Beer Flashcards
Everything about beer
Role of Malt?
Malt is sprouted barley. Barley is soaked in water to begin the process of germination, then dried and toasted for flavour. Malting produces an enzyme, diastase, which turns starch into sugar.
Role of Water?
- The most important and most “publicized” ingredient. Water makes up 85–95% of the volume of beer.
Role of Yeast?
Most crucial and carefully selected ingredient. Fermentation bi-products can affect the character of beer.
Role of Hop?
Primary flavouring ingredient. The “spice” of beer. Contributes to the overall character. Serves as a natural preservative.
Types of Ales
Ales are sweet, tasty beers. They come in different color shades ranging from pale gold to shady, rich brown color based on the grains applied in the brewing procedure.
Amber Ale
Belongs under the Belgian Ale. They are sweeter due to their excess malt. Additionally, they are dark in color thus their first name ‘amber’. Popular types of amber ales include Fat Tire Amber Ale and Budweiser American Ale.
Pale Ale
It is a light-colored alcoholic drink that is full of malt and hops. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is a popular example of pale Ale.
Bitter
Falls under Pale Ales. It contains hops that give it a pleasant aroma. A good example is Forster’s Special Bitter.
Wheat Beer–
also known by names like weissbier or hefeweizen, is a refreshing beer, pale-colored and very carbonated. In-heat wheat is a well-known wheat beer.
Indian Pale Ale (IPA)
Falls under the branch of Pale Ale. This hoppy flavor comes across as golden or darker in color and has a bitter scent and taste.
Stouts–
these beersfall under the branch of Dark Ale. They are set apart from the rest with the use of malt-free, dark-roasted barley, minimal hops, and sweet, chocolate scents. Stouts come in various types including chocolate, coffee, dry, oatmeal, milk, oyster and Imperial stouts. The most renowned dry stout is Guinness with a minimal sweet taste.
Porter–
this is a type of extremely Dark Ale, brewed from heavy-roasted malt. It is medium-bodied and has a crisp taste. Jack Porter is a famous example of Porter.
Barley Wine
It ranges amber to darker shades of black. It is a very fruity and flavorful beer but with a high alcoholic content.
Types of Lagers
Lager is well-known for its crisp, filtered taste due to its fermentation process where yeast settles at the bottom without necessarily floating to the surface. Lagers under-go a low-temperature fermenting process that result in the beer having a smoother flavour.
American Pal
Flavours can be subtle, without the other being dominated by conventional beer ingredients. Hop character bitterness, taste, and aroma this gives varies from insignificant to noble hops with dry bitterness.
Munich Dark Pale - traces
traces its origins in Munich. It is a dark lager with a fiery blend of malt and coffee taste.
Pale Lager
They are popular types of alcoholic drinks worldwide. They are straw-coloured; contain a malty taste besides being filtered and crisp. They are very carbonated though lacking high alcohol content. Pilsner lagers are prime examples of pale lager.
Marzen
also known as Oktoberfest beer, traces its roots in Munich. It is full-bodied and dark brown in colour. A popular type of Marzen beer is Samuel Adams Octoberfest.
Dunkel
lager is the premier variety of German lager beer. It is dark in colour with a modest alcoholic strength and tastes often suggestive of chocolate, coffee and liquorice.
Eisenbock
Eisbock can range from near black to as light as tawny red. He hopes gives a bitterness and flavour are often set aside, replacing it with a wide alcohol influence that can range from sweet to spicy, and fruity to fusel.
Steam Beer
The flavour is toasty and malty but with a hops and carbonation that is relatively rough.
Doppelbock
A stronger version compared to Bock. It is full-bodied and malty. It is typically dark with increased caramel as well as chocolate melts.
Bock
It is a tasty, dark lager with origins in Germany. Bocks do vary from malty-flavoured lagers to darker, hoppy-flavoured bocks, popularly referred to as helles bocks. Two common examples of blocks are Shiner Bock and Michelob Amber Bock.
Czech Pilsner
Has a pale yellow with the presence of low to medium hops.
