Beer

Beer

Any alcoholic beverage brewed by slow fermentation from malted cereal grain and flavoured with hops.

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Lauter Tun

Beverages; Beer

Used for the lautering process, this vessel is typically fitted with a false bottom that holds the grain bed during sparging.

Lees

Beverages; Beer

Also known as "trub", lees are the deposit of yeast and sediments at the bottom of the tank after fermentation.

Liquor

Beverages; Beer

Brewer's term for water used in the brewing process, as included in the mash or used to sparge the grains after mashing.

Container for beer. Originally made of wood and available in a variety of sizes. Many breweries employed their own coopers to make their kegs. Today the average beer keg in Australia is approximately ...

Lager

Beverages; Beer

Lager comes from the German word "lagern" which means "to store". Lagers are made with "bottom-fermenting" strains of yeast which means that the yeast ferments at the bottom of the fermentation tank. ...