Beer Jargon Guy

I explain special words or expressions that are used by people in the craft beer industry.

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Clean:"clean beer,"won’t have much complexity, flavor or texture. Not necessarily “flat” or “two-dimensional,”just won’t engage your palate.

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Esters: flavor compounds formed by the combination of organic acids and alcohols during fermentation. They contribute fruity aroma to beer.

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@Beercoasterspod @fourbrewersshow Better luck next time
1. an expression that comforts someone for a minor failure.

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@Jeremy_Danner Agreed, but definitions in 140 characters requires quite a bit of editing. ;) Cheers!

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Reinheitsgebot:"German Purity Law" created in Bavaria 1516 require that ONLY malted grains, hops, yeast and water may be used in the brewing

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Contract Beer: made by one brewery and marketed by a company calling itself a brewery. The latter uses the brewing facilities of the former.

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Caryophyllene: One of the essential oils made in the flowering cone of the hops plant Humulus lupulus.

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Acrospire: The shoot that grows as a barley grain is germinated.

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Adjunct: Any unmalted grain or fermentable ingredient used in brewing. (rice, corn, honey, syrups and many other fermentable carbohydrates)

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Analog man goes digital in 2015...look forward to beer jargon tweets coming soon. Cheers!