Beer

Beer

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

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Beer

The measure of the amount of as a percentage of total volume. This is the worldwide standard for measuring the alcohol content in beer. The United States traditionally used alcohol by weight (ABW) to ...

Alcohol By Weight

Beverages; Beer

The measure of the weight of alcohol as a percentage of total weight of the liquid. This standard is being used much less frequently nowadays. To convert ABW to ABV, multiply the ABW x 1.25. ...

Alcohol content

Beverages; Beer

Alcohol content is expressed as a percentage of volume or weight.

Ale

Beverages; Beer

Ales are bears made with "top-fermenting" strains of yeast which means that the yeast ferments at the top of the fermentation tank. This yeast ferments the beer quickly, giving it a sweet, full ...

Bitter

Beverages; Beer

Bitterness of hops or malt husks; sensation on back of tongue. A bitter flavour in beer is from iso-alpha-acid in solution (derived from hops).

Black malt

Beverages; Beer

Partially malted barley roasted at high temperatures. Black malt gives a dark colour and a roasted flavour to beer.

Body

Beverages; Beer

Refers to the thickness or mouth-filling property of a bear. Can be described as Full, medium, or thin-bodied. For example, a stout should tend to be more full-bodied, while a pale lager should be ...