I just ordered a beer appreciation kit from tasteyourbeer.com. I’m all for less swilling, more appreciating. This one includes little vials of 13 different kinds of hops to compare. Train your palate, but be warned: once you start down this road, forever will it dominate your soul. You’ll be picking out different flavors in everything…
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When I get time, I want to watch all of this program on fora.tv from Dave McLean in SF who talks about how to make beer, why it tastes like it does, and why some people prefer various styles of beer. It’s a good follow-up to the NHC reception I made it to last week,…
This article calls itself “Beer 101” but it leaves me pretty flat. I grew up in a place that had “both kinds of beer”, Bud and Bud Light, and thus thought I hated beer. But there’s way more out there. Ask for some of these: Lagers: Oktoberfest, Bock, Doppelbock, Eisbock. Hybrids (having characteristics of both…
I won a bronze medal (white ribbon actually) in the Mixed Styles category for my Dusseldorf Altbier, the first non-mead-related beverage I’ve ever entered. It’s a deep copper-colored ale made with a special Alt yeast and with a strong balance of clean malt and hops. There are very few bottles of it left at this…
This weekend I’ll be judging organic homebrew at the Seven Bridges Cooperative in San Jose. Yes, not only is this beer carbon-based, it’s certified. :-) If you’ll be there too, be sure to look me up. -m
To be a Certified Beer Judge, a GeekDrinker needs to score 70/100 on a written test as well as gain 5 experience points, half of that from judging. Talk about leveling up! More collected Geek Thoughts at https://dubinko.info/blog/tags/geekthoughts/.