How much of a Beer Geek are you?
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- When describing a beer, the initials I.B.U. stand for what?
- Internal Barley Units
- International Beer Union
- Instant Beer Utilization
- International Bitterness Units
- International Brewers Unit
- Which of the following is NOT a Trappist Ale?
- Roquefort
- Westvleteren
- St. Feuillien
- Achel
- Orval
- These are all Trappist Ales.
- The Sumerian Goddess of Brewing was named:
- Sheba
- Ninkasi
- Isis
- Arjuna
- Unna
- When a beer is top fermented, it is characterized as a:
- lager
- ale
- stout
- light
- pilsner
- In brewing, this is the term used to describe the foam rising to the top of the fermenter:
- frissant
- spungen
- crest
- cream
- kraeusen
- break
- The Flemish Red Ale Duchess de Bourgogne is a blend of young beer with beer that is aged for how long?
- 18 hours
- 18 days
- 18 months
- 18 years
- Which of the following would NOT be suitable for cellar aging:
- Chimay Grande Reserve
- Bigfoot Barleywine
- Orval
- Roquefort 10
- All of these would age well
- None of these would age well
- Brettanomyces is appropriate in which of the following styles?
- British IPA
- Pilsner Lager
- Belgian Lambic
- American Barleywine
- Heffeweisen
- No beer should ever have Brettanomyces
- Pierre Celis is best known for his brewing of this beer:
- Budweiser
- Rodenbach
- Spaten
- Hoegaarden
- Fischer D'Alsace
- Which of the following is NOT a strain of hops:
- Cascade
- Fuggles
- Amarillo
- Devonshire
- Hallertauer
- These are all hops strains.
- When asked to name the worst beer he had ever tasted, famed beer writer Michael Jackson replied:
- Budweiser
- Coors
- Keystone
- Corona
- Olde English
- He said "I love them all."
- Check out his appearance on Conan O'Brien...
- Which of the following beers are both top fermented and lagered?
- Imperial Stout
- Kolsch
- British Barleywine
- Alt Beer
- 1 and 3
- 2 and 4
- Diacetyl is appropriate in which of these styles:
- Flemish Red Ale
- IPA
- Pilsner Lager
- Pale Ale
- Blonde Ale
- It is a fault that is never appropriate
- When a beer's yeast has properly converted all the sugars into alcohol and CO2, it is said to be well...:
- metabolized
- actuated
- acclimated
- attenuated
- extracted
- "SRM" is used in assessing a beer's:
- Hop Bitterness
- Carbonation
- Alcohol Content
- Color
- Gravity
- This type of beer is a blend of old and young lambics:
- Kriek
- Kolsch
- Barleywine
- Saison
- Geueze
- Which of the following is the best for preserving a beers flavor:
- green bottles
- cans
- brown bottles
- clear bottles
- Sloeber, Piraat, and Lucifer are all examples of which style?
- Strong Dark Ale
- Pilsner
- IPA
- Golden Strong Ale
- Abbey Ale
- A "white" beer uses primarily what grain in its brewing?
- Barley
- Wheat
- Rye
- Corn
- Rice
- When hops are added to the secondary fermenter during the brewing process the beer is said to be:
- Late Hopped
- Fresh Hopped
- Dry Hopped
- After Hopped