Beer conditioning
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Beer conditioning is a required step to making beer
. It takes place after initial fermentation, when the liquid is removed from the lees
and transferred to a new container. It comprises three steps:
Beer
Beer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat...
. It takes place after initial fermentation, when the liquid is removed from the lees
Lees (fermentation)
Lees refers to deposits of dead yeast or residual yeast and other particles that precipitate, or are carried by the action of "fining", to the bottom of a vat of wine after fermentation and ageing. The yeast deposits in beer brewing are known as trub...
and transferred to a new container. It comprises three steps:
- maturation (including secondary fermentationSecondary fermentationSecondary fermentation is a process commonly associated with winemaking, which entails a second period of fermentation in a different vessel than what was used when the fermentation process first started. An example of this would be starting fermentation in a carboy or stainless steel tank and then...
) - clarification
- stabilisation