Beer Types Flashcards
Vienna lager
3-step boiling process German but mostly brewed in Latin America Brewed in response to pilsner Mild hops, sweet malt Ex. XX
American “Adjunct” Lager
Adjunct-adds other grains to get sugar
Ex. Miller high life
Lager
German to store
Stored in caves during summer
Brewed at cooler temps
Bottom fermented
Yeast for lager
Saccharomyces pastorians
Ale
Great Britain
Top fermented
Brewed at warmer temps
Most micro breweries brew
Yeast for ale
Saccharomyces cerevisae
Kolsch
Ale that tastes like pilsner
Cologne, Germany
Steam beer
Uses unique yeast strands for warmer temps
Lager adapted to warmer temps
Pilsner
Czech
Stored in caves during summer
Brewed for 500+ years
Saaz hops
Bock
Germany/Bavaria
Dark lager
Traditionally monastic
Doppelbock
Germany/Bavaria
Dark lager
More malt/higher alcohol than bock
…ends in -ator
Scwarzbier
Black beer Brewed since 1390 Color from dark malt Tastes like pilsner Brewed like lager so thinner
Helles Bock/ maibock
Lighter in color than bock
Saison
Farmhouse style Generally low alcohol Sometimes spiced High carbonation Brewed in winter for summer
Scottish ale
Low hops sweet malts
Long boil yields unfermentable sugar
Caramalized
Amber ale
Catch all category
Bier de garde
North France
Similar to saison
Caramel, hops
Pumpkin ale
Lager
Can add spices
Pumpkin 2 fermenter
Witbier
Mid ground Belgium Wheat beer Cloudy Wit=white
Hefeweizen
Mid ground South Am wheat beer Cloudy Hefe=whole Weizen=wheat
Dunkelweizen
Darker version of witbier
Fruit/veg beer
Any style
English ipa
Bitter
American ipa
Hops flavorful/not bitter
Porter
Great Britain
Brewed since 1721
High alcohol
Dark color malt
Stout
Great Britain
Originally extra stout porter
Color from dark malts
Imperial stout
High alcohol
Aged for years
Barley wine?
Strong malt
High alcohol
Aged years
Belgium strong pale ale
Strong malt
Light color
Belgium dark ale
Strong malt
Sweet
Trappist ale
“best style beer in world”
Not true style
8 Abbies
Bottle comditioned
Lambic
True only Belgium brewed
Exposed to native yeasts/bacteria
Spontaneous fermentation from Brettanomyces…sour taste
Open fermented