Beer Flashcards
Top-fermenting yeast
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
Bottom-fermenting yeast
Saccharomyces Pastorianus
Outline yeast in lambics, name the two main yeast strains used
Wild yeast: Brettanomyces bruxellenis, Brettanomyces Lambicus
What is Geuze?
One year old lambic with beers aged 2-3 years re-fermented in bottle - “Brussels Champagne”
Serving Temperature: Lagers, Ales
Lagers: 48-52 degrees, Ales 54-57 degrees
Outline the steps in beer making
Malting, mashing, wort, boiling, cooling, fermentation, conditioning, filtration, packaging
Name and describe the two main styles of Lambic beers
Mars: mild lamb produced by reusing malt from previous lambic
Faro: mixture of lambic and lighter brewed beer - sugar added
Wheat requirement for wheat beers
Produced with up to 60% wheat - German law requires 50%
Name and describe the four main styles of Wheat beers
Hefeweizen: “Yeast, wheat”
Dunkel/Darkweizen
Kristalweizen: filtered crystal clear wheat beer
Whike beer: orange peer/corriander
Name the five main styles/strengths of Trappist beers
Patersbler, Enkel, Dubbel, Tripel, Quadrupel
Orval
Belgium 1931
Chimay
Belgium 1863
Westuleteren
Belgium 1838
Rochefort
Belgium 1595
Westmalle
Belgium 1836