Beer

Beer

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

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Brew Kettle

Beverages; Beer

The vessel in which wort from the mash is boiled with hops. Also called a copper.

Bung

Beverages; Beer

A wooden plug used in the hole in a keg or cask through which the keg or cask is filled and emptied. The hole may also be referred to as a bung or bunghole.

Caramel

Beverages; Beer

Sugar used to add color and alcohol content to beer. It is often used in place of more expensive malted barley.

Carbonation

Beverages; Beer

Refers to the amount of carbon dioxide or CO2 in a beer. Sparkle caused by CO2, either created during fermentation or injected later.

Carboy

Beverages; Beer

A glass or plastic container that looks like an office water-cooler bottle or a large jug. It is used by homebrewers for fermenting the beer.

Cask Conditioning

Beverages; Beer

Instead of being filtered and stored in pressurized 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 ...