Beer Styles (from the BJCP)

LIGHT LAGER   PILSNER   EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER   DARK LAGER   BOCK   LIGHT HYBRID BEER   AMBER HYBRID BEER   ENGLISH PALE ALE   SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE   AMERICAN ALE   ENGLISH BROWN ALE   PORTER   STOUT   INDIA PALE ALE (IPA)   GERMAN WHEAT AND RYE BEER   BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE   SOUR ALE   BELGIAN STRONG ALE   STRONG ALE   FRUIT BEER   SPICE / HERB / VEGETABLE BEER   SMOKE-FLAVORED AND WOOD-AGED BEER   SPECIALTY BEER  



1000 Bottle of Beer.com is a personal beer adventure - a 'Tasty Experience' if you will.   My goal is to sample 1000 bottles of beer over the next 2-3 years and have a resource for people to read a description of beers they might like to try.  Of course, these are my own personal opinion, and my palate is fickle as the next person's.  Sorry if you don't agree with some of my tasting notes, but they are what they are... Cheers! - Oliver in Portland


  
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Tasted on: 6/7/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Brouwerij Van den Bossche Buffalo Belgian Stout
Brewery: Brouwerij Van den Bossche  
Location: Sint-Lievens-Esse, Belgium 
Beer Name: Buffalo Belgian Stout 
Beer Style: Belgian Dark Strong Ale 
ABV: 9%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Dark brown color with a medium to thick light-tan head. Aroma is a bit malty, yeasty and dark roasted grains. Flavor has a characteristically Belgian quality (the yeast?) over a lighter stout. Very well balanced, wonderfully drinkable for a stout. A bit on the grainy side, but with no astringency, lightly sugary. Nice risidual fruty finish. 
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Tasted on: 6/6/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Huisbrouwerij Klein Duimpje Porter
Brewery: Huisbrouwerij Klein Duimpje  
Location: Hillegom, Netherlands 
Beer Name: Porter 
Beer Style: English Porter 
ABV: 5.5%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Dark brown hue with a light brown medium head. The aroma is fruity - like a dopple-bock. Rich caramal, dark cherries and a touch of molasses. Flavor is somewhere between a porter and a dopple-bock for me. A bit on the sweeter, fruitier side, but I like that! Very nice creamy full bodited malty porter from the Netherlands. 
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Tasted on: 6/6/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Mt. Shasta Brewing Mountain High
Brewery: Mt. Shasta Brewing  
Location: Weed, California 
Beer Name: Mountain High 
Beer Style: IPA 
ABV: 7%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Golden to amber in color with a thin light tan head. The aroma is biscuity, malty and floral hops. Flavor is almost tart with a hop tang. Decent bigger IPA, though the hops seem a but unremarkable compared with so many in your face citrus and piney IPAs these day. 
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Tasted on: 6/6/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Erie Brewing Company Railbender Ale
Brewery: Erie Brewing Company  
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania 
Beer Name: Railbender Ale 
Beer Style: Scottish Ale 
ABV: 6.8%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Clean copper color with a thin off-white head. The aroma is sweet - almost like kool-aid or bubblegum - with some stone fruit like qualities, and maybe a touch of caramel. Flavor is on the lightly malty side, but not as sweet as it smells. By any standard palatable, but not notable or outstanding on any facet. Well made solid Scottish style beer. 
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Tasted on: 6/6/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Erie Brewing Company Presque Isle Pilsner
Brewery: Erie Brewing Company  
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania 
Beer Name: Presque Isle Pilsner 
Beer Style: Pilsner 
ABV: 4.2%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Light straw color with a thin white head. The aroma is skunked - and thankfully light! Flavor is very light and almost crisp, but getting past the aroma is a bit difficult. Over time, the skunky aroma fades and you are left with a very light but overall pleasant pilsner. Bottle of Bud anyone?! 
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Tasted on: 6/6/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of North Coast Brewing Red Seal Ale
Brewery: North Coast Brewing  
Location: Fort Bragg, CA 
Beer Name: Red Seal Ale 
Beer Style: American Amber / Red Ale 
ABV: 5.5%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Light copper color with a medium to thin light tan head. Aroma is citrus hops, piney, touch of caramel. The flavor is lightly grainy, with some roasty and light caramel notes, and a decent NorthWest hop presence to keep it pretty dry. Finishes hoppy, but not too crisp or bitter. 
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Tasted on: 6/4/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Brauerie Bamberger Spezial Rauchbier
Brewery: Brauerie Bamberger  
Location: Bamberg, Germany 
Beer Name: Spezial Rauchbier 
Beer Style: Rauchbier 
ABV: 4.8%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Amber to light brown hue with a thin ivory head. Sweet aroma - roasty, light caramel, and a touch of smoke. Flavor is lightly smokey, a touch of caramel, lightly sweet, but very well balanced. Very rich and creamy mouth for a beer under 5%. 
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Tasted on: 6/3/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Avery Brewing Fourteen
Brewery: Avery Brewing  
Location: Boulder, Colorado  
Beer Name: Fourteen 
Beer Style: Strong Ale 
ABV: 9.46%  
IBU:60 
Tasty Notes: 'A very dark, different dry-hopped ale' on the bottle... Dark brown in color with a medium light-brown head. Aroma is resinous hops and caramel. Flavor is malty - caramel, light toffee, and a kind of wierd resiny hop combo. A decent beer, but a littly wierd on the palate being a pine-caramel combination. Finish lingers with both of these flavors battling as they subside... 
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Tasted on: 6/3/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Brasserie Fantôme Black Ghost
Brewery: Brasserie Fantôme  
Location: Soy-Erezée, Belgium 
Beer Name: Black Ghost 
Beer Style: Belgian Strong Ale 
ABV: 8%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Copper brown color with a medium to thick light tan head. Aroma is lightly sweet, a touch yeasty and a bit of toasted grains and caramel. Flavor is initially slightly sweet, then a touch of sour shows up quite quickly. Flavors of caramel, honey and the tart edge of pie cherries (though no cherry flavors are prevailent). Finish is clean, refreshing and leaves you longing for another taste. 
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Tasted on: 6/2/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Mikkeller Jackie Brown
Brewery: Mikkeller  
Location: Copenhagen V, Denmark 
Beer Name: Jackie Brown 
Beer Style: Brown Ale 
ABV: 6%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Medium brown color with a medium to thin tan head. Aroma is roasted grains with a touch of caramel. Flavor is initially quite dry, crisp - followed by some roasted notes of grains and a hint of caramel, then immediately dries back out - slightly bitter finish. 
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Tasted on: 6/1/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of North Coast Brewing Scrimshaw
Brewery: North Coast Brewing  
Location: Fort Bragg, California 
Beer Name: Scrimshaw 
Beer Style: Pilsner 
ABV: 4.4%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Light straw color with a medium white head. Aroma is grassy, lightly floral, a touch spicy. The flavor is light - mild and well-balanced. Creamy mouthfeel, lightly fruity - almost apricots - with a dry but not crisp finish. Very enjoyable. 
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Tasted on: 5/29/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Avery Brewing Company 2005 Samaels Oak-Aged Ale
Brewery: Avery Brewing Company  
Location: Boulder, Colorado 
Beer Name: 2005 Samaels Oak-Aged Ale 
Beer Style: Barley Wine 
ABV: 14.5%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Light mahogany ruby color with a thin lihgt-tan head. Aroma is rich with raisins, prunes - big and sweet! Flavor is intense - sweet, caramelly honey with lots of stone fruits, and nectar. The oak comes through more toward the finish. Quite an exquisite finish to an otherwise absolutely fabulous birthday! 
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Tasted on: 5/29/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Three Floyds GumballHead
Brewery: Three Floyds  
Location: Munster, Indiana 
Beer Name: GumballHead 
Beer Style: Wheat Ale  
ABV: 4.8%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Crystal clear deep golden hue with a thin white head. Aroma is all hops, and nothing but the hops! Big amarillo citrus punch in the nose. Flavor is decidedly delicious. Big malty backbone - almost rich honey flavors - thn a big lemon zest fresh citrus finish - but not tart. A fine beer - well balanced while stilll giving us a great amarillo profile. Tasted at Birreria Paradiso in D.C. 
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Tasted on: 5/28/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron
Brewery: Dogfish Head  
Location: Milton, Delaware 
Beer Name: Palo Santo Marron 
Beer Style: Brown Ale aged in Palo Santo barrels 
ABV: 12%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Deep dark brown mocha color with a thin dark-brown head. Aroma is lightly sweet, a touch vineous, with lots of figs/raising/prunes. Flavor is large with bits of toffee and dark caramel, dark cherries, raisins and prunes. Almost a bit of leather, maybe from the wood - which is very mild, especially compared to some fresh oak barrel aged beers. Finish is long and lingering (in a good way). 
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Tasted on: 5/21/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Mikkeller 黑 (Black)
Brewery: Mikkeller  
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark 
Beer Name: 黑 (Black) 
Beer Style: Imperial Stout 
ABV: 17.5%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Black. Thin dark brown head. Aromas are rich sweet dried prunes, coffee, leather, chocolate, raisins... WOW! Alcohol is there, but not aparent. Flavor is initially big black licorice, sweet dark chocolate, figs - no, scratch that - black strap molasses with raisin tar. Then finishing back into black licorice with a touch of astringency. This beer just doesn't finish! Roasted nuts, tobacco, leather, dark rum... should age well for 20+ years if anyone has the patience... Tasted May 21, 2008 - Bottle from John's Market Place in Portland. 
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Tasted on: 5/20/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Allagash Brewing Black
Brewery: Allagash Brewing  
Location: Portland, Maine 
Beer Name: Black 
Beer Style: Belgian Stout 
ABV: 7.5%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Super dark mahogany brown bording on opaque with a thick brown head. Aroma is definitely belgian yeast - spicy, with some roasted dark grains, and licorice notes in the back. Flavor is a bit strange at first - almost like a clash of the flavors - roasted granis, astringency, sweet fruity phenols and a funky kind of dry finish. Interesting, but not hight on my list of must-have beers. 
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Tasted on: 5/20/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Black Sheep Monty Python's Holy Grail
Brewery: Black Sheep  
Location: Ripon, England 
Beer Name: Monty Python's Holy Grail 
Beer Style: ESB 
ABV: 4.7%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Light amber color with a thin creamy off-white head. Aroma is lightly sweet and floral - a touch of honeysuckle? Flavor has a touch of malt on the start, but falls quickly to a more flat bitter flavor. Lightly creamy mouth, some honey tangerine and roasted marshmallows try hard to peek through, but the dry hop presence overpowers in the end. Not as bad as I remember from the last time I had this, but still a dissapointed recipe in an otherwise well-made beer. 
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Tasted on: 5/20/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Sierra Nevada Brewing 2008 Southern Hemisphere Harvest Ale
Brewery: Sierra Nevada Brewing  
Location: Chico, California 
Beer Name: 2008 Southern Hemisphere Harvest Ale 
Beer Style: IPA 
ABV: 6.7%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Amber color with a medium to thin ivory head. Aroma is big citrus resinous hops. Flavor is definitely more on the bitter than malty side - lots of hops in this beer - citrus orange and lemons, and a good malt presense - abiscuity, lightly roasty, but crispy sides of my tongue in the finish... 
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Tasted on: 5/18/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Allagash Brewing Odyssey Ale
Brewery: Allagash Brewing  
Location: Portland, Maine 
Beer Name: Odyssey Ale 
Beer Style: Belgian Strong Ale 
ABV: 10.4%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Deep garnet brown color with a thin sand-tan head. Aroma is rich figs and oak, with a touch of dark brown sugar and molasses. The flavor has a nice foward oak, enriching a very creamy, rich chewy, dark fruit beer. Not a super thick syrupy beer, but vdery larg and in charge on the flavor. Mission figs, dates, and a touch of black strap molasses. Nice lingering oaky finish. As it warmed, it developed an anise like flavor. 
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Tasted on: 5/14/2008 Bottle and fresh glass of Terminal Gravity ESG (Extra Special Golden_
Brewery: Terminal Gravity  
Location: Enterprise, Oregon 
Beer Name: ESG (Extra Special Golden_ 
Beer Style: ESB 
ABV: 5.4%  
IBU:Unknown  
Tasty Notes: Golden hue with a thin white head. The aroma is somewhat fruity - like peaches or nectarines, but quite light. Flavor is initially lightly fruity, more like apricots, than dries out quite nicely. This is a superb (golden ale) ESB - a bit different but quite good. 
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AAU:
Alpha Acid Units. A measurement of bitterness. AAU = hop AA% x Ounces added to the boil. This formula does not consider wort gravity, boil time and so on.
Abbey:
Belgian ale, brewed in a commercial secular brewery.
ABV:
Alcohol by volume. This is a measurement of the percent of alcohol present in a volume of liquid. To obtain this number take the original gravity and subtract the final gravity then multiply the answer by 131.25. One pound of fermentable sugar is approximately equal to 1% ABV in a 5 gallon batch. ABV = ABW x 1.25.
ABW:
Alcohol by weight. This is a measurement of the percent of alcohol present in a volume of liquid. The percent is the number of grams of alcohol in 100 centiliters (e.g. 5%ABW equals 5 grams of alcohol/100 cl) – ABW = ABV x .80
Acetaldehyde:
Green apple aroma, a byproduct of fermentation.
Acid rest:
A stage of the mashing process where phytase converts phytic acid to phosphoric acid to acidify the mash.
Additive:
Enzymes, preservatives and antioxidants which are added to simplify the brewing process or prolong shelf life.
Adjunct:
An unmalted fermentable ingredient, like honey or sugar. It is used to increase the alcohol or add to the flavor. Adjunct grains, like corn or rice, can be added to lighten the flavor of the beer.
Aerobic:
An organism, such as top fermenting ale yeast, that needs oxygen to metabolize.
Alcohol:
Ethanol especially when considered as the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors and BEER!
Alcohol by volume:
Amount of alcohol in beer in terms of percentage volume of alcohol per volume of beer.
Alcohol by weight:
Amount of alcohol in beer measured in terms of the percentage weight of alcohol per volume of beer, i.e., 3.2% alcohol by weights equals 3.2 grams of alcohol per 100 centiliters of beer. (It is approximately 20% less than alcohol by volume.)
Alcoholic:
Warming taste of ethanol and higher alcohol's.
Ale:
Ales are beers made with top fermenting yeast. They typically are fermented between 68-75°F. Ales absorb some of the byproducts from the fermentation which cause can a fruity or estery nose or flavor.
All-malt:
A relatively new term in America. "All malt" refers to a beer made exclusively with barley malt and without adjuncts.
Alpha Acid:
These come from the soft resin of the hop flower. They are made of humulone, ad-humulone and co-humulone
Amber:
Any top or bottom fermented beer having an amber color, that is, between pale and dark.
Anaerobic:
An organism that can live with out atmospheric oxygen.
Aroma Hops:
Varieties of hop chosen to impart bouquet. (See Hops)
Astringent:
A drying, puckering taste; tannic; can be derived from boiling the grains, long mashes, over sparging or sparging with hard water.
Attenuation:
Extent to which yeast consumes fermentable sugars (converting them into alcohol and carbon dioxide).
Autolysis:
The self digestion of a cell’s body by its own enzymes.


Bacterial:
A general term covering off-flavors such as moldy, musty, woody, lactic acid, vinegar, or microbiological spoilage.
Balling:
A scale for measuring the specific gravity of a solution. Created by Carl Joseph Balling.
Balling Degrees:
Scale indicating density of sugars in wort. Devised by C J N Balling.
Balthazar:
A bottle, 12 liters in capacity.
Barley:
A cereal grain that is malted for use in the grist that becomes the mash in the brewing of beer.
Barleywine:
A high alcohol, quite malty, English style beer. Alcohol levels are usually between 8.5% and 12% ABV.
Barm:
Liquid yeast appearing as froth on fermenting beer.
Barrel:
A unit of measurement used by brewers in some countries. In Britain, a barrel holds 36 imperial gallons (1 imperial gallon = 4.5 liters), or 1.63 hectoliters. In the United States, a barrel holds 31.5 US gallons (1 US gallon = 3.8 liters), or 1.17 hectoliters.
Becher:
Similar to a pub glass, but thinner walls and they stop angling out about 2/3 of the way up the glass and become straight at this point.
Beer:
Name given alcohol-containing beverages produced by fermenting grain, specifically malt, and flavored with hops.
Berliner Weisse:
A regional beer of northern Germany, pale, top-fermented, and made with wheat.
Biere de garde:
French term that applies to a strong, bottle-conditioned ale that is designed to be laid down when fermenting.
Bitter:
Bitterness of hops or malt husks; sensation on back of tongue.
Bittering Hops:
Hops added to the boil with 45 – 60 minutes left. These are responsible for the bitterness of a beer.
Bitterness:
The perception of a bitter flavor, in beer from iso-alpha-acid in solution (derived from hops). It is measured in International Bitterness Units (IBU).
Black malt:
Partially malted barley roasted at high temperatures. Black malt gives a dark color and roasted flavor to beer.
Bock:
A very strong lager traditionally brewed in winter to celebrate the coming spring. Full-bodied, malty, well-hopped.
Body:
Thickness and mouth-filling property of a beer described as "full or thin bodied".
Bottle Conditioning:
Beer bottled without removing the yeast or having been pasteurized. Yeast and sediment are present in the bottle. Beer packaged this way can grow more complex over time.
Bottle-conditioning:
Secondary fermentation and maturation in the bottle, creating complex aromas and flavors.
Bottom-fermenting yeast:
One of the two types of yeast used in brewing. Bottom-fermenting yeast works well at low temperatures and ferments more sugars leaving a crisp, clean taste and then settles to the bottom of the tank. Also referred to as "lager yeast".
Brew Kettle:
The vessel in which wort from the mash is boiled with hops. Also called a copper.
Brewhouse:
The collective equipment used to make beer.
Brewpub:
Pub that makes its own beer and sells at least 50% of it on premises. Also known in Britain as a home-brew house and in Germany as a house brewery.
Bright beer:
Finished beer that is prepared to be bottled or kegged and served. The last stage in the brewing process before packaging.
Bright Beer Tank:
See conditioning tank.
Brown ale:
A British-style, top-fermented beer which is lightly hopped and flavored with roasted and caramel malt.
Bung:
The stopper in the hole in a keg or cask through which the keg or cask is filled and emptied. The hole may also be referred to as a bung or bunghole. Real beer must use a wooden bung.
Bunghole:
A hole in a barrel, keg, or cask from where liquid is drawn.
Butterscotch:
See diacetyl.
Cabbagelike:
Aroma and taste of cooked vegetables; often a result of wort spoilage bacteria killed by alcohol in fermentation.
CAMRA:
The CAMpaign for Real Ale. An organization in England that was founded in 1971 to preserve the production of cask-conditioned beers and ales.
Candi sugar:
Candi sugar is made by superheating and then cooling a highly concentrated sugar solution. Pale candi syrup is much darker than sucrose or invert sugar syrup. Belgian brewers prefer to use candi sugar, in either solid or syrup form, because it contributes to good head retention in a high-gravity, lightly hopped beer.
Cane sugar:
Sucrose, or white table sugar is a highly fermentable sugar, usually refined from sugar cane or sugar beets. In brewing, cane sugar is sometimes used as an adjunct because it is cheaper than malt. It lightens the color and body of the beer, boosts the alcohol content, and can add a cidery taste that is considered not true beer flavor.
Caramel:
A cooked sugar that is used to add color and alcohol content to beer. It is often used in place of more expensive malted barley.
Caramel malt:
A sweet, coppery-colored malt. Caramel or crystal malt imparts both color and flavor to beer. Caramel malt has a high concentration of unfermentable sugars that sweeten the beer and, contribute to head retention.
Carbonation:
Sparkle caused by carbon dioxide, either created during fermentation or injected later.
carboy:
A large, narrow-necked glass, plastic, or earthenware bottle sometimes encased in wicker or in a plastic or wood frame.
Cask:
A closed, barrel-shaped container for beer. They come in various sizes and are now usually made of metal. The bung in a cask of "Real" beer or ale must be made of wood to allow the pressure to be relived, as the fermentation of the beer, in the cask, continues.
Cask Conditioned Ale:
See cask conditioning. – It is usually poured via gravity or a hand pump, not via CO2. It may seem flat compared to “regular” beers. The beer is also called living beer as the yeast is still active in the brew.
Cask Conditioning:
After ale has gone through primary fermentation, then run through a filter. It is transferred into a cask where more yeast is added and a secondary fermentation takes place. A fining material is added to settle out the yeast.
Cask-conditioning:
Secondary fermentation and maturation in the cask at the point of sale. Creates light carbonation.
Centrifugation:
A clarification method using centrifugal force to strain and clarify the wort during its cooling stage and the finished beer prior to racking.
Chalice:
These are typically for Belgian abbey and trappist style beer. They can have a look of royalty about them. They can be more “V” shaped with either straight or an inward curving top, sometimes rimmed with a precious metal. The stem is thick and the length is usually rather short.
Chill haze:
Cloudiness caused by precipitation of protein-tannin compound at low temperatures, does not affect flavor.
Chill proof:
Beer treated to allow it to withstand cold temperatures without clouding.
Chlorophenolic:
A plasticlike aroma; caused by chemical combination of chlorine and organic compounds.
Chocolate malt:
Malted barley that has been roasted to a deep brown color. It gives a nutty, toasted flavor to beers as well as deep reddish brown color.
Clovelike:
Spicy character reminiscent of cloves; characteristic of some wheat beers, or if excessive, may derive from wild yeast.
Cold filter:
As an alternative to pasteurizing, beer can be passed through a filter fine enough to remove the suspended yeast and so stop fermentation. Preserving more beer flavor than pasteurization, cold-filtered beers are often incorrectly called “draught”.
Conditioning:
Period of maturation intended to impart "condition" (natural carbonation). Warm conditioning further develops the complex of flavors. Cold conditioning imparts a clean, round taste.
Conditioning Tank:
A vessel in which beer is placed after primary fermentation where the beer matures, clarifies and, is naturally carbonated through secondary fermentation. Also called bright beer tank, serving tank and, secondary tank.
Contract Beer:
Beer made by one brewery and then marketed by a company calling itself a brewery. The latter uses the brewing facilities of the former.
Copper:
See brew kettle.
Craft beer:
Beers made by small, independent brewers with only traditional brewing ingredients such as malt, hops, yeast and water, and brewed with traditional brewing methods.
Crystal malt:
When fresh malt is carefully dried at warm temperatures, some of the starches are converted to sugars which crystallize within the grains. When these crystal malts are used in brewing, they add sweetness, body and a reddish gold color to the beer.
Decoction:
Exhaustive system of mashing in which portions of the wort are removed, heated, then returned to the original vessel.
Dextrin:
The unfermentable carbohydrate produced by the enzymes in barley. It gives the beer flavor, body, and mouthfeel. Lower temperatures produce more dextrin and less sugar. While higher temperatures produce more sugars and less dextrin.
Diacetyl:
A volatile compound in beer that contributes to a butterscotch flavor, measured in parts per million.
DMS:
Taste and aroma of sweet corn; results from malt, as a result of the short or weak boil of the wort, slow wort chilling, or bacterial infection. -- Dimethyl sulfide, a sulfur compound.
Dortmunder:
A gold-colored, bottom-fermented beer from Dortmund, Germany’s largest brewing city.
Dosage:
The addition of yeast and/or sugar to the cask or bottle to aid secondary fermentation.
Double bock/dopplebock:
A stronger bock beer, though not necessarily double the strength. The original of the style was brewed by the Italian monks of the order of St. Francis of Paula in Bavaria to help them though their Lenten fast
Double Magnum:
A bottle, 3.0 liters in capacity.
Draft (Draught):
The process of 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.
Draught/draft:
Beer that is served from the cask, keg or barrel. Draught can be pasteurized, filtered or cask-conditioned, but bottled or canned beer is not, by definition, draught. The word means “drawn” or pulled from the cask by a pump.
Dry beer:
In the late 80's, Asahi Brewery of Japan refined a brewing process that fermented virtually all the sugars in their beer. Described as having less aftertaste, it actually had almost no taste at all. It sold well, though, so major breweries around the world began brewing “Dry Beers” of their own
Dry Hopping:
Adding hops after the boil or even in the cask to increase hop aroma and flavor. This is most often seen in various types of ales, but not in lagers.
Dry stout:
The Irish version of stout, slightly more bitter and higher in alcohol than the English sweet stout.
Dry-hopping:
The addition of dry hops to fermenting or aging beer to increase its hop character or aroma.
Dunkle:
This is a term used mainly in describing German wheat beer. It means dark – in contrast to Helle or pale.
EBC:
European Brewing Convention. An EBC scale is used to indicate colors in malts and beers.
Enzymes:
Catalysts that are found naturally in the grain. When heated in mash, they convert the starches of the malted barley into maltose, a sugar used in solution and fermented to make beer.
Ester:
Volatile flavor compound naturally created in fermentation. Often fruity, flowery or spicy.
Estery:
Aroma or flavor reminiscent of flowers or fruits.
Ethanol or Ethyl Alcohol:
Colorless liquid at room temperature. It has a boiling point of 78°C and freezes at -114°C at 1 atmosphere. It is intoxicating and flammable. This is the alcohol in alcoholic beverages.
Fahrenheit (degrees):
F = ((Cx9)/( 5) + 32.
False Bottom – A perforated bottom that prevents grains in a lautertun from being collected with the wort when the mash has fully converted.:

Fermentation:
Conversion of sugars into ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide, through the action of yeast.
Filter:
The removal of designated impurities by passing the wort through a medium, sometimes made of diatomaceous earth ( made up of the microscopic skeletal remains of marine animals). Yeast in suspension is often targeted for removal.
Final Gravity:
The specific gravity after fermentation has taken place.
Final specific gravity:
Specific gravity of a beer when fermentation is complete (that is, all fermentable sugars have been fermented).
Fining:
An aid to clarification: a substance that attracts particles that would otherwise remain suspended in the brew.
Finishing Hops:
Hops added near the end or after the boil to add aroma and flavor. They do not tend to add bitterness.
Firkin:
Unit of measure. 1 Firkin = 9 Imperial Gallons.
Flocculation:
The clumping, gathering or fallout of yeast cells after fermentation. Different yeast strains have different levels of flocculation.
Flute:
Typically seen with champagne. Beer flutes have shorter stems than champagne flutes. The mouth has a smaller diameter than the mid section to hold in carbonation.
Fruity/Estery:
Flavor and aroma of bananas, strawberries, apples, or other fruit; from high temperature fermentation and certain yeast strains.
Goblet:
Goblets can resemble a fishbowl. Typically they have a round bowl and come in various sizes. They are somewhat like a brandy or cognac snifter. Use these for high alcohol sipping beers.
Grainy:
Tastes like cereal or raw grain.
Gravity:
See specific gravity.
Grist:
Brewers' term for milled grains, or the combination of milled grains to be used in a particular brew. Derives from the verb to grind. Also sometimes applied to hops.
Gueuze:
A blend of aged and young lambic ale.
Hand Pump:
A device for dispensing draft beer using a pump operated by hand. The use of a hand pump allows the cask-conditioned beer to be served without the use of pressurized carbon dioxide.
Hang:
Lingering bitterness or harshness.
Hard Cider:
A fermented beverage made from apples.
HBU – Home Bitterness Units. See AAU.:

Heat Exchanger:
A mechanical device used to rapidly reduce the temperature of the wort.
Hefe:
A German word meaning "yeast". Used mostly in conjunction with wheat (weiss) beers to denote that the beer is bottled or kegged with the yeast in suspension (hefe-weiss). These beers are cloudy, frothy and, very refreshing.
Helle:
This is a term used mainly in describing German wheat beer. It means pale – in contrast to Dunkle or dark.
Hogshead:
Cask holding 54 imperial gallons ( 243 liters ).
Hop back:
Sieve-like vessel used to strain out the petals of the hop flowers. Known as a hop jack in the United States.
Hoppy:
Aroma of hops, does not include hop bitterness.
Hops:
Herb added to boiling wort or fermenting beer to impart a bitter aroma and flavor.
Hydrometer:
A device that measures specific gravity (SG) of a liquid. Hydrometers are usually calibrated for measurements at 60°F. If what you are measuring is not at this temperature, you should use a hydrometer correction table. Approximately the correction amount is (Temperature-1.8)x.03 (e.g. (77°F-1.8) x .03 = 2.2 take the FG and add 2.2 to get the calibrated SG)
IBU:
International Bitterness units. A system of indicating the hop bitterness in finished beer.
Imperial:
1. A bottle, 6 liters in capacity. 2. A beer which is stronger than the typical base style. I have most often seen it described as 20 gravity points higher than the BJCP style guidelines. 3. A pint glass of 20 ounces.
Infusion:
Simplest form of mash, in which grains are soaked in water. May be at a single temperature, or with upward or (occasionally) downward changes.
IPA:
India Pale Ale. A strong, hoppy Pale ale. The style originated in Britain in the 19th century, and had a high alcohol content and hopping rate, allowing it to survive the long sea voyage to India.
Jeroboam:
There are several sizes of Jeroboams: 3.0L, 4.5L and 5.0L. Typically the 3L size is used for sparkling wine, and the 4.5L is for red wine.
Keg:
One-half barrel, or 15.5 U. S. gallons. A half keg or, 7.75 U. S. gallons, is referred to as a pony-keg.
Kilderkin:
Unit of measure. 1 Kilderkin = 18 Imperial Gallons
Kolsch:
Looks like a cylinder. The kolsch glass has straight sides and is tall. Holds 12 oz.
Kräusening:
The addition of a small proportion of partly fermented wort to a brew during lagering. Stimulates secondary fermentation and imparts a crisp, spritzy character.
Krug:
The only beer glass with a handle. Typically very heavy and sturdy. They can have different textures and come in different sizes. Also called a mug or seidel.
Lager:
Beers produced with bottom fermenting yeast strains, Saccharomyces uvarum (or carlsbergensis) at colder fermentation temperatures than ales. This cooler environment inhibits the natural production of esters and other byproducts, creating a crisper tasting product.
Lagering:
From the German word for storage. Refers to maturation for several weeks or months at cold temperatures (close to 0°C /32°F) to settle residual yeast, impart carbonation and make for clean round flavors.
Lambic:
A traditionally Belgian brew that is typically sour. It is usually fruit flavored (peach, raspberry, cassis, cherry) and fermented with wild yeast and several types of bacteria.
Lauter:
To run the wort from the mash tun. From the German word to clarify. A lauter tun is a separate vessel to do this job. It uses a system of sharp rakes to achieve a very intensive extraction of malt sugars.
Lauter Tun:
See mash tun.
Length:
The amount of wort brewed each time the brew house is in operation.
Light Struck:
The result of exposure of beer to light and heat. It is recognizable by a skunky smell.
Light-Struck:
Skunklike smell; from exposure to light.
Liquor:
The brewer's word for water used in the brewing process, as included in the mash or, used to sparge the grains after mashing.
Lovibond:
A measurement of color. The scale starts at 0 (zero) and goes to over 500. The higher the number the darker the color.
Lupulin:
A yellow resinous powder found on the female hop cone that contains the bittering principle used in making beer.
Magnum:
A bottle, 1.5 liters in capacity.
Malt:
(noun) Grain that has been malted. (verb) The malting process consists of wetting the grain and allowing it to germinate. During the germination, some of the starches in the grain get converted to sugars while others become simple soluble starches and other enzymes. The grain is then dried and tumbled to knock the beginnings of roots off. The grain is then kilned to dry it thoroughly and carmelize some of the sugars like in crystal malt or blacken it like a black patent malt.
Malt (ing):
The process by which barley is steeped in water, germinated ,then kilned to convert insoluble starch to soluble substances and sugar. The foundation ingredient of beer.
Malt Extract:
The condensed wort from a mash, consisting of maltose, dextrins and, other dissolved solids. Either as a syrup or powdered sugar, it is used by brewers, in solutions of water and extract, to reconstitute wort for fermentation.
Malt Liquor:
A legal term used in the U.S. to designate a fermented beverage of relatively high alcohol content (7%-8% by volume).
Maltose:
A water soluble, fermentable sugar contained in malt.
Marie-Jean:
A bottle, 2.25 liters in capacity.
Mash:
(Verb) To release malt sugars by soaking the grains in water. (Noun) The resultant mixture.
Mash Tun:
A tank where grist is soaked in water and heated in order to convert the starch to sugar and extract the sugars and other solubles from the grist.
Mead:
Meads are produced by the fermentation of honey, water, yeast and optional ingredients such as fruit, herbs, and/or spices. According to final gravity, they are categorized as: dry (0.996 to 1009); medium (1010 to 1019); or sweet (1020 or higher). Wine, champagne, sherry, mead, ale or lager yeasts may be used.
Medicinal:
Chemical or phenolic character; can be the result of wild yeast, contact with plastic, or sanitizer residue.
Meilgaard, Morten:
Author of Sensory Evaluation Techniques and creator of the Beer Flavor Wheel.
Metallic:
Tastes tinny, bloodlike or coinlike; may come from bottle caps.
Methuselah:
A bottle, 6 liters in capacity, typically used for sparkling wine.
Microbrewery:
Small brewery generally producing less than 15,000 barrels per year. Sales primarily off premises.
Mouthfeel:
A sensation derived from the consistency or viscosity of a beer, described, for example as thin or full.
Mug, krug, seidel:
The only beer glass with a handle. Typically very heavy and sturdy. They can have different textures and come in different sizes.
Musty:
Moldy, mildewy character; can be the result of cork or bacterial infection.
Nebuchadnezzar:
A bottle, 15 liters in capacity.
Noble Hops:
Hallertauer Mittelfruh, Tettnanger Tettnang, Spalter Spalt, and Czech Saaz are the 4 main noble hops. There are others that can be considered noble, but they were bred from noble hops. These are Perle, Crystal, Mt. Hood, Liberty, and Ultra.
Original gravity:
A measurement of the density of fermentable sugars in a mixture of malt and water with which a brewer begins a given batch.
Oxidized:
Stale flavor of wet cardboard, paper, rotten pineapple, or sherry, as a result of oxygen as the beer ages or is exposed to high temperatures.
Oxygenation:
The addition of oxygen in the wort. This is done to help provide the yeast with oxygen for a healthy fermentation.
Pasteurization:
Heating of beer to 60-79(°C/140-174°F to stabilize it microbiologically. Flash-pasteurization is applied very briefly, for 15-60 seconds by heating the beer as it passes through the pipe. Alternately, the bottled beer can be passed on a conveyor belt through a heated tunnel. This more gradual process takes at least 20 minutes and sometimes much longer.
Phenolic:
Flavor and aroma of medicine, plastic, Band-Aids, smoke, or cloves; caused by wild yeast or bacteria, or sanitizer residue.
Pilsner:
1. A beer style. Typically crisp and refreshing, with a light to medium body and a clear, light to deep gold appearance. 2.These also are tall, somewhat thin walled, sloped glasses with a solid base. Their capacity is usually 12 oz.
Pin:
Unit of measure. 1 Pin = 4.5 Imperial Gallons.
Pint glass:
Probably the most common beer glass. Straight, thick sides at a slight angle making the mouth of the glass larger than the base, typically holds 16 oz. You may also come across an Imperial Pint glass. These hold 20 oz. have somewhat thinner sides and a bulge about 3/4 of the way up the glass. These also come in 10 oz. half pint sizes. Also called a pub glass.
Pitch:
To add yeast to wort.
Pitching:
Pitching yeast is basically adding yeast to wort. This is done around 70°F. Pitching when the wort is too warm or too cold will kill the yeast.
Plato Degrees or Degrees Plato:
A method or different scale for measuring sugar in wort. It is an updated rendition of the Balling scale.
Plato, degrees:
Expresses the specific gravity as the weight of extract in a 100 gram solution at 64°F (17.5°C). Refinement of the Balling scale.
Pokal:
A pokal is a European pilsner glass with a stem. Can look similar to a tulip without the flare at the top or similar to a chalice with a smaller less angular bowl. Holds 12 oz.
Primary Fermentation:
Vigorous fermentation where the yeast cells multiply and feed on the fermentable sugars in the wort thus releasing carbon dioxide.
Priming:
The addition of sugar at the maturation stage to promote a secondary fermentation.
Pub:
An establishment that serves beer and sometimes other alcoholic beverages for consumption on premise. The term originated in England and is the shortened form of "public house".
Pub glass:
Probably the most common beer glass. Straight, thick sides at a slight angle making the mouth of the glass larger than the base, typically holds 16 oz. You may also come across an Imperial Pint glass. These hold 20 oz. have somewhat thinner sides and a bulge about 3/4 of the way up the glass. These also come in 10 oz. half pint sizes. Also called a pint glass.
Publican:
The owner or manager of a pub.
Racking:
Transferring the wort into another container. Beer is racked from the primary fermenter to the secondary fermenter.
Real Ale:
See cask conditioning
Reboboam:
A bottle, 4.5 liters in capacity.
Regional specialty brewery:
A brewery that produces more than 15,000 barrels of beer annually, with its largest selling product a specialty beer.
Reinheitsgebot:
"Purity Law" originating in Bavaria in 1516 and now applied to all German brewers making beer for consumption in their own country. It requires that only malted grains, hops, yeast and water may be used in the brewing.
RIMS:
Recirculating Infusion Mash System – brewing setup that is quite popular among homebrewers.
Saccharification:
A stage of the mashing process during which complex glucose chains are broken down into fermentable sugars, mainly maltose.
Saccharomyces carlsbergensis:
See Bottom-fermenting yeast.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae:
See Top-fermenting yeast.
Saccharomyces uvarum:
See Bottom-fermenting yeast.
Salamanzar:
A bottle, 9 liters in capacity.
Salty:
Flavor like table salt; experienced on the side of the tongue.
Scotch Ale:
A top-fermented beer of Scottish origin. Traditionally strong, very dark, thick and creamy.
Secondary fermentation:
Stage of fermentation occurring in a closed container from several weeks to several months.
Seidel:
The only beer glass with a handle. Typically very heavy and sturdy. They can have different textures and come in different sizes. Also called a mug or krug.
Shelf life:
Describes the number of days a beer will retain it's peak drinkability. The shelf life for commercially produced beers is usually a maximum of four months.
Solventlike:
Reminiscent of acetone or lacquer thinner; caused by high fermentation temperatures.
Sour/Acidic:
Vinegarlike or lemonlike; can be caused by bacterial infection.
Sparge:
To spray grist with hot water in order to remove soluble sugars (maltose). This takes place at the end of the mash.
Specific gravity:
A measure of the density of a liquid or solid compared to that of water ((1.000 at 39°F (4°C)).
Squares:
Brewers' term for a square fermenting vessel.
Stange:
is a taller, thinner version of the pilsner glass. Holds 12 oz. Also called a stick.
Steam Beer:
A beer produced by hybrid fermentation using bottom yeast fermented at top yeast temperatures. Fermentation is carried out in long shallow vessels called clarifiers, followed by warm conditioning and krausening. The style is indigenous to America and was first produced in California at the end of the 19th century, during the Gold Rush.
Stick:
This is a taller, thinner version of the pilsner glass. Holds 12 oz. Also called a stange.
Sulfurlike:
Reminiscent of rotten eggs or burnt matches; a by-product of some yeast's.
Sweet:
Taste like sugar; experienced on the front of the tongue.
Tart:
Taste sensation cause by acidic flavors.
Terminal gravity:
Synonym for final specific gravity.
Top-fermenting yeast:
One of the two types of yeast used in brewing. Top-fermenting yeast works better at warmer temperatures and are able to tolerate higher alcohol concentrations than bottom-fermenting yeast. It is unable to ferment some sugars, and results in a fruitier, sweeter beer. Also known as "ale yeast".
Trappist:
A beer brewed within a Trappist monastery, under the control and responsibility of the monastic community. Only 6 breweries (5 in Belgium and one in Holland) can use the appellation “Trappist”: Chimay, Orval, Rochefort, Westmalle, Westvleteren and Achel.
Tulip glass:
The tulip glass looks somewhat like a tulip – go figure. It can have a stemmed base and roundish bowl, which thins out about 1/2 way up the glass then flares out slightly. It can also be similar in style to a pint glass, but has the tulip flare. Holds 16 oz.
Tun:
Any large vessels used in brewing. In America, "tub" is often preferred.
Units of bitterness:
See IBU.
Vinous:
Reminiscent of wine.
Wheat beer glass:
These are tall, somewhat thin walled, sloped glasses with a solid base. They are typically 1/2 liter in capacity. They resemble a pilsner glass, only taller.
Willibecher:
Similar to a pub glass, but thinner walls and they stop angling out about 2/3 of the way up the glass and become straight at this point. Also called a becher.
Winy:
Sherrylike flavor; can be caused by warm fermentation or oxidation in very old beer.
Wit:
“White” beer. It is a cloudy wheat beer, spiced with corriander and orange peel.
Wort:
The solution of grain sugars strained from the mash tun. At this stage, regarded as "sweet wort", later as brewed wort, fermenting wort and finally beer.
Wort Chiller:
See heat exchanger.
Yard:
As the name suggests – it is about 3 feet long. They are awkward and can be quite fragile. They hold almost 3 pints. They also come in half yards.
Yeast:
A micro-organism of the fungus family. Genus Saccharomyces.
Yeasty:
Yeastlike flavor; a result of yeast in suspension or beer sitting too long on sediment.
Zymurgy:
The branch of chemistry dealing with fermentation.