Words - German Beer Terms

Question 1

Aecht

Answer 1

Eight, but meaning ‘Authentic’ as in ‘Aecht Shlenkerla’

Question 2

Alt

Answer 2

Old

Question 3

Altbairisch

Answer 3

Old Bavarian

Question 4

Bairisch

Answer 4

Bavarian

Question 5

Bock

Answer 5

A strong beer (higher ABV) in Germany, usually a dark lagerBock was first brewed in the 14th century in Einbeck in Lower Saxony and later adopted in Bavaria in the 17th century. Due to their Bavarian accent, they pronounced “Einbeck” as “Ein Bock” (“a billy goat”), and thus the beer became known as “Bock”. A goat often appears on bottle labels.

Question 6

Bock - Doppelbock

Answer 6

Double Bock- stronger and maltier than Bock

Question 7

Bock - Eisbock

Answer 7

Ice Bock - high ABV from freezing and removing water

Question 8

Bock - Maibock

Answer 8

May Bock - paler, more hopped, intended for spring festivals

Question 9

Bock - Heller Bock

Answer 9

Like Maibock, clear, light in color

Question 10

Bock - Lente Bock

Answer 10

A Maibock made and named for Lent

Question 11

Bock - Weizenbock

Answer 11

Wheat Bock

Question 12

Bier

Answer 12

Beer

Question 13

Blond

Answer 13

Blond color

Question 14

Braun

Answer 14

Brown color

Question 15

Doppel

Answer 15

Double

Question 16

Dunkel

Answer 16

Dark

Question 17

Edict of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria in 1553

Answer 17

Ordered that no beer was to be brewed between April 23 (St George’s Day - vernal equinox) and September 29 (Michelmass - autumnal equinox).

Question 18

Eiche

Answer 18

Oak

Question 19

Eis

Answer 19

Ice

Question 20

Farb

Answer 20

Color

Question 21

Fassreifung

Answer 21

Cask (or Barrel) Aging

Question 22

Gerste

Answer 22

Barley

Question 23

Gose

Answer 23

Good

Question 24

Hefe

Answer 24

Yeast

Question 25

Hell(es)

Answer 25

Bright (or clear)

Question 26

Heller

Answer 26

Brighter

Question 27

Hopfen

Answer 27

Hops

Question 28

Keller

Answer 28

Celler

Question 29

Kölsch

Answer 29

A style of beer originating in Cologne (Köln), Germany. It must be made within 50km (31mi) of the city of Cologne and brewed according to the Kölsch Konvention as defined by the members of the Cologne Brewery Association and is one of the most strictly defined beer styles in Germany: according to the Konvention, it is a pale, highly attenuated, hoppy, bright (i.e. filtered and not cloudy) top-fermenting beer, and must be brewed according to the Reinheitsgebot. It is warm fermented with top-fermenting yeast, then conditioned at cold temperatures like a lager.

Question 30

Lagern

Answer 30

To ‘store’

Question 31

Lautern

Answer 31

To ‘purify’ or ‘cleanse’ i.e. ‘Lauter Tun’

Question 32

Leichte

Answer 32

Light

Question 33

Malz

Answer 33

Malt

Question 34

Märzen

Answer 34

The month of March

Question 35

Radler

Answer 35

(lit. ‘cyclist’) Shandy

Question 36

Rauch

Answer 36

Smoke

Question 37

Reinheitsgebot

Answer 37

(lit. ‘purity order’)The 1516 Bavarian law issued by the Bavarian Duke Wilhelm IV stating that the only ingredients that could be used in the production of beer were water, barley and hops. The text does not mention yeast as an ingredient. It is likely that brewers considered yeast to be a fixture of the brewing process.

Question 38

Rot

Answer 38

The color red

Question 39

Saison

Answer 39

Season(al)

Question 40

Schwarz

Answer 40

The color black

Question 41

Shlenkerla

Answer 41

Shlenker literally means dangling or swerving. A Shlenkerla is one who limps or staggers.

Question 42

Speise

Answer 42

Food

Question 43

Stange

Answer 43

Rod

Question 44

Stein

Answer 44

Stone

German beer steins traditionally made of ceramic

Question 45

Weiss

Answer 45

The color white

Question 46

Weizen

Answer 46

Wheat

Question 47

Zwickel

Answer 47

(lit. ‘to gore’, like with a bull’s horn) Originally, it was used to refer to the small amount of beer taken by a brewmaster from the barrel with the aid of a special siphon called the Zwickelhahn. It is less hoppy, and typically not left to age as long as Kellerbier, and unfiltered

Question 48

Zwickelbier

Answer 48

A beer drawn from the unfinished cask and bottled or served unfiltered