What are the 4 essential ingredients to make beer? 

Even if you are not a beer connoisseur, you will have guessed that hop is the main ingredient to the recipe. So, what are the 3 others? Of course there is cereal (malt or germinated barley), water (lots of it) and yeast.

Let’s take a look at each’s role in the process.

Water

Let's start with water, which represents 90%-95% of beer’s composition. Of course, it must be treated and drinkable for best results!

Cereal

Usually the cereal being used is malt, which gives beer its tones and color. Just like coffee, roasting grain plays an important role in the process. The darker the grain, the darker the beer will be.

Hops

Hops is the key ingredient to obtain the perfect beer bitterness. Hop is a vigorous, climbing plant that produces small cones, which are rich in resin and essential oils. They are used primarily as a flavouring and stability agent in beer, to which they impart bitter, and citric flavours.

Yeast

Yeast is essential to beer making, since it enables the fermentation process. Explicitly, yeast consumes the sugars, creating waste which are alcohol and carbon dioxide (that gives beer its fizz). The action of yeast can generate a range of interesting beer flavors and aromas.

The art of pouring

At your next 5 @ 7 on a terrace with friends, master this simple pouring technique to look like real pro. First, tilt the glass and pour two-thirds of the bottle without creating foam. Before adding the rest, stir the remaining beer in the bottle to mix yeast residue and create foam. Add to the glass and the perfect beer is yours!