Brouette de Bières
Fortwenger Bière au Pain d'Épices
France
With a strong brewing tradition in the Northern and Eastern regions, France is the 5th european brewer country. 300 different beers can be found on the french territory.
However, beer is not really part of consumption patterns. Indeed an inhabitant drinks 33.7l per year (that is 2 33cl bottles per week).
- Trademark:
- Fortwenger
- Kind:
- Amber
- Alcohol content:
- 5.8%
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Amber beer
Prepared with slightly roasted malt, an amber beer is recognizable thanks to its "caramel" or "amber" color. It is sweeter and contains more alcohol.
Glossary of avalaible pictograms
Top fermentation
Fermented at a temperature between 59°F and 79°F, top fermented beers are famous because of their more complex flavours. Moreover, they often have a higher alcohol content (depending on the malt quantity) than bottom fermented ones.
This fermentation type was originally the most spread one, but since this time bottom fermented beers have flooded the market. Mainly brewed by artisanal breweries, top fermented beers are the ones prefered by beer lovers.
Refermented in the bottle
Refermentation in the bottle is due to the addition of yeasts, and sometimes sugar, in the beer while bottling. Then beer is stored in a hot (68°F to 77°F) fermentation room for a few weeks before being sold.
Once begun, refermentation goes on during the conservation of the beer. Consequently taste and alcohol content evolve all along its ageing.
Because of the presence of yeast, you're likely to see a little sediment at the bottom of the bottle and beer can be a bit cloudy.
Single malting
Beer brewed with an usual quantity of malt. As malt provides sugar for the fermentation, single malted beers usually have a medium or low alcohol content.
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Brouette de Bières®, BP 95, 59163 Condé sur l'Escaut (France) - SARL company with a 9000 ¤ capital - RNCS Valenciennes 493 819 684
CNIL registration number 1194297 - Selling beer to minors is forbidden
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