Beer Basics

Question 1

What should you taste for in the following beer?

What are the main characteristics to taste for in a beer?

Answer 1

1. maltiness
2. hoppiness (bitterness)
3. fruitiness

Question 2

What should you taste for in the following beer?

What is malt?

Answer 2

Fermented cereal grains such
as wheat and barley

Question 3

What should you taste for in the following beer?

What is the “hoppiness” of a beer?

Answer 3

A bitter flavor arising from the hop plant

Pale ales are generally the hoppiest beers available in the United States

Question 4

What should you taste for in the following beer?

What is the “fruitiness” of a beer?

Answer 4

A by-product of yeast fermentation in the brewing process

Most ales have some degree of fruity flavor, even though no actual fruit is used

Question 5

What should you taste for in the following beer?

What are the two principal types of beer?

Answer 5

Ales and Lagers

Question 6

What should you taste for in the following beer?

What are the main attributes
of an ale?

Answer 6

• made with “top-fermenting” strains of yeast
• ferments best at warmer temperatures, which leads to faster fermentation
• has more hops, malt, and roasted malt
• bitterness

Question 7

What should you taste for in the following beer?

What are the main attributes
of a lager?

Answer 7

• made with “bottom-fermenting” strains of yeast, which sink to the bottom of the tank
• ferments best at colder temperatures
• mild, crisp taste

Question 8

What should you taste for in the following beer?

The following are examples of what variety of beer?

• Barley Wine
• Porter
• Stout
• Wheat Beer

Answer 8

Ale

Question 9

What should you taste for in the following beer?

The following are examples of what variety of beer?

• Bock
• Dunkel
• Oktoberfest / Märzen
• Pilsner

Answer 9

Lager

Question 10

What should you taste for in the following beer?

American light lager

Answer 10

• subtle, lean, and crisp taste
• e.g., Budweiser, Bock

Question 11

What should you taste for in the following beer?

American light (generic pale ale)

Answer 11

• almost no malt or hop characteristics
• very light-bodied
• e.g., Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Question 12

What should you taste for in the following beer?

Bock

Answer 12

• full-bodied lager
• strong, malty flavor
• e.g., Shiner Bock

Question 13

What should you taste for in the following beer?

Pilsner

Answer 13

• light-bodied lager
• hoppy, dry flavor
• e.g., Brooklyn Pilsner

Question 14

What should you taste for in the following beer?

Barley Wine

Answer 14

• very full-bodied ale
• strong flavor
• distinct hoppiness
• e.g., Bass No. 1 Barley Wine

Question 15

What should you taste for in the following beer?

Bitter Beer

Answer 15

• bitter ale
• hoppy
• e.g., most British IPAs (Indian pale ales)

Question 16

What should you taste for in the following beer?

Cream Ale

Answer 16

• light in body and color
• mild
• high level of carbonation
• very little hop flavor
• e.g., Six Point Sweet Action

Question 17

What should you taste for in the following beer?

Indian Pale Ale

Answer 17

• very hoppy amber beer
• medium-bodied
• e.g., Fuller’s Indian Pale Ale (IPA)

Question 18

What should you taste for in the following beer?

Porter

Answer 18

• medium-bodied, dark ale
• dry
• roasted malt
• e.g., Anchor Porter

Question 19

What should you taste for in the following beer?

Scottish Ale

Answer 19

• full-bodied and dark
• strong
• sweet
• malt aroma and flavor
• e.g., MacAndrew’s Scotch Ale

Question 20

What should you taste for in the following beer?

Stout

Answer 20

• full-bodied, very dark ale
• roasted flavor
• e.g., Guinness

Question 21

What should you taste for in the following beer?

Witbier

Answer 21

• fruity ale
• pale and cloudy with medium body
• malt
• hops
• e.g., Blue Moon Belgian-style White Ale

Question 22

What should you taste for in the following beer?

Hefeweizen

Answer 22

• typically fruity ale
• unfiltered wheat beer
• light in color and body
• banana
• vanilla
• e.g., Franziskaner

Question 23

What should you taste for in the following beer?

What is the right temperature at which to serve light beer and lager?

Answer 23

46 degrees Fahrenheit or lower

Question 24

What should you taste for in the following beer?

What is the right temperature at which to serve dark lager and wheat beer?

Answer 24

about 50 degrees Fahrenheit

Question 25

# What should you taste for in the following beer? What is the right temperature at which to serve ales, stouts, and porters?

Answer 25

53-57 degrees Fahrenheit

Question 26

# What should you taste for in the following beer? What is the right temperature at which to serve very dark, strong beers?

Answer 26

58-62 degrees Fahrenheit

Question 27

# What should you taste for in the following beer? What distinguishes a light beer from regular beers?

Answer 27

lower alcohol content and less calories

Question 28

# What should you taste for in the following beer? In which country did Oktoberfest, an annual beer celebration, originate?

Answer 28

Germany

Question 29

# What should you taste for in the following beer? What is the world's approximate ratio of beer sales to wine and liquor sales?

Answer 29

7 to 1 ## Footnote Beer is the most popular adult beverage in the world

Question 30

# What should you taste for in the following beer? What is the oldest trademark in history?

Answer 30

the Bass symbol, a red triangle registered in 1876

Question 31

# What should you taste for in the following beer? Which country has the most breweries in the world?

Answer 31

the United States, with over 1,400 breweries

Question 32

# What should you taste for in the following beer? When was beer first mentioned in recorded history?

Answer 32

6,000 B.C. ## Footnote Beer is documented on stone tablets in Sumeria and Babylonia, where it was prepared for sacrificial purposes.

Question 33

# What should you taste for in the following beer? How did ancient Babylonians regulate beer quality?

Answer 33

They drowned unfit brewers in their own beer

Question 34

# What should you taste for in the following beer? When was beer first bottled?

Answer 34

1850

Question 35

# What should you taste for in the following beer? True or false: the Pilgrims' landing on Plymouth Rock had something to do with beer.

Answer 35

True * According to the Mayflower's log, the crew settled on Plymouth Rock because they didn't want to dip any further into their beer supply while looking for a better site * Upon their arrival, they immediately built a common house, which included a brewery

Question 36

# What should you taste for in the following beer? On what day is the largest quantity of beer consumed in the United States?

Answer 36

the Fourth of July

Question 37

# What should you taste for in the following beer? What brewery created the first six-pack of beer?

Answer 37

the Pabst Brewery ## Footnote In the 1940s, the brewery conducted numerous studies and found six cans were the ideal weight for the average housewife to carry home from the store

Question 38

# What should you taste for in the following beer? Which countries consume the most beer per capita?

Answer 38

* Czech Republic (156.9 liters a year) * Ireland (131.1 liters a year) * Germany (115.8 liters a year) * Australia (109.9 liters a year) * Austria (108.3 liters a year)