This glossary defines the words used in the world of beer. Click a word to see its definition. To narrow your search, you can also select a letter below.
7 words for the letter K
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Keg
A beer keg is an aluminum barrel holding 20 to 60 liters, used to serve draft beer.
Kegging
Putting beer into kegs.
Kiln
Tower topped with ventilation chimneys used for kilning.
Kilning
Heating the green malt to stop germination and dry it.
Kölsch
Light, top-fermented blonde beer, cold-conditioned, from Cologne. Its name is a protected designation reserved for breweries in the Cologne area; it is served in a narrow, straight 20 cl glass, the Stange.
Kräusening
This technique consists of adding wort to a mature, conditioned beer. It saturates the beer with carbon dioxide, giving it a pronounced sparkle. The beer undergoes a second fermentation.
Kriek
Kriek Lambic is a beer made by blending gueuze lambic with cherries (macerated in the gueuze for several months). It is probably the oldest fruit blend based on gueuze; more recently, blends have appeared with blackcurrant, raspberry, peach, strawberry, grape, banana, mirabelle plum, etc. The French are particularly fond of the Mort Subite and Belle-Vue krieks, which are sweetened, filtered, pasteurized, cut: in short, not authentic. To get an idea of a traditional kriek, try Cantillon Kriek lambic or Girardin Kriek Lambic.