Beer Storage

Question 1

Beer is best consumed

Answer 1

Fresh and fresh from the brewery

Question 2

Some beer can be aged

Answer 2

Massively intense and high ABV imperial stouts or barelywines are examples (properly cellared)

Question 3

Rotating inventory is

Answer 3

key to ensuring customers get fresh beer

Question 4

Sell the older beer first

Answer 4

Keep track of inventory so you know when

you ordered everything in stock and sell the older beer first

Question 5

Remove any out of date product from the service inventory

Answer 5

Throw it out, give it to an employee, return it to the wholesaler, or
cook with it. Just don’t sell it to a customer

Question 6

What to do when beers lack an expiration date:

Answer 6

a) Kegs of non-pasteurized beer in a fridge last 45-60 days (1.5-2 months).
(b) Kegs of pasteurized beer in a fridge last 90-120 days (3-4 months).
(c) Bottles, in a fridge, are good for up to 6 months.
(i) Bottles that are not refrigerated or are subjected to other stresses may taste off after just 3 months.
(ii) How do you know if bottled beer is off? Taste an aged product against a fresh one to determine if there has been noticeable deterioration! If so, remove it from service inventory.
(iii) You can ensure that all the beers are moving by promoting and selling all the different beers offered.

Question 7

Refrigerated storage is

Answer 7

best for all beer, but is required for draft and many bottled craft beers because these are typically non-pasteurized.

Question 8

Storing beer warm quickens aging and the creation of off-flavors:

Answer 8

a) Oxidation - Over time, all beer will develop oxidation off-flavors
that are commonly described as papery or wet cardboard-like.

Question 9

Bottled beers will skunk if

Answer 9

stored improperly

Question 10

Storing beer warm quickens aging and the creation of off-flavors:

Answer 10

(b) Infection - Over time, it is possible that microbes other than the
brewer’s yeast will gain a foothold in beer and it will develop infection off-flavors. These can come across as a variety of bad flavors including buttery, lactic or vinegary sourness, smoky or plastic-like phenolics, or others. Note that most of the times you taste infection in a draft beer, it’s due to an unclean infected draft system line, not an issue with the brewery.

Question 11

Bottled beers will skunk if stored improperly

Answer 11

is caused by exposing the beer to light (in particular high
energy wavelength UV light), including sunlight, incandescent, or fluorescent light. Skunked beer is typically referred to as “light- struck.” Skunking is most apparent in the aroma of the beer and smells very similar to a skunk’s spray.

Question 12

Cans, kegs, ceramic bottles, and other vessels that shield the beer from light are the best protection from skunking

Answer 12

100% protection

Question 13

Brown glass bottles are

Answer 13

ood protection from skunking, they block the vast majority of light (98% protection)

Question 14

Clear and green bottles offer

Answer 14

almost no protection from skunking,Beer in these bottles will skunk in just seconds or minutes when exposed to the sun or fluorescent light in a cooler

Question 15

Miller, which is sold in clear glass bottles, uses

Answer 15

a processed

bittering agent called Tetra Hop extract that does not skunk.