Brewing and Winemaking Flashcards

1
Q

First civilization to brew beer

A

chinese, 7000 BC

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2
Q

First to brew with barley

A

sumerians

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3
Q

First to regluate sales and consumption

A

Babylonians

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4
Q

First to have several beer styles

A
  • Babylonians
  • Used as payment
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5
Q

Beer associated with ______ in egypt

A

bakeries

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6
Q

Downfall of early beer

A

Greeks-wine

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7
Q

Gruit

A
  • early beer
  • unhopped
  • used herbs
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8
Q

purity law

A

beer= water+malt+hops

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9
Q

Monks

A

brewed to support the abbey

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10
Q

Earliest brewing in US

A

pilgrims who didn’t want to import

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11
Q

Beers categorized based on

A
  • IBUs (bitterness)
  • %ABV
  • SRM(color)
  • SG(specific gravity, strength, dryness)
  • Body
  • Aroma, flavor
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12
Q

Define brewing

A

Breakdown and transformatino of a narrow range of macromolecules to build a wide spectrum of complex molecules

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13
Q

Basic steps

A
  1. Mashing
  2. Lautering
  3. Boiling
  4. Sanitizing
  5. Fermenting
  6. Cleaning
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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
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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
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16
Q

Dark beers contain

A

kilned/roasted malts

17
Q

breakdown of big sugars to small, fermentable ones

A

Saccharification

18
Q

Lautering

A

washing sugary liquid off the mashed grain

19
Q

Sugary liquid is called

A

wort

20
Q

gravity

A

sugar concentration

21
Q

Boiling

A
  • Sterilization
  • Hop utilization
22
Q

Hops

A
  • Alpha acid isomerization during boil
    • Supply bitterness and preservation to beer
23
Q

Fermenting

A
  • Wort transformed into beer by yeast fermentation
  • yeast transport maltose then maltaste hydrolyzes maltose into glucose
24
Q

ale yeast

A
  • Saccharomyces cerevistiae
  • top-fermenting
  • very diverse
  • produce esters and phenols
25
Q

lager yeast

A
  • Saccharomyces pastorianus
  • bottom-fermenting-cold
  • fewer strains
  • Cleaner flavor profile, less diverse
  • Resently evolved
26
Q

off flavors

A
  • diacetyl
  • phenols
  • oxidation
27
Q

First winemaking

A

SE Europe

28
Q

White wine made _________

Red wine made _________

A

without grape skins

with grape skins

29
Q

Aroma, flavor, mouthfeel derived from

A
  • Grape variety
  • yeast fermentation
  • secondary fermentation
30
Q

Secondary fermentation

A
  • malolactic fermentation
    • tart lactic acid converted to lactic acid
31
Q

Finished winds contain ______ compounds

A

1000+

32
Q

Resveratrol

A

Found in grape skins, act like antioxidants, protecting the body against damage that can put you at higher risk for things like cancer and heart disease.

33
Q

compounds found in hops

A
  • humulones
    • alpha acid
34
Q

Molecular signals

A

calcium oxalate and tartaric acid

35
Q

SCOBY

A

symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast

36
Q

Catalase test

A

If bubbles, catalase positive,

If no bubbles, catalase negative.