Beer

Beer

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

Industry: Beverages

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Infusion

Beverages; Beer

Simplest form of mash, in which grains are soaked in water. May be at a single temperature, or with upward or (occasionally) downward changes.

International Bittering Units (IBUs)

Beverages; Beer

A measure of the bitterness in a beer. The most bitter beers can be over 100 IBUs.

Container for beer. Originally made of wood and available in a variety of sizes. Many breweries employed their own coopers to make their kegs. Today the average beer keg in Australia is approximately ...

Lager

Beverages; Beer

Lager comes from the German word "lagern" which means "to store". Lagers are made with "bottom-fermenting" strains of yeast which means that the yeast ferments at the bottom of the fermentation tank. ...