Nick Giglia: Around the World in 1000 Beers

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Nick Giglia is the CEO of Fahros, a cloud computing company. He also won us over with his Ignite talk pitch out of his love of beer has taken him around the world. Please raise your glass to the tastebudly adventourus man who follows his tongue and good brews, Nick Giglia.

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How It All Began

The Pub

How It All Began

The Gateway Drug

The Challenge

The Education

Close our eyes and POINT

The Ranking System

A Trip To Westvleteren, Belgium

Call The Monks –Place The Order

A Trip to Westvleteren, Belgium

Beginning Beer Geekery

No single right way

Sweet, SmoothHoppy, Bitter

More Advanced Beer Geekery

Remember Your Taste

Tasting Beer: Aroma

Beer’s MostComplex Feature Malt Hops Yeast/Bacteria Fruit/Veggie? Spice? Alcohol? Wood? Other?

Tasting Beer: Appearance

Color Head Clear/

Cloudy?

Tasting Beer: Flavor

Sweet? Sour? Bitter? Aftertaste Complexity

Tasting Beer: Mouthfeel/Balance

Body Texture Carbonation Finish

Close Your Eyes – what does it make you think of?

Be Bold!

Edible Flowers –Lavender, Chamomille

Jim Beam

Chai Tea

Know Your Audience

Everyday Beer

Good Beer

Special Occasion Beer

Value Every Experience

It All Began With A…

And Became:

Hammurabi’s [Beer] Code

The Louvre

“The Oatmeal”

Cheers!

nick@fahros.com

@nickgiglia