W I D M E R

So you're the beer expert, spouting fact after fact as your companions try to ignore you or pretend they don't know you. Well, you've met your match.

A Sears store
A video game store, Vic's Vids
A doctor's office, Doctor Ralph Fetigue
A custom mattress shop, Mattresses by Mulligan
Who was the first full-time employee the Brothers hired?: Alfred E. Newman, no relation.
Russ Hoffman, who is still with us today.
Sherman Burdick, who is still with us today.
Tom Cruise, who went on to great fame.
Who was the first person Widmer fired and later re-hired?: Russ Hoffman, for drinking on the job.
Joel Thomas, for wearing a clown costume to work.
Angel Marquez, because he was only 15 years old.
Mike Crossley, for disassembling the entire brewery.
Who was the first brewer in the USA?: Kurt Widmer
John Alden, who came over on the Mayflower.
Mitchell McDuff, who was one of the first citizens of Jamestown.
Benjamin Franklin, who later inspired Samuel Adams to take up the craft.
What does the word "Alt" mean?: Boat
High, meaning great
Old
Special
What do all of the following breweries have in common: Sam Adams, Rhino Chasers and Pete's Wicked?: They are all stouts.
They are all contract brewers.
They use the same industrial yeast.
They are owned by Rupert Murdoch.
What is the correct pronunciation of Hefeweizen?: Hay-fa-wi-son
Hay-fa-vi-tsen
He-fa-wi-tsen
Far-feg-nu-gen
What is a Masskrug?: It is a Sumerian brew kettle.
It is German for big pitcher.
It is a German who drinks only wheat biers.
It is the remains of the barley and yeast after brewing.
How many states does Widmer Brothers Brewing distribute to?: 1 state
3 states
14 states plus the District of Columbia
17 states plus DC plus Alberta, Canada
Does Widmer brew lagers or ales?: Ales
Lagers
Both
Neither
What brewer invented seasonal biers in America?: Samuel Adams
Pete's Wicked Ale
Pyramid
Widmer Brothers Brewing
What year is Widmer's first delivery truck?: 1968
1969
1970
1971
What was the first bier brewed by Widmer Brothers?: Alt
Bock
Lager
Pilsner
Who is the elder brother?: Rob
Kurt
Kurt and Rob aren't brothers.
Neither, they're twins born by cesarian section.
What is the mileage on Widmer's first delivery truck?: 10
142,545 and counting
158,223 and counting
162,618 and counting
How did Kurt and Rob come up with the idea of Hefeweizen?: It was a recipe that they discovered in their great-grandfather's war chest.
Their mother, Paula, suggested it after visiting Germany.
Carl Simpson, owner of the Dublin Pub, asked for a cask-conditioned style of bier that could be served cold.
They invented it.
What object can our CFO, Mike, put completely in his mouth?: A billiard ball
A bier bottle
His fist
Nothing. Due to a hunting accident, Mike's mouth is presently wired shut.
How many times has Kurt stopped smoking since 1984?: Kurt doesn't smoke. Rob, however, quit in 1985.
Two. He has yet to kick the habit.
Never. And he expects to live to 100, just like George Burns.
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What is trub?: It is Sumerian for bier.
It is production waste.
It is German for bier foam.
It is a special kind of yeast.
How many gallons of bier are in a barrel?: 28
31
32
34
What was Widmer Brothers' first seasonal bier?: Alt bier
Bock bier
Fest bier
Weizen bier
What is wort?: Fermented bier
Production waste
Unfermented bier
Kurt's dog
What was the name of Portland's first microbrewery after prohibition?: Bullwinkle's, in 1956.
Taft Brewing, in 1977.
Cartwright Brewing, in 1979.
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., in 1984.
Why do brewers use barley instead of other grains?: It's cheaper.
They think it tastes better.
It reacts with the yeast more efficiently, resulting in faster fermentation periods.
The husks create a natural bed in the mash tun.
Yeast turns fermentable sugars into two by-products. What are they?: Alcohol and oxygen
Alcohol and CO2
Salt and water
Silver and gold
What is reinheitsgebot, and how does it apply to Widmer?: The first German lager brewery, opened in 1302. This has absolutely nothing to do with Widmer.
German for "Excuse my bier burps." It was the first thing Rob learned to say in German.
German purity law. Bier can only contain the four basic ingredients: H2O, barley, hops and yeast. The law was later amended to include wheat.
German for unfiltered, like Widmer Hefewiezen.
What is a lambic beer, and in what country is it brewed?: Iranian corn bier.
Spontaneously fermented bier brewed in Belgium.
Non-alcoholic English beer.
Any bier served during Oktoberfest with lamb dishes.
In German, Hefe means________, and weizen means_________.: Hefe means wheat and weizen means yeast.
Hefe means yeast and weizen means golden.
Hefe means hearty and weizen means beer.
Hefe means yeast and weizen means wheat.
How do Widmer biers differ from traditional ales and lagers?: Our biers are made with wheat, unlike ales and lagers.
Our biers are top-fermented like an ale and cold-conditioned like a lager.
Our biers are bottom-fermented like lagers and warm-conditioned like ales.
Our biers are unfiltered, unlike ales and lagers.
Bockbier originated in what city?: Dźsseldorf
Einbeck
London
Portland
Altbier originated in what city?: Dźsseldorf
Einbeck
London
Portland
Widmer Brothers Brewing was founded in what year?: 1979
1984
1985
1988
Why are India Pale Ales high in hops?: Without hops, bier often would have chemical reactions that turned it into a deadly poison.
Hops were most plentiful during the brewing season.
Hops were used primarily as a preservative. IPAs had to travel a long distance without refrigeration.
India Pale Ales do not contain hops.
Hops give bier two characteristics, what are they?: Bitterness and body
Bitterness and aroma
Body and head
Head and aroma