History Flashcards
Who founded Sierra Nevada?
Ken Grossman
What year did Sierra Nevada open?
1980
What beer led to the popularity of the Simcoe hop?
Pliny the Elder
Who is the co-owner and head Brewer of Russian River Brewing Company?
Vinnie Cilurzo
What culture was the first to brew beer in the modern day UK isles?
The Celts
Why were Roman Soldiers occupying the west fond of beer?
They were Germanic hired troops.
What is the Catholic saint known for turning water into beer?
St. Brigid
When did England start brewing most of their beer with hops?
The fourteenth century.
What 13th century English law set legal price guidelines for beer?
The Assize of Bread and Ale
What were the three strengths of beer in 16-17th century England?
Small beer 2%
Table beer 5-6%
March and October beers 8-10%
What was the name for industrial era English beers that had NOT undergone wood maturation?
Mild or Running ales
What was the name for industrial era English beers that had undergone wood maturation?
Stale ale, later old ale
The eighteenth century beer market was devastated by what three competing beverages?
Coffee
Tea
Gin
Why was beer exporting cheap and easy for the English?
The English imported large quantities of things, and outgoing empty trade ships needed extra weight to balance them out.
What beer was the predecessor to English IPAs?
October Beer
How did the English change their beer tax system in 1880?
They switched from a malt tax to an original gravity tax.
What were the two primarily places 19th century England exported to?
Imperial Russia and India
What symbols were used to denote beer strength in Victorian England?
X and K, the number of which corresponding to OG strength.
Porters in the 19th century were split into what two children styles?
Mild and Stout
Stout gained popularity due to what invention?
Black Patent Malt
What caused English beers to lose their strength and popularity?
The world wars, that increased taxes and made things related to Germany demonized.
