Beer styles, brewing terms, and tasting vocabulary for beginner craft beer enthusiasts.
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- IPA stands for...
- India Pale Ale
- What makes an IPA distinctive?
- High hop bitterness and aroma
- What is a lager?
- Beer fermented with bottom-fermenting yeast at cool temperatures
- Stout - typical flavors?
- Coffee, chocolate, and roasted malt
- Porter - what is it?
- Dark beer with British origins, historically popular with London working-class drinkers
- ABV means...
- Alcohol by Volume
- IBU measures...
- The bitterness level of hops in beer
- What does fermentation do in brewing?
- Yeast converts sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide
- What is malt?
- Grain that is soaked, sprouted, then dried in a kiln
- What do hops contribute to beer?
- Bitterness, aroma, and preservation properties
- Grain bill - what is it?
- The combination of grains used in a beer recipe
- What is wort?
- The sugar-rich liquid extracted from grains before fermentation
- Dry hopping - what is it?
- Adding hops after fermentation starts or finishes for aroma without bitterness
- Wheat beer (Weizen) - characteristics?
- Light body with fruity notes (banana, clove), brewed with at least 50% wheat
- What is a sour beer?
- Beer intentionally brewed to be tart using wild yeast or bacteria