Beer Flashcards by Shane Taylor

What is ‘AE’ in relation to beer?

Apparent Extract

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What is ‘FMB’ in relation to beer?

Flavoured Malt Beverage

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What is ‘IBU’ in relation to beer?

International Bitterness Unit

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What is an IPA?

India Pale Ale

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What is ‘LME’ in relation to beer?

Liquid Malt Extract

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Name 3 English hops.

Challenger

Fuggle

Goldings

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Name 3 German hops.

Hallertau

Polaris

Tettnanger

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Name the Trappist beer made in Spain.

Carenia

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What are common characteristics that Trappist beers share?

Top fermented

Unpasteurized

No chemical additives

Addition of sugar to the wort

Bottle conditioned

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What are lager yeasts called?

Saccharomyces pastorianus

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What are some examples of American Adjunct Lager?

Budweiser

Corona

Miller High Life

Pabst Blue Ribbon

Coors

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What are the 4 key ingredients in all beers?

Water

Hops

Yeast

Malt

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What are the basic malting steps?

Steeping

Germinating

Kilning

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What are the International Trappist Association criteria?

The beer must be brewed within the walls of a Trappist monastery

Brewery must be of secondary importance

The brewery is not intended as a profit-making venture

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What are the names of the Trappist breweries?

Westmalle

Westvleteren

Chimay

Koningshoeven - Holland

Abbey Maria Toevlucht - Holland

Rochefort

Orval

Achel

Stift Engelszell - Austria

St Joseph’s Abbey - Spencer, Massachusetts

Tre Fontane Abbey - Rome, Italy

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What beer is a specialty of Franconia?

Kellerbier

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What city identifies with Altbier?

Düsseldorf

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What city in Germany identifies with Kolsch?

Cologne

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What city is Export Lager from?

Dortmund

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What city is Gose from?

Leipzig

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What city is Helles Lager from?

Munich

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What city is Rauchbier from?

Bamburg

What is a hop kiln?

A building designed for drying hops before they are compressed and sold to brewers

Also called oast house

What is a patersbier?

“Father’s Beer” only available within the monastery for use of the monks

What is a Pilsner?

A pale golden beer

What is a Trappist brewery?

Brewery located within the walls of a Trappist Abbey and brewing performed by Trappist monks.

What is a tripel?

A strong golden coloured ale. Refers to the amount of malt with fermentable sugars and the original gravity of the wort prior to fermentation.

What is ale yeast called?

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

What is an Abbey beer?

Beers similar to Trappist beers produced by secular breweries

What is an American Adjunct Lager?

A light bodied pale, fizzy Lager made popular by the large macro/breweries after prohibition. Adjunct cereal grains like rice and corn are used.

What is an oast house?

A building designed for drying hops before they are compressed and sold to brewers Also called hop kiln

What is Düsseldorf known for beer-wise?

Altbier

What is ESB?

Extra Special Bitter

What is grist?

Milled grain mixture

What is gueuze?

A blend of young and old lambics and fermentation concludes in the bottle

What is IPA?

India Pale Ale characterized by high levels of alcohol and hops

What is kriek?

Cherry lambic

What is lambic?

Sour wheat beer style brewed in and around Brussels

What is malting?

The process in which raw barley or another grain is made ready to become the main ingredient in the brewing process

What is mashing?

The start of the brewing process where crushed grains are mixed with water to form a porridge like mixture called the mash

What is rauchbier?

German style beer brewed with smoked malt

What is schwarzbier?

Black beer or black lager

What is sparging?

Rinsing the spent grains with fresh water to extract additional sugar and flavour

What is the German term for black beer?

Schwarzbier

What is the most popular beer style in Bavaria?

Weissbier

What is the name of the enzyme released when the barley is germinated?

Amylase

What is the name of the Trappist brewery in the Netherlands?

Koningshoeven Brewery - La Trappe Abbey Maria Toevlucht - Zundert

What is the oldest Trappist brewery?

Rochefort in Belgium founded in 1595

What is wort?

Aqueous solution of extract made from grain and intended for fermentation by yeast into beer

What style of beer is Cologne known for?

Kolsch

What system is used to measure the color of beer?

Lovibond

What win region also contains the majority of hops acreage planted in the US?

Yakima Valley

When was the Bavarian Purity Law enacted?

1516

What style of beer is Duchess de Bourgogne?

is a Flanders red ale-style beer produced by Brouwerij Verhaeghe in Vichte, Belgium. After a primary and secondary fermentation, this ale is matured in oak barrels for 18 months. The final product is a blend of a younger 8-month-old beer with an 18-month-old beer