I'm Sure Montanans Know our American Beers, Right?

Or do we?

Impress your friends at the bar or party this weekend with some trivia about our favorite beverage made in the U.S. The answers to these questions are farther down the page. And please enjoy responsibly.

1. Bud Light uses just four ingredients: water, barley, hops and what second grain? Corn, Rice or Wheat?

2. The ads include your Cousin. What Boston Lager is named for a Founding Father?

3. Busch Light is made by Anheuser-Busch. Keystone Light is made by what American brewing company?

4. A pioneer of the craft beer movement, what California brewery with a world-famous pale ale is named for a bordering state mountain range?

5. In 1977, failing Falls City Brewery marketed a beer named for a U.S. President's brother. Even had his signature on the can. Didn't help, the company closed in '78. What was the name of the beer?

6. The luck finally ran out in 2021 when production stopped. Olympia Beer used what good luck charm as its trademark, but it was pointing the wrong way?

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7. From the 1920s to 2005, what American beer was named for a drink-loving Shakespeare character from three plays: Henry IV, parts 1 and 2, and Merry Wives of Windsor?

8. The Maine Beer Company Lunch IPA is named for "Lunch", a sea creature first spotted in 1982. What's Lunch: a Crab, a Lobster or a Whale?

9. Founded in 1829, which is the oldest brewery in America still in operation? Anheuser-Busch, Frankenmuth, Pabst, or Yeungling?

10. The distilleries include Buffalo Trace, Heaven Hill, Four Roses and Wild Turkey. Goose Island brand stout, at over 14% ABV, ages their beer in the just emptied barrels used for what hard alcohol?

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The Answers

1. It's actually Rice.

2. Sam Adams

3. Coors

4. Sierra-Nevada

5. The year is the important clue. Who was President in '77? Jimmy Carter. Who was his brother? The fun-loving, beer drinking Billy Carter. The name of the beer was Billy.

6. The Horseshoe. But it was set to resemble an arch. Superstition says tacking a horseshoe on the wall so it looks like a U will hold the luck in like water in a cup. Tack it upside down like an arch will let the luck run out.

7. Falstaff

8. Lunch was a Finback Whale

9. Yeungling, pronounced "Yingling"

10. Bourbon. Yow, 14% ABV! Gotta try this one.