Beers

Question 1

Landmark Lite

Answer 1

Smooth, light bodied; lower alcohol and calories; comparable to: Bud/Coors/Miller Lite; contains corn; 3.6% abv

Question 2

German Pils

Answer 2

light to medium bodied, crisp, clean; Belgian malt and German hallertau hops; Comparable to: Heineken, Bitburger, Bud/Miller; 5.35% abv

Question 3

Peck’s Pilsner

Answer 3

Medium bodied, a classic European pilsner; hops are from Czech Republic; Comparable beers: Beck’s, St. Pauli Girl, Heineken, and Pilsner Urquell. Bud/Miller/Coors; 5.4% abv

Question 4

Crop Circle Wheat

Answer 4

Smooth, with a slight fruity flavor, banana/bubblegum esters; Unfiltered, made with 60% wheat malt, served with a lemon slice; Comparables: Authentic German wheat beers like Paulaner; 5.35% abv

Question 5

Devil’s Lake Red Lager

Answer 5

lots of hops flavor, but not bitter; dry-hopped; Served nitro-style, dense creamy head, German hallertau hops; Comparables: Sam Adam’s Boston Lager, Leinie’s Red; 5.4% abv

Question 6

Stone of Scone Scotch Ale

Answer 6

full-bodied, full flavored, more sweet than bitter, very drinkable; deep amber color, high alcohol; Comparables: McEwan’s Scotch Ale; 6.6%abv

Question 7

Emerald Isle Stout

Answer 7

roasted malt flavor; Special tapping (nitrogen) creates dense creamy head; Comparables: Guinness Stout; 4.25% abv

Question 8

Black Earth Porter

Answer 8

full-bodied, complex, with heavy chocolate and coffee flavors; made with nine types of malt, delicious in an ice-cream float; Comparables: Porters, Doppelbocks, anything heavy/exotic; 6.25% abv

Question 9

Potters Run IPA

Answer 9

full malt flavor with sharp bitterness; served warmer on beer engine, all English malt and hops; Comparables: Sam Smith’s IPA

Question 10

Old Glory American Pale Ale

Answer 10

hoppy; Cascade hops, dry-hopped, unfiltered; Comparables: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale; 5.2% abv

Question 11

Wooden Ships ESB

Answer 11

soft & subtle in both maltiness and hopiness; cask conditioned, dry-hopped in cask; Comparables: you would have to be in England, but Fuller’s ESB; ~4% abv

Question 12

Barrister’s Brown Ale

Answer 12

light maltiness, session beer; Comparables: Newcastle Brown Ale; ~4% abv

Question 13

Lower Alcohol

Answer 13

3.2-5% abv; Landmark Lite, Emerald Isle Stout, Wooden Ships ESB, German Pils, Barrister’s Brown Ale

Question 14

Average Alcohol

Answer 14

Peck’s Pilsner, Devil’s Lake Red Lager, Crop Circle Wheat, American Pale Ale

Question 15

Higher Alcohol

Answer 15

upwards of 6% abv; Stone of Scone, Black Earth Porter, Potter’s Run IPA, Texas Speed Bump IPA

Question 16

Texas Speedbump IPA

Answer 16

Lots of hop flavor and bitterness; Served warmer on beer engine, Amarillo hops; Comparables: 3 Floyds Alpha King, anyone’s IPA; 6.5% abv

Question 17

Wort

Answer 17

liquid mixture of water, malt, and hops before it is sent to the fermentation (basically unfermented beer)

Question 18

Starting Gravity or Original Gravity

Answer 18

quantity of sugar in the wort before the addition of yeast and the start of fermentation. Scale of Degrees Plato.

Question 19

Scale of Degrees Plato

Answer 19

1 degree Plato = 1 lbs of sugar in 100 lbs. of solution (~gals. of water); Starting gravity for Landmark Lite - 8.5 degrees Plato, for Scotch Ale - 16.5 degrees Plato.

Question 20

Finishing Gravity or Final Gravity

Answer 20

Quantity of residual or non-fermentable sugars in the beer at the end of fermentation. Landmark Lite - 1.3 degrees Plato, Scotch Ale - ~4.0 degrees Plato

Question 21

I.B.U.’s or International Bittering Units

Answer 21

Scale for measuring bittnerness; Gets sent to the lab for this reading. For the most part I.B.U.’s are estimated at the Dane.

Question 22

Real Ale or Cask-Conditioned Ale

Answer 22

age-old brewing technique originating in the UK. Fermented beer is sent into individual casks - firkins - for secondary fermentation and conditioning. The finished beer is served from the firkin.