Can
Term from the Brauwerkstatt brewing glossary, category “Packaging, storage and serving”.
Explanation
Cans protect beer completely from light and oxygen and are light to carry. They are lined on the inside, so the beer does not taste of metal. The first beer can went on sale in the USA in 1935.
Test your knowledge
What did researchers find in the Can Sadurní cave near Barcelona?
- Barcelona’s first brewery
- The oldest wine cellar
- Traces of Neolithic beer, more than 6,000 years old
Show answer
Correct: Traces of Neolithic beer, more than 6,000 years old. Malt and beer residues clung to grinding stones and pottery bowls from the middle of the 5th millennium BC.
Frequently asked questions
Can you taste a few mg/l of residual alkalinity?
No. About 18 mg/l of residual alkalinity shifts mash pH by only about 0.03, which is below the accuracy of typical pH meters.
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