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1
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What 5 companies make over 50% of the world’s beer?

A
  • Anheuser Busch InBev
  • SAB Miller
  • Heineken
  • Carlsberg
  • China Resources Enterprise
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What is the Alulu Beer Recipe?

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the oldest beer recipe in history (2,050 BC) from the Sumerian City of Umma

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What is Reiheitsgebot?

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Bavarian Purity Law of 1516

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4
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What do minutes represent in reference to IPA?

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the amount of time hops are allowed to boil

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5
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What are 4 noble hop varieties?

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Terranger
Spalt
Hallertauer
Saaz

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6
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What category of beer is spontaneously fermented and includes the styles of Geuze and Kreik?

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Lambic

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Name 3 of the 6 Trappist breweries in Belgium.

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Achel
Chimay
Orval
Rochefort
Westmalle
West Vieteren
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In what country would you find the Abbey of Engelszell?

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Austria

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9
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What US Abbey is authorized to produce trappist ale?

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St. Joseph’s Abbey

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What is Geuze?

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a blend of mature lambic and young, still fermenting lambic that is then bottled and conditioned.

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What is Kölsch?

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A beer from Cologne, Germany

-subtle, delicate pale ale, made of barley. Has its own special yeast.

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What were the 3 ingredients of the Bavaria Purity Law?

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water, barley, hops

-yeast was not yet discovered

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13
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What brewery produces Pliny the Younger?

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Russian River Brewing

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What is the difference between Pliny the Younger and Pliny the Elder?

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younger-triple IPA

elder- double IPA

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What are 2 signature ingredients for flavoring almost always found in Belgian Wit Beer?

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Coriander and Orange Peel

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16
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What flavor is Kriek Lambic?

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Cherry

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17
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What US state produces over 70% of North American Hops?

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Washington

18
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What country is the largest beer producer in the world?

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China

19
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What do degrees Plato indicate?

A

the ratio of fermentable sugars to water in wort

similar to the brix measure for wine

20
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What are IBUs?

A

International Bitterness Units

21
Q

What yeast strain is typically used to produce ales?

A

Saccharomyces Cerevisae (Top Fermenting)

22
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Which trappist brewery is located in the Netherlands?

A

Koninghoeven (Le Trappe)

23
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What is Rauchbier?

A

smoked beer famously produced in Bamberg, Franken

24
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At what temperature range should ales be served?

A

48°-52°

25
Q

What category of beer does the Marzen/Fest Beer style fall under?

A

Lager

26
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In what region is Altbier considered a specialty?

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Duseldorf

27
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What is the only Trappist brewery in Italy?

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Tre Fontane Abbey

28
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What is Krausening?

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adding a small proportion of partially fermented wort to a brew during lagering

29
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What scale is used to measure the density of beer wort?

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Plato Scale

30
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What is dry hopping? What is the purpose?

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addition of dry hops to fermented or aging beer to increase its hop aroma or character

31
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What is lautering?

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Seperating sweet wort from the spent grains in a lautering tun

32
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Translate “hefe”.

A

yeast

33
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Translate “wit”.

A

white

34
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Translate “weizen”.

A

wheat

35
Q

Translate”helles”.

A

bright or light

36
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Translate “rauch”.

A

smoke

37
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What is Kölsch and where is it produced?

A

a pale ale from Cologne, Germany that is fermented warm and conditioned at cool temeperatures

38
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Name 3 types of Pale Ale.

A 
Amber Ale
English Bitter
Strong Pale Ale
Scotch Ale
India Pale Ale
39
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What is Pommeau?

A

a mistelle made in Normandy and drunk as an apertif

40
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What is Faro?

A

a mixture of lambic and lighter brewed beer

Belgian candy sugar is added for sweetness.

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