Beer, Sake, Spirits Flashcards
State the ingredients allowed in the Bavarian Purity Law.
Rheinhetsgebot, beer must be malted barley, water, and yeast.
Name the 2 main categories of beer, and 2 styles each within those categories
Lager vs. Ale, Cool bottom fermentation vs. warmer top fermented, dictates by yeast strains. Examples of lagers are pilsners and bocks. Ales can be ESBs, IPAs.
Describe production differences in making a blonde ale, amber and porter, as well as brands and their origin.
In the roast/ drying of the malt. Leffe blond from belgium. Rogue American Amber Ale from Oregon. Founder’s POrter from Michigan.
Explain what hops are and their use in beer-making.
Hops are used to impart a bitter aromatic quality.
Name the premium sake quality levels.
Junmai Daiginjo, Junmai Ginjo, Junmai Shu, Daiginjo Shu Honjozo, Ginjo Shu Honjozo, Honjozo Shu.
State the Japanese term for the sake fermentation starter mold
Aspergillus Oryzae.
Name of sake rices and the best known rice for sake.
Shuzo Kotekimai, best is Yamada Nishiki 1937 Hyogo.
Best known areas for sake production.
Shikoku, Fukushima.
Describe the process of making beer.
Harvest barley, germinate the barley to get the plant to begin converting starches to sugars, Diastase and Amylase. The malt goes into the kiln to halt germination, and possibly toast the malt. The malt is then ground, and steeped in warm water to extract the maltose. The liquid is then fermented with selected yeasts. Then it is strained, pasteurized and bottled.
Describe a lambic beer.
A lambic beer is made in Belgium, a sour style, wild yeasts, blended with other lambics and sometimes with fruit or fruit syrups.
Sake Terms: Kura, Namazake, Tokubetsu, Genshu, Kimoto, Shizuku, Taruzake.
Sake Production house. Unpasteurized. Of Distinction. Undiluted. Heavily stirred. Free run, unpressed. Aged in Cypress Cask. Nihonshudo, the negative or positive gradient for sweetness.
Name the regions of scotland and a brand/ expression from each area.
Islay, Laphroig 10 yr. Speyside, Balvenie Doublewood 12 yr. Highlands, Glenmorangie La Santa 12 yr. Campbelltown, Springbank 10 yr.
Aging statements for cognac and the areas from best to worst.
3 star/ VS: 2, 5 star/ VSOP: 4, Napoleon/ XO: 6+. Borderies, Grand Champagne, Fine Champagne, Fins Bois, Bon Bois, Bois Ordinaires.
Aging statements for armagnac and best areas.
3 star/ VS: 3 5 star/ VSOP: 5 XO: 10 XO Premium: 20+. Bas Armagnac, Tenereze, Haut Armagnac, Blanche Armagnac.
How much sugar must a liqueur have to be deemed so.
2.5% RS
