Beer

Beer

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

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Cold Filtering

Beverages; Beer

An alternative to pasteurising beer. In this process the beer is passed through a very fine philtre that removes the yeast and halts the fermentation process.

Conditioning

Beverages; Beer

Period of maturation intended to impart "condition"(natural carbonation). Warm conditioning further develops the complex of flavors. Cold conditioning imparts a clean, round taste.

Cask Conditioning

Beverages; Beer

Instead of being filtered and stored in pressurised kegs, cask-conditioned beer is kept in a cask with its yeast and is dispensed using a special hand pump called a beer engine. This method is ...

Chill haze

Beverages; Beer

Cloudiness caused by precipitation of protein-tannin compound at low temperatures. Chill haze does not affect flavor.

Ester

Beverages; Beer

Volatile flavour compounds naturally created during fermentation that add fruity, flowery and/or spicy flavours to beer.

Ethanol

Beverages; Beer

A form of alcohol produced by yeast during fermentation.

Wort

Beverages; Beer

The solution of grain sugars strained from the mash tun. Created by mashing, wort is liquid malt extract that is ready for the fermentation tank where yeast will be added.