Basic info on beer. Production, types, bottles, mugs etc.

1. „Two beers or
not two beers…”
All about beer

2. Main ingredientsMain ingredients
• Malted barley
• Hops
• Fresh water
• Brewer’s yeast

3. Other ingredients, other beers
• Sometimes corn, wheat or rice is added,
which modifies the character.
Bavarian Wheat beer
Mexican ‘Corn’ beer

4. Production
• The production of beer has main steps, stages:
1. Conversion (from barley to malt)
2. Extraction (cracking and mashing malt to get sugar out)
3. Flavouring (hops into copper)
4. Fermenting (yeast time)
5. Conditioning (CO2 clarifies)

5. The main types of beer :
• Lager is a light, pale-yellow coloured drink, The
most popular type, it is carbonated (sparkling),
usually with low alcohol content.

6. Ale (bitter)
A type of full-bodied beer fermented quickly,
with a sweet and fruity character. Very
typical in the UK,
less sparkling.

7. Stout (dark ale)
• The world famous, well-
known „dark” comes from
Ireland, with a coffee-
chocolate character.

8. Sometimes it comes flavoured
» A cherry-
flavoured
Belgian
beer,
women’s
love.

9. Containers
• The mug
In pubs, open-air festivals
you get your beer in this.

10. Bottle • This is the
good old
brown flask,
with a neck and
cap.

11. Can
• New technology, alu-container.

12. Keg / Cask
• A party must…so you can tap your own at
home

13. Glass
• There is a perfect glass form to each brew…

14. Crate
• Bottles are
transported,
sorted, put in
these.

15. Now what?
Fancy a beer?
Let’s go…
Producer: Zoltán Úr