1. Brewers/Importers
2. Wholesalers
3. Retail
What is the Three Tier System?
The four main ingredients in beer.
What is water, malt, hops, and yeast?
Amount of time that non-pasteurized beer is fresh for when properly refrigerated.
What is 45-60 days?
American style with assertive perceived bitterness, gold to amber color, and normal to elevated ABV.
What is American IPA?
Ingredient in beer that presents as caramel, toffee, or chocolate.
What is malt?
The exceptions to the Three Tier System.
What are Breweries and Brew pubs?
Two different types of barley.
What is two-row and six-row barley?
Amount of time that pasteurized beer is fresh for when properly refrigerated.
What is 90-120 days?
European style with Pronounced perceived bitterness, Brown to black color, and Lower to normal ABV.
What is Irish Stout?
The step in the brewing process in which wort is changed in to beer.
What is fermentation?
The temperature in which rapid flavor degradation begins to occur.
What is 77 degrees.
The Noble Hops.
What are Saaz, Tettnang, Spalt, and Hallertau?
Device that puts oxygen in to a keg.
What is a party pump?
Belgian style with Moderate perceived bitterness, Straw to gold color and High to very high ABV
What is Belgian Golden Strong?
This naturally occurring bedrock is extremely common and can affect the water quality of an area.
What is limestone?
The appropriate size of head of a non-belgian style beer.
What is 1 inch?
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
What is Ale Yeast?
The quality that presents when a beer is light struck.
What is skunked?
This style originates from the Rhine River Valley.
What is Kolsch?
A step in the brew process that is timed carefully in which hops are added at different times in order to achieve differing aromatic/bittering effects.
What is the boil?
The three tests that determine if glassware is "beer clean".
What is - sheeting test, salt test, and lacing test?
Saccharomyces pastorianus also known as Saccharomyces carlsbergensis
What is Lager Yeast?
The effects of oxygen in beer.
What is Oxidation? - Cardboard, paper, diminished hop character, malt shift towards honey/caramel.
This light style beer with Pronounced perceived bitterness, Straw to light gold color and Normal ABV.
What is German Pils?
Flavors of banana, apple, or other fruits are due to this yeast component.
What are Esters?