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Beer

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

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false bottom

Beverages; Beer

A perforated metal or plastic plate, at the bottom of a lauter tun.  The purpose of the false bottom is to hold back the solid part of the grain mash, while allowing the clear liquid (wort) to pass ...

fermenter

Beverages; Beer

Any vessel in which fermentation takes place.   In home brewing, fermenters are usually plastic buckets, or carboys (large jugs) made from either plastic or glass.  Commercial breweries typically use ...

dubbel

Beverages; Beer

A dark, strong, malty Belgian ale.  Frequently has a pronounced fruity character, and also sometimes a clove/spice flavor (from warm fermentation with unique yeast strains). One of the “Trappist” ...

English bitter

Beverages; Beer

A gold to copper colored ale, with pronounced hop bitterness.  The terms Ordinary Bitter, Best Bitter, and Strong Bitter are commonly used to refer to increasingly higher strength versions of Bitter. ...

crystal malt

Beverages; Beer

Malt which has been “mashed in the husk” by being heated to saccharification temperatures while it is still wet. The process is carried out in such a way that saccharification is complete, converting ...

extraction efficiency

Beverages; Beer

A measure of the percentage of the total sugars available from the malt which have been extracted. Typically expressed as a percentage — i.e., an efficiency of 75% means that 75% of the available ...

extra special bitter (ESB)

Beverages; Beer

A type of English Pale Ale.

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