Beer, Sake, Spirits, Cocktails

Question 1

What is the first step of beer production? What does it entail?

Answer 1

Malting.
-Soaking: Barley grains soaked in cold water
-Germination: Soaked grain’s aerated & stirred, causing germination creating malt diastase to enable fermentation
-Kilning or roasting: to stop germination & adds color & flavor

Question 2

What is the second step of beer production? What does it entail?

Answer 2

Mashing.
Mix malted barley with hot water to extract fermentable sugars and make wart.
-Milling: crush barley into course powder grist
-Mashing: mix grist & hot water

Question 3

What is the third step of beer production? What does it entail?

Answer 3

-Lautering: separating grains from wart liquid

Question 4

What is the fourth step of beer production? What does it entail?

Answer 4

-Boiling: sterilizes wart
-Addition of Hops: for flavors & bitterness
-Evaporation: reduce volume & concentrate flavors
-Hot Break: proteins coagulate & settle to clarify beer
-Cooling to prep it for fermentation

Question 5

What is the fifth step of beer production? What does it entail?

Answer 5

Fermentation
-Yeast added & primary fermentation
-Secondary fermentation (optional) for further maturation & clarification

Question 6

What is the final step of beer production? What does it entail?

Answer 6

Conditioning & Maturation
-clarification
-pasturization (except for kegs)
-packaging

Question 7

What’s the difference between an Ale & a Lager?

Answer 7

Lagers tend to be lighter because they’re fermented at cooler, less extractive temps, using a bottom-fermenting yeast, S. Pastorianus

Ales tend to be heavier because they’re fermented at warmer temps with top-fermenting yeast, S cervisiae

Question 8

Give examples of ales & lagers?

Answer 8

Ales: stout, porter brown ale, pale ale, blonde ale, cream ale.

Lagers: Pilsners, Bocks, Viennas, Fests, Helles