SRM is a unit of beer color.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Specific gravity
• D. ABV

Answer: (A)

SRM stands for Standard Reference Method and is the unit used to describe beer color. It comes from a standard way of measuring how much light at about 430 nm a beer absorbs, which correlates to how dark the beer appears. Higher SRM values indicate darker color, and the scale is roughly comparable to the European EBC scale (1 SRM ≈ 1.97 EBC). This color-focused measurement is separate from other beer characteristics like sweetness/body or strength.

Specific gravity and ABV measure different things: specific gravity gauges density related to fermentable sugars, and ABV indicates actual alcohol concentration. They describe mouthfeel or strength, not color.

Therefore, the statement is true.