Have you ever heard about „cervesario” term? Cervesario is
equivalent to somelier but he’s an expert, kiper about beer. There are many
aspects that cervesario assesses like variety types of beer, it’s smell, taste,
hue, clarity, flavor etc. He has a deep knowlegde how do drink beer, which
temperaturę is the best for each type. What do you think? How many certificated
experts are in Poland right now? Maybe 100? Nothing more wrong… It’s about 24
cervesarios. But why it’s so hard to get certification? There are 56 sorts of beer,
thousands brands and one brand has few propositions of one sort. Let’s imagine
how hard is to get knowledge about each of them. In this article I’ll try to
describe few, well known types of beer like, IPA, Stout, Bock or Lager. One you
have to know is Billing’s Scale (Blg) – it’a scale of sugar content in
solution.
1)
IPA style
India Pale Ale (extract: 12,2 –
18 Blg, alcohol: 5 – 7,5%)
Imerial India Pale Ale (extract:
16,8 – 21,5 Blg, alcohol: 7,5 – 10%)
This style is tightly associated
with British colony. It has a golden or copper hue with little orange. Highly
filtered with clear hoppy bitterness.
2)
Lager
Standard Lager „soft” (extract: 7,5 – 10 Blg, alcohol: 3,2 – 4,2%)
Euro Pale Lager „deep” (extract: 10,1 – 13,8 Blg, alcohol: 4,7 – 6%)
Euro Strong Lager „strong” (extract: 13,1 – 20,1 Blg, alcohol: 6 – 10%)
Bright Lager is the most popular sort in the World. Alcohol content is
the main reason of triple division. This type of beer has a bright hue, golden
or amber color. Characterised by not so dense foam.
3)
Witbeir
Witbier/Wit/Blanche (extract: 11 – 12,9 Blg, alcohol: 4,5 – 5,5%)
Special kind of wheat beer. Little hazy, amber or orange color with spicy
flavour.
4)
Lambic
Lambic (extract: 9,8 – 13,1 Blg,
alcohol: 5 – 6,5%)
Gueuze (extract: 9,8 – 14,5 Blg,
alcohol: 5 – 8%)
Faro (extract: 9,8 – 14,5 Blg,
alcohol: 5 – 8%)
Special yeast strain gives to
this beer uniquse tase. We can feel strong, furity taste. This style is brewed
like Witbier type.
1)
Have you ever tried those kinds of beer?
2)
Do you know somebody how could be cervesario?
3)
Do you know any other sorts of beer?
Comments
I think I have never met a cervario, although I would like to ask a few questions. I only know people who drink a lot of beer ;P
I am not a big beer specialist, but I think Pilzner is another kind of beer.
I don't know anyone who would be a good cervesario material, me and my friends mostly use cheap lagers.
I know for example Porters which vary a lot in their taste but are generally tasty for me.
2. I know some people who are very passionate about beers and have very in-depth knowledge. However they usually treat it as a hobby and want to focus on their own experiences rather than general rating (It is a very hard topic!)
3. Haha, I know a bit too much to post it in this comment. I’m a beer geek and love to explore different beer styles. Moreover there are very different interpretations of those styles coming from various countries, so that complicates things even more.
Porters, Russian Imperial Stouts, Barley Wines - these are my favorite, but I wouldn't recommend them to those who are just starting the beer journey.
I know a couple of people which could become a cervesario. I don't fully get their enthusiasm toward beer, but I don't have to. Being one requires a lot of time and effort, so I guess that most of them wouldn't spend it on actually becoming one. Maybe I am wrong?
I'm not really good at naming types of beers. My favourite type is Lager, but aside of that the only one I can think of is Porter, which I am not the biggest fan of.
I have tried most of them because I am fan of a beer and I really like to try new tastes. I really like a IPA because it is really refreshing beer and it it the best option for me during friday evening when temperature is higher than 20 degrees Celsius.
2) Do you know somebody how could be cervesario?
Now I am concious how hard is to be a cervasario and for sure I don't have any firends who could be a cervasario.
3) Do you know any other sorts of beer?
I know e.g. a "porter" but I don't like this type of beer. It is too heavy and I don't feel pleasure of drinking it.
Interesting presentation, thank you that you show some interesting facts about a drink which I like. :)
Tomasz Kopyra. If you haven't heard about him, I recommend you to check his YouTube channel.
APA, Stout, Porter. Stouts are my favorite ones ;).
Honestly? I don't remember, but likely no than yes.
2) Do you know somebody how could be cervesario?
I have one person in mind, but most of my friends don't bother a lot about quality of alcohol.
3) Do you know any other sorts of beer?
No, I don't.
I knew one person that is new a lot about beer but not sure that he could be a cervesario and not sure if he even would like to such.
I believe the big category of beers which you don’t describe is porters and stouts. As far as I know, Poland is known with porters in beer community.
Yes, I like trying new kinds of beers, but I often forget what I've drunk tho. From what you presented today, I had this chance to try IPA, Lager, Witbier and I am very interested about this Faro beer right now!
2) Do you know somebody how could be cervesario?
Yes, I have this one friend who's walking beer encyclopedia and when I am sure he can't surprise me anymore, he does. Last time when we were buying some kraft beers, he had this super long conversation with the shopkeeper, so I had to step in and finish it, because I was just waiting too long.
3) Do you know any other sorts of beer?
I know many of them, but I want to give a special credit to the sour beers - it is my biggest discovery for past few months. If you didn't already try them, it is totally worth it!
In my life I have never met a person who can be cerversario, it doesn’t matter that you drink a lot or read articles about beer, to be a sommelier, you need to taste it without drinking, determine it with just a smell, so nobody I know is qualified to be a cerversario.
I mostly drink Lager, or “another type” of beer Pilsner, but I also know most of Ale types, from Old Ale, Amber Ale, British Ale and others, also Irish Stout, Porter and Cider.
Bear has bad taste for me and I always prefer not to drink instead of drink beer.
I've tried all of them and my favourite's are all kind of IPA's, mostly with "tropical" flavour.
2) Do you know somebody how could be cervesario?
I don't think so that I know someone who could be cervesario but lot's of my friends are craft beer fans.
3) Do you know any other sorts of beer?
I don't know, maybe Porter?
I have few friends, who are experts in craft beers. They can talk about beer, how it is made and differences between them for hours. It is very interesting to hear such conversations.
Other sorts of beer? Probably Porter, APA, Stouts
No, but I would like to meet one, it would be cool to talk about beer with someone, who knows beer very well
I do know Porter, APA and a few others, which name I couldn't remember.
I know one man who love beers. But I don't think so that he thinks about it in that way.
I don't know any sorts of beer but i've heard about kind of beer from Rwanda. It was make from bananas and i've heard it's great.
2)Nope, definitely non of my friends)
3)I dont know the name, but i remember a pub where you can find tasty and cool beers)