Beer, Cider, Sake, etc. Flashcards
How many ML are in 1 pint?
470ml
What is the Reinheitsgebot?
1516 Bavarian Purity Law: in a move to conserve wheat for bread, a law mandated that beer could only be made from water, barley, and hops
What does it mean if a beer is “bottle conditioned”?
The beer will be unfiltered and will undergo partial fermentation in bottle
What is a lambic?
Lambic are specialties of Belgium. These beers are distinctively sour and aged up to 3 years in cask prior to release. They are fermented in open top containers with natural yeasts such as Brettanomyces bruxellensis and Brettanomyces lambicus.
What is the proper serving temperature range for most lagers?
48° to 52°
What is the proper serving temperature range for most ales?
54° to 57°
What types of beer would you recommend serving at “cool room temperature”?
Lambics
Trappists
Stouts
Brown Ales
Strong beers
3 producers of Lambic beer?
Cantillon
Lindeman’s
Timmerman’s
What is a Gueuze?
Young 1 year old lambic blended with 2 - 3 year lambics. The young lambic introduces fermentable sugar, which will ferment in bottle.
“Brussels Champagne”
What is “Brussels Champagne”?
Gueuze: the young lambic blended with older lambics leads to partial fermentation in bottle
Kriek and Framboise are examples of ______?
Fruit Lambics. Kriek is flavored with morello cherries, framboise with raspberries
What is a Hefeweizen?
A German-style wheat beer, a type of ale.
Refreshing, yeasty with notes of banana and clove.
Weihenstephaner (German), Widmer (American pioneers of the style)
Serve in a vase at a cooler temp, 40 to 45°
What is a Dunkelweizen?
A German ale. Hefeweizen meets the German-style Dunkel, for a sweetly malty and chocolate-like character.
Serve in a vase
Samuel Adams, Sierra Nevada
What is a Weizenbock?
A German ale, similar to a dunkel but with a darker malt. Slightly more IBUs, slightly more alcoholic. Basically the wheat rendition of a bock, or a bigger beefier dunkelweizen.
Serve in a tulip, 45 to 55°
What is an altbier?
From the Dusseldorf area of Germany, an ale full of toffee malt, herbal hops, and fruity esters. Serve in a tulip.
Uerige (German)
Utepils Alt 1848
What is a Kolsch?
A traditional style ale from the Cologne (Koln) region of Germany. Crisp, clean and fruity with low malt character. Serve in a flute.
Domestic version: Summer Ale, Alaskan Brewing Co.
German: Fruh, Gaffel, and Reissdorff are the big 3
What are the traditional Kolsch style’s “big 3” breweries?
Fruh
Reissdorf
Gaffel
Porter
A substantial, malty dark ale with a complex and flavorful roasty character.
Serve in a nonic or imperial pint glass
Deschuttes Black Butte Porter
Bell’s
Sierra Nevada
Stout
A very dark, roasty, bitter, creamy ale.
Serve in nonic or imperial pint glass
Guiness (irish style)
Deschuttes Obsidian Stout
Sierra Nevada Brewing
What is the difference between a Stout and a Porter?
Heritage, mostly. Porters are from London, whereas Stouts originated in Ireland. They are similar, but most expect stouts to be a little bit bigger and roastier with more roasted malt character
What is the difference between a Scotch Ale and a Scottish ale?
Scotch Ales, or Wee Heavys, tend to be higher in ABV, above 6% at least, with a higher final gravity that makes them a touch sweeter. Scottish Ales on the other hand essentially refer to the lower ABV equivalent of an English Pale Ale, clocking in at around 3-5% ABV.
What is an Irish Dry Stout?
Guiness, basically
Dry stout is black beer with a dry-roasted character thanks to the use of roasted barley. The emphasis on coffee-like roasted barley and a moderate degree of roasted malt aromas define much of the character. Hop bitterness is medium to medium high.
What makes a beer “imperial”?
Just a bigger, bolder version of the use style
Is there Trappist beer produced in America?
Yes - by monks at Saint Joseph’s Abbey in MA, sold as Spencer Trappist Ale
