Chapter 11 Beer

Question 1

What is beer?

Answer 1

“Beer is an alcoholic beverage that is fermented and brewed from barley, corn (Latin American beer), hops, water and yeast. . . Yeast, which converts sugar to alcohol and carbon dioxide, and sterile air are added next, and the wort moves to fermentation tanks. Two different types of yeast can be used- bottom and top. Bottom yeast settles to the bottom of the tank after converting all of the sugar and the resulting beer is Lager. Top yeast rises to the top of the tank when it’s done with the sugar, and the beer it produces is Ale”.

Question 2

Lager

Answer 2

“The term is derived from a German word that means to store or to stock. It refers to the long period of lagering, wherein the beer is stored in cellars to undergo the slow second fermentation. The aging of better lager will last for several months, most domestics see little more than a week of cellar time. Lagers are generally pale gold in color, light in body, and flavored with a medium to light hop taste. The term pilsner and lager are used interchangeably throughout most the world today”.

Alcohol content 4.1% to 4.7%

Question 3

Ale

Answer 3

“Ales is more vinous in nature, possesses a greater percentage of alcohol, it is more aromatic, more full bodied, and has a more pronounced hop flavor and tartness”.

Alcohol content 5.1% to 5.7%

Question 4

Stout

Answer 4

“Stout is dark in color, (almost black) a rich malty flavor usually combined with a rather strong bitter hop taste and a high alcohol content. The dark color is attributed to the main ingredient of the beer, roasted barley”.

Alcohol content 6.1% to 6.5 %

Question 5

Bock

Answer 5

“Bock is dark beer with a slightly sweet malt flavor and strong hop background. Bock is brewed in the winter for consumption in the spring. True Bock derives its color from the heat treatment given the barley in the malting process and may have as much as ten percent alcohol by weight. The style has seasonal associations, with the month of May (Maibock), and with Autumn, often labeled with a goat symbol. Usually served best at room temperature or slightly chilled”.

Alcohol content is 10%

Question 6

Weiss

Answer 6

“White beer or wheat beer. This beers major market is in Germany, yet, was first developed in England. Made from wheat and barley malt, it has a distinctive sharp yeasty or bready aroma and a taste by itself. Hence it is usually served with a slice of lemon or fruit syrup, whereupon it becomes more like a lightly flavored, pleasant effervescent liqueur. It is white colored and cloudy with a rich foam”

Question 7

Porter

Answer 7

“Porter is made with charcoal or colored malt is a dark brown, heavy bodied malty flavored brew with a slightly sweet taste and a less pronounced hop flavor than ale”.

Alcohol content can go as high as 14%