Brewing
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Brewing is the production of beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast. It may be done in a brewery by a commercial brewer, at home by a homebrewer
The Alulu beer receipt records a purchase of "best" beer from a brewer, c. 2050 BC, from the Sumerian city of Umma in Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq).
Malted barley before kilning or roasting
Hop cone grown in a hop field, Hallertau, Germany
A mash tun at the Bass Museum in Burton-upon-Trent
Lager
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Lager is a style of beer brewed and conditioned at low temperature. Lagers can be pale, amber, or dark. Pale lager is the most widely consumed and commercially available style of beer. The term lager
Brewing
…temperatures of 18 °C (64 °F), then stored (or lagered) for typically several weeks (or months) at temperatures close to freezing point, it is termed a "lager". During the lagering or storage phase several flavour components developed during fermentation dissipate, resulting in a "cleaner" flavour. Though it…
A glass of lager from Bitburger, a German brewery
Czech lager
Czech Pilsener beer
Josef Groll, sometimes called "the Father of the Pilsner"