Beer can be said to be a social network celebrity of the whole people, and human beings may have enjoyed beer for more than 654.38+0 million years.

The birth of beer was a beautiful accident ―― in 9000 BC, Mesopotamia began to collect wild barley. By chance, they threw the wheat into a clay pot and went hunting. It was during this period that a magical coincidence appeared in nature: a rain drenched barley and promoted their growth and sugar production. Another heavy rain filled the clay pot, and wild yeast was able to break down sugar, which was then converted into alcohol and carbon dioxide. This is the most primitive beer.

Barley (one of the raw materials of beer)

Perhaps a natural alcoholic is inspired by alcohol and malt, and a wonderful taste that has never been seen before impacts his taste buds. This thing is so special! He began to try to call his friends with this liquid. Since then, everything has changed. Beer makes the life of primitive people more interesting. They began to temporarily put down their stones and sticks, share beer and socialize, and then began to enter the door of the civilized world.

There is an essential plant in beer brewing, that is hops, also known as hops. The first batch of hops appeared in Lufthansa Chamber of Commerce in Bremen, Germany around AD 1000. 1 150 or so, hildegarde, the dean of Benedictine Abbey, wrote in his book that it contains bitter taste, so putting it in those perishable drinks can make it last longer. Beer without hops can rarely be stored for more than two weeks before pasteurization. Hops give beer a unique and charming bitter taste, and at the same time have a natural antiseptic effect, so that beer can still guarantee its quality after several years.

(hops)

2, hundreds of styles of beer, there are only two in terms of classification.

Although beer plays an important role in human history, the raw materials for beer brewing are very simple: malt, yeast, hops and water. As one of the most profound and extensive drinks, she can make you feel the sweetness of malt and the richness of hops, as well as the wonderful taste emitted by various yeast belts during fermentation, not to mention the various whimsical accessories added, which brings infinite possibilities.

In most cognition, beer is divided into three types: white beer, yellow beer and dark beer. But if you see a glass of red beer at this time, how do you classify it? Red beer? On St Patrick's Day, some Irish bars also offer green beer. Is it necessary to classify more green beer? Obviously, such a rough classification method is unscientific.

There are only two kinds of beer: light beer and light beer.

(Al beer and light beer brewing)

Al refers to beer fermented in the upper layer, that is, yeast is suspended in the upper layer of wine during fermentation. This fermentation method is often determined by the fermentation habit of yeast, and during the fermentation of cellar beer, yeast will sink to the bottom of the wine. Al beer fermentation needs higher room temperature, but compared with Lager yeast, its fermentation time is shorter, and the final beer style is more fragrant and the taste is often more mellow.

Pit beer, on the other hand, requires lower fermentation temperature, and finally presents a fresher body, a clear body and a simpler and more drinkable flavor. Lager beer is more suitable for large-scale industrial production because of the controllable activity of yeast at low temperature and stable beer quality. With the appearance of refrigeration equipment, this kind of beer is popular all over the world. At present, more than 90% of the beer we usually drink on the market is light beer.

3. Three principles of beer and food collocation-ABC food principle

It's snowing, how can there be no fried chicken and beer? With the popularity of Korean dramas, this sentence spread like the flu. Even if you haven't really tried this combination, at least you have heard of it.

But if you are asked what food beer should go with? Still can only give this uninspired answer, which is too uninspired. After all, no one stipulates that beer can only be served with fried food.

In addition to the well-known wine, beer, with its complex and rich flavor, has unlimited amazing possibilities together with food. Brewing beer with wine generally recommends ABC principle, which is very simple and easy to use.

Alignment matching

The principle of collocation focuses on the consistency of food and beer concentration. This principle applies to two very close flavors, and we don't want one flavor to steal the show. For example, with refreshing Budweiser beer and lobster salad, the wine tastes bright, and the smooth taste is more delicious with the fresh fragrance of lobster.

B- bridge-cohesion

The purpose of cohesion is to connect all kinds of flavors well, thus bringing people a brand-new taste experience. For example, time beer with delicious glutinous rice chicken. Light golden wine with fresh taste. The scent of hops meets the scent of glutinous rice chicken lotus leaves, which complement each other. Another example is to use Fujiabai beer with smooth taste and delicate foam with wheat-flavored fried shrimp. The natural aroma of wheat beer and vegetables are perfectly matched.

This collocation will not cause any conflict in taste, but complement each other and set off each other.

C- cutting-contrast

The principle of comparison is to compare the texture and taste of food and beer. For example, the taste of sand produced by carbon dioxide in beer contrasts with the greasy feeling of food. When we are enjoying beef, a cup of IPA with a strong aroma of hops contrasts with the taste of fat in red meat. There is a bitter and sweet contrast between food and beer, and so on.

4. What kind of beer is more suitable for what occasion? Four categories tell you the answer.

Lager beer can be divided into refreshing beer and classic beer. Refreshing and pleasant Lager wine is bright in color, refreshing and necessary for parties. Corona, Budweiser, Miqile and Harbin are the representatives of this kind.

An ingenious classic Lager represented by Time, Baker, Spett, Harbin 1900, etc. Pure wine inherits European classics and is suitable for salon parties and celebrations.

Al beer is divided into malt beer and mellow Al beer. The former has natural flavor, rich fruit fragrance and delicate foam, and white beer is one of them. It is an essential artifact for couples to date, which is represented by, Fan, Edao 3 12, Harbin White Beer, etc.

Full-bodied Al has a unique taste and flavor, which is very suitable for tasting alone or having a drink with three or two friends. It is the best choice for reward and relaxation, and its representatives include Goose Island IPA, Goose Island Sophie Eyre, Le Fei, Baldin, etc.

5. Re-recognize the beer in your hand with your five senses.

Many people's understanding of beer has always stayed in beer and water, and many people think that the fate of beer should be used to blow bottles.

When you really step into the door of beer, you will be surprised to find that the world of beer is so rich: Pearson, German wheat, Belgian double, triple and quadruple, British Potter, Oat Shitao, Imperial Shitao, American IPA, turbid IPA, Labik, sour beer and fruit beer.

A good beer will bring you an extraordinary experience from the five senses ―― first observe its color: is it transparent golden yellow? Still muddy? Or as mellow as black coffee? Then we listen to the exultation of bubbles in the wine, which is a symbol of whether a glass of beer has vitality; Then put the tip of the nose close to the mouth of the cup and smell the sweetness of malt and some herbs, which is the taste of hops; Then take a swig of beer and swallow it slowly, feeling the different levels brought by the preheating of wine in your mouth. The first is the sweetness of malt, the faint bitterness of hops, the special flavor brought by yeast fermentation, and the next may be the full burp of hops. Fully feel the feeling that the wine body brings to the mouth, whether it is light or heavy, crisp or thick, all in a glass of beer.