a short glossary of brewing and beer terms

do you know your top fermented beer from your bottom?

take a look through these pages to find out more about some of the phrases used on our site.

Fruit Beer

Fruit flavourings have been added to beer for centuries, with the art being perfected in Belgium with fruit either added whole or as a syrup to Lambic, Oud Bruin or, occasionally, white beer, resulting in the delicious kriek (cherry), framboise (raspberry), pêche (peach) and cassis (blackcurrant) beers, to mention just a few of the flavours available.

Brewing of fruit beer is also popular in the United States, along with seasonal variations such as pumpkin ale produced during Autumn.

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