Beer, Cider, Sake, etc. Flashcards

1
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How many ML are in 1 pint?

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470ml

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What is the Reinheitsgebot?

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1516 Bavarian Purity Law: in a move to conserve wheat for bread, a law mandated that beer could only be made from water, barley, and hops

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What does it mean if a beer is “bottle conditioned”?

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The beer will be unfiltered and will undergo partial fermentation in bottle

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What is a lambic?

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Lambic are specialties of Belgium. These beers are distinctively sour and aged up to 3 years in cask prior to release. They are fermented in open top containers with natural yeasts such as Brettanomyces bruxellensis and Brettanomyces lambicus.

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5
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What is the proper serving temperature range for most lagers?

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48° to 52°

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What is the proper serving temperature range for most ales?

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54° to 57°

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7
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What types of beer would you recommend serving at “cool room temperature”?

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Lambics
Trappists
Stouts
Brown Ales
Strong beers

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8
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3 producers of Lambic beer?

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Cantillon
Lindeman’s
Timmerman’s

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9
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What is a Gueuze?

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Young 1 year old lambic blended with 2 - 3 year lambics. The young lambic introduces fermentable sugar, which will ferment in bottle.
“Brussels Champagne”

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10
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What is “Brussels Champagne”?

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Gueuze: the young lambic blended with older lambics leads to partial fermentation in bottle

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11
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Kriek and Framboise are examples of ______?

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Fruit Lambics. Kriek is flavored with morello cherries, framboise with raspberries

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What is a Hefeweizen?

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A German-style wheat beer, a type of ale.

Refreshing, yeasty with notes of banana and clove.

Weihenstephaner (German), Widmer (American pioneers of the style)

Serve in a vase at a cooler temp, 40 to 45°

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What is a Dunkelweizen?

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A German ale. Hefeweizen meets the German-style Dunkel, for a sweetly malty and chocolate-like character.

Serve in a vase

Samuel Adams, Sierra Nevada

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14
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What is a Weizenbock?

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A German ale, similar to a dunkel but with a darker malt. Slightly more IBUs, slightly more alcoholic. Basically the wheat rendition of a bock, or a bigger beefier dunkelweizen.

Serve in a tulip, 45 to 55°

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15
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What is an altbier?

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From the Dusseldorf area of Germany, an ale full of toffee malt, herbal hops, and fruity esters. Serve in a tulip.

Uerige (German)

Utepils Alt 1848

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16
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What is a Kolsch?

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A traditional style ale from the Cologne (Koln) region of Germany. Crisp, clean and fruity with low malt character. Serve in a flute.

Domestic version: Summer Ale, Alaskan Brewing Co.

German: Fruh, Gaffel, and Reissdorff are the big 3

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17
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What are the traditional Kolsch style’s “big 3” breweries?

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Fruh

Reissdorf

Gaffel

18
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Porter

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A substantial, malty dark ale with a complex and flavorful roasty character.

Serve in a nonic or imperial pint glass

Deschuttes Black Butte Porter

Bell’s

Sierra Nevada

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Stout

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A very dark, roasty, bitter, creamy ale.

Serve in nonic or imperial pint glass

Guiness (irish style)

Deschuttes Obsidian Stout

Sierra Nevada Brewing

20
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What is the difference between a Stout and a Porter?

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Heritage, mostly. Porters are from London, whereas Stouts originated in Ireland. They are similar, but most expect stouts to be a little bit bigger and roastier with more roasted malt character

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What is the difference between a Scotch Ale and a Scottish ale?

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Scotch Ales, or Wee Heavys, tend to be higher in ABV, above 6% at least, with a higher final gravity that makes them a touch sweeter. Scottish Ales on the other hand essentially refer to the lower ABV equivalent of an English Pale Ale, clocking in at around 3-5% ABV.

22
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What is an Irish Dry Stout?

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Guiness, basically

Dry stout is black beer with a dry-roasted character thanks to the use of roasted barley. The emphasis on coffee-like roasted barley and a moderate degree of roasted malt aromas define much of the character. Hop bitterness is medium to medium high.

23
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What makes a beer “imperial”?

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Just a bigger, bolder version of the use style

24
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Is there Trappist beer produced in America?

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Yes - by monks at Saint Joseph’s Abbey in MA, sold as Spencer Trappist Ale

25
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Name 3 Trappist breweries.

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Chimay - Scourmont Abbey, Belgium

Orval - Orval Monastery, Belgium

La Trappe - Netherlands

Tre Fontane - Italy

Spencer - MA

26
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What are Chimay’s 3 label colors all about?

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Red (Premiere) - Dubbel

White (Cinq Cents) - Tripel

Blue (Classic) - Quadruppel

27
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What is the difference between a Dubbel, Tripel and Quadruppel?

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The only way in which these follow a progression is by ABV.

Dubbel is a stronger version of the abbey’s paterswein, what’d they’d make for themselves. Twice as flavor and ABV. They use sugar candi, which imparts the color - the color is not from malt.

Tripel is GOLDEN. The name comes from the idea that it uses 3x the malt, but it is still fairly light and inviting.

Quadrupel is very comparable to a Belgian Strong Dark Ale. Malt, spicy yeast, high ABV, dark fruit, molasses, pepper.

28
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What is an Abbey Beer? Give an example.

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A beer brewed in the style of the Belgian trappists. It might be connected to a religious order, but it doesn’t fill the ITA’s criteria.

Ommegang Abbey Ale (Dubbel)

St. Bernardus Abt 12

North Coast Brewing Co. Brother Thelonius

29
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What kind of glass would you use to serve an Abbey Ale or a Trappist beer?

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Goblet

30
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What glass would you serve a Lambic in?

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Goblet

31
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What is Duchesse de Bourgogne?

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A Flanders red ale, brewed in Belgium. A blend of 8 month and 18-month beers. Tart and sour, a little reminiscent of sherry vinegar

32
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German Pilsner

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Weihenstephaner Pilsner

Bitburger Premium Pils

Trumer Pils

*serve in a flute

33
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What’s the difference between a German Pilsner and a Bohemian Pilsner?

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German style is lighter in color and body and has a lower perceived hop bitterness.

34
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Bohemian Pilsner

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Pilsner Urquell

Sierra Nevada Summerfest

35
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Helles

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Lager

*Paulaner Original Munich Helles

*Andechs Helles

*Hofbrau Original

36
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Oktoberfest Beer

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Marzen: brewed in the spring, cellared all summer and released with a ceremony in Sept/Oct.

*Hofbrau, Paulaner, Sam Adams, Lienenkugel

37
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What is a Schwarzbier?

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Germany’s response to English Porter

38
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What is a bock?

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Strong beer, usually a dark lager.

Shiner Bock

39
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American Light Lager

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Miller Lite

Busch Lite

Bud Light

40
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American Standard Lager

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Coors

Budweiser

Pabst Blue Ribbon

41
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What is an American Cream Ale?

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Mild, pale light bodied ale. Made with a warm fermentation and with cold layering. Called an ale, but classifies as a lager.

New Glarus Brewing Spotted Cow