Welcome to our Twixmas Brewery Quiz!

How well do you know our lovely brewery… and beer in general?
Spend some time with our quiz to find out.
And if you fancy expanding your beer kowledge even further, do also try the Free Beer Quiz, which is linked towards the end of this post.
Good luck!

Questions are listed here, with answers below. No googling!

1. Where was Pilsner invented? (1 point for the country and a bonus point for the city). Was it:
a) Czech Republic
b) Germany
c) Belgium
d) USSR

2. What Beer is James bond ( Daniel Craig) seen drinking in the latest film ‘No Time to Die’ ?

3. What colour wellies do our brewers (Sal and Fran) wear?

4. Which country per head of population is the biggest beer consumer?

5. Which country is the biggest overall beer producer?

6. Name one of our Fermentors. Bonus point if you can name all 5!

7. Which of these beer styles did NOT originate in the UK?
a) Bitter
b) Porter
c) India Pale Ale
d) Rye

8. What is the collective noun for the group of birds associated with Langham Brewery?

9. What has witch craft got to do with beer?

10. When the bartender says they are about to change the barrel, they probably mean
they are about to change the firkin, which holds 9 gallons. How many gallons of beer
does a barrel actually hold?

11. When an early-Victorian brewer advertised his Fine Ales, what attribute of his product was he referring to?

12. What is a beer lover called? There are 7 words – please name one, but there are bonus points for more!

13. Which word means fear of an empty glass?

14. Which country invented beer and when? (Date within 500 years please).

15. The terms ale and beer are now used interchangeably, but historically what was the distinction between the two drinks? 

Here’s the answers! ~

1. a) Czech Republic. The Czech town of Pilsen has the title as pilsner’s homeland.
2. Heineken zero alcohol 
3. White
4. Czech Republic
5. China
6. Fanny, Freda, Fatima, Fiona and Felicity
7. Rye – or Roggenbier. The style originated in Bavaria, southern Germany.
8. A Gulp of Swallows
9. Up until the 1500s, brewing was primarily women’s work. Because the beverage was such a common part of the average person’s diet, fermenting was, for many women, one of their normal household tasks. Some enterprising women took this household skill to the marketplace and began selling beer. They wore the tall, pointy hats so that their customers could see them in the crowded marketplace. They transported their brew in large  round pots. They often had cats to keep mice away from the grain. Some argue that iconography we associate with witches, from the pointy hat to the cauldron, originated from women working as master brewers.
10. 36
11. Clarity (as in Finings)
12. Cerevisaphile, Zythophile, Libationist, Hophead, Beer Enthusiast, Cicerone, Beer Snob
13. Cenosillicaphobia (pronounced Sen-oh-sill-ik- a-foh-bee-a)
14. Mesopotamians, 5000 BC
15. Hops (ale is unhopped)

Do you have thirst for more?
Try this free online Beer Quiz: Free Beer Quiz