Certified Beer Server Exam
In the three-tier system for alcohol sales, a Wholesaler can sell beer to:
a. Consumers
b. Retailers
c. Breweries
d. Importers - ✔ ✔ b. Retailers
Keg couplers:
a. Must be vented each time you change the keg on that beer line
b. Must to be cleaned every three months
c. Let gas into the keg and beer out of the keg
d. Attach to the faucet - ✔ ✔ c. Let gas into the keg and beer out of
the keg
Which of these beers is a showcase for flavors that come from malt:
a. British Bitter
b. Wee Heavy
c. Saison
d. American IPA - ✔ ✔ b. Wee Heavy
Which is a style associated with Trappist breweries:
a. Saison
,b. Doppelbock
c. Dubbel
d. Flanders Red - ✔ ✔ c. Dubbel
This dark English ale has pronounced perceived bitterness, is brown to
black in color, and has a normal to elevated ABV:
a. British Mild
b. Milk Stout
c. Northern English Brown
d. Robust Porter - ✔ ✔ d. Robust Porter
This Belgian style is typically made with coriander and orange peel:
a. Saison
b. Dubbel
c. Belgian Blond
d. Wit - ✔ ✔ d. Wit
This American ale has highly assertive perceived bitterness, is dark gold
to dark amber in color, and has a high ABV:
a. American Barleywine
b. Imperial IPA
c. American Imperial Stout
d. American Brown Ale - ✔ ✔ b. Imperial IPA
, What are some malt flavors typically associated with pale beers:
a. Uncooked flour, bread dough
b. White bread, wheat bread, water cracker
c. Toast, caramel, piecrust
d. Nutty, toffee, chocolate, dark/dried fruit - ✔ ✔ a. Uncooked
flour, bread dough
This American ale has highly assertive perceived bitterness, is light
amber to light brown in color, and has a high to very high ABV:
a. American Barleywine
b. Imperial IPA
c. American Imperial Stout
d. American Brown Ale - ✔ ✔ a. American Barleywine
Which is most true:
a. German hefeweizens have a "clean" yeast character, whereas
American wheat beer has clove and banana yeast character. They're
both cloudy from wheat protein and yeast that is in suspension. They
both have ABVs in the normal range.
b. German hefeweizens have clove and banana yeast character,
whereas American wheat beer has a "clean" yeast character. They're
both cloudy from wheat protein and yeast that is in suspension. They
both have ABVs in the elevated range.
In the three-tier system for alcohol sales, a Wholesaler can sell beer to:
a. Consumers
b. Retailers
c. Breweries
d. Importers - ✔ ✔ b. Retailers
Keg couplers:
a. Must be vented each time you change the keg on that beer line
b. Must to be cleaned every three months
c. Let gas into the keg and beer out of the keg
d. Attach to the faucet - ✔ ✔ c. Let gas into the keg and beer out of
the keg
Which of these beers is a showcase for flavors that come from malt:
a. British Bitter
b. Wee Heavy
c. Saison
d. American IPA - ✔ ✔ b. Wee Heavy
Which is a style associated with Trappist breweries:
a. Saison
,b. Doppelbock
c. Dubbel
d. Flanders Red - ✔ ✔ c. Dubbel
This dark English ale has pronounced perceived bitterness, is brown to
black in color, and has a normal to elevated ABV:
a. British Mild
b. Milk Stout
c. Northern English Brown
d. Robust Porter - ✔ ✔ d. Robust Porter
This Belgian style is typically made with coriander and orange peel:
a. Saison
b. Dubbel
c. Belgian Blond
d. Wit - ✔ ✔ d. Wit
This American ale has highly assertive perceived bitterness, is dark gold
to dark amber in color, and has a high ABV:
a. American Barleywine
b. Imperial IPA
c. American Imperial Stout
d. American Brown Ale - ✔ ✔ b. Imperial IPA
, What are some malt flavors typically associated with pale beers:
a. Uncooked flour, bread dough
b. White bread, wheat bread, water cracker
c. Toast, caramel, piecrust
d. Nutty, toffee, chocolate, dark/dried fruit - ✔ ✔ a. Uncooked
flour, bread dough
This American ale has highly assertive perceived bitterness, is light
amber to light brown in color, and has a high to very high ABV:
a. American Barleywine
b. Imperial IPA
c. American Imperial Stout
d. American Brown Ale - ✔ ✔ a. American Barleywine
Which is most true:
a. German hefeweizens have a "clean" yeast character, whereas
American wheat beer has clove and banana yeast character. They're
both cloudy from wheat protein and yeast that is in suspension. They
both have ABVs in the normal range.
b. German hefeweizens have clove and banana yeast character,
whereas American wheat beer has a "clean" yeast character. They're
both cloudy from wheat protein and yeast that is in suspension. They
both have ABVs in the elevated range.
