Serving Packaged Beer
Beers are either sold in beverage cans or bottles, although some breweries also use plastic (PET) to store beer. People can either drink the beer directly from the can or pour it into a glass before drinking. However, depending on the type of beer being served, you may prefer to serve it in certain ways before drinking.
Beers that come in bottles are either served by emptying the content into the glass or by pouring it slowing so that any yeast sediment is left at the bottom of the bottle.
Generally beers stored in bottles are normally bottle conditioned beers. Bottle conditioned beers are beer that do not have all the yeast filtered or that have fresh yeast being reseeded after the filtering process. This is to allow for additional fermentation to take place in the bottle to add more carbonation. This process is known as priming and does not necessarily add more alcohol to the beverage.
Some drinkers would prefer to pour out the yeast into the glass when they drink, which is customary with wheat beer. Hefeweizen is typically served with 90% of the content poured out and the remainder is then swirled to suspend the sediment before being poured into the glass.
Beers served in cans were first considered as a technological breakthrough for maintaining the quality of the beer. It protects the beer from light and the seal is less prone to leaking over time than bottles. However, it is now commonly associated with less expensive, mass-produced beers, even though the quality of storage in cans is much like bottles.
Note:- Hefeweizen beer is wheat beer in its traditional, unfiltered form and this kind of beer is has low hop bitterness and high in carbonation – important in balancing the beer’s relatively malty sweetness.
Leave a Comment