Brews News: Test your beer knowledge with our annual head game
You’re a beer fan, so we’re sure you know what happens when you mix hops, malt, yeast and water.
You’re a beer fan, so we’re sure you know what happens when you mix hops, malt, yeast and water. But what else do you know about one of the most consumed beverages in the world? Find out with our annual game of 20 questions.
a. Hoarder
b. Beer bottle collector
c. A scientist who develops new yeasts for beers
d. A tipsy historian
a. Ontario
b. Ireland
c. Vermont
d. British Columbia
a. Something we used to take to Cuba before the pandemic
b. Four to six mini-glasses filled with different beers and typically equalling a full pint glass
c. A new slang to replace “heading to the Oval Office.”
d. Code for leaving a taproom.
a. Half Hours on Earth
b. Call the Office
c. Scallywags
d. Seven Dwarfs
a. Kim’s Convenience Squid Game Cookie Stout
b. Jerry Dee’s Wheel of Fortune Light American Lager
c. Puppers Golden Lager, the official beer of Letterkenny
d. Little Wheat Beer on the Prairie
a. Innis & Gunn Six Year Old Vintage
b. Labatt 50
c. Pricy Hops, Old Barrels & Warehouse Fees Imperial Stout
d. Terroir of My Farm Field Treefall Fruit Sour
a. Guess Who Not in the Hall Sour Suite
b. Teenage Head Let’s (Milk) Shake Stout
c. Arkells Some Hamilton Pun Porter
d. Rush Canadian Golden Ale
a. A law firm that bought a brewery and ruined everything
b. Award-winning lagers from Railway City of St. Thomas and Equals Brewing of London
c. Term for pouring a beer into a flute glass when a stein is required
d. Taproom rules for large groups to not shake hands as we did in 2019
a. Black Gold of Petrolia
b. Natterjack of West Lorne
c. Grey Matter Beer Co. of Kincardine
d. Black Donnellys of Russeldale
a. Ottawa, Julie Payette Blues
b. Sault Ste. Marie, Roberta Bodnar Bock
c. Montreal, Marc Garneau Demoted Dunkel
d. Sarnia, Goodbye Gravity
a. Trees for the Forest City
b. Literacy
c. Pollinator gardens for honey beer production
d. Psychics Without Clients
a. Curley Brewing
b. Storm Stayed
c. Ceeps
d. Toboggan Brewing
a. Joe Thornton
b. Doug Gilmour
c. Darcy Tucker
d. Wayne Gretzky
a. Both have released beers with Forked River
b. Each frequently hosts meet-and-greets at breweries
c. One starred in the CFL, the other bought him his first craft beer after signing an eight-year, $8-million-a-year contract
d. Neither has been invited for a beer at Joe Thornton’s place in Florida
a. Announced a deal to distribute each other’s beer
b. Switched locations
c. Announced an employee ownership plan
d. Launched Lug Tread Steam Beer
a. He raised a champion Holstein and inspired a milk stout recipe
b. Woodstock’s first Irishman introduced Guinness to Canada
c. He was a star baseball player of the 1800s known as Canada’s Babe Ruth who started playing in Woodstock
d. O’Neill is the name of Canadian-grown hop
a. Bourbon barrel-aged stout
b. Barleywine
c. Triple IPA
d. Cream ale
a. Stratford
b. Perth
c. Mitchell
d. Does not exist
a. A beer brewed with Mosaic and Sabro hops
b. A beer brewed by several craft breweries, including Anderson in London, to raise awareness about discrimination
c. A movement started with an Instagram post by a Boston-area taproom employee
d. All of the above
a. Waterloo Brewing, nee Brick, of Kitchener
b. Wellington Brewing of Guelph
c. Formosa Springs of Formosa
d. Muskoka Brewery of Bracebridge
ANSWERS
1 – b. A collector of beer bottles
2 – a. Ontario has approximately 245, Ireland has an estimated 75, B.C. has 190 and Vermont, 60.
3 – b. Four to six mini-glasses filled with different beers and approximately equalling a full 16-ounce glass.
4 – a. Half Hours on Earth, acclaimed for its tiny batch sours, saddened many when its entrepreneurial owners decided to close and move on to new endeavours.
5 – c. Puppers Golden Lager, the official beer of Letterkenny, is brewed by Labatt in London. A previous version of Puppers was brewed by craft brewer Stack of Sudbury.
6 – a. Innis & Gunn Six Year Old Vintage
7 – d. Rush Canadian Golden Ale from Henderson Brewing features ingredients grown in Canada.
8 – b. Award-winning lagers from Railway City of St. Thomas and Equals Brewing of London.
9 – a. Black Gold of Petrolia, winners of gold and silver at the Ontario Brewing Awards.
10 – d. Imperial City of Sarnia Goodbye Gravity honours Chris Hatfield
11 – a. Trees for the Forest City.
12 – b. Storm Stayed
13 – d. Wayne Gretzky
14 – a. Both have launched beers with Forked River
15 – a. Announced joint distribution deal.
16 – c. Tip O’Neill, known as Canada’s Babe Ruth, started his baseball career in Woodstock. He played 10 seasons in major leagues in the late 1800s.
17 – d. Cream ale pairs best with ramen, according to The Beer Store. It’s also the style you can afford if you’re eating ramen.
18 – a. Stratford. Supply Chain Issues is an Irish red from Jobsite, Wild Child is batch-variable sour from Black Swan and Perth County Conspiracy is a pale ale honouring the 1970s folk group by Heritage Hops, the holy trinity of Stratford craft breweries.
19 – d. Brave Noise was a charity brew for awareness about discrimination made by several craft brewers, including Anderson of London, following an Instagram post by a New England taproom employee.
20 – a. Waterloo Brewing, nee Brick. It’s listed on the TSX (WBR) and has traded for between $5 and $8 a share this year. Wellington and Muskoka are privately owned; Formosa is defunct.