In beer making and homebrewing, an adjunct is an ingredient other than water, barley, hops, and yeast. The Brewer, designed and engraved, in the Sixteenth. ... Homebrewing typically refers to the brewing of beer on a very small scale, as a hobby for personal consumption or free distribution at social gatherings. ... A girl in a swimming pool Water (from the Old English waeter; c. ... Binomial name Hordeum vulgare L. Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is a major food and animal feed crop, a member of the grass family Poaceae. ... Species Humulus lupulusL. Humulus japonicusSiebold& Zucc. ... Yeasts constitute a group of single-celled (unicellular) fungi, a few species of which are commonly used to leaven bread, ferment alcoholic beverages, and even drive experimental fuel cells. ...

While "adjunct" is often used in a semi-derogatory fashion to refer exclusively to corn and rice (the two adjuncts commonly used by large North American brewing companies), an "adjunct" is any ingredient other than the four listed above, which, except for yeast, were set forth in the Bavarian Reinheitsgebot purity law. Binomial name Zea mays L. Maize (Zea mays ssp. ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans. ... Political highlights of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and the fourth ranked in population. ... The Bavarians are a German people from Bavaria, Germany. ... The Reinheitsgebot (literally purity requirement) is a regulation that originated in the city of Ingolstadt in the duchy of Bavaria in 1516, concerning standards for the sale and composition of beer. ...

Common adjuncts include:

Wheat -- used in German and American wheat beers. Wheat lightens the body and provides a tart flavor. Wheat beers are often served with fruit syrups and/or slices of lemon in Germany. Species T. boeoticum T. compactum T. dicoccoides T. dicoccon T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta T. sphaerococcum References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat (Triticum spp. ...

Rye -- used in roggenbiers from Germany and in rye beers from America. Rye is notoriously difficult to brew with, so most rye beers only include a small amount of rye. Rye provides a spicy flavor to beer and dramatically increases head formation. Binomial name Secale cereale M.Bieb. ...

Oats -- used in Oatmeal Stouts, oats provide a silky mouthfeel and a mild flavor. Species References ITIS 41455 2002-09-22 Oats are the seeds of any of several cereal grains in the genus Avena. ... In many areas related to the testing and evaluating of foodstuffs,such as wine-tasting and rheology, mouthfeel is a product’s physical and chemical interaction in the mouth from initial perception on the palate, to first bite, through mastication to swallowing. ...

Rice -- also commonly used in the production of American-style light lagers. Rice does not affect the flavor of beer to any appreciable extent, and is generally used to lighten the body and the mouthfeel. Rice is used to sweeten the flavor, lighten the body, and increase alcohol content. Rice is cheaper than barley, and therefore also serves as a cost-saving measure. Anheuser-Busch is the largest North American buyer of U.S. rice (1). Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans. ... Anheuser-Busch NYSE: BUD, the worlds third largest brewing company in volume after InBev and SABMiller, is based in St. ...

Corn -- commonly used in the production of American-style light lagers, particularly Malt Liquor. Corn is generally used in brewing as corn syrup, and as such is highly fermentable. Like rice, corn is cheaper than barley, so it is used as a cost-saving measure. Binomial name Zea mays L. Maize (Zea mays ssp. ... Malt liquor is an American term referring to a type of beer that has a high alcohol content and is therefore considered too alcoholic to be called beer. In the UK, similar beers are called super lager. ... Corn syrup, known as glucose syrup outside Canada and the United States, is a syrup made from corn starch and composed mainly of glucose. ...

Syrups -- other sweeteners such as maple syrup, honey, and molasses are common. In cooking, a syrup (from Arabic شراب sharab, beverage, via Latin siropus) is a thick, viscous liquid, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars, but showing little tendency to deposit crystals. ... A sugarshack where sap is boiled down to maple syrup. ... Honey honey comb A capped frame of honeycomb Honey is a sweet and viscous fluid produced by bees and other insects from the nectar of flowers. ... Molasses or treacle is a thick, syrupy derivative of the juice of the sugarcane plant or the processing of sugar beet. ...

Fruit -- Various fruits have been used as flavoring agents throughout the history of brewing. The most famous examples are the fruit lambics of Belgium, but the practice has spread, particularly with the advent of the microbrew movement in the United States. Framboise (raspberry), peche (peach), and kriek (cherry) are the most common fruit lambics, but adventurous lambic brewers have used everything from bananas to blackcurrant. Raspberries have also become popular in the non-lambic brewing world, and several microbreweries offer raspberry stouts or raspberry wheat ales. The Boston Beer Company makes an ale with cranberries. Fruit stall in Barcelona, Catalonia. ... Traditional wooden Lambic barrels, the L on the barrel indicates the brewery. ... Beer barrels outside the Castle Rock microbrewery in Nottingham, England. ... Binomial name Rubus idaeus L. The Raspberry or Red Raspberry, (Rubus idaeus) is a plant that produces a tart, sweet, red composite fruit in late summer or early autumn. ... Binomial name Prunus persica (L.) Batsch A peach dessert The Peach (Prunus persica) is a tree native to China that bears a juicy fruit of the same name. ... Species Several, including: Prunus apetala Prunus avium(Wild Cherry) Prunus campanulata Prunus canescens Prunus cerasus(Sour Cherry) Prunus concinna Prunus conradinae Prunus dielsiana Prunus emarginata(Bitter Cherry) Prunus fruticosa Prunus incisa Prunus litigiosa Prunus mahaleb(Saint Lucie Cherry) Prunus maximowiczii Prunus nipponica Prunus pensylvanica(Pin Cherry) Prunus pilosiuscula Prunus rufa... Species Hybrid origin; see text A banana plant is a herb in the genus, Musa, which because of its size and structure, is often mistaken for a tree. ... Binomial name Ribes nigrum L. The blackcurrant is a temperate shrub which produces small edible berries with a high natural vitamin C content, which are very dark purple/blue in colour—almost black—hence the name. ... Samuel Adams is the brand name of American beers, produced by the Boston Beer Company and named after brewer and patriot, Samuel Adams. ... Species Vaccinium macrocarpon Vaccinium microcarpum Vaccinium oxycoccus The cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs in the genus Vaccinium subgenus Oxycoccus, or in some treatments, in the distinct genus Oxycoccus. ...

Vegetables -- Pumpkin is really the only vegetable commonly used to brew beer, and pumpkin beers are available from several North American microbreweries in the fall. However, there is also at least one commercially brewed beer which is brewed with hot chili peppers. Vegetables on a market Vegetable is a nutritional and culinary term denoting any part of a plant that is commonly consumed by humans as food, but is not regarded as a culinary fruit, nut, herb, spice, or grain. ... Pumpkins Pumpkin attached to a stalk A pumpkin is a squash vegetable, most commonly orange in colour when ripe, that grows as a fruit (gourd from a trailing vine of the genus Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). ... Fall redirects here. ... The chile pepper, chili pepper, or chilli pepper, or simply chile, is the fruit of the plant Capsicum from the nightshade family, Solanaceae. ...

Spices -- Many traditional beer styles are brewed with spices. Belgian witbier is brewed with coriander, for example, and Finnish sahti is brewed with juniper berries. A few spiced winter beers are made with nutmeg and/or cinnamon. External links Wikibooks Cookbook has more about this subject: Spice Food Bacteria-Spice Survey Shows Why Some Cultures Like It Hot Citat: ...Garlic, onion, allspice and oregano, for example, were found to be the best all-around bacteria killers (they kill everything). ... Wheat beer is a beer that is brewed with both malted barley and malted wheat, rather than only barley. ... Binomial name Coriandrum sativum L. Coriander (Coriandrum sativum), also commonly called cilantro, is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae. ... Sahti is a traditional beer from Finland made from a variety of grains, malted and unmalted, including barley, rye, wheat, and oats; sometimes bread made from these grains is fermented instead of malt itself. ... Species See text. ... Species About 100 species, including: Myristica argentea Myristica fragrans Myristica malabarica The nutmegs Myristica are a genus of evergreen trees indigenous to tropical southeast Asia and Australasia. ... Binomial name Cinnamomum verum J.Presl Cassia (Indonesian cinnamon) is also commonly called (and sometimes sold as) cinnamon. ...

Other, less common adjuncts include chocolate, coffee, milk, and even oysters. Chocolate most commonly comes in dark, milk, and white varieties, with cocoa solids contributing to the brown coloration. ... Coffee in beverage form. ... A glass of cow milk Milk most often means the nutrient liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals. ... The name oyster is used for a number of different groups of mollusks which grow for the most part in marine or brackish water. ...