Unlocking Beer HRT 315

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Unlocking Beer HRT 315

• The basics of ales and lagers
• from a home-brewing perspective

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The Basic Ingredients

• Water
• Grain (usually barley)
• Yeast (two main types)
• Hops (many varieties)

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Water

• 90 of the beer
• If it tastes good, brew with it!
• Natural spring or artesian well water
• Additives might be used to increase calcium,
  sulfate, sodium, chloride, or magnesium to
  match classic styles

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Malted Grain

• Usually barley, but can be any grain
• 2-row, 4-row or 6-row barley
• 2-row is preferred, due to higher starch/husk
  ratio it malts better
  
• Malting is a process moving the grain to the
  highest possible soluble starch content
  
• Diastase (enzyme) coverts starch to maltose
• Process is controlled with heat and moisture

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Grain Uses

• Primary role is food source for the yeast
• Unmalted grain can be roasted from light to
  very dark this addition adds color and flavor
  to beer
  
• Sugars in malted barley can also be crystallized
  this addition adds sweetness to the beer
  
• Grain contributes sweetness to beer

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Yeast

• Convert sugar from malted grain into alcohol and
  CO2 this is fermentation
  
• Two basic types Ale Lager
• Wild yeast is used for some styles
• Ale yeast 60oF - 75oF / 1-2 weeks
• Lager yeast 32oF - 75oF / 3 weeks

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Hops

• Green, cone-like flowers from a vine
• Hops impart bitterness to beer
• Also
• Hops inhibit spoilage
• Hops enhance head retention
• Hops affect flavor and floral bouquet of beer
• Boiling hops, finishing hops, dry-hopping

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Spectrum of Beer Flavors
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Tasting Beers

• Look 15
• Smell 20
• Taste 50
• Overall Impression 15

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Pilsner Urquell

• Pilsner - the original pilsner (lager)
• Plzen, Czech Republic (Bohemia)
• First brewed in 1842 (1898 trademarked)
• Largest Czech export
• First golden colored lager
• 100 Saaz hops
• Malty aroma, spicy hop undertones
• Alcohol content 4.4 (by volume)
• Prazdroj.cz

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Hoegaarden Witbier

• Belgian white (witbier)
• Hoegaarden, Belgium
• Unfiltered Belgian white, flavored with coriander
  and orange peel
  
• Taste is both sweet sour
• Alcohol content 5.0 (by volume)
• Visit the Interbrew website

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Anderson Valley BoontAmber Ale

• Amber Ale (ale, an American style)
• Anderson Valley, California
• Medium-bodied pale ale
• Copper color, a robust head, and the rich flavor
  of caramel malt
  
• Alcohol content 5.8 (by volume)
• Avbc.com

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McEwans Scotch Ale

• Scottish Ale / Scotch Ale (ale)
• Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England (Tyne Brewery)
• Deep brown color
• Full flavor and rich texture
• Chocolate and caramel body with a lingering sweet
  finish
  
• Alcohol content 8.0 (by volume)
• Scottish-newcastle.com

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FirestoneDouble Barrel Ale

• English-Style Bitter / Amber Ale
• Paso Robles, California (Firestone-Walker)
• Fermented in the patented Firestone Union oak
  barrel brewing system
  
• English and Slovenian hops contribute a clean,
  balanced texture and a fragrant, spicy bouquet
  
• Alcohol content 5.0 (by volume)
• Firestonewalker.com

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Lagunitas India Pale Ale

• India Pale Ale (ale I.P.A.)
• Petaluma, California
• 43 different hops and 65 different malts
• Amber color
• Hints on sweetness from crystal malt seem present
  even through the hoppy bouquet and flavor
  
• Alcohol content not listed
• Lagunitas.com

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MacTarnahansCream Porter

• Porter
• Portland, Oregon
• Called Black Watch
• It was released in January 2001 and won a GABF
  gold medal
  
• Rich, full bodied, creamy ale
• Oatmeal is used in this porter a new style
• Alcohol content unknown
• Macsbeer.com

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North CoastImperial Stout

• Imperial Stout (ale)
• Fort Bragg, California
• Called Old Rasputin
• 1995, 1996, 1997 1998 Gold in the World Beer
  Championships (1995 before it was on the market)
  
• Gold in 1998 World Beer Cup
• Alcohol content 8.9 (by volume)
• Ncoast-brewing.com