Beer is made from Malt, Hops, Yeast and Water, we all know that, but what does each ingredient bring to beer flavor? Let's take a look.

Steve Parkes splits his time between being the owner and lead instructor at the American Brewers Guild Brewing School and the Head Brewer’s job at Drop In Brewing in Middlebury Vermont. He graduated from Heriot-Watt University, with a degree in Brewing Science in 1982 and has spent the last 35 years working in small and medium sized breweries on both sides of the Atlantic. He has built breweries from scratch using both used and new equipment, and has years of experience in practical problem solving. He has been a regular speaker at the annual Craft Brewers Conference, is a veteran GABF and World Beer Cup judge, held office at the regional level with MBAA, and at a national level with the AOB board of advisors. He co-wrote the chapter on brewhouse operations for the recently published MBAA Practical handbook for the Specialty Brewer and several entries in the Oxford Companion to Beer

Origins of Beer Flavors