🍺 Beer Trivia - Mind-Blowing Brewing Facts That Will Amaze Every Beer Lover

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Which beer style is known for cloudy appearance from wheat proteins?

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Which snack is most famously paired with beer at Oktoberfest tents?

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Which country is most associated with Oktoberfest, the giant beer festival that began in 1810?

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Which English city housed the White Horse Cellar where porter was blended with stale stock in the eighteenth century?

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Which monastery beer uses a Brettanomyces secondary character uniquely among Trappist ales?

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What specific stainless steel grade is commonly used in modern brewhouse kettles for corrosion resistance?

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Which country popularized the lager style that is cold fermented and crisp?

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What European country is famous for kolsch beer served in tall narrow stange glasses?

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What exact Danish research institute developed pure yeast culture techniques later adopted worldwide?

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Which New Zealand hop variety is known for intense tropical notes of passionfruit and gooseberry?

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What is the typical serving glass for a German wheat beer with lots of foam?

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Which British scientist identified yeast as a living organism active in fermentation in 1837?

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Which Belgian strong golden ale was created in 1923 by Moortgat as a response to pale lagers?

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The Beer Purity Law originally allowed only water barley and what third ingredient before yeast was understood?

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What is the main cereal grain used in most beers worldwide?

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Which famous Mexican beer is often served with a lime wedge in the neck?

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Which British water profile rich in sulfates accentuates hop bitterness leading to the term Burtonization?

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Which American city is closely tied to the origin of steam beer using shallow rooftops for cooling?

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What is the foamy top on a freshly poured beer called?

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Which city hosted the original Oktoberfest on a royal wedding field?

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Which Norwegian farmhouse method pitches yeast called kveik known for high temperature tolerance?

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What is the exact upper legal ABV limit for beer in the state of Utah after the 2019 change for draft sales?

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Which beer style from Ireland is famous for its creamy head and dark color?

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Which process boils part of the mash then returns it to raise temperature through steps?

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Which glass shape narrows at the top to help trap aromas for strong ales?

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Which US city saw the craft beer boom landmark with Sierra Nevada Pale Ale launched in 1980?

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What exact cell count per milliliter is a typical ale pitching rate recommended for standard gravity worts?

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Which American city hosts the Great American Beer Festival founded in 1982?

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What is the exact isomer of alpha acids that primarily contributes to beer bitterness after kettle boil?

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Which Danish company adopted the pH scale through research at its laboratory in the early twentieth century?

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Which historical document from 1487 set the Munich beer ordinance that predated the statewide purity law?

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Which sugar reading marks the density of wort before fermentation begins?

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What is the usual container size of a standard US beer can on store shelves?

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Which Japanese prefecture is home to the original Orion brewery founded in 1957?

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What is the typical International Bitterness Units range for a classic American IPA from early craft days?

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Which Belgian town holds the annual Zythos Beer Festival founded by consumer groups in the early 2000s?

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What is the usual term for beer that has not been pasteurized?

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Which ancient civilization brewed beer and wrote recipes on clay tablets around 1800 BCE?

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What is the large glass container called that many breweries fill to go for customers?

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Which American festival awards coveted gold medals judged by category style guidelines annually?

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In what year did the Reinheitsgebot purity law first take effect in Bavaria?

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Which Belgian style uses coriander and orange peel and is famously brewed in Hoegaarden?

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What common pub vessel in the United Kingdom holds about one pint of beer?

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Which specific sugar was historically added to Belgian saisons to lighten body during farm brewing seasons?

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The Burton Union system traditionally used how many interconnected oak casks per set for ale fermentation balance?

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What gas creates the bubbles and head in most modern beer?

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Which beer style from Cologne must be top fermented and cold conditioned by local tradition?

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Which German style is a pale easy drinking lager often ordered by the liter in beer halls?

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Which malt process dries germinated barley with heated air to lock in enzymes?

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Which hop back device was first popularized by English brewers to infuse aroma oils after the boil?

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What ingredient gives beer its bitterness and aroma and grows in cone-shaped flowers?

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Which yeast type is used for ales that ferment at warmer temperatures near the top of the wort?

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Which historic London style was shipped strong and dark to the Baltic region for trade?

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What exact Plato degree did Josef Groll target for the first Pilsner Urquell brew in 1842 according to brewery archives?

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Which specific copper vessel design at Guinness St James Gate enabled the first nitrogenated dispense trials in the 1950s?

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What was the original gravity recorded for the first batch of Anchor Steam after the 1965 revival by Fritz Maytag?

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Which US holiday sees the most beer consumed according to many sales reports?

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In what year did CAMRA publish the first Good Beer Guide listing cask pubs across the United Kingdom?

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Which country made Sapporo and Asahi household beer names?

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Which fermentation vessel is historically associated with open square fermenters for Yorkshire squares?

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Which enzyme produced during malting converts dextrins to fermentable sugars during mash rests?

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Which country revived the salty sour style gose in the late twentieth century centered on Leipzig traditions?

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In which exact year did the Bavarian government extend the purity law to the newly formed German Empire for lagers?

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What precise lagering temperature range in Celsius is traditional for extended cold conditioning?

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Which Belgian beer is allowed to carry the Authentic Trappist Product logo only if brewed within a monastery?

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What flavor does roasted malt add to many dark beers?

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What exact nitrogen to carbon dioxide blend is commonly used for stout dispense on beer gas?

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Which German maltster is documented as shipping the first color graded Carafa malts for schwarzbier in the 1930s?

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Which country drinks the most beer per capita according to many recent rankings?

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What simple four-ingredient law shaped Bavarian beer in 1516?

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Which Irish brewery first brewed a nitrogenated draft stout in the twentieth century to create a cascading head?

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What exact alpha acid percentage range defines the classic Czech Saaz hop in many crop years?

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Which device reads the sugar content of wort so brewers can estimate alcohol level?

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Which US law change in 1978 allowed homebrewing at the federal level under President Carter?

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Which nation is home to the city of Pilsen that gave pilsner its name?

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What is the cloudy yeast deposit at the bottom of an unfiltered bottle called?

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What does IPA stand for in beer styles?

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Which device and method cools hot wort by passing it beside cold water through metal plates?

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What is the common term for a small beer sample served for tasting at breweries?

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Which Belgian town is famous for lambic production including Cantillon and Boon blending traditions?

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Which US city is famed for a baseball park that sells beers with the Green Monster in view?

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Which chemical compound is the main clove like phenol in Bavarian hefeweizen aroma?

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What is the primary liquid that makes up more than 90% of most beer?

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Which device keeps draft beer cold and pressurized at bars?

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Which measure estimates color of beer on a scale where higher numbers mean darker hue?

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What was the exact capacity of the wooden vats at the old Courage brewery used for aging porter in London?

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Which Czech hop is classic for noble spicy aroma in pilsners?

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What exact carbonation level in volumes of CO2 is typical for German wheat beer packaging?

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Which American brewery first used the term double IPA publicly at the Alpha King Challenge in the late 1990s?

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What do brewers call beer served from a pressurized container through a tap?

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Which yeast housekeeping gene mutation gives kveik strains their high temperature tolerance according to sequencing studies?

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In what year did the Japanese government privatize the beer tax structure that allowed regional craft growth after microbrew rules?

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Which beer style is typically aged with sour bacteria for a tart taste in Belgium?

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What Czech brewery first brewed Pilsner Urquell in 1842?

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Which statistic did the 2015 BJCP set as the bitterness range for American barleywine?

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Which American legal definition sets a craft brewer volume cap at six million barrels as used by the Brewers Association?

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Which American hop created in 1971 became a cornerstone of West Coast bitterness with pine and grapefruit?

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What precise proportion of wheat malt must German weissbier contain by law in Bavaria?

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Which Italian city saw the launch of Birra Moretti in 1859 under Luigi Moretti?

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What precise British pint legal volume in milliliters is mandated by Weights and Measures legislation?

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What Scottish brewery launched a beer called The End of History bottled in taxidermy in 2010?

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Which German city gave its name to a dark lager style with notes of toast and smooth finish?

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What is the precise original gravities range for a classic Munich Helles per 2015 BJCP guidelines?

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Which Norwegian farmhouse culture dries yeast on wooden rings known as kveikstokk for storage?

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Which French brewery pioneered biere de garde in the Nord Pas de Calais farm cellars with corked bottles in the nineteenth century?

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What term describes beer that is very low in bitterness with minimal hop presence?

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What do you call beer brewed at a small independent producer rather than a giant corporation?

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What temperature range do most lagers traditionally ferment at compared with ales?

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Which Trappist abbey received the Authentic logo most recently before 2020 for its Mount Saint Bernard brewery?

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Which German salt and coriander wheat style was nearly extinct before modern revival?

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What common fruit note do people often taste in Bavarian hefeweizen from the yeast?

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Which German lager style is traditionally stronger and served in spring after winter lagering?

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Which famous monk run tradition helped shape strong ales in Belgium?

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Which United Kingdom region is strongly linked to cask conditioned real ale through CAMRA campaigns?

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Which ingredient in beer is responsible for fermentation by turning sugars into alcohol?

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Which German smoked beer is produced by kilning malt over beechwood fires in Bamberg?

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Which English pale ale water treatment first noted in the nineteenth century added gypsum to mimic Burton water?

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What precise pH range is targeted for mash conversion to optimize enzyme action in most beers?

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Which Belgian brewery created the term tripel to denote a strong pale ale strength level?

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What do you call the grain steeping and rinsing step that extracts sugars for brewing?

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Which beer style is known for cloudy appearance from wheat proteins?

Which snack is most famously paired with beer at Oktoberfest tents?

Which country is most associated with Oktoberfest, the giant beer festival that began in 1810?

Which English city housed the White Horse Cellar where porter was blended with stale stock in the eighteenth century?

Which monastery beer uses a Brettanomyces secondary character uniquely among Trappist ales?

What specific stainless steel grade is commonly used in modern brewhouse kettles for corrosion resistance?

Which country popularized the lager style that is cold fermented and crisp?

What European country is famous for kolsch beer served in tall narrow stange glasses?

What exact Danish research institute developed pure yeast culture techniques later adopted worldwide?

Which New Zealand hop variety is known for intense tropical notes of passionfruit and gooseberry?

What is the typical serving glass for a German wheat beer with lots of foam?

Which British scientist identified yeast as a living organism active in fermentation in 1837?

Which Belgian strong golden ale was created in 1923 by Moortgat as a response to pale lagers?

The Beer Purity Law originally allowed only water barley and what third ingredient before yeast was understood?

What is the main cereal grain used in most beers worldwide?

Which famous Mexican beer is often served with a lime wedge in the neck?

Which British water profile rich in sulfates accentuates hop bitterness leading to the term Burtonization?

Which American city is closely tied to the origin of steam beer using shallow rooftops for cooling?

What is the foamy top on a freshly poured beer called?

Which city hosted the original Oktoberfest on a royal wedding field?

Which Norwegian farmhouse method pitches yeast called kveik known for high temperature tolerance?

What is the exact upper legal ABV limit for beer in the state of Utah after the 2019 change for draft sales?

Which beer style from Ireland is famous for its creamy head and dark color?

Which process boils part of the mash then returns it to raise temperature through steps?

Which glass shape narrows at the top to help trap aromas for strong ales?

Which US city saw the craft beer boom landmark with Sierra Nevada Pale Ale launched in 1980?

What exact cell count per milliliter is a typical ale pitching rate recommended for standard gravity worts?

Which American city hosts the Great American Beer Festival founded in 1982?

What is the exact isomer of alpha acids that primarily contributes to beer bitterness after kettle boil?

Which Danish company adopted the pH scale through research at its laboratory in the early twentieth century?

Which historical document from 1487 set the Munich beer ordinance that predated the statewide purity law?

Which sugar reading marks the density of wort before fermentation begins?

What is the usual container size of a standard US beer can on store shelves?

Which Japanese prefecture is home to the original Orion brewery founded in 1957?

What is the typical International Bitterness Units range for a classic American IPA from early craft days?

Which Belgian town holds the annual Zythos Beer Festival founded by consumer groups in the early 2000s?

What is the usual term for beer that has not been pasteurized?

Which ancient civilization brewed beer and wrote recipes on clay tablets around 1800 BCE?

What is the large glass container called that many breweries fill to go for customers?

Which American festival awards coveted gold medals judged by category style guidelines annually?

In what year did the Reinheitsgebot purity law first take effect in Bavaria?

Which Belgian style uses coriander and orange peel and is famously brewed in Hoegaarden?

What common pub vessel in the United Kingdom holds about one pint of beer?

Which specific sugar was historically added to Belgian saisons to lighten body during farm brewing seasons?

The Burton Union system traditionally used how many interconnected oak casks per set for ale fermentation balance?

What gas creates the bubbles and head in most modern beer?

Which beer style from Cologne must be top fermented and cold conditioned by local tradition?

Which German style is a pale easy drinking lager often ordered by the liter in beer halls?

Which malt process dries germinated barley with heated air to lock in enzymes?

Which hop back device was first popularized by English brewers to infuse aroma oils after the boil?

What ingredient gives beer its bitterness and aroma and grows in cone-shaped flowers?

Which yeast type is used for ales that ferment at warmer temperatures near the top of the wort?

Which historic London style was shipped strong and dark to the Baltic region for trade?

What exact Plato degree did Josef Groll target for the first Pilsner Urquell brew in 1842 according to brewery archives?

Which specific copper vessel design at Guinness St James Gate enabled the first nitrogenated dispense trials in the 1950s?

What was the original gravity recorded for the first batch of Anchor Steam after the 1965 revival by Fritz Maytag?

Which US holiday sees the most beer consumed according to many sales reports?

In what year did CAMRA publish the first Good Beer Guide listing cask pubs across the United Kingdom?

Which country made Sapporo and Asahi household beer names?

Which fermentation vessel is historically associated with open square fermenters for Yorkshire squares?

Which enzyme produced during malting converts dextrins to fermentable sugars during mash rests?

Which country revived the salty sour style gose in the late twentieth century centered on Leipzig traditions?

In which exact year did the Bavarian government extend the purity law to the newly formed German Empire for lagers?

What precise lagering temperature range in Celsius is traditional for extended cold conditioning?

Which Belgian beer is allowed to carry the Authentic Trappist Product logo only if brewed within a monastery?

What flavor does roasted malt add to many dark beers?

What exact nitrogen to carbon dioxide blend is commonly used for stout dispense on beer gas?

Which German maltster is documented as shipping the first color graded Carafa malts for schwarzbier in the 1930s?

Which country drinks the most beer per capita according to many recent rankings?

What simple four-ingredient law shaped Bavarian beer in 1516?

Which Irish brewery first brewed a nitrogenated draft stout in the twentieth century to create a cascading head?

What exact alpha acid percentage range defines the classic Czech Saaz hop in many crop years?

Which device reads the sugar content of wort so brewers can estimate alcohol level?

Which US law change in 1978 allowed homebrewing at the federal level under President Carter?

Which nation is home to the city of Pilsen that gave pilsner its name?

What is the cloudy yeast deposit at the bottom of an unfiltered bottle called?

What does IPA stand for in beer styles?

Which device and method cools hot wort by passing it beside cold water through metal plates?

What is the common term for a small beer sample served for tasting at breweries?