Etymology Beer Beer ? latin: ? latin: biber – to drink biber – to drink

Beer History Beer-brewing (1568) Mesopotamia, Egypt Mesopotamia, Egypt Middle Ages – Monasteries Middle Ages – Monasteries 1516 "Reinheitsgebot"= 1516 "Reinheitsgebot"= purity law-no additives purity law-no additives

Main Ingredients W, M, H + Y W, M, H + Y Water Water Malt Malt Hops Hops Yeast (for fermentation) Yeast (for fermentation)

Ale - fermented - fermented - fermentation - fermentation - alcohol content than "Lager" - alcohol content than "Lager" top- short higher

Lager bottom-fermented bottom-fermented long fermentation long fermentation "Lager"= "Lager"= Storage Storage "Lager" developed in Vienna in

Alt(-Bier) Alt= Alt= old (way of brewing)= old (way of brewing)= top-fermented top-fermented dark malt dark malt Cologne, Düsseldorf Cologne, Düsseldorf Brewery: Brewery: Diebels Diebels

Berliner Weiße top-fermented top-fermented with "Lactobacillus" with "Lactobacillus" + ? + ? red rasberry or red rasberry or woodruff syrup woodruff syrup low alcohol content low alcohol content

Weizenbier Weizen= Weizen= wheat wheat Malt= min. 50% wheat Malt= min. 50% wheat - long tradition in Bavaria - long tradition in Bavaria

Export-Bier bottom-fermented bottom-fermented alcohol content 5%+ alcohol content 5%+ meant for export: meant for export: -less water saves transport -less water saves transport costs costs -lager-style keeps longer -lager-style keeps longer Dortmund, Vienna, Munich

Pils(ener) bottom-fermented bottom-fermented high hops content: high hops content: bitter! bitter! Most famous Pils= "Pilsner Urquell" from: "Pilsner Urquell" from: Pilsen Czech Republic Pilsen Czech Republic

Bock-Bier thick beers with high thick beers with high alcohol content: alcohol content: 6%-10% 6%-10% high proportion of high proportion of "wort", less water "wort", less water "Paulaner Salvator"-Munich

Beer consumption in Major Countries 2004: Brazil, Canada, Czech R., China, Germany, Japan, Russia, U.S.A China China U.S.A U.S.A Germany Germany Brazil Brazil Russia Russia Japan Japan Canada (12.) Canada (12.) Cezch.R.(15.) Cezch.R.(15.) 28,640,000 l 28,640,000 l 23,974,000 l 23,974,000 l 9,555,000 l 9,555,000 l 2,183,000 l 2,183,000 l 1,878,000 l 1,878,000 l

Per Capita Consumption 2004: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech R., Germany, Ireland, U.K., U.S.A. Czech R. Czech R. Ireland Ireland Germany Germany Australia Australia Austria Austria U.K. U.K. Belgium Belgium U.S.A. (13.) U.S.A. (13.) Canada (19.) Canada (19.) Liters Liters