Beer

Question 1

Beer - Essential ingredients of beer - Water

Answer 1

• Accounts for 85~90% of beer content.
• The chemical properties of differing water sources determine the style of beer that is brewed.
• Today, modern breweries can alter the chemical makeup of their water to brew many styles of beer.

Question 2

Beer - Essential ingredients of beer - Cereal Grain and Malt

Answer 2

• Beer is traditionally made form cereal grains with barley being the most important for quality.
• Wheat, rice, corn, rye and oats are also used in smaller amounts.
• Starches in the grain must be converted to sugars for fermentation to occur.
• This is accomplished through germination of the grain to produce enzymes that turn starch into sugar, creating malt.
• The malt is then dried in a kiln.
• The temperature and length of time the malt is kilned is an important determinant of the color, flavor, aroma and style of a beer.

Question 3

Beer - Essential ingredients of beer - Yeast

Answer 3

• It is reponsible for fermentation.
• different yeast strains determine if a beer is an ale or lager and often contributes distinctive aromas and flavors to beer.

Question 4

Beer - Essential ingredients of beer - Hops

Answer 4

• Resin fromt he cone of the hop plant imparts bitterness to balance the sweet, malty character of beer.
• Allbeers use hops, but some feature them more prominently than others.
• Hops also rpvide aroma and flavor and act as a preservative.

Question 5

Beer - Essential ingredients of beer - Beer Categories

Answer 5

• Ales
  
  • Top-Fermenting Yeast
  • Ferments Quickly at Warmer Temperatures
  • Often More Fruity Aromas and Flavors are Created
  • Ex) German: Hefewizen
  • Ex) British: Pale Ale, India Pale Ale, Porter
  • Ex) Irish: Stout
  • Ex) Belgian: Lambic, Wit or White Bier
• Lagers
  
  • Bottom-Fermenting Yeast
  • Ferments Slowly at Cooler Temperatures
  • More Subtle, Crisp and Clean Flavors
  • Ex) Czech Republic: Pilsner
  • Ex) German: Bock, Doppelbock, Oktoberfest
  • Ex) Large-Scale European and American Lagers

Question 6

Beer - Which of the following is not a primary ingredient in beer?

Answer 6

• Oak
  
  • Malt
  • Hops
  • Yeast

Question 7

Beer - Hops contribute which of the following to beer?

Answer 7

• All of the above
  
  • Bitterness to balance the sweetness of malt
  • Provide aroma and flavor
  • Act as a preservative

Question 8

Beer - What is malt in beer?

Answer 8

• Germinated barley tht contributes the sugars needed for fermentation
  
  • Resins that contribute bitterness to beer
  • 90% of the beer and can be chemically altered
  • Caused fermentation to happen

Question 9

Beer - What are the two broad beer categories of ale and lager are based on?

Answer 9

• Strain of yeast used for fermentation
  
  • Color of the malt
  • Kilning
  • Level of bitterness

Question 10

Beer - Which of the follwing beer styles is an example of an ale?

Answer 10

• Stout
  
  • Pilsner
  • Doppelbock
  • Oktoberfest

Question 11

Beer - Which of the following beer styles is an example of a lager?

Answer 11

• Pilsner
  
  • IPA
  • Stout
  • Hefeweizen