Beer Ingredients

Question 1

What is beer made from?

Answer 1

Water, malted grain, hops and yeast.

Question 2

How do the ingredients form the beer?

Answer 2

Sugars from malts are balanced with bitterness and aromatics from hops, and the resulting wort is fermented by yeast, which creates carbon dioxide and ethanol as metabolic byproducts.

Question 3

Malts

Answer 3

Refer to malted grains, usually barley.

Question 4

Barley Malt

Answer 4

Responsible for giving beer its color, foamy head, sweetness and flavor, and providing natural enzymes that convert starches into sugars necessary for fermentation.

Question 5

Others malts?

Answer 5

Rye, oats, corn and rice

Question 6

Rye

Answer 6

Contributes a spicy malt taste

Question 7

Oats

Answer 7

Create a milky, silky taste and texture.

Question 8

Corn and Rice

Answer 8

Create a dry, starch taste

Question 9

Hops

Answer 9

Hops add bitterness to bear that balances out the sweetness of the malts. They are also largely responsible for a beer’s aroma and head retention

Question 10

What do hops taste like?

Answer 10

Earthy, herbal and bitter. Also expect zesty tastes and smells like pine, mint, citrus (especially grapefruit or lemon) and grass.

Question 11

Yeast

Answer 11

The most important and unique ingredient in beer. Discovered by Louis Pasteur in 1857.

Question 12

What are some new forms of yeast?

Answer 12

Brettanomyces (wild yeast), lactobacillus and pediococcus (bacteria)

Question 13

Adjuncts

Answer 13

Non barley sources of fermentable sugar added to beer.

Question 14

What are additives?

Answer 14

Any enzyme, preservatives or fining agents used to assist the brewing process.