Brewing and Winemaking Flashcards
1
Q
First civilization to brew beer
A
chinese, 7000 BC
2
Q
First to brew with barley
A
sumerians
3
Q
First to regluate sales and consumption
A
Babylonians
4
Q
First to have several beer styles
A
- Babylonians
- Used as payment
5
Q
Beer associated with ______ in egypt
A
bakeries
6
Q
Downfall of early beer
A
Greeks-wine
7
Q
Gruit
A
- early beer
- unhopped
- used herbs
8
Q
purity law
A
beer= water+malt+hops
9
Q
Monks
A
brewed to support the abbey
10
Q
Earliest brewing in US
A
pilgrims who didn’t want to import
11
Q
Beers categorized based on
A
- IBUs (bitterness)
- %ABV
- SRM(color)
- SG(specific gravity, strength, dryness)
- Body
- Aroma, flavor
12
Q
Define brewing
A
Breakdown and transformatino of a narrow range of macromolecules to build a wide spectrum of complex molecules
13
Q
Basic steps
A
- Mashing
- Lautering
- Boiling
- Sanitizing
- Fermenting
- Cleaning
14
Q
How is it a hostile environment for microbes
A
- low pH
- High sugar content initially
- high alcohol content at end
- antimicrobial compounds
- high pressure when bottled
15
Q
Mashing
A
- Enzymatic conversion of starch and protein into carbs and/or amino acids
- Crushed malted grain mixed w/ warm-hot water
- Temperature dependent