Beer Flashcards
What are the raw ingredients needed to produce beer?
Water
Yeast
Starch source
Hops
What are hops?
a flower that adds flavor and bitterness
has both preservative and antiseptic qualities that prohibit bacterial growth
What is the cereal grain of choice for most beers?
Barley
What are the fermentable sugars used in beer production?
Maltose
Dextrin
Define: sparging
adding water to spent grains to extract additional sugars and flavor
this will be added to the wort in the copper
When are hops added in the beer making process?
Hops are added to the wort prior to boiling
What is a hopback chamber?
A chamber where fresh hops can be added to hot wort to add fresh hop aromas.
aromas are lost the longer the boil time
Ales prefer _______ fermenting yeasts, and Lagers prefer ________ fermenting yeasts
Ales- Top
Lagers- Bottoms
Lambic beer is a unique specialty to what country?
Belgium
Lambic beers are fermented with what kind of yeast?
Native wild yeasts-
Brettanomyces bruxellensis
Brettanomyces lambicus
How long are lambics generally aged for prior to release?
3 years in cask
What is Geuze/Gueze?
Lambics a year old that have been blended with lambics that are two or three years old.
The blend is then refermented with aged hops in the bottle
What is a fruit lambic?
Fruit lambic- typically dry
These beers have been referemented with added fruits such as:
Morello cherries- kriek
Raspberries- framboise
Name 2 great producers for fruit lambics?
Lindemans
Cantillon
At what temperature should the following beers be served?
- Lagers
- Light ales and draught bitter beers
- Trappist ales, lambics, stouts, brown ales
48-52o F
54-57o F
cool room temperature
