QandAs: Food

What is a Microbrew?

Answer:
Microbrew is beer brewed and distributed regionally

from microbreweries that produce less than 15,000 barrels of beer annually.

Usually these small commercial breweries manufacture beer of higher quality, which is also referred to as craft beer, cask ale, and real ale. Breweries often merge with restaurants or brewpubs to sell these beverages made on the premises. One of my former co-workers held a job at a brewpub part-time. She said the atmosphere was really upbeat, the microbrew was high-quality grade, and it was a fun place to work.

Makers of microbrews pay particular attention to ingredients, which are all natural, and oversee the entire brewing process. Using sugars from a “form of malted grain,” either wheat or barley, hop flowers and water, the mix is aged and fermented. In some cases, microbrews move away from filtering and heating, traditional processing for bottled beer, and are placed in a cask to continue developing. The beer can be carbonated by live yeast that produces fermentation in the container.

Though I’ve never had a microbrew or craft beer, I have heard the aroma and taste is distinctly different from commercially manufactured beer because of the select malt and hops used. My son provided me with a minieducation, explaining hop flowers in microbrew produces a fruity flavor and sweet-smelling aroma. Guess if you’re a brew lover, this is something you might try.


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