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The Ingredients of Beer

What is beer? Beer. Is. Life. And beer is alive. At least until you kill it. Simply defined, beer is any fermented beverage made with a cereal grain. And using this Historic Brewmaster and his ingredients, I want to introduce you to the brewing process, and the four main ingredients of beer. &nbsp;Let's start with this waterfall, where the brewmaster sources his water, the first ingredient of beer. &nbsp;The quality of your water is extremely important, because after all, beer is mostly made of water. &nbsp;And as a brewer you need to know, is my water soft or hard? This is determined by its minerality. So you can think of soft water as raining down from big, soft clouds in the sky. And barring reverse osmosis, rain water is about as soft as it gets. Hard water is the result of mineral absorption, which occurs as the water pours over these hard mineral mountains. And because different regions of the Earth contain different types of minerals, it's like you&rsquo;re tasting where the water is from, which is pretty cool. For the next ingredient, we'll need this field of grains, because stored inside of each little kernel are these long chains of sugar molecules called starch. And when it comes to fermentation, sugar is a must. But we'll get to why in just a second. The most commonly used grain is&nbsp;malted barley, so the brewmaster gets jammin&rsquo; and tosses some Bob Barley in with the water. And this takes us to the next ingredient, hops. You can think of hops like these hip hops. Hip hops are full of flavor, like Flavor Flave. And they impart the beer with their dank aroma. Hip hops also protect their necks, with life-preserving bullet proof vests, because hops act as a&nbsp;preservative. Inside of hops, we find what are called alpha and beta acids, which you can think of like this rapper with an afro, for alpha, and his beta-beat maker. Adding hops earlier in the process releases more alpha acids, which, as you can see by his bitter beer face, gives the beer more bitterness. Adding hops later in the process releases more of the beta acids, leading to flavor and aroma. So after the brewmaster drops the hop mic, he turns to the final ingredient, yeast. Brewer's yeast is a living organism, making it the living component of beer. It converts the sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide, making you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. And maybe a little fizzy. But beer has been around way longer than microbiology, so back in the day, it was considered to be a bit like the touch of God, or dark magic. So imagine those big, soft clouds in the sky part. And through shining rays of light, a giant hand sprinkles some yeast into the mix. And in the warmth of these rays, the yeast becomes these super expressive ale aliens, because ales are truly expressive beers, full of flavor, and are derived from a yeast that thrives in warmer temperatures. Lager yeast, on the other hand, ferments at lower temperatures. And you can think of lager like this logger on ice. Quiet and reserved, he keeps to himself.

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The ingredients of beer begin with the same ingredient that is essential for all life. Water. Now water can be soft, as rained down from the soft clouds above. Or it can be hard, after pouring over the hard mineral mountains. To this water, the brewmaster adds grains, in this case, Bob Barley. &nbsp;This provides the sugar required for fermentation. Next, he adds hip hops, "Chka Chka&nbsp;why you always bustin' my flavor?" Who add flavor, aroma, "Yo, you smellin' me dawg?" &nbsp;And acts as preservatives by wearing life-preserving bulletproof vests. Finally, with a touch from the heavens above, yeast is added. &nbsp;This either leads to an ale, which is like Ale-iens, loving of warmth, expressive, and diverse, or a logger, which is brewed in colder temperatures and more reserved.

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