Beverages Study Guide

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Heineken 11x 9.1% stumper $555 avg J:10 DJ:1

J $200 2018 Want to track this beer to its first brewery? it's now an Amsterdam museum called its "experience"

J $600 2017 In the 1960s the head of this Dutch co. tried to make its green bottle rectangular so it could be used as building material

DJ $1,200 2004 young man named Gerard started this brand in Amsterdam in the 1860s

root beer 8x 12.5% stumper $475 avg J:8

J $400 2022 It's the beverage most associated with Dad's & Hires

J $600 2014 Barq's is an "old tyme" variety of this soft drink

J $400 2010 In the 1870s a friend told Charles Hires that his root tea would sell better under this name

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Corona 7x 14.3% stumper $757 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $100 1998 The top-selling Mexican beer in the U.S., it became a yuppie trend in the 1980s

J $600 2016 This "cerveza mas fina" has been brewed & bottled in Mexico since 1925

J $1,000 2017 Constellation Brands distributes Modelo, Pacifico y this beer that comes in "Extra" & "Light"

Budweiser 7x $300 avg J:6 DJ:1

J $100 1999 TV ads for this beer feature a lizard trying to help frogs "croak"

DJ $800 2002 This brand, first sold in 1876, is symbolized by the animalsseen here

J $200 2016 Clydesdales are true draft horses, appearing with this beer since 1933

rum 7x $500 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $200 2019 The drink called Sly goes to Havana requires the light type of this liquor

J $600 2012 Served in a glass, not a bowl, a planter's punch is made with this main liquor

DJ $1,600 2022 It's a dark & stormy night, so have a Dark 'n' Stormy cocktail made with ginger beer & this

Guinness 7x $714 avg J:7

J $100 1986 Family of 1st Lord Mayor of Dublin & founders of Ireland's most famous brewery

J $1,000 2020 Last name of the actor whose film roles included Fagin, Benjamin Disraeli, Jacob Marley's ghost & a certain Jedi

J $100 1985 In 1954, this Dublin-based brewery hired the McWhirter twins to publicize world records

a Long Island Iced Tea 7x 14.3% stumper $614 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $400 2005 A DECEIT

DJ $800 2009 Gunpowder is a green China type of this beverage

J $1,000 2007 A Gershwin song says, "The way you wear your hat, the way you sip" this... "They can't take that away from me"

tequila 6x $500 avg J:3 DJ:3

DJ $400 2022 A Bloody Maria is similar to a Bloody Mary but contains this liquor instead of vodka

J $600 2025 After a hot summer day, unwind with ranch water, a combination of soda, lime & the Blanco variety of this potent potable

J $400 2013 This liquor can be made into a moonrise as well as a sunrise cocktail

Coors 6x $333 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $200 2019 In a 2019 Super Bowl ad, we learned about the corn syrup policy of Bud Light, Miller Lite & this Colorado light

J $600 2008 This company's beer, introduced in 1874, "is brewed in the Rockies for a uniquely crisp, clean... Mile High taste"

J $200 2009 "Brewed with pure Rocky Mountain spring water"

hops 6x $583 avg J:6

J $300 1988 This plant, related to marijuana, is used to flavor beer

J $600 2015 Michelob has 4 ingredients: water, barley malt, yeast & these blossoms that flavor the beer

J $1,000 2010 The dried blossoms of this plant, genus Humulus, add bitterness to beer

vodka 5x $520 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 2021 If you want to keep kosher & be gluten-free, Smirnoff No. 21 this may be for you

DJ $1,600 2012 The book spawned a TV show:"Are You There, ____? It's Me, Chelsea"

J $200 2016 Cosmopolitan:triple sec, cranberry juice, lime &this liquor

sake 5x $460 avg J:5

J $100 1986 Because it's brewed, technically this rice beverage is a beer

J $800 2009 To make this 4-letter drink, the rice has to be milled because the starch, which ferments, is in the center of the rice

J $1,000 2011 Ochoko are traditional tiny cups from which to drink this alcoholic beverage

Miller 5x $420 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 2001 Besides making light beer, this Milwaukee-based brewery gives the "Tools for Success" to small colleges

J $800 2009 The "High Life" of this beer began in Milwaukee on Dec. 30, 1903

J $400 2020 When it comes to the last name of the American playwright whose 1953 play was "The Crucible", it's this time

Manhattan 5x $720 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $400 2002 (Sofia of the Clue Crew pours a drink in the bar of New York's Plaza Hotel.) It's the geographically appropriate name for the bourbon & vermouth cocktail I'm pouring here

J $800 2012 This cocktail of whiskey, sweet vermouth & a cherry sounds like Peter Minuit paid $24 for it & at a fancy bar, he might

DJ $1,200 2010 60 guilders bought this island in 1626

a cosmopolitan 5x 20.0% stumper $760 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 2007 What makes this cocktail with a magazine's name so worldly? Perhaps it's the cranberry juice & triple sec

J $800 2004 (Sofia of the Clue Crew plays bartender.) Worldly name of this vodka, triple sec, cranberry & lime juice cocktail

DJ $2,000 2010 It's also a glossy mag:PLATONIC MOOS

yeast 4x 25.0% stumper $450 avg J:4

J $200 2022 Lager is beer made from bottom-fermenting strains of this; top-fermented types from Britain are ales

J $600 2012 (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis.) In the mid-19th century, Americans drank mainly heavy, top-fermented ales; the new, lighter lagers pioneered by Adolphus Busch were made possible by the new, Europe...

J $400 1994 Fermentation occurs in beer making when this ingredient is added to the mix

St. Pauli Girl 4x $1,250 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $400 2009 "You never forget your first girl"

J $1,000 2016 Here's the logo of this beer that also comes in dark & non-alcoholic versions

DJ $1,600 2006 "You never forget your first girl"

Samuel Adams 4x 25.0% stumper $725 avg J:4

J $200 2020 He served as governor of Massachusetts from 1793 to 1797

J $700 DD 1997 The Boston Beer Co. makes a lager named for this brewer, patriot & cousin of a U.S. president

J $1,000 DD 2010 Google links to the site for this American beer that's sponsoring a Long Shot American Homebrew Contest

Sam Adams 4x $600 avg J:4

J $200 2017 Boston Lager & a Rebel family of beers are sold by this maker that says it's "brewing the American dream"

J $800 2016 Appropriately, this beer brand makes a Rebel IPA

J $1,000 2012 You get to taste the malts & smell the hops on a tour of this brand's brewery on Germania Street in Boston

Mexico 4x $225 avg J:4

J $100 2000 Tecate

J $200 1992 Corona &Tecate

J $200 1989 Dos Equis &Tres Equis

Japan 4x $250 avg J:4

J $100 1999 Asahi

J $200 1991 Kirin &Sapporo

J $300 1994 Asahi & Sapporo

Denmark 4x $525 avg J:4

J $300 2000 Carlsberg

J $500 1994 Tuborg & Carlsberg

J $500 1991 Tuborg& Carlsberg

Canada 4x $425 avg J:4

J $100 1992 Moosehead &Molson Golden

J $1,000 2008 Labatt

J $200 1994 Grizzly Bear & Molson Light

Australia 4x $325 avg J:4

J $100 1991 Foster's& Kangaroo

J $600 2008 Foster's

J $200 1999 Foster's

scotch 4x 25.0% stumper $650 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2004 A 1988 act of Parliament defined this Scottish product & limited its production only to Scotland

J $1,000 2019 If you fancy a dry Rob Roy, this is the main potent potable in the glass

J $200 2013 A Highland Fling has sweet vermouth, orange bitters, a cherry & this appropriate spirit

a bloody mary 4x $1,075 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 2001 There's something about this vodka, salt, tomato juice, tobasco, pepper, lemon juice & Worcestershire elixir

J $800 2016 Tabasco makes mildly seasoned & extra spicy mixes for this cocktail

DJ $3,000 DD 2010 It was the sanguine moniker of the Virgin Queen's sister

Irish coffee 4x 25.0% stumper $725 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2000 Voltaire drank over 30 cups of this a day, preferring it mocha, flavored with chocolate

DJ $800 2004 Americans at a military base in Limerick help popularize this "national" drink that can be made with Jameson

DJ $1,600 2002 San Francisco's Buena Vista Cafe is credited with inventing this hot drink popular on St. Patrick's Day

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whiskey 3 Stout 3 Southern Comfort 3 Schlitz 3 Perrier 3 Pabst 3 Mountain Dew 3 Israel 3 Ireland 3 Greece 3 Cappuccino 3 Busch 3 a mint julep 3 water 3 tomato juice 3 Sprite 3 martini 3 Alexander 3 ale 3 a stein 3 Yuengling 2 wheat 2 the Czech Republic 2 Swiss Miss 2 sugar 2 Stella Artois 2 Seinfeld 2 sangria 2 Red Stripe 2 Pabst Blue Ribbon 2 orange juice 2 Ocean Spray 2 near beer 2 Molson 2 Miller Lite 2 Kool-Aid 2 Hawaiian Punch 2 Grolsch 2 grenadine 2 Gilmore Girls 2 Germany 2 Gatorade 2 Foster's 2 espresso 2 England 2 Dr. Pepper 2 Dr Pepper 2 champagne 2 brandy 2 Blue Moon 2 Barq's 2 Arizona 2 Amstel Light 2 absinthe 2 a White Russian 2 a snifter 2 a Shirley Temple 2 a daiquiri 2 a boilermaker 2 a tumbler 2 Tia Maria 2 the Netherlands 2 the malt 2 a tequila sunrise 2 a Roy Rogers 2 a Rickey 2 an old-fashioned 2 egg nog 2 Miller High Life 2 milk 2 a margarita 2

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