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Beer alcohol strength is usually measured in |
Alcohol by volume |
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Compared to percent alcohol by volume, percent alcohol by weight is? |
Lower |
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Typical alcoholic strength of most beers worldwide is |
4.0 - 5.2 ABV |
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The biggest brewing company in the world is |
Anhuser-Busch Inbev |
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The most beer in the world is brewed in |
China |
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The most beer in the world is drunk by |
the Czechs |
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The major component of any beer by weight |
water (close to 90%) |
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The least cost contributor to a bottle of beer is |
hops |
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The highest cost contributor to a bottle of beer is |
the bottle |
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The biggest selling style of beer in the U.S. is |
light beer |
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The basic sequence in a malting operation is |
steeping, germination, kilning, storage |
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The basic sequence in a brewing operation |
malt storage, milling, mashing, wort separation, boiling, clarification, cooling, fermentation, conditioning (cold storage), clarification& stabilization, packaging |
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Extent of malt modification in ale is (higher or lower) than lager |
higher |
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Intensity of kilning in ale is (higher or lower) than lager |
higher |
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mode of hopping for flavor in ale |
dry hopping |
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mode of hopping for flavor in lager |
late |
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yeast type for ale |
saccharomyces cerevisiae top |
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yeast type for lager |
saccharomyces pastorianus bottom |
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Fermentation temperature for ale |
12 - 20 C |
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Fermentation temperature for lager |
6 - 15 C |
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Bock: Ale or Lager? |
Lager |
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Alt: Ale or Lager? |
Ale |
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Kolsch: Ale or Lager? |
Ale |
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Porter: Ale or Lager? |
Ale |
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Helles: Ale or Lager? |
Lager |
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Marzen: Ale or Lager? |
Lager |
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Stout: Ale or Lager? |
Ale |
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Light beers have fewer _______ |
calories |
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Draft beers are |
sold 'on tap' or an unpasteurized small pack of beer
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Main gas component of beer is |
CO2 |
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Some brewers deliberately add |
Nitrogen to improve foam, mouthfeel |
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Adding nitrogen supresses what flavor |
hop |
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The gas that promotes beer staling is |
Oxygen |
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Main surface-active component that stabilizes beer foam |
protein |
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Protein originates in |
barley |
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Proteins cross-link with |
hop bitter acids |
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Foam is destroyed by |
lipid, oils, soaps, alcohol |
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The tendency of beer to spontaneously foam is called |
gushing |
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Gushing is primarily caused by |
fusarium |
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Fusarium originates in |
infected grain |
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The color of beer is mostly due to |
melanoiding |
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Melanoids are formed from ________ during _______ |
sugars and amino acids kilning |
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Color can also come from the oxidation of |
polyphenols |
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Most of the flavor in beer is detected by |
nose |
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There are four basic tastes |
sweet, salt, sour, bitter |
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Sweet, Salt, Sour, Bitter flavors are respectively due to |
Sugar, salt, acids, bitter acids |
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The pH of most beers is |
4 - 4.5 |
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Fruity flavors in beer come from |
esters |
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Canned corn flavor in beer comes from |
dimethyl sulfide (DMS) |
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Butterscotch flavor in beer comes from |
diacetyl |
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MBT in beer gives a ______ flavor |
skunky |
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The trigeminal nerve detects |
pain due to CO2 |
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Smoothness in Guinness is due to |
Nitrogen (widget in can) |
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The moderate consumption of beer can reduce the risk of death from |
atherosclerosis, cholesterol, heart disease |
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The active ingredient that reduces the risk of death from atherosclerosis |
alcohol |
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Beer is a good source of what vitamins |
B vitamins (folate) |
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The major source of calories in beer is |
alcohol |
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Beer tends to be relatively resistant to microbial spoilage because it contains |
hops |
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Major source of carbohydrates in beer is |
malted barley |
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Weizenbiers are made using a lot of |
wheat |
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The Latin names for barley are |
Hordeum vulgare Hordeum distichon |
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Two row barley tend to generate |
more extract than 6 row |
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Role of the husk in barley |
filter bed in brew house |
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Role of micropyle in barley |
only entry for water |
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Role of the embryo in barley |
makes hormones |
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Role of the aleurone in barley |
makes enzymes |
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Role of the endosperm in barley |
starch, food source |
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First stage of malting |
steeping |
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The aim of malting is to increase the moisture content to |
42% - 46% |
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The typical temperature range for malting |
14 - 18 C |
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Malthing takes |
2 days |
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The second stage of malting is |
germenation |
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How long does germenation take |
4 - 6 days |
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Typical temperature for germenation |
14 - 16 C |
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Purpose of germenation |
degrade the cell walls of endosperm and make enzymes |
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The third stage of malting |
kilning |
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Temperature is gradually increased during kilning because |
enzymes are more sensitive to yeast when wet (at the start) |
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Ale malts tend to be treated at a |
higher temp than lager to develop more color |
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Specialty malts are produced by |
roasting very dark, almost charred |
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Latin name for hops |
Humulus Lupulus |
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Active ingredient for brewing in hops are |
resins and oils |
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The resins and oils of hops are located in the |
lupulin glans |
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Chemical name for hop bitterness precursors |
alpha acids |
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During boiling alpha acids are converted to |
iso - alpha acids |
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Hops are often classified as either |
bittering or aroma |
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The difference between hops for bittering and aroma is |
more oils for aroma more resins for bittering |
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Hops are most frequently added as |
pellets |
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Hops can also be added as extracts made using |
liquid CO2 |
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If hop extracts are reduced they can protect against what kind of damage |
light damage |
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Liquid obtained in mashing |
wort |
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First stage of starh breakdown is called |
gelatinization |
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Key temperature for malt starch to break down |
65 C |
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In a well run brewery water usage is about |
3.5:1 |
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Hard water contains high levels of |
calcium |
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What brewing city has very hard water |
Burton |
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What brewing city has very soft water |
Pilsen |
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Some brewers use sources of sugar other than malts. These material are called |
adjucnts |
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Some starches need to be cooked before use. Such as |
rice, corn, sorghum |
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What type of mill is used when the brewer is using a lauter turn |
Roller mill to preserve the integrity of the husk |
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What type of mill is used when the brewer is using a mash filter |
Hammer mill |
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Darcy's Law explains the rate of wort separation. It is rate of wort flow = |
pressure * permeability * area / (depth * viscosity) |
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Wort is boiled for several reasons such as |
precipitation, volatilization, concentration, isomerization, sterilization |
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The solid material produced in boiling is called |
hot break or trub |
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Trub is removed by |
whirlpool or hop back |
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The method of removing trub (whirlpool or hop back) is chosen based on |
mode of hopping |
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Solid material produced by cooling |
cold break |
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Latin name for ale yeast |
saccharomyces cerevisiae |
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Latin name for lager yeast |
saccharomyces pastorianus |
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Yeast age can be determined by |
counting budding scars |
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Yeast needs some oxygen in brewery fermentation because |
it is needed to synthesize membrane lipids |
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The customary pitching rate is |
1 million cells per mL per degree Plato |
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Yeast count is performed using what device |
hemocytometer |
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What dye is used to check if yeast are alive? |
Methelane blue blue = dead |
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Fermentations can be accelerated by adding what element |
Zinc |
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What is high gravity brewing |
Making beer from higher strength wort than need then diluting to target strength |
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During fermentation yeast generates a noxious flavor substance called |
diacetyl |
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diacetyl has the flavor of |
butterscotch or popcorn |
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How is diacetyl removed |
By prolonged contact with yeast |
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After fermentation beer is chilled to |
-1 C |
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Settling of solids in beer can be enhanced by adding |
isenglass filings |
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Beer is filitered using aids either |
diatomaceous earth (fossil) perlite (volcanic earth) |
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Residual microbes can be removed by |
pasteurization or membrane filtration |
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The CO2 levels in beer is generally increased |
2 to 3 volumes 5 for hefeweizen |
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What can beer be packaged into |
bottle, can, keg |
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Typically filling rates in bottle are |
1200/min |
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Typical filling rates in cans are |
2400/min |