Brewing facts for kids

Brewing is the process of making beer. It is usually made in a brewery, though it can be made at home. It is made by adding bacteria that ferment malt, barley or sugar into a large vat. Ethanol is produced by bacteria using up the energy from the mixture (which the bacteria digest into glucose) because there is no oxygen in the vat.

Images for kids

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  A 16th-century brewery

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  The Alulu beer receipt records a purchase of "best" beer from a brewer, c. 2050 BC from the Sumerian city of Umma in Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq).

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  Malted barley before kilning or roasting

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  Hop cone in a Hallertau, Germany, hop yard

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  A mash tun at the Bass Museum in Burton-upon-Trent

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  Lauter tun

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  Brew kettles at Brasserie La Choulette in France

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  Modern closed fermentation vessels

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  Open vessels showing fermentation taking place

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  Spontaneous fermentation at Timmermans in Belgium

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  Conditioning tanks at Anchor Brewing Company

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  Cask ales with gravity dispense at a beer festival

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  Diatomaceous earth, used to create a filtration bed

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  Spent grain, a brewing by-product

See also

In Spanish: Elaboración de cerveza para niños