Beer

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Beer

How much is the British beer market worth?

2023

£17 billion

Market size UK beer: Mintel estimates that the value of the beer market is worth £17 billion.

what is beer made from ?

what is beer made from?

1. Hops
2. Liquor/ water
   
3. Yeast
   
4. Malted grain/ malt

The processes 

List the five processes involved in the brewing of beer.

Conversion (or roasting or malting)

Extraction (or steeping or soaking)

Flavouring (or adding hops)

Fermentation (or adding yeast)

Conditioning (or maturing or filtering

What type of beer is mainly made from a black malt?

1. Stout
2. IPA
3. Wheat beer
4. Pilsner

What is a mash tun?

Mash Tun is a brewhouse vessel used for mixing the ground malt (grist) with temperature-controlled water

What process takes place in a mash tun?

Name ways beer, cider and perry can be packaged for sale.

How beer is stored 

1. Cans
   
2. Kegs
   
3. Cask
   
4. Bottles
   
5. Boxes
   

What beverage is pale in color, sparkling, and with a subtle flavor?

1. B. perry
2. A. lemonade
3. D. Cider
4. C. lager

Which type of beverage is described as golden in color with a hoppy biscuity aroma?

1. Cider
2. Lager
3. Ale
4. Stout

 The three steps used in pouring 

a) Standard draught/bottled beer.

1. 
   
2. Hold glass at approximately 45 degree angle
   
3. Straighten glass as filling
   
4. Present with approximately two centimetre head (regional/customer variation)

How to pour Guinness 

Hold glass at 45 degree angle, straighten glass as filling

Allow to settle

Top up/ Serve with creamy head proud of the rim

At what temperature should lager be stored?

1. Room temperature
2. Below freezing
3. Above 60°F
4. Between 10-12*c

State factors that should be considered when storing beer in a cellar

State two factors that should be considered when storing beer in a cellar:

• Ventilation
  
• Temperature
  
• Cleanliness
  
• Racking/stillaging
  
• Stock rotation

What makes lager flat?

1. Co2 supply may have run out/ not been connected properly
   
2. Dirty glasses and those that have been refilled for customers will also cause beer to go flat.

What makes cider go cloudy?

1. Lack business resulting in cider being left in the line too long.
   
2. Beer lines not being cleaned properly.
   
3. Out of date stock/poor stock rotation