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It is believed that alcoholic beverages and good health are incompatible concepts. But this general statement is absolutely unfair when it comes to beer. On the contrary, reasonable consumption of beer can even cure a person of many serious diseases, as evidenced not only by folk medicine, but also by serious scientific research.
Without a doubt, many people love beer, and with the current choice of fans of this drink, there are more and more. If you believe the statistics, about 27 liters per capita are consumed in Russia per year. And this, as you might guess, is not the limit. The Germans, for example, drink 127.4 liters per person per year. The leaders in beer consumption are the Czechs. They drink «only» 161.4 liters per year. Of course, we will not soon reach these figures, but we are trying our best. For the retail network in Russia, beer is one of the most profitable products today.
One of the auction users with the nickname petere92346 decided to sell a bottle of beer. The beer was not simple, but ALLSOPP's ARCTIC ALE. It was released in 1852 (!) by the legendary English brewery Allsopp, which ceased to exist in the middle of the 20th century. The bottle was sealed and had a label signed by the brewer's hand.
Humanity does not stand still! New and new varieties of beer are constantly appearing and being patented. It cannot be said that all of them will be as famous in the future as the already established classic varieties… but still… If new varieties are being invented, it means that someone needs them…
We believe that drinking beer is much more enjoyable when you know how it is made. That is why we are providing a brief overview of beer production technology.
Foam is the hallmark of beer. It can be used to determine the quality of the drink. If the foam is thin, with a lot of bubbles, red, and unsightly, then this beer is not first-class. The foam of good beer is compact and monolithic, without bubbles and completely white. Pour the beer into a large glass or tumbler. Excellent beer should have a foam height of at least 4 cm and keep it for at least 4 minutes. If the foam is lower or disappears without a trace in a shorter period of time, it means that it is not quite excellent. Try blowing lightly on the foam. If the foam disappears, then the beer is bad, if it «bends», then it is good. And one more tip. Place a coin on top of the foam layer. It does not sink – another indicator of good quality. In addition, the foam should «stick» to the walls. If after you drink beer, traces of foam remain on the walls of the glass, everything is fine - you drank beer. If there are no traces, then you should think about whether this is really real beer.
Sometimes it is not easy to evaluate the taste of an intoxicating drink, but it is even more difficult to track the quality of production. This article presents the official beer indicators, as well as folk methods for determining quality.
There is no beer in the world that could be made without malt, hops, yeast and water. Where the last two components come from is probably clear to everyone. They are very important, because the quality of the water on which the beer will be brewed depends on what its taste will be. Malt does not exist in its pure form in nature; it is obtained from cereal crops, such as rye, barley, wheat.
