Beer

Beer

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

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Lees

Beverages; Beer

Also known as "trub", lees are the deposit of yeast and sediments at the bottom of the tank after fermentation.

Light-Struck

Beverages; Beer

Skunklike smell on beer; from exposure to light.

Liquor

Beverages; Beer

Brewer's term for water used in the brewing process, as included in the mash or used to sparge the grains after mashing.

malting

Beverages; Beer

The process by which barley is steeped in water, germinated, then kilned to convert insoluble starch to soluble substances and sugar. The foundation ingredient of beer.

malt extract

Beverages; Beer

The condensed wort from a mash, consisting of maltose, dextrins and other dissolved solids. Either as a syrup or powdered sugar, it is used by brewers, in solutions of water and extract to ...

maltose

Beverages; Beer

The sugars that are derived from malts. These sugars interact with the yeast during fermentation to create alcohol and CO2.

One of the main ingredients of beer, malt is barley which has been steeped in water, allowed to germinate, and then heat dried which stops germination. The type of barley, the level of germination ...