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Beer Styles and Characteristics Flashcards

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  1. What SRM value range describes a typical pale lager?

    Answer: 2–4

    Pale lagers like American adjunct lagers and Pilsners typically fall in the 2–4 SRM range, producing a very light straw to golden color.

  2. Which of the following is a defining feature of a New England IPA (NEIPA)?

    Answer: Hazy, opaque appearance with low bitterness and juicy tropical fruit flavors

    NEIPAs are intentionally hazy due to dry hopping with large amounts of hops that interact with proteins and yeast, producing a juicy, tropical, low-bitterness character.

  3. Barrel-aged Imperial Stouts are most commonly aged in which type of barrel?

    Answer: Bourbon barrels

    Bourbon barrels are the most popular choice for aging Imperial Stouts, contributing vanilla, coconut, caramel, and oak flavors from the charred American oak and residual whiskey.

  4. A Flanders Red Ale gets its characteristic sour, vinous complexity primarily from:

    Answer: Mixed fermentation with Lactobacillus, Pediococcus, and Acetobacter in oak foeder tanks

    Flanders Red Ale is fermented in large oak foeder tanks where a complex microbiome of lactic acid bacteria and wild yeasts creates its trademark acidity and fruit character.

  5. Which malt characteristic best describes a Munich malt?

    Answer: Rich, bready, and melanoidin-rich with a deep amber color contribution

    Munich malt is kilned at higher temperatures than pale malt, developing rich melanoidin compounds that contribute bready, toasty, slightly sweet malt character and amber-red color.

  6. What is the key difference between a Porter and a Stout historically?

    Answer: The distinction is largely historical and blurred today; originally Stouts were stronger versions of Porter

    Historically, 'stout' simply meant 'strong' — a Stout Porter was a stronger version of Porter, and over time the styles diverged but the line between them remains blurry.