Beer Flashcards
Ale Fermentation/Style
- top-fermenting yeast
- fermented at higher temperature
- result in fruity and richly-flavored beers.
- Ale fermentation is quick, usually lasting less than a week.
- lighter roasting of malt.
Ale Types
- Pale Ale
- Stout
- Porter (deep roasting)
- Blonde Ale
- Brown Ale
- Belgian Ale
- Trappist Ale
Lager Fermentation/Style
- Bottom-fermenting yeast
- ferment slower and at lower temperatures
- results in a more delicate, cleaner beer.
Lager Types
- Pilsner
- Bock
- Vienna Style
- Dortmunder
- Pale Lager
- Boston Lager
- Budweiser/Coors (American Lagers)
Lambic Fermentation/Style
- unique to Belgium
- spontaneously fermented (with native yeasts (Brettanomyces bruxellensis/lambicus)
Wheat Beer Fermentation/Style
- up to 60% wheat instead of barley (German law requires at least 50%),
- typically cloudy and unfiltered
Wheat Beer Types
- Hefe Weizen: literally, “yeast-wheat”
- Dunkel / Dark Weizen
- Kristall Weizen: filtered, crystal clear wheat beer
- White Beer: often includes additions of orange peel and/or coriander
- Wheat Ale
Beer Base Ingredients
water
yeast
starch source
hops
Pale Ale Producers
Sierra Nevada
Saint Archer
Lagostinas
Wheat Ale Producers
Shock Top
Blue Moon Belgian Wheat Ale
Pilsner Producers
Stella Artois
Becks
Pale Lager Producers
Corona
Dos Equis
Tecate
American Lagers
Budweiser
Coors
Trappist Ales
Chimay
Orval
Belgian Ales
Stella Artois [a pilsner]
Porters
Yuengling Porter
Sierra Nevada Porter
Vienna Lagers
Negra Modelo
Sam Adams Boston Lager
Vienna Style Lager Sierra Nevada
Bocks
Sam Adams Double Bock
Shiner Bock
Hefe Weisen
Schneider Weisse
Stouts
Guiness Stout
Firestone Mocha Merlin Oatmeal Stout
