Ingredients & Brewing Process Flashcards
During which step in the brewing process are hops usually added?
Boiling
The brewing stage in which malt is combined with hot water to extract the malt’s sugars is known as what?
Mashing
The syrupy, sweet liquid that remains after the lautering stage is known as ____.
Wort
The waxy, yellow substance found inside hop cones that contains bittering compounds and aromatic oils is known as what?
Lupulin
Flavors and aromas contributed by hops:
Grass, Citrus, Flowers, Pine, Tropical Fruit, Herbs, Earth, Tobacco, Cedar
Flavors contributed by malt:
Nuts, Caramel, Chocolate, Coffee, Crackers, Toffee
Makes beer bitter:
Hops
Makes beer sweet:
Malt
Give beer alcohol and carbonation:
Yeast
Is 90 percent of a finished beer:
Water
What does IBU stand for?
International Bittering Units
What do IBUs measure?
Theoretical bitterness of a beer
True/False: Dark beers are always high in alcohol and heavy on the palate.
FALSE
True/False: Ale yeast tend to ferment beer at higher temperatures than lager yeast and can take as little as two weeks to fully ferment a beer.
TRUE
True/False: Lagers take less time to ferment than ales.
FALSE
True/False: Most brewers just use tap water to brew beer.
FALSE
What is the most common grain used by brewers?
Barley
The brewing stage during which the wort is separated from the spent grain is known as:
Lautering
Yeast can contribute flavors and aromas to beer known as ____ and ____.
Esters and Phenols
The four ingredients required to make beer are:
Water, Malt, Hops and Yeast
Bittering hops are added at the ____ of the boil.
Beginning
Flavoring hops are added at the ____ of the boil.
Middle
Aroma hops are added at the ____ of the boil.
End
A “wet-hopped” or “fresh-hopped” beer has been brewed with what?
Hops that have not been dried and are shipped fresh directly to the brewery.
“Dry-hopping” is:
Adding hops to a beer during fermentation for a boost in hop aroma.
