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Beer

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

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dunkel

Beverages; Beer

A dark, malty, German-style lager beer. The word “dunkel” means “dark”, and is also sometimes used as an adjective, as in “Dunkel Weizen” (meaning dark wheat beer).

framboise

Beverages; Beer

A Lambic fermented with raspberries.

tepache

Beverages; Beer

A drink made out of the flesh and rind of the pineapple, sweetened with brown sugar and cinnamon and sometimes beer.

Draft

Beverages; Beer

Dispensing beer from a bright tank, cask or keg, by hand pump, pressure from an air pump or injected carbon dioxide inserted into the beer container prior to sealing.

Pitch

Beverages; Beer

The process of adding yeast to the wort in the fermentation tank.

Rack

Beverages; Beer

To siphon the beer from one vessel to another in order to separate the beer from the lees or trub.

Pasteurization

Beverages; Beer

Heating of beer to 60-79°C/140-174°F to stabilise it microbiologically.

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