1. Alcohol by volume
   Alcohol by verity
2. Alcoholic beverage verification
   Alcoholic beverage volume

ABV stands for alcohol by volume. This figure tells you how strong a beer is, i.e. the alcohol content.

1. 1912
   1814
2. 1919
   1860

Prohibition began in the U.S. in 1919. The Volstead Act was the legislation that established prohibition.

1. Scotch ale
   Lagavulin ale
2. Border ale
   Cream ale

Scotch ales are often called "wee heavies." The "heavy" refers to the higher alcohol content.

1. China's Yellow River Valley
   The Indus River Valley
2. Egypt
   Mesopotamia

The earliest evidence of beer in history comes from Sumer, in Mesopotamia.

1. Pale ale
   Pilsner
2. Geuze
   Dubbel

The Pilsner style is the most familiar in America, being the basis of the lite beers most often bought. Pilsners were first brewed in 1842.

1. Scotch ale
   Stout
2. Pale ale
   Porter

Pale ales are first mentioned by name in 1703. The fact that their malts are roasted over coke gives the beer a paler yellow appearance than beers with malts roasted over wood or peat.

1. Frederick Miller
   Adolphus Coors
2. Ernest Bass
   Carlton Upworthy

Frederick J. Miller, a German immigrant, sold his first beer in 1855. Miller was born in Riedlingen, Germany, in 1824.

1. Joseph Yeungling
   Frederick Miller
2. Adolphus Coors
   Gustav Meyerink

Adolphus Coors emigrated to the U.S. in 1868. He actually didn't pay to get to America, but stowed away on a ship.

1. Lambic
   Porter
2. India pale ale
   Pilsner

India pale ales were brewed with higher alcohol content, so they could make the long sea journey from Britain to India without losing their potency. IPAs are known for being hoppy and bitter.

1. Porter
   Belgian Singel
2. Trappist Quadrupel
   Russian Imperial Stout

Russian Imperial Stouts got their name because the Russian court was fond of them. Their ABV can be anywhere from 8-15%.

1. Tripel
   Merlot
2. Rauchbier
   Sahtea

Sahtea was an ancient Finnish beer. It used juniper berries for flavor rather than hops.

1. Cascadian ale
   Virginia Dubbel
2. California Common
   Midwest pale ale

California Commons are brewed with lager yeast, but at a warmer temperature than regular lagers. This is, in part, thanks to how difficult it is to keep ice around in California's climate.

1. Dubbel
   Singel
2. Quadrupel
   Tripel

The first modern tripel was brewed by Westmalle, a Belgian brewery, in 1956. The name and style, however, existed in earlier forms before the 20th century.

1. Hurrian Hymn
   Ode to Moloch
2. The Pyramid Texts
   Hymn to Ninkasi

The Hymn to Ninkasi was written in 1800 B.C., and includes a recipe for beer. Ninkasi was the goddess of brewing in the ancient Middle East.

1. 1607
   1632
2. 1776
   1715

1632 is generally credited as the year America's first commercial brewery was founded. It was founded in New York, by the Dutch East India Company.

1. Stout
   Extra Special Bitters
2. Porter
   Amber

Porter is a dark beer that was first mentioned in print in 1721. It was George Washington's favorite style of beer.

1. Cascadian dark ale
   West Coast IPA
2. New England IPA
   Florida Wit beer

The New England IPA is a type of IPA known for being less bitter, fruitier and cloudier-looking than regular IPAs. The style has blossomed in popularity in the latter half of the 2010s.

1. Yuengling
   Coors
2. Vanish
   Budweiser

Yuengling is the oldest continuously operating brewery in the U.S. It was founded in 1829, and was originally named Eagle Brewing.

1. Rome
   Greece
2. China
   Egypt

Beer was included in multiple prescriptions in ancient Egypt. The Egyptians also had a goddess of beer, Tenenit.

1. Louis XIV
   Charlemagne
2. Justinian
   King Arthur

Charlemagne ordered days of fasting, which included no beer or other alcoholic beverages. Charlemagne was known for drinking only in moderation.

1. St. Olaf
   St. Arnold
2. St. Paul
   St. Justin

St. Arnold is the patron of brewers. St. Arnold encouraged the drinking of beer, as it was often healthier than medieval water.

1. Harvard
   Yale
2. William and Mary
   Columbia

Nathaniel Eaton was President of Harvard. Students took issue with the lack of beer, and even claimed there was goat poop in the puddings his wife made.

1. 1492
   1516
2. 1848
   1770

The German Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot) was adopted in 1516. According to the Reinheitsgebot, the three ingredients in beer were hops, water, and barley.

1. Paulaner
   Kronenbourg
2. Fuller's
   Weihenstephan

Weihenstephan Brewery in Bavaria is the oldest continuously operating brewery on earth. They trace their heritage to 1040 A.D.

1. Franciscan
   Jesuit
2. Carmelite
   Trappist

Trappist monks have become famous for the beer they brew. They brewed beer for local communities, and eventually to earn money for their monasteries.

1. Porters
   Flavored stouts
2. Saisons
   Imperial IPA's

Saisons originated in Wallonia, a part of Belgium where people speak French. The beers were traditionally lower ABV and meant as refreshment for farm laborers.

1. Schleswig-Holstein
   Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
2. Prussia
   Bavaria

Oktoberfest has been an important yearly celebration in Bavaria since the 19th century. It's held from late September to early October.

1. Marzen lagers
   Hefeweizens
2. Stouts
   IPA's

Marzen lagers are the style most associated with Oktoberfest. They're called Marzens because they're brewed in March ("Marz," in German), and put back until October.

1. Seattle
   Portland
2. Las Vegas
   Chicago

The Lager Beer Riots occurred in Chicago in 1855. Boone was a devout Baptist who did not believe in drinking on Sundays.

1. Washington, D.C.
   Seattle
2. Pittsburgh
   Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio, was home to "Bottlegate" and "Ten Cent Beer Night." "Bottlegate occurred at a Cleveland Browns game when thousands of angry fans threw empty beer bottles at the field. "Ten Cent Beer Night" was a 1974 promotion at a Cleveland Indians game that quickly descended into chaos.

1. Fuller's
   Smithwick's
2. Guinness
   Paulaner

Arthur Guinness leased St. James Gate in 1759, where he put the brewery that bears his name. Guinness is best known for their stout.

1. King Otto the Bold
   Charlemagne
2. King George I
   Kaiser Wilhelm II

Kaiser Wilhelm II famously asked for a beer-loving lady. The country he ruled, Germany, would be one of the losers in WWI.

1. Calgary
   Vancouver
2. Quebec City
   Montreal

Canada's first commercial brewery was opened in Quebec City in 1668. Ironically, part of the reason it was founded was to keep people from being too intoxicated, by giving them an alternative to liquor.

1. Louis Napoleon
   Queen Anne
2. Louis XVI
   Frederick the Great

Frederick the Great, ruler of Prussia, ordered his subjects to substitute beer for coffee. Frederick worried that soldiers who drank coffee weren't fit for battle.

1. The Colossus of Rhodes
   The Pharos at Alexandria
2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
   The Great Pyramids

Workers on the Great Pyramids were paid in beer. Beer was incredibly popular in ancient Egypt.