The beer quiz

Tell us what you know of beer.

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Hint	Answer
The four essential ingredients of beer.	Water
	Malted grain
	Hops
	Yeast
16th century Bavarian law that regulated beer ingredients.	Reinheitsgebot
The process that turns sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide.	Fermentation
General term for bottom-fermented beer.	Lager
General term for top-fermented beer.	Ale
Hoppy pale beer of Czech origin.	Pilsner
What "IPA" stands for.	India Pale Ale
Dark beer made using roasted malt; originally from England.	Porter / Stout
The most-sold American beer.	Bud Light

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The most-sold European beer.	Heineken
(Arguably) the most famous Irish beer in the world.	Guinness
The country that drinks the most beer (by volume).	China
The country that drinks the most beer (per capita).	Czech Republic
Famous German beer festival.	Oktoberfest
Order of Catholic monks famous for brewing high quality beers.	Trappists
Historical term for a woman that worked as a brewer.	Alewife
A public house with a brewery attached.	Brewpub
General term for beer NOT made by a major brewery.	Craft beer
Beer mug traditionally made of stoneware.	Stein
Sumerian beer goddess.	Ninkasi

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4 Comments

Level 62

Nov 25, 2014

Water -_- duh

Level 48

May 24, 2019

General term for a beer not made by a major brewery-microbrew

Establishment at a brewery that serves local beer-pub

Level 73

May 30, 2019

Thanks! Made some changes. :)

Level 86

Jul 10, 2025

The German term "Reinheitsgebot" is generally translated / known as the "Purity Law" in English.

See, e.g.: https://www.google.com/search?q=purity+law

Any chance of accepting that? Thanks!