Alcohol

What popular drink did a Dutch medical professor produce in his laboratory while trying to come up with a blood cleanser that could be sold in drugstores?

Gin

What is the primary sugar in grapes that ferments into wine?

Glucose and fructose

Beers that are made out of grains other than barley, oats, rye, or wheat are known as what type of beer?

Gluten-free beer

What is the German beer style that is brewed with coriander and sea salt?

Gose

What is the impure distillation product of white wine?

Grape Pomace, Pomace Brandy eg. Grappa in Italy

At what stage of coffee processing does caffeine extraction take place?

Green bean stage

Which company who was granted a US patent in 1989 created a device known as a 'widget' to aid in the formation of a nitrogen foam head in canned beverages?

Guinness brewery

Which is the only US state that produces coffee?

Hawaii

Mead is an alcoholic beverage made with what?

Honey

What plant contributes bitter flavor and pleasant aroma to beer?

Hops

What was originally used in beer for its antimicrobial properties?

Hops

What is the botanical name of the plant that hops are extracted from?

Humulus lupulus

What scale is used to measure the bitterness of commercially brewed beers?

IBU (International Bitterness Unit)

What is the processing difference between green tea and black tea?

In green tea, leaves are steam-treated before drying to inactivate enzymes and avoid color change from green to black; In black tea, manufacturing enzymes are not inactivated, but fermentation occurs which changes color from green to black prior to drying

Which two countries are the leading producers and exporters of tea?

India, China

In beer making, what does IBU stand for and what does it indicate?

International Bitterness Units; measures the concentration of hop compounds in beer, specifically concentration of isohumulone, an acid found in hops that gives beer its bitter taste

What is the standardized method of brewing tea?

ISO 3103

In beer making, during the boiling process, roughly 25-35% of the alpha acids in the bitter hops are converted to what compound?

Iso-alpha acids

What compound is primarily responsible for bitterness in beer?

Iso-alpha acids.

What happens to a bottle of wine if before you bottle it you forget to put the stuff in it that prevents it from fermenting?

It explodes