Q 01/05

Which widely recognized cider brand was first produced in the United Kingdom in 1960?

A) Magners

B) Angry Orchard

C) Strongbow

D) Woodchuck

Answer · why

C) Strongbow

Made by H. P. Bulmer, now part of Heineken, it claims about 15 per cent of the global cider market by volume.

Q 02/05

Which Boston Beer Company hard cider brand grows its own apples near Walden, New York?

A) Crispin

B) Ace Cider

C) Woodchuck

D) Angry Orchard

Answer · why

D) Angry Orchard

The Samuel Adams parent company's cider is credited with getting cider onto restaurant and retail-chain menus across the US.

Q 03/05

Woodchuck Hard Cider was founded at a winery in Proctorsville in 1991. In which U.S. state?

A) Maine

B) New Hampshire

C) Vermont

D) Massachusetts

Answer · why

C) Vermont

By 2007 Woodchuck was the first US cider company to sell a million cases in a year, and in 2012 it was bought by Irish drinks group C&C, the owner of ...

Q 04/05

Which Irish cider is called Bulmers in Ireland but sold under another name abroad?

A) Strongbow

B) Magners

C) Thatchers

D) Kopparberg

Answer · why

B) Magners

The County Tipperary cider cannot use the Bulmers name abroad because H. P. Bulmer, the Strongbow maker, owns it outside Ireland.

Q 05/05

Which family cider maker, founded by William in 1904, still presses apples at Myrtle Farm in Sandford, Somerset?

A) Westons

B) Aspall

C) Thatchers

D) Brothers Cider

Answer · why

C) Thatchers

Thatchers grows apple trees hedgerow-style on wires and keeps an exhibition orchard of over 458 varieties; some ciders still mature in century-old oak...