Quiz Day

This week's Thursday quiz will be followed by answers 24 hours from now so everyone has a chance to participate. Hope you are all having fun and getting in the festive spirit.

Here is goes.

1. Hops in beer only come from the flower and leaves of the hop plant. Now what purpose do hops serve in making beer?

2. Rotundifolia is a grape native to what country?

3. What is the purpose of a spill rail on a bar?

4. Does the grape variety Gerwurztraminer lend itself to a wine that is very acidic or barely having any acidity at all?

5. People who are allergic to any kind of wheat in their food have a "what" allergy? What is this type of allergy referred to as?

6 More Quizzes to Go in 2009

Okay here is the 6th to last as I am not going to do one on New Year's Eve. No way and we will all be working anyway , right? Speaking of waiters and bartenders of course and the kitchen brigade.

1. When you hear of Jews's-ear fungus , what type of food are we talking about? It is black and the shape of an ear lobe.

2. What is the name of the liqueur made with the flavouring of caraway seeds? I think I did this one before.

3. The appellation Gaillac is situated in the southwestern part of France. What is the most common white wine grape found in this wine department?

4. For you chefs out there give me the name of the basic brown sauce which is used as the base for other brown sauces?

5. Portugal is known for it's port of course but what part of the bottling process has it been known to supply for a great many years and is now currently threatened by further advances in wine bottling?

Thursday Quiz

Here you go for this week's quiz.

1. An Americano cocktail and a Negroni cocktail both have sweet vermouth and campari in them. What liquor does the Negroni have that the Americano does not?

2. Crépy is a light bodied white wine that can be made slightly sparkling coming from the slopes of the Haute Savoie region in France alongside Lake Geneva? What grape is used to make this wine?

3. A coque is a cake made in the south of France to celebrate this holiday. Which one am I referring to?

4. Charbonnée is a term to describe food cooked over what?

5. An old fashion cocktail starts off with a cube of sugar coated with angostura bitters , a shot of Canadian rye whiskey , add some shaved ice and garnish with slice of orange , wedge of lemon , and a cherry. What do you top up this cocktail with?

There you have it!

How Did You Do?

The answers to today's quiz are the following.

1. Sbrinz comes from Switzerland.

2. Palombe is what a wood pigeon is called in Southwestern France.

3. Grape varietals are only found on French wines coming from the region of Alsace.

4. That orange - red fruit the size of a cherry is the rowanberry.

5. Sauce Bercy is commonly referred to as shallot butter. The answer was shallot.

Till next time.....