Germany final

Question 1

When was the Royal Wedding of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen and what occurred

Answer 1

October 12, 1810, invited the citizens of Munich

Question 2

When is Oktoberfest typically

Answer 2

Always ends on the first Sunday of October or on October 3, whichever is later, usually lasts 16 days (so end of September-early October)

Question 3

What is drank on Oktoberfest and beer info

Answer 3

Taste of the historical beers of Munich not the newer kinds: serve mostly Festbier which is a light lager with hop aroma
beer costs between 14-17
only six breweries in Munich

Question 4

2024 Oktobfest stats

Answer 4

6.7 million visitors (2023 - 7.2 mill, 2022 - 5.7 mill)
7 million liters of beer (2023 - 6.5 mill liters)
396 food vendors

Question 5

when is Oktoberfest in 2025 and when is beer served

Answer 5

Saturday, September 20-Sunday October 5
Beer is served from 10am-11:30pm and 9am on weekends

Question 6

Marzen style

Answer 6

Festbier is closely related
lager
Grain: pale malt, munich malt, vienna malt
yeast: longer fermentation time
hops: German
Marzen = March - brewed in March

Question 7

When, what, and why was Reinheitsgebot instated

Answer 7

1447 by the Munich City Council
Reinheitsgebot- law that states you can only use barley, hops, water
Way to ensure quality

Question 8

Reinheitsgebot today

Answer 8

german purity law to limit wheat in beers to force people to use barley – only use hops, barley, and water to ensure quality (taxes) while not utilizing wheat only set in Bavaria

Question 9

What did Germany try to do in 1987

Answer 9

Germany tried to implement their brewing laws on everyone so the provisional beer law came into effect - European Court of Justice

Question 10

1993 Vorlaufiges Biergesetz

Answer 10

Provisional beer law that only applies to beer made in Germany, expanded version of Reinheitsgebot to include yeast

Question 11

lager in germany 1993

Answer 11

barley malt, hops, yeast, and water (CO2)
has stricter regulations today

Question 12

Degenberger clan

Answer 12

1516- the family gained the rights to brew beer with wheat (exception to the law)

Question 13

caveat to the Degenberger clan deal

Answer 13

so long as they have a male heir to the clan, then they have the right to brew wheat beers
1602 was the last male heir

Question 14

Purity law of 1516

Answer 14

Only those substances which have a mechanical or absorbing effect and which are safe and harmless to health, odors, and taste and are technically unavoidable can be used as clarifies for wort and beer

Question 15

backdoor to the purity law of 1516

Answer 15

Can use crushed up seashells or PVPP to help with the clarity of the beer (backdoor way around the purity law)

Question 16

kolsch background

Answer 16

Ale
comes from the town Koln
to be called Kolsch, the beer must come from Koln
must be served in a tall and skinny cold glass (0.2 liter or 6.7oz)

Question 17

Kolsch fermenting

Answer 17

hybrid production
-top fermenting ale/cooler secondary fermentation
-Fermentation goes at a warmer 67deg F but goes through secondary at a cooler 33-35deg F – very unique beer style
-Developed during WWII because lagers were in demand so this was made and its an Ale but is super similar to a lager

Question 18

Kolsch ingredients

Answer 18

Grain -pale malt, vienna or munich malt, crystal malt, wheat malt
Hops -german, hallertau mittelfruh, tettnang, spalt
Yeast - ferments clean can produce fruity esters
Adjuncts - irish moss, carrageenan
Lower SRM (blondish color) – social beer, bright colored
Drinks like a lager, but it is a ale style beer

Question 19

Gose Beer

Answer 19

Ale
Goslar, Germany
Consumed fresh
Sour beer - Lactobacillus
30-50% wheat – high head retention
Color - 3-4SRM, hazy – lighter in color
Aroma - coriander

Question 20

Altbier

Answer 20

“Ullt-beer” ~ “old” beer
Indigenous German ale
Top fermenting ale/cooler secondary fermentation
55-66F deg
4.7%-5.5% abv
copper-brown color – some have wheat malt

Question 21

Berliner Weisse

Answer 21

Ale
“Berlin wheat beer”
1680 ~ first reference
1809, Napoleon ~ “Champagne of the North”
Serving:
-Rasberry puree, sweet woodruff, caraway schnapps
-Can make it taste similar to a high acid white wine
-Production: 30%-50% wheat, Lactobacillus culture

Question 22

Weihensephan

Answer 22

World’s oldest brewery in operation
-1040 ~ Weihenstephan Monastery Brewery
-Bavaria, Germany

Question 23

Helles

Answer 23

German Lager beer
-“Helles, Hell” ~ light, pale – lightest style of German lager beer
-Invented on March 21, 1894 - Spaten Brewery of Munich
-Blonde, white color, light body, lower in calories and low alcohol levels

Question 24

German Pils, Pilsner

Answer 24

not as hoppy as a Czech Pils

Question 25

American lager "pilsner"

Answer 25

-type of lager but different -has a more corn/grain feel than hops, it is more neutral -lightest in color and body -no major flavor traits -easy drinking -ex. Budweiser, Miller, Coors

Question 26

Czech/Bohemian Pilsner

Answer 26

-color can be straw to light amber -more malt forward taste, with hoppy finish -more body, richer

Question 27

Bock background

Answer 27

-originated in Einbeck -name origin= billy goat or astrological sign for March is bock

Question 28

Bock ingredients

Answer 28

grain: pale malt, munich malt, chocolate malt Hops: german yeast: depending on the type of lager yeast strain, can tolerate higher alcohol, 8-12% abv

Question 29

Maibock

Answer 29

spring beer Pale bock - 5.6-6.3% abv

Question 30

Doppelbock

Answer 30

stronger bock, 7-10%

Question 31

Eisbock

Answer 31

partially freezing the beer legend of 1890 10% abv+

Question 32

Rauchbier

Answer 32

Specialty of Bamberg Smoked malt over beech wood Marzen - 5.1% abv Urbock - 6.5% abv

Question 33

beer consumption in Germany

Answer 33

Beer consumption per capita going down from 130.3 in 1993 to 92.8 in 2023

Question 34

Why is beer consumption in Germany going down

Answer 34

non-alcoholic beers are becoming more popularly available

Question 35

number of german breweries

Answer 35

Increase from 2016-2017 – around 1500 total breweries Very small, don’t export, distribution is like a brew pub

Question 36

German Ale ABV rank (4)

Answer 36

1. Berliner Weisse (German ale) - 2.8-3.8% 2. Gose Beer (German ale) - 4.2-4.8% 3. Kolsh (German Ale) - 4.4-5.2% 4. Altbier (German ale) - 4.7-5.5%

Question 37

German lager abv rank (7)

Answer 37

1. American style pilsner - 4.2% 2. Helles - 4.8-5.6% 3. Marzen Rauchbier - 5.1% 4. Pils (German style pilsner) - 5.2% 5. Maibock - 5.8-6.3% 6. Urbock Rauchbier - 6.5% 7. Eisbock - 10%+