How To Taste Beer

News Type: Other — Seeded on Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:29 AM EST

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Tasting beers may seem simple to many: buy beer and drink it. However, there are an increasing number of people who understand that craft beers can be just as complex as some wines. Because so many brewers are starting to put more thought and effort into brewing beer, we as beer drinkers should also think more about what we taste when we drink beer.

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stevetherobot

Here's my favorite method for tasting beer:
1. Open beer.
2. Raise beer to mouth.
3. Sip (or gulp, depending on how thirsty I am).

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#1 - Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:32 AM EST

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Miss Dev

This is a great blog. I give tastings at the brewery and pour 1 to 2 ounce samples. People who genuinely want to taste beers know this is a good 3 sips - more than enough to gain an appreciation for the brew. Other people get pissed that they don't get "more free beer."

While I drink my beers rather quickly, and don't always take the time to take note of CCATM (Color, Clarity, Aroma, Taste, Mouthfeel) - if you are tasting beer for the purpose of education - it's vital. I quick chug isn't going to tell you everything about what the brewer put into the beer and you're not giving him, or the beer, your due respect.

Look
Smell
Taste
Savor!

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4 votes

#2 - Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:24 PM EST

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David Mc Girr

Soon as I started reading this, my music programme flipped over to "Warm beer and cold women" by Tom Waits.

I love beer, and I'm sure i'll like it all the more now.

Good stuff.

-Dave

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3 votes

#2.1 - Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:39 PM EST

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Ryan Stolte-Sawa

I realised long ago that beer is an acquired taste, and furthermore that simply drinking beer is not an innately pleasant experience. Learning to appreciate beer (or wine or coffee, or music or art) is fascinating and enriching. If you've always wanted to like beer, but weren't sure how or if you could, this is a good place to start. Thanks, Robot!

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4 votes

#3 - Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:14 PM EST

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