Beer Notes Flashcards
Hops
ingredients that provides it that?
Greatly influences the?
Hops are the flower..
backbone & bitterness
the taste & aroma of a beer
of humulus = wolf plant
Hops = preservative, bitterness & flavour
Malt
3 steps :
For many specialty malts, 2 other steps
Most brewing malt is made from?
- steeping, germinating, & kilning
- stewing &/or roasting
barley & wheat
Malt = Sugar, colour & flavour
4 ingredients in beer
Malt
Hops
Yeast
Water
Mash
Porridge like mixture of ground cereal grain (grist) & temperature controlled brewing water (often called liquor).
Wort
aqueous extract made from grain
intended for fermentation by yeast into beer
Yeast = alcohol & flavour
How is Beer made?
Malting Mashing Laundering Wort boiled with hops Add Yeast Fermentation
Bottom fermentation
What temp? And why!
Lower temp 5c-10c, causing the yeast to work less vigorously & create carbon dioxide more slowly
This results in less turbulence in the beer& yeast precipitating early life cycle
Yeast = alcohol & flavour
Lager
The name lager comes from the German verb ???, which means ???
Lagern store.
Lager = cooler / bottom fermentation, crispier & cleaner body
Top fermentation
What temp?
Generally associated with ales
16c or higher
Ales
-Back in the day it was referred to as
-beers from England
Ale = warmer, top fermentation, fruitier & rounder body
Stock ale
- 1 of the 3 tradition British strong, fruity ales
- The other 2 are Old Ale & Barley Wine
IPA
Characterized by its high alcohol & hops
Popular in British India
English Pale Ale
Gold to Bronze in colour
4.5% - 5.5% ABV
Derived from IPA
Has a noticeable hop bitterness, (30-45 IBU)
American Pale Ale
- One of the 1st Americanized styles. 1980
- Using American ingredients to emulate the English Pale Ale
Wheat Malt
- The 2nd most common malted grain after barley malt
- German wheat beer must contain at least 50% wheat malt
- American style usually contains 10% - 35%
Weissbier
Classic wheat beer of Bavaria & 1 of Germany’s greatest & most distinctive beer styles
- Means white beer in German
- Outside of Germany it is known as a hefeweizen, literally “yeast wheat” packaged unfiltered & made with at least 50% wheat
Stout
Category of warm fermented ale
Distinguished by its dark colour & distinct roasted coffee character
Imperial Stout
- Among the richest & strongest of beer styles
- Originally brewed in London as an “extra stout” porter for export to the Baltic countries & Russia
- Once brewed for Czarnia Catherine the Great
Pilsner
Pale, Golden Lager
Originated in Pilsen, Czech Republic 1838
Initiation pilsners today account for 95% of global beer market
Kolsch
- Top fermented local beer styles from Cologne, Germany
- Lightly fruity yeast note in aroma & taste, as well as pleasant hoppy bitterness
- Dates back to 874 AD
Altbier
1 of the few indigenous German ale styles, along with the blondes & hefeweizens
Alt means “old” in reference in the old style of brewing before cold fermented lagers
Bock
Strong beer w typical 6.5% ABV
Mainly bottom fermented
Originated in lower Saxton, Germany
IBU - International Bitterness Units
International agreed upon standard for measuring bitterness in beer
1516
April 23rd 1516 Barvarian Duke issued the beer purity law.
Stated all beer must be made from barley, hops & water
It is now German law & is the oldest food & safety regulation out there!!
ABV
Alcohol by volume
Standard world wide
Malt
=3
Sugar
colour
flavour
Hops
=3
flavour
preservative
bitterness
Yeast
=2
Alcohol
Flavour
Ale
2 things
Warmer/top fermentation
Fruitier & rounder body
Lager
2 things
Cooler/bottom fermentation
Crisper & leaner body
What is the difference from an ale & a lager
the type of yeast used to ferment the wort into beer
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