Terminology Related to Beer

Beer is one popular drink that is loved across the world and brings people together. Beer lovers can never get enough of it. The more beer you have, the more people you meet and places you go and you hear a lot of words around.

Beer dictionary has as many words as wheat beer brands in India, and both excites people. We have listed below 16 popular terminologies used in beer and brewing to increase your BeerQ:  

• Ale – Ale is a dark and fruity beer, brewed with top-fermented yeast at high temperature. It is often served at a warm temperature and prepared in a wide variety of colours, flavours, and alcohol content. 

• Bugs – Bacteria and yeast that make sour beer are called bugs. 

• Crushable – It is a beer with low alcohol and varying flavours to make you take another round. 

• Draught Beer – Also pronounced as draft, draught beer is served directly from a cask or keg. Beer served from keg is also known as keg beer.

• IPA – IPA is Indian Pale Ale wherein more hops are added at different stages of brewing. They are lighter and have bitter notes. 

• Lager – Beers are either Lager or Ale. Pronounced as LAH-ger, it is a crisp and clean beer, prepared at low temperature using bottom-fermented yeast. It is served cool and is smooth.  

• Notes – A term used for defining the flavours of beer, like spice notes rather than spicy. 

• Pale Ale – Pale ale is a type of ale beer that is brewed using lightly toasted malts. They have low bitterness and caramelised flavour.   

• Pale Lager – It has a bitter flavour and pale-to-golden colour. Pale lager has many variants, like Pilsner and Bock. 

• Porter – It is a popular style of London beer that has stronger alcohol content and bottom-fermented yeast. 

• Stout – It is a darker version of Porter because of deeply roasted malts used in brewing. 

• Ticking – It is checking of a beer on your must-have beer list. 

• Whale – It is one of the rare beers. 

• Wheat Beer – Wheat beer is brewed using a larger portion of wheat compared to malted barley. 

• White Whale – It is the rarest of the rare beers. 

• Wort – As the first step in brewing, water is mixed with malted grains and hops and then boiled, resulting in a liquid called wort.

We hope you enjoyed learning these common yet trendy words from beer dictionary. When picking any of the top 10 wheat beer in India, you now know what you really want to have. Enjoy beerlicious conversations with your friends and beer nerds and add that flavour of knowing your food to enhance the notes and taste of beer.