Q 01/05

Fritz Maytag, who rescued Anchor Brewing in 1965, was heir to a fortune built on which products?

A) Sewing machines

B) Washing machines

C) Cash registers

D) Electric typewriters

Answer · why

B) Washing machines

Washing machines made the Maytag family rich, and Fritz used his share to buy a San Francisco brewery that was about to close. His revival of Anchor S...

Q 02/05

Which US president signed the 1978 bill that lifted the federal ban on brewing beer at home?

A) Jimmy Carter

B) Richard Nixon

C) Gerald Ford

D) Ronald Reagan

Answer · why

A) Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter signed H.R. 1337, which removed the restrictions and excise taxes on homemade beer. Many of the first craft brewers learned their trade a...

Q 03/05

Which Founding Father from a brewing family is the namesake of Boston Beer Company's flagship lager?

A) John Hancock

B) Paul Revere

C) Samuel Adams

D) Benjamin Franklin

Answer · why

C) Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams was Jim Koch's pick for a lager he first brewed in his kitchen from an old family recipe. The beer went on sale over Patriots' Day weeken...

Q 04/05

Which color of glass gives beer the best protection from the light that turns it skunky?

A) Green

B) Clear

C) Blue

D) Brown

Answer · why

D) Brown

Brown glass gives some protection, while green and clear glass give almost none. Light breaks down hop compounds into a chemical very like the one in ...

Q 05/05

Which English beer writer, who shared his name with a pop superstar, hosted TV's The Beer Hunter?

A) Michael Jackson

B) Bruce Springsteen

C) George Michael

D) David Bowie

Answer · why

A) Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson wrote The World Guide to Beer in 1977, and its way of sorting beers into local styles became the basis for how brewers and judges clas...