Welcome to Drinks Tube, I'm Sarah and I'm Jonny and this is the Drinks Tube A-Z of beer.
Beer was discovered by accident, probably after making bread, a bunch of grain was left
out in the rain and it fermented and it started to smell tasty.
Beer is made in a brewery, three new brewery's open a week in the UK at the moment and even more in the US
Craft Beer is a slightly tricky term and it's actually only defined in the U.S, but we believe that
it's flavourful beer made without additives and add-junks by people who really care.
Dry hopping is the process of adding hops after fermentation, you won't get much bitterness
from this but you will get an extra wack of hoppy sniffs.
The worlds most expensive beer was brewed by brew dog with Tenaya Creek.
It auctioned for $2650 and was brewed with black truffle, saffron and gold.
Beer has four times as many as wine making it way better for pairing
with food. There are so many varieties to choose from, check out Tim Anderson to tell you more.
Glassware is super important to the ultimate enjoyment of your beer, and each
beer comes with a different recommended glass. Just check out all of these.
Hops, these little green things give beer all its bitterness and lovely aromas which can range from anything
from pine and cedar to mango and passion fruit.
International Bittering U nits are a measure of how bitter a beer is. So a typical I.P.A can rock about 60 while a
fruit beer would be way down in single figures. But a big beer like this one could rock about 110.
Until the mid 90's Japan only had 4 legal beer producers. Now there are over 200 craft beer brewery's.
A Kriek is a beer that is made with or aged over cherries. It was invented in Belgium
and has this gorgeously sweet and sour flavour. You can check out Sarah's movie beers here for more no this one.
You all know larger, but did you know the word for larger actually
comes from the German for to lay, because these beers have to chill out for a couple
of weeks after fermentation.
Malt is roasted barley, and it's an integral ingredient in
deciding the colour, sweetness and alcohol content of your beer. So it's the first thing
a brewer thinks about when he's designing a recipe.
Ninkasi's my home girl.
She's Sumerian goddess of beer and is also the name of a champagne stile beer. Check out my beers
for beer haters video for more.
Oktoberfest is the biggest event in the beer callendar. It's held in Munich and over 6.4 million liters
of beer are drunk accross the festival. Prost.
Hop Pellets are used a lot in beer production. The end result is much the same as flowers,
but they're more stable and they're easier to transport and store.
Turns out, you can get a qualification in beer. Nottingham University offer an msc in brewing science. Wooh!
Rauchbier is smoked beer. It's translated from German and it's often meaty or a bit bacony'. Hell yeah'
Spontaneous fermentation is where you leave a beer open to the elements. So the
wild yeast and bacteria can get in during the fermentation. It gives these beers an
amazing sour and sort of tart flavour. It's not off, it's brilliant.
Trappist beers are made by monks, check out this video from the Craft Beer Boys to find out more.
U.V light can get into a beer and burn off the hops and ruin the flavour. But, brown glass and
cans can stop that happening. Some strong dark beers actually improve with age, like
Fuller's Vintage Ale, that's a great beer for winter. For more sugestions, check out
our winter beers video. All great beer starts with great water. Low mineral content let's
all the flavour shine. Try this Einstok White Ale, made with glacier water, you'll see what we mean.
'X' is the letter that British brewers once used to indicate the strength of their
beers. The high the number of 'X's' the stronger the beer.
A yard is a long tube of beer that measures, well a yard. It's more of a challenge than a chalice.
A zythophile is a beer lover. Fussy with your glassware, three brewery t-shirts, fridge in the bedroom,
congratulations your a beer geek, just like me.
So that's the Drinks Tube, A-Z of Beer. Don't forget to subscribe
to Drinks Tube for more beer, cocktail, wine and soft drink's videos. Also check out the
other beer videos we've talked about, the links are in the description box below.
And if you like this, check out Mike's A-Z of Coffee here. Cheers.