Page 6 - December Magazine
P. 6
breweries in the U.S. in 1880 and "having a balanced interplay between
Pabst's ability, alone, to brew 1 malt and hop bitterness" would cry
million barrels in a year. But, I won't heresy. Furthermore, they'd burn me
go into these fun historical facts at the stake for refusing to adhere to
because this information is easily their strict standards of description,
accessible on beerhistory.com, all of which you can find on the Beer
where, in addition to a concise Style Guide at craftbeer.com.
timeline, one can find a list of well Now, in my earlier years as a beer
over twenty books and articles on novice, I would have given a person
this very topic. a blank stare at the mention of such
phrases. Though I don't anymore, and
not because I lay claim to any real
expert knowledge on the matter.
Instead, I've experimented with
various beers, mostly at parties that
are just as much about trying new
and exciting beers as they are about
meeting new and exciting people. As
a result, I've come to conclude that
beers, regardless of the family in
which they fall (i.e. lager, ale, stout,
porter, and so forth) are like people
you might meet at a party. They can
fit into the following categories: The
Eccentric, The Nice Guy/Gal, The
Life of the Party, and The Asshole.
Hence, the almost heretical way in
If beer were a religion, it would which I intend to set out to describe
probably be the oldest religion in the beer. I will purposefully move away
world with various offshoots and from any terminology that demands
sects preferring barley over wheat, some technical expertise into this
hoppier beers versus sweeter beers, world by describing beer in terms
light beers over dark beers, stouts or that would be more accessible to the
porters over ales and lagers, and so ordinary individual who, like myself,
forth. If beer were a religion, then the enjoy a good beer. Therefore, the
prophets of this religion, who following descriptors will be added
describe their beers with terms like to the categories I created: Another
“sessionable" and "malt-driven" or Round, I'll Drink it if There's Nothing
Pabst's ability, alone, to brew 1 malt and hop bitterness" would cry
million barrels in a year. But, I won't heresy. Furthermore, they'd burn me
go into these fun historical facts at the stake for refusing to adhere to
because this information is easily their strict standards of description,
accessible on beerhistory.com, all of which you can find on the Beer
where, in addition to a concise Style Guide at craftbeer.com.
timeline, one can find a list of well Now, in my earlier years as a beer
over twenty books and articles on novice, I would have given a person
this very topic. a blank stare at the mention of such
phrases. Though I don't anymore, and
not because I lay claim to any real
expert knowledge on the matter.
Instead, I've experimented with
various beers, mostly at parties that
are just as much about trying new
and exciting beers as they are about
meeting new and exciting people. As
a result, I've come to conclude that
beers, regardless of the family in
which they fall (i.e. lager, ale, stout,
porter, and so forth) are like people
you might meet at a party. They can
fit into the following categories: The
Eccentric, The Nice Guy/Gal, The
Life of the Party, and The Asshole.
Hence, the almost heretical way in
If beer were a religion, it would which I intend to set out to describe
probably be the oldest religion in the beer. I will purposefully move away
world with various offshoots and from any terminology that demands
sects preferring barley over wheat, some technical expertise into this
hoppier beers versus sweeter beers, world by describing beer in terms
light beers over dark beers, stouts or that would be more accessible to the
porters over ales and lagers, and so ordinary individual who, like myself,
forth. If beer were a religion, then the enjoy a good beer. Therefore, the
prophets of this religion, who following descriptors will be added
describe their beers with terms like to the categories I created: Another
“sessionable" and "malt-driven" or Round, I'll Drink it if There's Nothing
