What's the real difference between raw and cooked beer?
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Answer: Whether it's pasteurized (heated)
Whether it's pasteurized (heated) ✓ — Correct! 'Cooked' beer is pasteurized — briefly heated to kill yeast and microbes, so it keeps for months on a shelf. 'Raw' beer skips that heat, keeping live yeast and a fresher, livelier taste, but it spoils faster and needs refrigeration.
Whether it has alcohol — Wrong. Both have alcohol. The raw/cooked label is about pasteurization (heat treatment), not whether the beer is alcoholic.
The color of the beer — Wrong. Color comes from roasted malt. Raw vs cooked is about heat treatment for shelf life, not how dark the beer looks.
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