2. INTRODUCTION
• Beer is the world’s oldest & most widely
consumed alcoholic beverage.
• The process of making beer is known as
brewing.
• Brewing began around 5400BC in Southern Iraq.
• Brewing involves malting, mashing, boiling of wort with hops,
fermentation, storage.
• Beers can be grouped by color, alcohol content, origin and other characteristics.
• The traditional classification was based on fermentation method.
4. LAGER VS ALE
LAGER ALE
Relatively new type of beer
Produced by bottom fermenting yeasts
such as Saccharomyces uvarum.
Need cooler fermentation temperature.
Longer brew cycle- up to several months.
Lagers are characteristically "smooth,
elegant, crisp, and clean.
Thousands of years old
Produced by top fermenting yeasts such
as Saccharomyces cervesiae.
Need warmer fermentation temperature.
Quick brew cycle: as little as 7 days.
Ales are usually described as “strong,
robusty, hearty ".
6. DARK LAGER
• Generally darker in colour.
• The darkness of the beer is due to the presence of roasted malts.
• Lightly hopped despite the colour, not very heavy.
7. STYLES OF DARK LAGER
MUNICH DUNKEL SCHWARZBIER
• Made from Munich malts.
• Colour : deep copper to brown.
• Low bitterness & malty flavour.
• Commercial examples:
Beck’s dark: Braverei beck & co. ,
Berman. Dark cloud: Mother earth
brewing ,
Capital dark : Capital
brewery
• Made from roasted malt.
• Opaque black colored.
• Low bitterness eith roasted malty
flavor.
• Commercial examples:
Samuel Adam’s black lager:
Boston beer company
Heater Allen schwarz: Heater Allen
brewing & co.
8. PALE LAGER
• Light in both colour and body.
• Very pale to golden coloured body with well attenuated body.
• Generally drier and more alcoholic.
• Slightly hoppy and well carbonated.
Lagers were mainly dark until 1840s. Pale lagers
were not common until the later part of 19th century
when technological advancements made them
easier to produce.
9. STYLES OF PALE LAGER
MUNICH HELLES PILSNER AMERICAN LIGHT
Pale gold to medium
yellow.
Malt: Munich, Pilsner.
Commercial e.g:
Victory helles :
Victory brewing
company
heaven or
helles: Boston
beer company
Pale to golden yellow.
Distinct hop aroma and
flavour.
Examples:
Pivo hoppy pils:
Firestone walker
Brewing,
Joe’s pils: Avery
brewing & co.
Pale straw to pale yellow.
Adjunct aroma and flavour
Examples:
Shiner blonde:
spoetzl brewery
Kingfisher
premium lager:
United breweries
10. BOCK
• Strong lager of German origin.
• It is rich, complex, malty , low hop type of beer.
• Higher nutritional and alcohol content.
11. STYLES OF BOCK
MAIBOCK DOPPLEBOCK EISBOCK
Lighter in colour.
Slightly sweet flavour,
moderate to strong malt
aroma.
Examples:
Summit Maibock:
summit brewing
company.
St. Boisterous: Victory
brewing company
Stronger and maltier than
maibock
Darker than other bocks.
Malty and toasty with hints
of alcohol in aroma &
flavour.
Examples:
Autumnal fire: Capital
brewery
St. victorious: Victory
brewing company
Much stronger version .
Deep copper to dark
brown.
Intense aroma with some
fruity notes. Rich and sweet
with toasty notes.
Examples:
Freeze Ray: strangeways
brewing
Shiva’s wrath: New
Braunfels brewing
company
13. INDIAN PALE ALE
• Hoppy beer style.
• Developed in England .
• Hop is the dominant character.
• Tend to be lighter in color.
14. STYLES OF INDIAN PALE ALE
AMERICAN IPA ENGLISH IPA
• Golden amber to light copper colored.
• Uses American hop which provides high
bitterness and aroma.
• Examples:
Sierra Nevada celebration: Sierra
Nevada
brewing &
co.
Russian river: Russian river brewing
company
• Golden amber to light copper.
• Similar to American style, with a weaker
hop flavor and lower alcohol content.
• Examples:
Blind faith: Magic hat brewing
Guinness nitro IPA: Guinness ltd.
15. PORTER
• Very dark coloured as a result of their dark malts.
• Tend to be great sipping beers with dark grainy flavours and
light sweet notes.
• Usually milder than stouts & May include coffee, toffee or
chocolate notes.
• These are precursor to stouts.
16. STYLES OF PORTER
AMERICAN IMPERIAL ENGLISH BROWN ROBUST PORTER
• Dark in color, lacking
in burnt malt taste.
• Presence of malty
sweetness and can
be complemented by
chocolate & coffee
flavor
• Examples:
Black rhino: The
Mussel Inn,
Black forest::
Harpoon
brewing company
• Dark brown in colour
• Similar to American
style. But with lower
alcohol content and
less malt sweetness
• Examples:
Mayflower porter:
Mayflower brewing
company,
Samuel Adam’s
honey porter:
Boston
beer company
• Colour ranges from
medium to dark
brown.
• Rich dark color with a
subtle caramel flavor
• Stronger and more
bitter than a brown
porter.
• Examples:
Anchor porter:
anchor
brewing company,
Great lakes
Edmund
Fitzgerald’s porter:
Great lakes brewing
17. STOUTS
• Feature noticeable roasted flavour.
• This flavour is created by roasted barley during the brewing process.
• Dry, high alcohol content to hoppy with a low ABV
• Tend to be very dark, though the flavours differ.
18. STYLES OF STOUT
FOREIGN IMPERIAL OATMEAL
• Color varies from dark
brown to black.
• Have high malt profile
with some chocolate or
coffee flavor.
• Hop bitterness is
moderate to none and
hop flavour is also non-
detectable.
• Examples:
Lion stout
Carlton sheaf stout
• Color ranges from dark
brown to jet black.
• Strong stout with a malty
flavor & may contain
hints of choc. Or coffee
flavor.
• Hop flavour is moderate
to high with high level oh
hop bitterness.
• Examples:
Samuel Smith’s IS
Bell’s expedition stout
• Brown to black
• Flavour consists of
various levels of oatmeal
, milk chocolate or
creamy coffee.
• Medium hop bitterness
and very little hop
flavour.
• Examples:
Shakespeare oatmeal
stout: The rogue Ales
Velvet merline:
Firestone
walker brewing & co.
19. TOP 5 BEER BRANDS IN INDIA
1. KINGFISHER 3. ROYAL CHALLENGE 5. KING’S BLACK LABEL
2. HAYWARDS 4. KALYANI BLACK LABEL
21. 3 major FACTORS responsible in quality
control of beer:
Temperature
pH
Oxygen
3 quality control measures in brewery:
High quality basic instrumentation to monitor the
brewing process.
Good sensory program
Proper methods
