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regardless of beer style (e.g., lager, ale, stout, pale, etc...) a 'quality' beer will:
1) have only barley, with the exceptions of the wheat beers which are 50/50 wheat barley, and some asian beers.
2) have a minimal amount of corn sugar
3) have hops appropriate to the style
Most mass produced beer (e.g., miller, bud, killians) will use a blend of malted barley, rice, wheat, corn because barley is more expensive that those alternatives. BUT those alternatives aren't good ingrediants for beer. They also use corn sugar instead of malted barley because it is MUCH cheaper, despite the fact that any significant amount of sugar will impart an after taste that can't be missed. They also use minimum amount of hops, hence many mass produced beer have very simple flavors, with very little "bitter" flavor. Nor will they use hops to impart an 'aroma' to the beer (this is done by adding hops at the very end of the brewing process which leaves the oil from the hop intact).
1) have only barley, with the exceptions of the wheat beers which are 50/50 wheat barley, and some asian beers.
2) have a minimal amount of corn sugar
3) have hops appropriate to the style
Most mass produced beer (e.g., miller, bud, killians) will use a blend of malted barley, rice, wheat, corn because barley is more expensive that those alternatives. BUT those alternatives aren't good ingrediants for beer. They also use corn sugar instead of malted barley because it is MUCH cheaper, despite the fact that any significant amount of sugar will impart an after taste that can't be missed. They also use minimum amount of hops, hence many mass produced beer have very simple flavors, with very little "bitter" flavor. Nor will they use hops to impart an 'aroma' to the beer (this is done by adding hops at the very end of the brewing process which leaves the oil from the hop intact).
... and its gotta have a good enticing smell like guiness... hacker-pschorr weisse is one that taste good but look and smells like old bananas..its really repulsive
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