Beer/Cider Flashcards
What is Biere de Garde
Flemish/ Northern French bottle conditioned beer
Different styles of wheat beer
Hefeweizen (means “yeast wheat”)
Dunkel
Kristall Weizen
White Beer (wit bier) orange peel and coriander
What is IBU
International Bitterness Units scale
5-120
IPA is 70-90
Measures PPM of Isohumulone found in beer (gives bitterness)
What is the difference between Gose and Geuze
Geuze is a lambic where they take beer and ferment it with another lambic, Mix of one year old beer with 2-3 year old beer
Goze: brewed with salt and coriander
French AOPs for cider
Contentin
Cournouaille (Cornwall)
Domfront
Pays d’Auge
Departements of Pays d’Auge
Calvados (Largest)
L’Eure
L’Orne
Encepagement for Pays d’Auge and Cornovaille (Cornwall) AOP
Orchards must contain a min 70% bitter (phenolic variety) and max 15%acidic varieties
A single apple variety may not account for more than ____% of the blend in Pays d’Auge AOP
60%
What are some recommended varieties of phenolic/bitter apple
Contentin AOP
Belle dille de la Manche
Binet Rouge
Bois Tingant
Cartigny
Closette
Feuillard
Gros Amer
Marin Onfroy
Peau de Chien
Petit Amer
Rouge de Cantepre
Sans Pareille
Tapin
Tet de Brebis
Taureau
Departments of Poiré Domfront AOP
La Manche
Mayenne
Orne
Categories of apples for Sidre de Asturias AOP (8)
Acids: Durona de Tresali, Blanquina, Limón Montes, Theoretical, San Roqueña, Raxao, Fuentes, Xuanina
Sweets: Ernestina, Verdialona
Sour-bitter: Regona
Bitter: Clara
Bitter-semi-acid: Meana
Sweet-bitter: Coloradona
Semi-acid: Solarina, De la Riega, Collaos, Perico, Carrió, Prieta, Perezosa
Semi-acid-bitter: Panquerina
Min RS for Cornwall (Brittany’s first AOP (cider)
20 g/l
What is Marzen-Orfest
Lager brewed in March in caves over summer
September ceremony
Is Schwarzbier a lager or ale
A lager. Copy of english porter
What is cream ale?
Ale/lager blend, both yeasts.
Warm fermentation temps, stored cold
Sweetness designations for Sidra de Asturias AOP
Dry: Less than 30 g/l of residual sugar
Semi-Dry: Between 30 g/l and 50 g/l of residual sugar
Sweet: More than 50 g/l of residual sugar with a maximum of 80 g/l of residual sugar