Brewing
Styles
Acronyms
Name the Beer
Final Jeopardy - The Orchard
100
The four main ingredients in beer.
What are water, hops, barley, and yeast?
100
The type of beer which has a bottom fermenting yeast.
What is a lager?
100
ABV
What is Alcohol By Volume?
100
The first light beer imported to the US in 1980.
What is Amstel Light?
100
The fermentable medium that is collected from pressed apples and transformed into hard cider.
What is the must?
200
The sugar-rich, amber liquid resulting from the straining of the grain mash.
What is wort?
200
Evolved from the success of London Porters, originally reflected a fuller, creamier body and strength. Modern versions no longer reflect a higher strength than Porters.
What is a (dry) stout?
200
IBU
What is International Bitterness Units?
200
From an American brewery founded in 1988, this amber lager displays a refreshing hop bitterness and floral hop aromas enhanced, in part by 'dry-hopping'.
What is Brooklyn Lager?
200
Brewery Location: Bridgewater Corners, VT Style: German Ale ABV: 4.6% Note: Largest selling craft brew in VT.
What is Long Trail Ale?
300
The US President who made home-brewing legal.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
300
A pale gold, spicy, floral hopped lager, originating in 1842 in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia.
What is a (Bohemian) Pilsner?
300
IPA
What is India Pale Ale?
300
5% alcohol by volume, 100% awesome by volume, and NOT a cider, but an ale.
What is Redd's Apple Ale?
300
Brewery Location: Portland, Maine Style: Wheat Ale ABV: 5.1% Taste Notes: Apple and Cinnamon
What is Shipyard Applehead?
400
Turns sugars into carbon dioxide and alcohol, transforming wort into beer.
What is yeast?
400
This cloudy wheat beer usually has a fruity, phenolic (clove) flavor which is produced by the unusual type of ale yeast used to ferment the beer.
What is a Weizen/Weissbier?
400
MBWWA
What is the Michigan Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association?
400
A hoppy, yet surprisingly balanced, lager derived from a recipe found in brewery archives dating back over 100 years.
What is Batch 19?
400
Brewery: Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma Brewery (Mexico) Style: Pale Lager ABV: 4.5%
What is Dos Equis?
500
Grains like corn, rice, or oats and specialties like sweets, fruits, or spices added to beer to affect its flavor and character.
What are adjuncts?
500
Young examples are often noticeably sour, but balanced with age. This spontaneously fermented Belgian sour ale is often blended with fruit.
What is a lambic?
500
OG / FG
What is Original Gravity and Final Gravity?
500
A refreshing, light golden lager made from an age-old yeast culture by Canada's oldest independent brewer.
What is Moosehead Lager?