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Different beer styles need different glass styles

As any good cerevisaphile knows, using the proper glass is essential to maximizing the enjoyment of your beer. We're all guilty of drinking out of plastic cups at some point in our lives, but let's face it, you weren't really enjoying your beer when you did that, were you? Mug: Good strong and hearty ales are best enjoyed out of a good, strong mug. Mugs also have the added benefit of being easy to drink…

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What’s the Difference Between Beer and Ale?

What’s the Difference Between Beer and Ale? The answer is simple - ale IS beer. Both ale and lager are beer. Beer is a blanket term for any alcoholic beverage made from fermented grains. It is broken up into two basic categories: ale and lager. The term lager is often interchanged with ‘beer’, which is why people make a distinction between beer and ale, rather than lager and ale. Therefore, what’s the difference between ale and lager? The process of brewing lager…

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Our Master Brewer

George Thompson In late 2007 George joined Strangford Lough Brewing Company as Operations Director.  One of his first tasks was to review and improve SLBCs range of beers and to ensure they reflected the best traditions of Irish brewing.  George was also instrumental in developing the SLBC technical strategy for exporting immigrant beers – starting in Ireland and finishing in North America. To achieve a product with these attributes George has developed the vision of…

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The Process

How our Irish beer is made What is brewing? Brewing is converting the starch source into a sugary liquid called wort and converting the wort into the alcoholic beverage known as beer in a fermentation process affected by yeast. The brewing process: Preparation of wort Malted Barley is ground to grist. Hot water is then mixed with this grist, a process known as mashing. During the mashing process, which takes around 1 to 2 hours,…

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Ions Important to Brewing

Ions Important to Brewing The following summarizes the influences of various inorganic ions on beer quality and flavour: Bicarbonate (HCO3—, 0-250 ppm) Carbonate and bicarbonate ions prevent the decrease of pH and contribute to alkalinity. High levels in pale-based beers cause high mash pH, decreased enzyme activity, and can increase polyphenol levels extracted from grain husk, creating tea-like harshness.  They also increase the ‘reddening’ of wort. Sulphate (SO4—, <150 ppm) At upper levels sulphate ions can increase perception of…

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