Beer

Question 1

What are the 4 base ingredients of beer?

Answer 1

1. Water
2. Cereal / Grain + Malt
3. Yeast
4. Hops

Question 2

What are the 2 basic categories of beer?

Answer 2

1. Ales
2. Lagers

Question 3

Ales use ____-fermenting yeasts.

Lagers use ____-fermenting yeasts.

Answer 3

• Ales = top-fermenting yeasts
• Lagers = bottom-fermenting yeasts

Question 4

Ales ferment at ____er temperatures.

Lagers ferment at ____er temperatures.

Answer 4

Ales ferment at warmer temps

Lagers ferment at cooler temps

Question 5

How do ales and lagers differ in aromas + flavors?

Answer 5

Ales = more fruity

Lagers = crisp + clean

Question 6

Give an example of a German Ale.

Answer 6

Hefeweizen

Question 7

Give 3 examples of a British Ale.

Answer 7

1. Pale Ale
2. India Pale Ale (IPA)
3. Porter

Question 8

Give an example of an Irish Ale.

Answer 8

Stout

Question 9

Give 2 examples of Belgian Ales.

Answer 9

1. Lambic (which has spontaneous fermentation)
2. Wit or White Bier

Question 10

Give an example of a Czech Lager.

Answer 10

Pilsner

Question 11

Give 3 examples of a German Lager.

Answer 11

1. Bock
2. Doppelbock
3. Oktoberfest

Question 12

What percent of beer is water?

Answer 12

85% - 90%

Question 13

The chemical makeup of water can determine what _____ of beer is brewed.

Answer 13

Style

Question 14

Which cereal grain is most used to brew beer because of its high quality?

Answer 14

Barley

Question 15

What other cereal grains can be used to brew beer?

Answer 15

• Oats
• Rice
• Wheat
• Corn
• Rye

Question 16

In order for fermentation to happen, what does a brewer have to do to the cereal grain?

Answer 16

Germinate the cereal grain to turn its starches into fermentable sugars – because yeasts eat sugar, not starch.

Question 17

What is malt?

Answer 17

Cereal or grain that’s been germinated.

Question 18

What is the next step for malt after it’s been germinated?

Answer 18

It’s dried in a kiln.

Question 19

The style of beer that’s ultimately produced – in regards to color, flavor, and aroma – depends on what?

Answer 19

• Temperature at which malt is kilned
• How long the malt is kilned

Question 20

What determines if a beer is an ale or a lager?

Answer 20

The yeast strain

Question 21

In beer production, what ferments the malt sugars into alcohol?:

• Mold
• Botrytis
• Yeast

Answer 21

Yeast

Question 22

Besides fermenting malt sugars into alcohol, what other role do yeasts play in beer production?

Answer 22

They contribute characteristic aromas and flavors to the beer.

Question 23

What are hops?

Answer 23

Hops are flowers of the hop plant that are used in beer production.

Question 24

What are the roles of hops in beer production?

Answer 24

1. Their resin, when boiled in the fermentation process, contributes bitterness to beer which helps counterbalance the sweet maltiness in beer;
2. Act as a preservative
3. Lend flavors + aromas