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1
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What is ‘AE’ in relation to beer?

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Apparent Extract

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What is ‘FMB’ in relation to beer?

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Flavoured Malt Beverage

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What is ‘IBU’ in relation to beer?

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International Bitterness Unit

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4
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What is an IPA?

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India Pale Ale

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5
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What is ‘LME’ in relation to beer?

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Liquid Malt Extract

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6
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Name 3 English hops.

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Challenger

Fuggle

Goldings

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Name 3 German hops.

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Hallertau

Polaris

Tettnanger

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8
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Name the Trappist beer made in Spain.

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Carenia

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What are common characteristics that Trappist beers share?

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Top fermented

Unpasteurized

No chemical additives

Addition of sugar to the wort

Bottle conditioned

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10
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What are lager yeasts called?

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Saccharomyces pastorianus

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11
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What are some examples of American Adjunct Lager?

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Budweiser

Corona

Miller High Life

Pabst Blue Ribbon

Coors

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12
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What are the 4 key ingredients in all beers?

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Water

Hops

Yeast

Malt

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13
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What are the basic malting steps?

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Steeping

Germinating

Kilning

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14
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What are the International Trappist Association criteria?

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The beer must be brewed within the walls of a Trappist monastery

Brewery must be of secondary importance

The brewery is not intended as a profit-making venture

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15
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What are the names of the Trappist breweries?

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Westmalle

Westvleteren

Chimay

Koningshoeven - Holland

Abbey Maria Toevlucht - Holland

Rochefort

Orval

Achel

Stift Engelszell - Austria

St Joseph’s Abbey - Spencer, Massachusetts

Tre Fontane Abbey - Rome, Italy

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16
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What beer is a specialty of Franconia?

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Kellerbier

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17
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What city identifies with Altbier?

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Düsseldorf

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18
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What city in Germany identifies with Kolsch?

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Cologne

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19
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What city is Export Lager from?

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Dortmund

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20
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What city is Gose from?

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Leipzig

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21
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What city is Helles Lager from?

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Munich

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22
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What city is Rauchbier from?

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Bamburg

23
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What is a hop kiln?

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A building designed for drying hops before they are compressed and sold to brewers

Also called oast house

24
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What is a patersbier?

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“Father’s Beer” only available within the monastery for use of the monks

25
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What is a Pilsner?

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A pale golden beer

26
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What is a Trappist brewery?

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Brewery located within the walls of a Trappist Abbey and brewing performed by Trappist monks.

27
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What is a tripel?

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A strong golden coloured ale. Refers to the amount of malt with fermentable sugars and the original gravity of the wort prior to fermentation.

28
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What is ale yeast called?

A

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

29
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What is an Abbey beer?

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Beers similar to Trappist beers produced by secular breweries

30
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What is an American Adjunct Lager?

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A light bodied pale, fizzy Lager made popular by the large macro/breweries after prohibition. Adjunct cereal grains like rice and corn are used.

31
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What is an oast house?

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A building designed for drying hops before they are compressed and sold to brewers

Also called hop kiln

32
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What is Düsseldorf known for beer-wise?

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Altbier

33
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What is ESB?

A

Extra Special Bitter

34
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What is grist?

A

Milled grain mixture

35
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What is gueuze?

A

A blend of young and old lambics and fermentation concludes in the bottle

36
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What is IPA?

A

India Pale Ale characterized by high levels of alcohol and hops

37
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What is kriek?

A

Cherry lambic

38
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What is lambic?

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Sour wheat beer style brewed in and around Brussels

39
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What is malting?

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The process in which raw barley or another grain is made ready to become the main ingredient in the brewing process

40
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What is mashing?

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The start of the brewing process where crushed grains are mixed with water to form a porridge like mixture called the mash

41
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What is rauchbier?

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German style beer brewed with smoked malt

42
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What is schwarzbier?

A

Black beer or black lager

43
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What is sparging?

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Rinsing the spent grains with fresh water to extract additional sugar and flavour

44
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What is the German term for black beer?

A

Schwarzbier

45
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What is the most popular beer style in Bavaria?

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Weissbier

46
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What is the name of the enzyme released when the barley is germinated?

A

Amylase

47
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What is the name of the Trappist brewery in the Netherlands?

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Koningshoeven Brewery - La Trappe

Abbey Maria Toevlucht - Zundert

48
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What is the oldest Trappist brewery?

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Rochefort in Belgium founded in 1595

49
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What is wort?

A

Aqueous solution of extract made from grain and intended for fermentation by yeast into beer

50
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What style of beer is Cologne known for?

A

Kolsch

51
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What system is used to measure the color of beer?

A

Lovibond

52
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What win region also contains the majority of hops acreage planted in the US?

A

Yakima Valley

53
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When was the Bavarian Purity Law enacted?

A

1516

54
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What style of beer is Duchess de Bourgogne?

A

is a Flanders red ale-style beer produced by Brouwerij Verhaeghe in Vichte, Belgium. After a primary and secondary fermentation, this ale is matured in oak barrels for 18 months. The final product is a blend of a younger 8-month-old beer with an 18-month-old beer

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