The Categories
Packaging - How well did the art department do at making you "want" to down their beer? Take into account the bottle shape, the color of the bottle, the art work on the
label and how it reflects the quality of the beer once tasted. Example - if the text looks like it was hand written with a magic marker from Ms. Johnson's 5th grade art class and tastes like someone dropped their glue stick in it, the beer should receive high marks - it looks like it tastes. Text and orginality are deserving of high marks. A good example of clever and unique art work that springs to mind would be the Unibroue Brewery in Quebec (see photo). Don't forget the cap!
Color - The color of the beer is extremely
important. You want a light colored beer to finish easy and smooth and a dark beer to leave something with you until the end. The color of the pour is the first thing you judge before taking the ever important step into grading the taste.
Immediate Taste - Does it Punch? Is it tasteless? Make
you say: "Whoa!" These judgments should be noted the second you allow air into your mouth. Let the beer to be born on your tastebuds. Keep it simple and keep it truthful. Don't let your head over analyze it, save that for the next category.
After Taste (palate) - If the other categories are divisions of a sports team the After
Taste is the Majors. What do you taste after 1/2 of the glass is downed? Have the flavor's melded or changed? Too much Hopps? And contrary to popular belief too much hops is possible. Do you taste chocolate and does it relate well with the color and original first impressions of the beer? I have had beers that were terrible on first taste and strangely got better and better as i drank, this will denote high marks in the After Taste category.
Packaging - How well did the art department do at making you "want" to down their beer? Take into account the bottle shape, the color of the bottle, the art work on the
label and how it reflects the quality of the beer once tasted. Example - if the text looks like it was hand written with a magic marker from Ms. Johnson's 5th grade art class and tastes like someone dropped their glue stick in it, the beer should receive high marks - it looks like it tastes. Text and orginality are deserving of high marks. A good example of clever and unique art work that springs to mind would be the Unibroue Brewery in Quebec (see photo). Don't forget the cap!Color - The color of the beer is extremely
important. You want a light colored beer to finish easy and smooth and a dark beer to leave something with you until the end. The color of the pour is the first thing you judge before taking the ever important step into grading the taste.Immediate Taste - Does it Punch? Is it tasteless? Make
you say: "Whoa!" These judgments should be noted the second you allow air into your mouth. Let the beer to be born on your tastebuds. Keep it simple and keep it truthful. Don't let your head over analyze it, save that for the next category.After Taste (palate) - If the other categories are divisions of a sports team the After
Taste is the Majors. What do you taste after 1/2 of the glass is downed? Have the flavor's melded or changed? Too much Hopps? And contrary to popular belief too much hops is possible. Do you taste chocolate and does it relate well with the color and original first impressions of the beer? I have had beers that were terrible on first taste and strangely got better and better as i drank, this will denote high marks in the After Taste category.
5 comments:
i love the UNIBROUE! vive le québec
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I love beer. But good beer. You should have put Paulaner Hefe on that list. I'm a little sad about that. Paulaner with a slice of orange is heavenly. I'm just saying.
What beer wouldn't I drink on a Friday night? Perhaps that's an easier question to answer.
The blog looks great; I'm so glad you finally put it up. On this historic occasion, I'm reminded of a quotation from Homer Simpson:
"I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer! "
BECKS !! the one and only...
second best choice: Milwaukees Best
As Freddy said, Beck´s is the world best beer, second you can take a lot other German brews, (Warsteiner, Krombacher, Bitburger -Official brand of the national soccer team- Erdinger, Paulaner and many more)
If I need to name an American beer I would also say "the Beast" before Miller Light, "Staropram" and "Pilsener Urquell" from the Cech Republic,....
And I can tell you more and more and more...
Greetz from Germany
Fabian
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