2. Introduction
The BEER gets its name from Anglo
Saxon word called BEER which
means barley. There is evidence that
brewing process was established in
Babylon in 6000 B.C. Egyptian
improved upon the process & Roman
started its first commercial
production. The term BEER covers
drink like lager ale, stout etc. The
addition of HOPS started in the
middle of 6th
century.
3. Definition & Types
BEER is defined as a fermented,
alcoholic beverage made from barley,
wheat, rice, potato etc. flavoured with
HOPS.
TYPES OF BEER:
• Bottom Fermenting
• Top Fermenting
4. Bottom Fermenting Beer: Lager
•Bottom fermenting yeasts
• Ferment at lower temperatures (2o
-6o
c),
settle in bottom of wort after fermentation.
• Fagered close to freezing for several weeks
• Characterized by a crisp-tasting, lighter
body and less-fruity aroma – rounded,
smooth beer
•Over last 150 years or so lagers have
become the predominate beers
5. Top Fermenting Beer: Ale
•Top fermenting yeasts.
• Ferment at temperature 15° – 19°c, settle
at top of wort after doing the fermantation.
• Ferments less fully and less discriminately .
• Characterized by more-fruity flavors &
aromas with a malty, full bodied flavor
• Prior to the 1800’s ales were almost
universal
6. WHAT IS IN A BEER?
• BARLEY – The body & soul of beer
• YEAST – The life of beer
• HOPS – The spice of beer
• WATER – The integrity & purity of beer
• ADJUVANTS – Additive grains like rice or
corn, fruit or spices
7. Barley – “Body & Soul”
Barley malt gives beer:
• NATURAL enzymes to covert starch to sugar needed
for fermentation
• MALTY sweet flavor
• COLOR
• FOAMY head
Two row & six row barley malt are used
in the brewing process.
Variety of barley malts helps determine
the color, texture and flavor of beer.
8. Yeast – “Life of Beer”
Yeast is the catalyst of change:
• one cell micro-organism
• produces carbon dioxide and alcohol
Two types of yeast are used to produce beer:
• ALE – top fermenting
Saccharomyces cerevaciae
• LAGER – bottom fermenting
Saccharomyces carlsbergeneces
There are literally thousands
of brewers yeast that create
a variety beer styles.
9. Hops – “Spice of Beer”
Sc. Name: Humulus lupulus
Hop flowers are used to:
• MICROBIAL STABILIZATION hops have Antiseptic
Qualities.
• HOP AROMA fruity flowery characteristics.
• BITTERNESS balances malt sweetness.
• FOAM STABILIZATION enhances head properties.
There are two primary hop styles:
• Aroma Hops – Saaz, Fuggle & Hallertua.
• Bitter Hops – Brewer’s Gold & Unique.
Hops are grown around the world between the 35th
and 55th degrees of latitude and harvested in fall.
10. Water – “Integrity & Purity”
Water’s role in beer:
• water makes up 92% of beer.
• through filtration or boiling; impurities,
aromas & flavor differences can be
mitigated.
Water styles can effect flavor:
• hard water – helps add crisp cleaness
• soft water – adds smoothness
11. Adjuvants – “The Wild Card”
Adjuvants add to beer:
• Adjuvants are added to change the flavor, character or profile of
beer.
• Used to supplement main starch source to provide better foam
retention, color or aroma
Adjuvants fall into two categories:
• Grains:
• corn, rice, wheat, oats or rye
• Specialty Ingredients:
• sweets – honey or maple
• fruits – raspberry, cherry or cranberry
• spices – cinnamon, coriander or clove
15. Production Process Of Beer :
• Milling: In order for the malt components to be rapidly extracted and
converted, the malt is milled to obtain coarse flour.
• Mashing: The flour from the cereals (malt and other unmalted
cereals) is mixed with water and subjected to certain processes to
obtain a wort of a suitable composition for the kind of beer being
produced (varying times, temperatures and PH). Mashing lasts 2 to
4 hours and finishes with a temperature of approximately 75 ºC.
• Filtration of the wort: After mashing, the whole volume is filtered in
order to separate the spent grains (which is an excellent animal
feed) from the wort itself. This is done by passing water through the
mash at the right temperature in a filter press or lauter tun, which
lasts around 2-3 hours, conducted at a temperature of 75-80 ºC.
16. • Boiling the wort: The diluted and filtered wort is boiled for
around 2 hours. Hops are added at this stage. The purpose of
boiling is to:
– Transform and make soluble the bitter substances in the
hops
– Eliminate undesirable volatile substances.
– Sterilise the wort
– Provoke the precipitation of proteins of high molecular
weight
– Establish the final concentration of wort.
Production Process Of Beer Contd.:
17. • After boiling, it is necessary to separate the precipitated
protein and the insoluble hop components from the hot
wort.
• Before the hopped wort goes into the fermentation tanks,
it is cooled to a temperature of around 9 ºC and aired in
sterile conditions.
Production Process Of Beer Contd.:
18. Fermentation/Maturation/Stabilisation:
• During fermentation, the wort sugars are converted by the
transformation of yeast into alcohol and carbondioxide.
Fermentation takes place at controlled temperatures and lasts
around 7 days. At first it is quite violent, then slows down
gradually until the yeast is deposited on the bottom of the tank.
19. • Maturation, the phase after fermentation, is the period in which the
beer is allowed to rest at suitable temperatures in order for the
undesirable volatile components, which might affect the final
«bouquet» of the beer, to be released.
• The next operation is stabilisation. This consists of letting the beer
stabilise at temperatures of between 0ºC and - 2ºC, to permit
colloidal stabilisation.
• Clarification is the operation that gives the beer its clear limpid
quality. It consists of pumping the liquid through a suitable filter. The
filtered beer is then stored in tanks, now ready to be bottled.
Fermentation/Maturation/Stabilisation Contd.:
20. Bottling:
• The final stage of the beer production process is transferring the
beer into different kinds of containers (bottles, barrels, cans etc).
Before or after bottling, the beer needs to be biologically stabilised.
This operation may be carried out cold (sterilising filtration) or hot
(using pasteurisation, which may be done either immediately before
- flash pasteurization - or after the drink is introduced into its
container - tunnel pasteurisation). At the bottling stage, the beer is
inserted into different forms (bottle, barrel, can etc) to enable it to be
appreciated with moderation.
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