Question

Brandy is distilled from fermented fruits, rum is distilled from molasses, Bourbon whisky from corn, rye whisky from rye, scotch whisky from barley, Irish whisky from potatoes, Saki from rice and beer from ____________.
(a) Malt
(b) yeast
(c) grapes
(d) apples

Answer 1

Hint: Beer is obtained by the process of the brewing which involves the extraction of the water and sugar from the cereal grain which is sweet and tasty. Now with the help of this, you can easily answer the given statement.

Complete step by step answer:
- Beer is mainly obtained from the cereals grains such as from the malted barley and other cereals like wheat, maize i.e. corn and rice are also used and the process of making beer is called brewing.
- The beer is made at a place which is commercially made for it which is called the brewery or the beerhouse. In this beerhouse, different equipment which is used for the brewing are placed or kept here.
Now considering the statement;
- From the above-mentioned products, malt is used to make beer. Malt is a cereal grain which is obtained during the process of malting.
- Mating is the process of germinating and drying the dry to convert it into malt and the malt obtained is used for brewing.
- In the process of brewing, water and sugar is extracted from the malt and the sugar so obtained is then fermented by the yeasts to get the beer.
- Thus, Brandy is distilled from fermented fruits, rum is distilled from molasses, Bourbon whisky from corn, rye whisky from rye, scotch whisky from barley, Irish whisky from potatoes, Saki from rice and beer from malt.
The correct option is option “A” .

Note: Malt have different combinations of flavors and are sweet and nutty in taste. Its taste is also referred to as the taste of toast, caramel, coffee or fruits like the raisins. Malted grain which is grounded into a coarse meal is called as the sweet meat.