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Certified Beer Server · Keeping and Serving Beer

Store Beer Properly

Syllabus Path

Cold, stable storage preserves flavor; warm storage accelerates oxidation and other stale character.

  1. I. Keeping and Serving Beer
  2. C. Beer storage
  3. 3. Store beer properly

Exam Focus

  • Refrigerated storage is best for all beers.
  • Warm storage speeds flavor degradation.
  • Reasonable cold-to-room changes are less damaging than extended heat.
  • Avoid temperatures above 77 F / 25 C.

Cold storage

Beer remains fresher longer when kept cold. If beer cannot be refrigerated, inventory should be small and sold quickly.

Heat damage

All beers eventually show age, but heat accelerates loss of hop aroma and movement toward stale malt, papery, or cardboard-like flavors.

Key Terms

Oxidation
Age or oxygen-related flavor change often perceived as papery, stale, or cardboard-like.

References

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