Beer

Beer is the name of an alcoholic beverage fermented from grain, usually flavored with hops. The world of beer is so large and diverse as wine, and although there are so many producers, the variety of beers and breweries is so broad that it is impossible to use a single classification to cover them all.

In any case, the basic characteristics of beer are color, yellow with shades ranging from pale yellow to dark brown (almost black), to the Reds in special cases, the foam, usually persistent, the bubbles are This is a soft drink, and the bitterness provided by hops. Its alcohol content is usually between 3-9% Vol, although many non-alcoholic beer market.

The beer began to develop in the Middle Ages, when did the custom of baking the fermented barley with hops flowers, but even before wine was made ​​from malt by soaking, but with the introduction of hops in the process when it begins to called beer.

They can be classified as:
- Beer as the country where they are produced: German, Belgian, British, Mexican, Spanish, ...
- The type of beer fermentation: Fermentation high, low fermentation, spontaneous fermentation, double fermentation, ...
- Beer as its special features, or a combination of several of the above (for example, more country type of fermentation): Kriek, Stout, Pale Ale, Lager, Bitter, Weissbier, ...
- Beer by the type of grain used in the fermentation: Barley, wheat, oats, corn, ...
- Beer by denomination of origin: abbey beers, Trappist beers (or Trappist ), ...