Craft Beer 1 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Molson Coors

The Coors brewery in Golden employs more than 900 full-time people. It was founded in 1873 and was the first brewery to market beer in aluminum cans in the United States in 1959.

Answer: Boston Beer Company

Boston Beer Company is owner Jim Koch's baby, who purportedly made Sam Adams from an old family recipe. The company has grown and is stretching the definition of what a craft beer company is for many beer geeks.

Answer: Westvleteren

Westvleteren rarely ships their beer outside of the abbey, leaving drinkers who desire their ale to either signing up to buy an alloted amount of their beer, visiting their guest area for pours, or searching Ebay. All three wrong choices have become highly attainable in many parts of the world.

Answer: Stone Brewing Co

Stone Brewing Co., founded in 1996, is located in Escondido, CA and is one of the leaders and stalwarts in the current American Craft Beer renaissance.

Answer: Cellar temperature

52F-59F is generally considered ideal for consuming ale. 45F-46F is for lagers. "Ice cold" is for serving any mass-produced pale light lager, thereby making taste somewhat less of a factor. Room temperature is a sliding scale and is a myth as far as how beer is served in Europe. Finally, if your beer is hot, throw it away.

Answer: International Bitterness Unit

It was once thought that Sierra Nevada'a pale ale was a bitter monster at 45 IBUs, but craft brewers have pushed that threshold over 100 and beyond, into IBUs so high that they are theoretical and cannot be detected by the human palate.

Answer: Russian River Brewing Co

Brewmaster (and Brew Genius) Vinnie Cilurzo (pronounced Chill-ur-tzo) is widely credited with the development of the Double IPA style and his self-described "Boutique Brewery" makes some of the most interesting barrel-aged ales out there. Brooklyn Brewery and Goose Island are no slouches either. Anheuser-Busch claims to do something called "Beechwood Aging."

Answer: Surly Furious

Surly Brewing out of Minneapolis packages their beer in cans. This is a trend that has gained traction in craft brewing for a number of reasons, including protection from light exposure, enhanced portability, and its lower environmental impact.

Answer: Lambic

Lambics are often done in koelschips in Belgium to this day. Cantillon and Rodenbach are classic examples. The yeasts and bacteria are now found to be a part of the breweries themselves (critters love to hide in wood!) in larger numbers more than anything floating free in the air of the Senne Valley.

These strains are cultivated and pitched in barrels or separate fermenters (and, preferably, buildings! Wild yeasts can be very infectious when you don't want them to be.) by many modern brewers without the need of the open air.

Answer: Anchor Steam Beer

Also known as a "Steam Beer" (which is trademarked by Anchor Brewing Co.), this beer is made by fermenting with lager yeast at higher ale temperatures in odd fermenters resulting in a clean, somewhat fruity beer.