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Key takeaways
Gather your team, pick a name and find out who really knows their beer. These 80 beer trivia questions and answers start with familiar styles and pub quiz basics, then get tougher as the rounds move into brewing, history and food.
Use them for a party at home, a quiz night at your local or a friendly challenge with fellow beer fans. The first questions are easy; the last ones may need a proper beer nerd.
How to use these beer quiz questions
Beer trivia questions and answers, easiest to hardest
Start with the familiar basics and work your way toward brewing science and specialist beer history. The answers are kept short so a host can read them aloud without turning the quiz into a lecture.
Round 1: Very easy beer trivia
Water, malted barley, hops and yeast. Brewers may use other grains and ingredients, too.
Hops. They can also contribute floral, citrus, herbal and other aromas.
It converts fermentable sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
The head.
India pale ale.
Beer served from a tap, rather than from a bottle or can.
Round 2: Easy beer trivia
Beer that continues to mature in its cask, where live yeast can keep fermenting it.
Cask beer, drawn from the cellar to the bar.
A beer from a visiting brewery, often rotated on the pub’s taps.
No. Mild can be dark brown, black, amber or gold.
It is less bitter and more lightly hopped than a traditional bitter.
Beef cooked with ale, usually under a pastry crust.
Half an imperial pint, or about 284 millilitres.
Round 3: UK beer culture and history
Campaign for Real Ale.
1971.
The Campaign for the Revitalisation of Ale. The acronym stayed when the name changed.
The Good Beer Guide.
1972, as a loose-leaf guide.
1974.
Bass’s red triangle, registered in 1876.
Faversham. The brewery traces its history to 1698.
Round 4: Beer styles and brewing towns
Plzeň, also called Pilsen.
Bavarian brewer Josef Groll.
1842.
Cologne.
Dark.
Black beer.
Goslar.
A strong ale. CAMRA places the style at 6.5% ABV and above.
Round 5: Harder beer trivia
Strong. “Stout porter” originally referred to a stronger porter.
EBC, short for European Brewery Convention.
Lagern, meaning “to store”.
Black beer.
Witbier.
Lambic.
Banana and clove, which can come from fermentation.
A traditional shilling designation associated with the beer’s historic strength and price category.
Round 6: Cask and cellar terms
A cask that holds nine imperial gallons.
Seventy-two.
An 18-gallon cask - twice the size of a firkin.
Four and a half imperial gallons.
A support that holds a cask in position in the pub cellar.
The bung in the side of a cask where a spile is inserted.
A peg used to control airflow and pressure in a cask.
To open it by driving a tap into the cask’s keystone.
Round 7: Brewing science
The sugary liquid that is fermented to make beer.
Hot water helps extract fermentable sugars from malted grain.
Adding hops after the boil to increase aroma and flavour.
International Bitterness Units.
One milligram per litre.
Butter or butterscotch.
Creamed corn.
Beer density after fermentation, reflecting what remains in the liquid.
Round 8: Expert-level beer trivia
Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Saccharomyces pastorianus.
Emil Christian Hansen, working at Carlsberg.
Amylases.
Iso-alpha acids, which contribute much of beer’s bitterness.
Malt sweetness, roast, carbonation and other flavour compounds affect perceived bitterness.
Adding actively fermenting wort to beer to help condition or carbonate it.
Fermenting beer under pressure in a sealed vessel, often to retain natural carbonation.
Beer trivia team names for your party night
Pick a name that’s quick to say when the host calls out the scores. Here are some beer-inspired options for your team:
Pick a name, split into teams and see which one can back up its beer knowledge.
Make it a fresh beer trivia night at home
Plan the beer ahead of quiz night: each Fresh Press has its own recommended brewing and conditioning time, so check the Pinter app and give your chosen brew time to be ready. Brewing usually takes 4-7 days, followed by conditioning in the fridge.
Conclusion
From familiar beer styles to brewing questions for the keenest fans, these 80 questions make it easy to build a quiz that gets trickier round by round. Gather your teams, keep score and save the toughest questions for the final challenge.
For a personal touch, brew a batch at home with Pinter and pour fresh draught beer straight from the machine.
Bring fresh draught beer to your next game night
Brew a 10-pint batch at home with Pinter, then pour it straight from the machine as your quiz gets under way.
SHOP PINTERBeer trivia FAQs
Can non-beer drinkers play beer trivia?+
Yes. Beer trivia is a knowledge quiz, so anybody can join in. Questions can cover brewing, ingredients, styles and history. Mixed teams work well too: players can pool what they know and enjoy the quiz together.
How do I make it a food and beer trivia night?+
Add a round on beer used in cooking, classic food pairings or the ingredients in beer-friendly dishes. Keep scored questions specific, with answers your quizmaster can verify.
Pairings are a matter of taste, so use them as discussion prompts unless you set a clear answer in advance.
What makes a good beer trivia tie-breaker?+
Choose a question with one precise, verifiable answer and keep it back in case teams finish level. A number-based question can work well: ask teams to write down their answers, then award the win to the closest guess. Decide the scoring rule before you read it out.
About the author
Charlie Howsego
Community Executive
As Pinter's Community Executive, Charlie loves nothing more than helping people discover the joy of brewing at home. Through his writing, he shares practical tips, brewing insights, and a genuine passion for fresh beer.