Malt drink

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A malt drink is a fermented drink in which the primary ingredient is the grain, or seed, of the barley plant, which has been allowed to sprout slightly in a traditional way called "malting" before it is processed.

By far the most predominant malt drink is beer (naturally fermented barley sugars flavoured with hops), of which there are two main styles: ale and lager. A low alcohol level drink brewed in this fashion is technically identical to "non-alcoholic beer". Such a drink may be prepared by using a slightly altered brewing process that yields negligible alcohol by volume (technically less than 0.5% by volume). These are called low-alcohol beers or "near beers".

In the United States, the term "malt beverage" may be used by

Non-alcoholic malt drinks

Beer-style

• Barbican (Middle East)
• Julmust (Sweden)
• Kvass (Northeastern, Central and Eastern Europe)
• Malta (Germany and Denmark)
• Podpiwek (Poland)
• Gira
  (Lithuania)
• Supermalt (Afro-Caribbean and UK)
• ISTAK (Iran)
• Hoppy (Japan)
• Egils Malt (Iceland)

Milk-style

• Horlicks (UK)
• Malted milk
• Milkshake
• Milo (Australia and Southeast Asia)
• Ovaltine (UK)

Low-alcoholic malt drinks

• Low-alcohol beers
  • Malt beer
  • Malzbier
• Wine cooler

Average-alcoholic malt drinks

• Alcopop
• Malt beer
  • Malt liquor

High-alcoholic malt drinks

• Malt whisky
  • Single malt whisky
  • Blended malt whisky

See also

• List of barley-based drinks

References

External links

• Media related to Malt-based drinks at Wikimedia Commons