On Food and Cooking

of   sieving     called  “reverse    osmosis.”   The

lowest-alcohol   malt    product     is  “malta,”    a

popular  drink   in  the     Caribbean   made    by

bottling     a   full-fledged    wort    without     any

fermentation    at  all.    It  is  dense   and sweet.

Then    there   are “malt   beverages,” which

have     the     alcohol     and     calorie     content     of

beer,    but     taste   nothing     like    beer:   they’re

more    like    soft    drinks. In  these   products,   the

only     purpose     of  the     malt    is  to  generate

sugars   for     fermentation    into    alcohol;

neither  it  nor     the     yeast   contributes     any

flavor.

Some    Styles  and Qualities   of  Beer

Beer Style Pale lager: European

Alcohol Content, Percent by Volume 4–6

Unusual Ingredients

Qualities Malty, bitter and spicy/floral from
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