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what is the first thing that happens to the grain in a brewery? ✔Correct Answer-Taken to the mill,
to be crushed and turn to grist. Does not smash, preserves the husk (filter bred) and breaks down the
grain, while also saving the starch. >> Mashing
what does mashing do? ✔Correct Answer-put the grist in hot water, which allows the starch to be
broken up by the enzymes.
what is it called when the wort is being separated? ✔Correct Answer-lautering (Darcy's Law)
How long is the lautering process? ✔Correct Answer-about 2-3 hours in a brewhouse.
What do mash filters do? ✔Correct Answer-creates extra surface area in long rows, and pressure is
added to release the extra liquid out of the mash.
What are the functions of boiling? ✔Correct Answer--inactivation= kills of last remaining enzymes
-precipitation= boiling proteins to become solid in the wort
-volatilize= drive off unwanted smells
-concentration= driving off water to concentrate wort and sugars
-isomerization= of hop resins (molecules rearranged)
-sterilization= boiling kills off unwanted organisms
What is "clarifying the wort?" ✔Correct Answer-remaining "trub(GB)" or "true (US)" in the wort:
-hop back= filters liquid through residual hops to get rid of material
-coolship= vessel @ top of brewery to release steam and separate wort.
-whirlpool= sends wort to swirl in a tank (insoluble collects in middle) and the top half is taken out.
-wort cooler= cools worts w/ "cool plates" to desired ferm. temp.
what does a hydrometer measure? ✔Correct Answer-wort (not water)
how does diacetyl form? ✔Correct Answer-happens when the brewer raises the temp. to speed up
fermentation
what are beechwood chips? ✔Correct Answer-famous technique used by ABInBev, and it creates
more surface in the chip tank for the residual material to have something to grab onto.
what is the difference between sales strength and high gravity brewing? ✔Correct Answer-In high
gravity brewing, they target alcohol concentration at a higher target, then water it down to be a legal
ABV like sales strength.
how can you maximize productivity in a brewhouse? ✔Correct Answer-HIGH GRAVITY BREWING
maximizes productivity.
what are different types of bottling used in N. America? ✔Correct Answer-US= 1-trip glass
Canada= returnable glass (gross: paper, trash, syringes, etc..) scuffs on glass
, how long has beer been around? ✔Correct Answer-6,000-8,000 years it has been drunk.
Where is the origin of beer traced back to? ✔Correct Answer-Sumeria (Iraq), drank through straws
as a filter.
how was beer made in the beginning? ✔Correct Answer-(women's job) 1/2 baked loaves of bread,
crumbled and mixed into water. forced through reed basket into man sized clay pots that were
covered with pitch (airtight) and sealed with Nile mud.
What were important parts of an Egyptian diet? ✔Correct Answer-Beer, onions, and bread.
what was the code of Hammurabi (1,800 B.C.) ✔Correct Answer-Basis of modern static society.
Beer was religious and important to ancient civilizations and given up for offerings.
Who was "Pliny The Elder" (A.D. 23-79)? ✔Correct Answer-Stated that man is genius for being able
to turn water into an intoxicating device.
How did Monks label beer strength? ✔Correct Answer-In Britain then labeled by X, XX, or XXX
being the strongest.
What was a large milestone in beer history? ✔Correct Answer-1086 St. Paul's Cathedral London
by the middle ages what was beer considered? ✔Correct Answer-The drink of choice for breakfast,
lunch and dinner. Coffee and tea hadn't arrived yet.
How did the public know if the beer was ready to be drunk? (middle ages) ✔Correct Answer-The
pub would put out a pole with ivy or a bush on it to signal it is ready for consumption. Later turned
into a metal hoop with something in it, and later became the pubs name.
What was the ratio of people to breweries in the 14th century? ✔Correct Answer-12 people for
every one pub.
who brewed the beer? ✔Correct Answer-The females "brewsters" or "alewives"
where does the word "bride" come from? ✔Correct Answer-english "bryd" which is derived from
"bru"
what is medieval ale? ✔Correct Answer-flavored with gruit (unhopped ale) because they believed
hops lowered the alcohol content (wicked and pernicious weed)
the Stag Brewery from 1636 is what famous brewery today? ✔Correct Answer-Budweiser
what does lager actually mean or what was its' original meaning? ✔Correct Answer-To store
When colonization was happening, what was the first building constructed? ✔Correct Answer-A
brewery. Plymouth Rock was important because they ran out of water/beer so they landed there to
replenish.
What did they use for hops if there was a shortage? ✔Correct Answer-Spruce