Beer

Beer

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

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Best bitter

Beverages; Beer

One of the "grades" of English Bitter, intermediate in strength between Ordinary Bitter and Strong Bitter.

Cream ale

Beverages; Beer

A variation on American Light Lager. Fermented as an ale, but lagered. Typically contains rice or corn as an adjunct.

Doppelbock

Beverages; Beer

Most commonly used to refer to a very strong, German-style lager beer. To be called a Doppelbock under German law, a beer must have an original gravity of at least 18ºP.

Dunkel

Beverages; Beer

A dark, malty, German-style lager beer. The word "dunkel" means "dark", and is also sometimes used as an adjective, as in "Dunkel Weizen" (meaning dark wheat beer).

Malt which has been "mashed in the husk" by being heated to saccharification temperatures while it is still wet. The process is carried out in such a way that saccharification is complete, converting ...