Beer, Sake, Spirits Flashcards
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What is “the wort”?
A sugar rich liquid, from malted grain
the brewer must rst derive
Previewing Staged Changes
the wort, a sugar-rich liquid, from malted grain and then the brewer must ferment the wort
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What are hops, what do they add to beer?
Hops, the
dried FLOWER clusters that provide avor and bitterness to beer, have both preservative and antiseptic
qualities that inhibit bacterial growth.
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What common thread ingredient do Hefe-weizen and white beer have?
Wheat
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Explain the MODERN BREWING process?
- Creat the malted Barley, or malt.
- The “cereal” is steeped in water for approximately 2 days to promote germination of the grain.
- Once the graing begins to germinate, or SPROUT, it is transferred to comparments w/ controlled temp. and moisture levels.
- as the sprout grows to nearly 1inch in length, the enzyme AMYLASE is produced.
- Amylase converts the starchy carb of the grain into the fementable sugars Maltose and Dextrin.
- This “green malt” is then roasted w/ hot air in a kiln to suppress further growth.
- the roasting
- Once grain is malted, the malt is ground or cracked in a mill to pruduce grist
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What determines the “style” of beer?
The style of beer desired will determine the length and degree of roasting.
Highly roasted black malts, for example, are used for porter-style beers, whereas pale malt, dried at low
temperatures and very light in color, is used for pale ales
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What is a lambic beer?
- Unique specialty of Belgium, that are spontaneaously fermented in open-top containers w/ native wild yeast.
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What yeast(s) is responsible for Lambic beer?
- Brettanomyces Bruxellensis
- Brettanomyces Lambicus
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Describe a Classic Lambic beer?
Vinous in Character, distinctively Sour, and aged prior to release, often up to 3 years in CASK
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What style of beer is refered to as the Brussels Champagne?
Gueze, a style produced by mixing one year old lambics w/ beers that have a ged for two to three years.
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What is the name for a fruit Lambic?
Kriek, a more common style, traditionally dry in style.
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How are Kriek produced?
Fruit lambics are refermented with added
fruits—such as sour morello cherries for kriek styles or raspberries for framboise—before bottling
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Trappist ales, lambics, stouts, brown ales and other strong beers should be served at what temperature?
Cool Room Temp.
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What style of beer is famously Produced in Bamberg (franken, germany)?
Rauchbier, a smoked beer
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What style of beer Originates from Hainaut Province in Belgium?
Saison, a farmhouse ale or GRISETTE
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Fermentatino is fast and warm, producing richly flavored beers.
Identify the style of beer
ALES
* Brown
* Pale
* Scotch
* Mild
* Burton
* Old
* Belgian
* Trappist
* Abbey
* Stout
* Porter
- Brown
- Pale
- Scotch
- Mild
- Burton
- Old
- Belgian
- Trappist
- Abbey
- Stout
- Porter
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Fermentation is slow and cool, producing delicately flavored beers.
Identify the style of beer
LAGER
* Pilsner
* Bock (inc. Doppelbock, Eisbock, Maibock)
* Märzen/ Fest
* Vienna Style
* Dortmunder
* Black/Schwartz
* Munich Helles
* Pale Lager
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Spontanously Fermented (w. Brettanomyces bruxellensis, Brettanomyces lambicus, Sacchromyces cerevisiae, Lactobacillus, and others) over a long period of time; aged hops provide antibacterial qualities, not bitterness.
Lambics
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What is a Gueze?
Style of lambic beer, that is a blend of 1year old and 2 year old lambics. Fermentation concludes in the bottle
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Malting Nomenclature
