It’s beer week at CottageDaily. To kick things off, we are going to test your “beer” knowledge with the following quiz:

1. Beer was first discovered in the Middle Ages - true or false?
2. The minerals in water influence’s the beer’s character - true or false?
3. Ale is the most commonly consumed beer in the world - true or false?
4. American’s preference for weaker beers originated during prohibition when bootleggers watered down their beer to increase their profits - true or false?
5. How many calories does a regular beer have 200, 350 or 140 calories?
6. Two thirds of all beer imported comes from Mexico, Netherlands and U.S. - true or false?
7. Nutritionally, beer is bad for you - true or false?
8. On average, how many bottles of brew do Canadian drink a year - 300 250 or 400?
9. We drink more beer than milk - true or false?
10. What is Canada’s best selling beer - Coors Lite, Labatt’s Blue, or Canadian?

And the answers are:

1. False - beer is one of the oldest beverages dating back to 6th millennium BC
2. True - beer is comprised mostly of water and prior to mass manufacturing, the water came from a local source. The minerals in the water influence the beer’s character. Dublin has hard water making it well suited for producing stouts like Guinness.
3. False - lager is the most commonly consumed beer in the world.
4. True - American bootleggers watered down the beer to make more money; this started the trend for weaker tasting beers.
5. Regular beer has only 140 calories, and lite beer has 110.
6. True
7. False - Beer can make a positive contribution to a healthy diet, provided it’s part of a healthy lifestyle. It contains malt, hops, yeast and filtered water as well as B vitamins, niacin, riboflavin, pyridoxine and folate.
8. On average Canadians drink 250 bottles of beer a year
9. True - we drink more beer 84.7 litres a year compared to milk at 63.1 litres a year.
10. Canada’s best selling beer is actually an American beer, Molson Coor’s lite. As of 2006, they had 42% of the Canadian beer market.

Test scores:

If you scored 8 or higher - congratulations you know your beers!

6 or higher - not bad but more studying, not drinking is in order.

5 or less - Must be a wine drinker.

When it comes to beers, Ben Franklin summed it up best, “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”

Cheers,

Julie

PS. Environmental challenge this week is to reduce my plastic bag consumption - started carrying mesh bag in my purse.

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