Beer Flashcards
Name the four essential beer ingredients
malt, water, hops, and yeast
What are three ways malt impacts beer?
determines beer color, contributes to the beer aroma and flavor, creates sweetness and body
What is the most important cereal grain used for beer?
Barley
Describe the sensory impacts of hops on beer
contributes aromas/flavors, imparts bitterness
Hops are the flowering ‘cone’ of which plant?
Humulus Lupulus (hyoo·myuh·luhs·loo·pyoo·luhs)
Which places/regions of the world are ideal for hop-growing?
Germany, England, Belgium, and Czech. Slovenia, Alsace, Pacific North West of USA, Washington’s Yakima Valley
Name a style of beer that uses herbs instead of hops in beer production:
Gruit ale
What are IBU’s?
International Bitter Units, an indicator of a beers bitterness. This number could be found on a beers packaging or on the brewers website.
Which bacteria are essential in the brewing of sour beer?
Lactobacillus and Pediococcus
Which beer styles are lightly hopped? List a few breweries:
Früh, Gaffel, Reissdorf (Kölsch)
Heineken, Corona, Buidweiser (Intertational Lager)
Which beer styles are moderately hopped? List a few breweries:
Pilsner Urquell, Firestone Walker Pivo Pils (Pilsner), Spaten München, Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold (Helles), Bass Pale Ale, Fuller’s London Pride (English Pale Ale), Fuller’s ESB (Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB)
Indian Pale Ale originated in which of the following countries?
England
Stouts, milds, bitters, and pale ales are classic styles that originated where?
England
The Dubbel, triplet, and Quadruple are examples of what type of beer?
Trappist beer styles
How many fluid ounces are in an American Pint?
16 oz
What is a ‘session’ beer?
Of a Belgian Dubbel, Porter, Czech Pilsner, Brown Ale, which would you expect to be lightest in color?
Czech Pilsner
What is the proper serving temperature range for a lager?
48-52 degree F
Trappist beers must be brewed by or under the supervision of who?
Monks
Beers spontaneously fermented in open-top containers with native wild yeasts are known as what?
Lambics
At what pointing the brewing process are hops most likely added?
at the ‘Boiling’ phase
In beer brewing, what is the Wort?
A sugar-rich liquid extracted from the mashing process
Which ‘yeast’ strain is most active in the fermentation on a ‘stout’?
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
German Kolsch beers are traditionally associated with which of the following cities?
Cologne
Cascade, Simcoe, Saaz, and Hallertau are all examples of?
Hop varieties