[ MUSIC ] My name is Allison Higi, and I am
the brewer here at Court Avenue Restaurant
and Brewing Company in Des Moines, Iowa.
[ MUSIC ] So when you initially walk into
a brewpub, you're probably gonna see a large
chalkboard with a bunch of different beer
names and a bunch of different numbers on
them.
And what does all this.
Information need.
ABV which stands for alcohol by volume.
And that's gonna be an indicator of the percentage
of the liquid that is actually alcohol in
the beer you're drinking.
And some breweries will do pricing also according
to the ABV of the beer.
So a stronger beer might cost you a little
bit more than one that's a, on the lower ABV
side.
Next you'll usually.
The IBUs.
IBU stands for international bittering units.
It comes from the amount of hops in the beer
and when they're added to the beer and it's
a good indicator of the bitterness quality
of the beer.
Typically the scale will go from zero you
can, it can go up to 80, 90, 100.
If you typically drink American macro produced
beers those are gonna be in the range of fifteen
ibu's.
So choose of the [ UNKNOWN ] of your menu
that has about fifteen ibu's and that will
be fairly similar to something you already
enjoy.
A typical American beer that you might [ MUSIC
] Drink is going to be in the neighborhood
of three to four percent ABV, but in the craft
beer industry, that ranges a lot broader and
you'll see beers anywhere from three, four
percent all the way up to eight, nine, ten
percent alcohol by volume.
The chalkboard is there to help you find the
style of beer that you'll enjoy.
