor Steam

49
Q

What is Kolsch

A

German Ale fermented cooler than normal

50
Q

What is Kvass

A

Rye based Russian beer, fermented with fruit juice

51
Q

What is Rauchbiere

A

smoked German Beer produced in Bamberg

52
Q

What are Saison Beers

A

Belgian Farmhouse Ales from Hainaut province

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