Long gone are the days when our fathers drank only Zhigulevskoe beer. To date, on sale you can find a huge number of different varieties of this drink. What types of beer are popular in the world today? To answer this question, you first need to understand a little in the production process of this drink. Each company makes must for beer according to its traditional recipes. After processing the so-called mash prepared from dried malt, a clear, sweet liquid called wort is recovered from it. It is pumped into huge cauldrons and processed along with
hop cones. The hopped wort is poured into a cooler, and then into a fermentation tank. There, brewer's yeast converts malt sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol. The excess gas released during the fermentation process is stored in special tanks. Then it is added to the finished
beer. The drink is subjected to clarification and ripening. Beer can ripen for several weeks and even months. During this period, it again undergoes fermentation. The finished product can undergo carbonization (gives foam), lightening (impurities are removed), sterilization.
Types of beer
One of the most popular drinks of this kind is low-calorie light beer. Its calorie content is about 100 kcal / 350 ml. In Europe, such types of beer as porter, ale and stout are very popular. Porter was originally prepared as a mixture of old ale, strong and fresh (not ripened) beer. This drink became so popular that the brewers began to brew a special beer, which has the characteristic taste of a porter. Ale is the most sought after species in the UK. Initially, this name had a malt drink, which was used for flavoring herbs (thyme, rosemary). Now this name is assigned to all golden brown dark varieties of top fermentation with a high alcohol content. Stout - hopped beer obtained by top fermentation, with a very dark color, high viscosity and a pronounced aroma of highly roasted malt. There are 2 types of stout: sweet (with caramel malt and a small addition of hops) and bitter (with a lot of hops). In the USA, 90% of this drink is camp beer. After primary fermentation, it is stored with the addition of fermenting wort at low temperatures. This drink has a distinct hop aroma. All beer manufacturers produce various types and varieties of this drink, which have their own characteristic features. In some countries of the world, a non-barley drink is brewed from various cereal crops (corn, millet, wheat, sorghum, rice).
Guinness beer - a popular Irish drink
All types of beer have some characteristic features of their own. So Guinness has long been Ireland's most famous drink. The founder of this brand, Arthur Guinness, brewed ordinary ale in a small village. After moving to Dublin, he opened his own brewery, where in 1799 he first brewed dark beer with lush, creamy foam. The work of his ancestor was continued by several generations of this family. Today, Guinness is the most popular brand. All types of beer of this company are always in high demand among fans of a foamy drink.