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Dinner and Beer
The story of drinking habits in the UK over the last 20 years has been all about the increase in the admiration for wine.
Can brewers entice folks to enjoy a pitcher of lager with their dinner, instead of wine? When you concentrate on alcohol consumption in the United Kingdom you may incline to focus on the idea of drinking a pleasant pint of lager in a conventional English bar. Bars are an elemental part of the landscape of the country and they are always closely related to lager drinking. This conventional scene has changed significantly during the past couple of decades.
Brewers of real ales have faced enlarging competition from wine and lagers. Continue reading
Categorizing Beer
There are 2 main ways you can classify lager ; as an Ale, or a Lager. This difference comes from the temperature of the brewing, which can change the way in which the yeast behaves during its development, and afterwards affect the taste. Lagers use slow acting yeast, and are brewed at a lower temperature. This process permits the yeast to totally clean the residual sugars from the lager, leaving a clean, dry lager. Usually Lagers are formed over a 2 part process, with the 1st half occurring at 45-55F and the second part occurring at between 32-40F. The method of developing Lager was first discovered by Bavarian brewers who stored their lager in cool, dry caves. They realized that the libation would continue to ferment under these conditions, giving the lager a cleaner taste. Continue reading
Importance of Temperature While Making Beer
The temperature at which you brew beer is vital to the final product.
The variations in temperature are required to produce differing kinds of beer. When yeast is employed, fermentation occurs with particular temperatures. The employment of malt needs certain temperatures and temperature rests (waiting periods) for correct breakdown of the enzymes. Fermentation is the step of the brewing process where yeast is added to the mix. At about that point the product is called beer. During this stage the sugar from the malt is metabolized and creates alcohol and carbon-dioxide. These steps have express temperature wants depending on the sort of beer that’s being brewed. The 2 main kinds of beers are ales and beers. Continue reading
Introduction to German Beer
German beer – you’ve got to admit, is one of the best tasting beers you can drink.
German breweries are pretty secretive about their “how to”. All of them appear to say it’s in the water. I’m sure there’s some truth to that, but what actually gives the beer it’s great flavor is the hops which is traded as seriously as grapes for wine makers.
Most German beers are tasty because all are vegan (no animal products are used). Bavarian pureness laws limit them to 4 ingredients only : water, grain, hops and yeast. Real German beer is also not pasteurized as many Yankee beers are, letting you taste the beer’s real flavor. Noted below are just some of the different sorts of German beers sometimes found in Bavaria and what you should expect should you order one of these types. Continue reading
