Making of Beer
This is the grain most commonly malted for brewing beer.
What is Barley?
This ancient civilization is thought to have brewed beer as early as the 4th millennium BCE.
What is the Sumeria Civilization?
This Irish stout is famously associated with St. Patrick’s Day.
The natural sugars in these fruits are the primary source for fermentation when making wine.
What are Grapes?
Archaeologists trace the earliest winemaking to this region, around 6000 BCE.
What is the Caucasus (Georgia)?
This sparkling wine from France is often used for celebrations.
What is Champagne?
Sugars are converted into alcohol and carbon dioxide by the yeast through this process.
What is Fermentation?
What is Oktoberfest?
This improvised alcoholic drink, often made from fruit, sugar, and bread, is secretly fermented in jail cells.
What is Prison Beer?
The skins of red grapes are left in contact with the juice to give this characteristic.
What is Color (or Tannins)?
Ancient Romans spread viticulture across this European country, now famous for Bordeaux and Burgundy.
What is France?
This style of wine, made with minimal intervention and no additives, has surged in popularity among younger drinkers seeking authenticity.
What is Natural Wine?
This characteristic flavor is added to the beer by Hops.
What is bitterness?
During this U.S. era (1920-1933), alcohol production and sales were banned.
What is Prohibition?
This American beer brand’s slogan was “Tastes great, Less filling.”
This French term refers to the unique environmental factors that affect a wine’s taste.
What is Terroir?
These religious communities in Europe preserved viticulture through the Middle Ages, perfecting techniques that shaped modern winemaking.
This blind tasting, where California wines beat French vintages, is often cited as the moment that sparked this modern cultural transformation of wine.
What is the 1976 Judgment of Paris?
This liquid is produced after mashing grains and before fermentation begins.
What is Wort?
What is Belgium?
This smoky specialty from Bamberg is brewed with malt dried over open flames, giving it a distinctive campfire aroma.
What is a Rauchbier?
The vessel traditionally used for aging wine, often made of oak.
What is a Barrel?
This Italian city-state helped popularize Chianti in the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
This French phrase means “white wine” and is used worldwide.
What is Vin Blanc?
This law explains why beer goes flat after you open the can.
What is Henry's Law?
This 1516 German law limited beer ingredients to water, barley, and hops.
What is the Reinheitsgebot (or German Purity Laws)
This Belgian-style beer is traditionally brewed with orange peel and coriander.
What is Witbier?
Before fermentation begins, grapes are typically crushed and pressed to release this liquid, the starting point for wine.
What is Must?
This pharaoh’s tomb contained jars of wine, showing its importance in ancient Egypt.
This Japanese drink, often compared to wine, is brewed from rice.
What is Sake?