Beerducation

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When you love beer, I mean really love beer, it's natural that you'd want to learn more about it.  Tasting is one way to go about your beerducation, and while essential, there comes a point when that just isn't enough.

Awhile back, I made a conscious effort to immerse myself in the world of beer, hoping to stew in the mashtun of knowledge, ferment and age a bit, and pour out as an enlightened, educated beer geek.

There are so many great resources to this end.  Reading material abounds, both at the bookstore and on the internet.  With the abundance of beer blogs, websites, trade magazines, and books, I have no shortage of things to read.  I just got done reading Brewing Up A Business by rock-star Dogfish Head brewer Sam Calagione.  While he does know a few things about brewing, his book was often a chore to get through.  Contrast that with the book I am currently reading -- Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer by Maureen Ogle, which is a totally fascinating read.

I've got my favorite websites as well, and am always discovering new ones. There really aren't enough hours in the day for everything that I'd like to read and absorb.

But what to do with all that knowledge once it's gained? Why test yourself, of course.  This great quiz on greatbrewers.com is a fun way to see if you are truly learning anything, or if you need to hit the books.  Developed by,

"beer educators Eric McKay of L. Knife & Son and Sam Merritt of Civilization of Beer, the GBT is offered exclusively online by GreatBrewers.com. This challenging 20-question quiz covers the history of beer, the brewing process, beer styles, brewing anomalies, and some miscellaneous topics. Questions are randomly drawn from an ever growing bank of potential queries, so come back and take the test again for an entirely new experience. Would you prefer a more in-depth test? If so, challenge yourself with the GBT 100, a 100-question version of the Great Beer Test."

Just enough to whet your appetite for more delicious beer knowledge. Click here to take the test - good luck!