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1
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Name the four essential beer ingredients

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malt, water, hops, and yeast

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2
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What are three ways malt impacts beer?

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determines beer color, contributes to the beer aroma and flavor, creates sweetness and body

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What is the most important cereal grain used for beer?

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Barley

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4
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Describe the sensory impacts of hops on beer

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contributes aromas/flavors, imparts bitterness

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5
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Hops are the flowering ‘cone’ of which plant?

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Humulus Lupulus (hyoo·myuh·luhs·loo·pyoo·luhs)

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6
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Which places/regions of the world are ideal for hop-growing?

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Germany, England, Belgium, and Czech. Slovenia, Alsace, Pacific North West of USA, Washington’s Yakima Valley

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7
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Name a style of beer that uses herbs instead of hops in beer production:

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Gruit ale

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8
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What are IBU’s?

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International Bitter Units, an indicator of a beers bitterness. This number could be found on a beers packaging or on the brewers website.

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9
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Which bacteria are essential in the brewing of sour beer?

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Lactobacillus and Pediococcus

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10
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Which beer styles are lightly hopped? List a few breweries:

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Früh, Gaffel, Reissdorf (Kölsch)
Heineken, Corona, Buidweiser (Intertational Lager)

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Which beer styles are moderately hopped? List a few breweries:

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Pilsner Urquell, Firestone Walker Pivo Pils (Pilsner), Spaten München, Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold (Helles), Bass Pale Ale, Fuller’s London Pride (English Pale Ale), Fuller’s ESB (Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB)

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12
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Indian Pale Ale originated in which of the following countries?

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England

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13
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Stouts, milds, bitters, and pale ales are classic styles that originated where?

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England

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14
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The Dubbel, triplet, and Quadruple are examples of what type of beer?

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Trappist beer styles

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15
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How many fluid ounces are in an American Pint?

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16 oz

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16
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What is a ‘session’ beer?

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17
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Of a Belgian Dubbel, Porter, Czech Pilsner, Brown Ale, which would you expect to be lightest in color?

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Czech Pilsner

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18
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What is the proper serving temperature range for a lager?

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48-52 degree F

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19
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Trappist beers must be brewed by or under the supervision of who?

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Monks

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20
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Beers spontaneously fermented in open-top containers with native wild yeasts are known as what?

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Lambics

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21
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At what pointing the brewing process are hops most likely added?

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at the ‘Boiling’ phase

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22
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In beer brewing, what is the Wort?

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A sugar-rich liquid extracted from the mashing process

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23
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Which ‘yeast’ strain is most active in the fermentation on a ‘stout’?

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Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

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24
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German Kolsch beers are traditionally associated with which of the following cities?

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Cologne

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25
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Cascade, Simcoe, Saaz, and Hallertau are all examples of?

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Hop varieties

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26
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What were the 3 original ingredients permitted in the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516? (Reimheitsgebot)

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Barley, Hops, Water (major shift away from the unhopped gruit beers)

27
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Name the country where each beer comes from: Peroni, Guinness, Chimay, Red Stripe, Heineken, Labatt:

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Peroni(Italy), Guinness(Ireland), Chimay(Belgium), Red Stripe(Jamaica), Heineken(Netherlands), Labatt(Canada)

28
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What is the name of the dark German lager style whose name literally translates as “Black Beer?”

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Schwarzbeir

29
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What style of beer is produced by blending one year old lambics with beers that have aged for two or three years?

30
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Who produces Two-Hearted Ale

A

Bell’s Brewery

31
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Who produces ‘Old Rasputin’

A

North Coast Brewery

32
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Who produces ‘Union Jack’

A

Firestone Walker

33
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Who produces ‘Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale’

34
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What is a craft beer descried as ‘High Gravity?’

35
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‘IBU’ in beer stands for what?

A

Internation Bitter Units

36
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Flanders Red Ale would be most influenced by what yeast strain?

A

Lactobacillus

37
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What is the IBU range for an IPA?

38
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English Bitter, Weizenbock, Irish Dry Stout, Belgian Dubbel are examples of what beer style?

39
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A ‘Framboise’ is a spontaneously fermented Belgian-style ale brewed with?

A

Raspberries

40
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After the barley is germinated, the enzyme amylase is released, which converts the starchy carbohydrates into which two of the following sugars?

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Dextrin and Maltose

41
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After the wort liquid is drawn off the grains and filtered into the brew kettle, additional sugar and flavor may be extracted from the spent grains by rinsing them with fresh water, a process known as?

42
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Which hop varieties are known as ‘Noble Hops’?

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Hallertau, Sazz, Tettnang

43
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Name the correct glassware for the following beers: Pilsner, English Bitter, Begian Dubbel, Barrel-aged Russian Imperial Stout, Saison:

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Pilsner(Flute), English Bitter(Pint), Begian Dubbel(Goblet), Barrel-aged Russian Imperial Stout(Snifter), Saison(Tulip)

44
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The Saison beer style is synonymous with which beer style?

A

Farmhouse ale

45
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The American Adjunct Lager commonly includes small amounts of what ingredients?

46
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ESB acronym stands for what in relation to English-style pale ale

A

Extra Special Bitter or Extra Strong Bitter

47
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Putting a bottom fermented beer through an extended secondary aging at temperatures near freezing is known as?

48
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List the city of origin for the following beer styles: Alter, Rauchbier, Export lager, Gose, Hellas Lager:

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Altbier(Dusseldorf), Rauchbier, Export lager, Gose, Hellas Lager:

49
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A ‘Wee Heavy’ is a nickname for which beer style?

A

Scotch Ale

50
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Name the Franken specialty beer, where malted barley is smoked before being brewed:

51
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How many ounces of beer does a British, or ‘Imperial’ pint hold?

52
Q

Dos Equis AMber and Negra Modelo are both examples of which beer style?

A

Vienna Lager

53
Q

What style of beer would have these standard statistics?
IBUs: 65
SRM: 40
OG: 1.095
FG: 1.020
ABV: 9.84%

A

Russian Imperial Stout

54
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What beer characteristic do the SRM or EBC scales measure?

A

Color Density

55
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Place the following beer styles from lowest to highest alcohol content: Barley Wine, California Common, Berliner Weisse, Doppelbock

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Berliner Weisse, California Common, Doppelbock, Barley Wine

56
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Name the beer style that is produced by freezing a doppelbock base and removing a portion of the frozen water in order to concentrate the final product.

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Eisbock or Ice Bock

57
Q

Ayinger Celebrator, Paulaner Salvator, Spaten Optimaler, and Birra Moretti La Rossa are all examples of which of the following styles?

58
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What is the function of a hopback chamber?

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To introduce fresh hops to the beer after the boil in order to retain fresh aromas lost from boiling

59
Q

Add the aromas associated with the following compounds:
Dimethyl Sulfide(DMS)
Acetaldehyde
Diacetyl
Trans-2Nonenal
4-vinyl Guiacol

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Dimethyl Sulfide(DMS): cooked corn/cabbage
Acetaldehyde: green apples
Diacetyl: butter/popcorn
Trans-2Nonenal: wet cardboard, oxidation
4-vinyl Guiacol: cloves/smoke

60
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Who makes the beer ‘Pivo Pils’?

A

Firestone Walker (Paso Robles)

61
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Who makes the beer ‘Prima Pils’?

A

Victory (Downingtown, PA)

62
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Who makes ‘Dortmunder Gold’?

A

Great Lakes (Cleavland, OH)

63
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Explain the effect of yeast-derived flavor and aroma differences between ales and lagers:

A

ales- hundreds of distinct strains of yeasts, meaning lots of combinations of different flavor/aroma derived from yeast.

lagers-only two closely related groups of lager yeasts, with minor variations of different flavor/aroma derived from yeast.

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