What do you call an alcoholic beverage brewed with malt, water, and yeast?!
Just like beer, but without hops!.
Is this still considered beer!?
If so, what style would it be considered!?
My first guess would be malta, but apparently that is non-alcoholic!.
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Is this still considered beer!?
If so, what style would it be considered!?
My first guess would be malta, but apparently that is non-alcoholic!.
Is this such a thing as alcoholic malta!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
I would also call a beer brewed without hops "sweet beer," until a name is accepted by industry!. We could also call them "old beers!." A throwback before hops we the norm in brewing!.
The so-called malt beverages (they are not) use added flavors such as fruit!. Most use only water and the alcohol produced from grains (malted barley) but no actual malt exists in the bottled beverage!. Then they sugar the hell out of them!.
The term "malt beverage" is often used by trade associations of groups of beer wholesalers (e!.g!. Tennessee Malt Beverage Association) to avoid any negative connotations associated with beer!. Additionally, the term is applied to many other flavored beverages prepared from malted grains to which natural or artificial flavors have been added to make them taste similar to wines, fruits, colas, ciders, or other beverages!. This subcategory has been called "malternative," as in Smirnoff Ice (US & French version), or "maltini," as in 3SUM, which also has energy components like caffeine!. Marketing of such products in the United States has increased rapidly in recent years!.
In most jurisdictions, these products are regulated in a way identical to beer, which allows a retailer with a beer license to sell a seemingly wider product line!. This also generally avoids the steeper taxes and stricter regulations associated with distilled spirits!.
In Texas, such beverages must be referred to as "flavored beers" rather than "Malt Beverages"!.
Retrieved from "http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Malt_bever!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
The so-called malt beverages (they are not) use added flavors such as fruit!. Most use only water and the alcohol produced from grains (malted barley) but no actual malt exists in the bottled beverage!. Then they sugar the hell out of them!.
The term "malt beverage" is often used by trade associations of groups of beer wholesalers (e!.g!. Tennessee Malt Beverage Association) to avoid any negative connotations associated with beer!. Additionally, the term is applied to many other flavored beverages prepared from malted grains to which natural or artificial flavors have been added to make them taste similar to wines, fruits, colas, ciders, or other beverages!. This subcategory has been called "malternative," as in Smirnoff Ice (US & French version), or "maltini," as in 3SUM, which also has energy components like caffeine!. Marketing of such products in the United States has increased rapidly in recent years!.
In most jurisdictions, these products are regulated in a way identical to beer, which allows a retailer with a beer license to sell a seemingly wider product line!. This also generally avoids the steeper taxes and stricter regulations associated with distilled spirits!.
In Texas, such beverages must be referred to as "flavored beers" rather than "Malt Beverages"!.
Retrieved from "http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Malt_bever!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
It really depends on what country you're in!. In the United States, everything called beer has to have a small amount of hops in it, a very, very small amount!. This is because of tax reasons and only to differentiate between malt beverages and liquor (manufacturers pay a higher tax per gallon of liquor than you do a gallon of beer)!.
But in all honesty, malt, water and yeast would be beer!. Just like using grapes and yeast makes wine, and honey and yeast makes mead!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
But in all honesty, malt, water and yeast would be beer!. Just like using grapes and yeast makes wine, and honey and yeast makes mead!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
In the US, this is what the base is for most alcopops!. Smirnoff Ice is made by taking such a concotion then adding some sort of flavored sugar!.
Anyways, I call it unhopped beer!.
The government considers it a malt beverage, and taxes it like beer!. The taxes for a vodka base are higher, so alcopops are malt beverages in the US and generally vodka based in Europe/Canada!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Anyways, I call it unhopped beer!.
The government considers it a malt beverage, and taxes it like beer!. The taxes for a vodka base are higher, so alcopops are malt beverages in the US and generally vodka based in Europe/Canada!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I call it beer!. As far as I am concerned beer is fermented sugars derived from barley (or grain) by yeast (sometimes other microbes)!. Hops are still new to beer and are a flavor component!.
Style!? Good question!. Perhaps we could come up with an old world name one that was used prior to the common use of hops!. What is a gruit!?
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Gruit
stuff on the web:
http://www!.plainvanillashell!.com/archive!.!.!.
USA legal definition (of Ale)
http://www!.beeripedia!.com/index!.php/Ale#!.!.!.
In a number of U!.S!. states, especially in the western United States, "ale" is the term mandated by state law for any beverage fermented from grain with an alcoholic strength above that which can legally be named "beer," without regard to the method of fermentation or the yeast used!. This distinction is not obsolete, but it is idiosyncratic!.
Concise History of Beer-wiki
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/History_of_!.!.!.
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Style!? Good question!. Perhaps we could come up with an old world name one that was used prior to the common use of hops!. What is a gruit!?
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Gruit
stuff on the web:
http://www!.plainvanillashell!.com/archive!.!.!.
USA legal definition (of Ale)
http://www!.beeripedia!.com/index!.php/Ale#!.!.!.
In a number of U!.S!. states, especially in the western United States, "ale" is the term mandated by state law for any beverage fermented from grain with an alcoholic strength above that which can legally be named "beer," without regard to the method of fermentation or the yeast used!. This distinction is not obsolete, but it is idiosyncratic!.
Concise History of Beer-wiki
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/History_of_!.!.!.
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It would still be beer in the technical sense, but it probably would taste way too light and watery even for an American's palette!. The hops give it a more bitter bite to it!. If you have ever had an India Pale Ale, you know what I'm talking about!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Hops are not absolutely necessary to make beer, just to flavor and preserve it!. Spruce beer uses spruce needles or extract in place of hops and gruits use various herbs!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I call it sweet beer!.
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