Beer Whisper

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OWTO

HOST A

TASTING ATHOM

A supplement to

Craft Beer TastingAt Home and SomeBeer Whispering too!

Video located at:www.CraftBeer.com/tasting


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3/14

oday

TodaytheAm

ericanpalateha

sbecomemore

advancedinmany

thingsweconsu

meincluding

cheese,chocolate

,tea,coeeand

evenbeer.

Thebestbeersinthew

orldtodayare

being

madeintheU.S

.

-SmithsonianM

agazine,Decemb

er2008

Tastingsocr

atbeerarecom

monbothatho

me

andatrestaura

nts.

Welooktoprovideyou

thebasicresour

cesyou

needtoputona

successulandmemorabletas

ting!


4/14

hy Craft be

er

Itsaboutwh

atisinthegla

ss.

Cratbeerte

achesushistory

,geographyand

cultureonesi

patatime.

Cratbeero

ersamultitudeoavorsan

d

beerstylesthat

givethebeerl

overspalate

somethingtosin

gabout.

Enjoyingcrat

beerallowsthe

beerloverto

takeparti

nsomethingbigg

erandlarger

thanthemselves.Ithast

hemsharingin

a

communitytiedt

otheAmericandreamw

here

smallandindepe

ndentproducers

oworld

classbeerhavee

arnedtheirway

intoretail

establishmentsa

ndrestaurantsa

gainst

manyodds.

Theresareasontoday

thatthemajor

ityo

Americanslivewithin10miles

oabrewery.

Thesebrewpubs,

microbreweriesandregional

cratbrewersha

veoundloyala

nswhowant

somethingmore

thanimportsand

answho

wanttotaste

beerthatisre

shandullo

avorbranching

outbeyondthe

standardlight

Americanlager.


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oolstoget

youstarted


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ASTINGDAY

CHECKLIS

___BATasting

Mat

1perperson

___Pen/Pencil

totakenotes

1perperson

___BJCPScoreShe

etIyouwan

ttojudgethe

beerlikeincompetitions(w

ww.bjcp.org)

___2-3glasses

perperson(One

orwater,theother

orthebeer(se

esetuponpa

ge8)

___FoodBasics

:

___WaterPitch

ersorwatert

odrinkandto

rinsebeerglass

___SeltzerWater(tocl

eanpalate)

___Unsaltedcr

ackers(tocleanpalate)

___Mild,Mediu

mandStrongC

heese

(seechartonpa

ge14)

___Olives(tos

eewhathappens

tobeerwith

somethingsalty)

___PaperTowels/C

lothTowel

___Bottleopen

er/Churchkey

___EmptyTrash

canortrash/

recycling

___Flowervase

ordumpingext

rabeerrom

tastingcups

___Cooleror

ridgeneartable

withbeersinsid

e


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Pick ATasti

ngTheme

Themeoptionsc

aninclude

Atastingo

dierentbrand

sthatarethe

same

beerstyle

Example:Your

einvitedtoa

PaleAleParty

atAllisonsHouse

!

Verticaltast

ing(dierentye

arssamebrand)

Example:Join

usoraverysp

ecialvertical

tastingo2000

,2001,2002,2

003,2004

BigFootBarleyw

ineromSierra

Nevada

Seasonal/L

imitedreleaset

asting

BeerDinner

Considerserv

ing2beerswitheachme

alcourse

Guestscanco

mpareandvote

ontheiravorite

pairingothen

ight

Beervs.Wine

Serveonebee

randonewine

alongside

dierentcours

es.

Tip:Considergo

ingtoyourlocalhomebrews

upplyshop

topickupsome

hopsandmaltt

oplaceonthetable

duringthetasti

ng.Guestscans

amplethemalt(

taste)

andsmelltheho

pstoget atr

uesenseoingr

edients

usedincratbe

er.


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et UpForlo

cationitsidea

ltohave

Goodlighting

Alargetable

withspaceor

glasswareand

oodandguests

Haveguestspr

eparedtoocus

duringthe

tastingandthensocialtime

ater

Glassware

1pintglasso

waterperper

son

1openmouth

tasterglasso

rbeers7%

ABVorlowe

r

1sniterstyleorbeers8

%ABVor

larger

Checkserving

temperaturesa

ndspecifc

glasswaresugges

tionsonpage14

.


9/14

esearchYou

r Offerings

Ashostyous

houldconductre

searchoneach

beeryouareser

ving.

Askyourloca

lretailerandu

setheinternet

andwebsitesothebrewer

ies.

Thingstofnd

outinadvance

AlcoholByVol

ume(Althoughb

eeris

generallythe

amountoalcoh

olowine

alcohollevelswil

lvarybybeers

tyle.)

HopBitternes

s

InternationalBi

tteringUnits(I

BU)

BreweryStory

Ingredientso

thatbeer(Malt,Hops,

Yeast),uniqueo

rspecialingredi

ents

Processbehin

dmakingthebe

er

Historyoth

ebeerstyle


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HATTODOW

HE

Inviteeveryon

e!

Thehostshou

ldprovideovervi

ewoeachbeer

asitisserved

.

Generallyits

leastimpactingonyourpalat

e

tosamplebeers

lighterinalcoho

lfrsttothen

beersheavierin

alcoholnext.

Rinseglass

ullywithwater

betweenbeers

Andconsider

sippingsparkling

waterto

cleanseyourpalate

Biteocrack

erbetweeneach

beer

Serveonebee

ratatimeand

discussas

youtaste

Thenservenextbeer

andrepeat


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imeto

taste

Forbottleco

nditionedbeers

(activeyeastin

side

thebottle),ope

nandpourslowly

astonot

disturbtheyeas

t(unlessnoted

dierentonth

e

label)

Evaluateand

discuss5specifctopics

1.Appearance

Color-Inth

eU.S.,measure

ments

areexpressedin

ascalecalledS

RM

(StandardRee

renceMethod).

For

mostenthusiast

purposes,verba

l

descriptionsaresuf

cient.

Head(oamo

ntopothebee

r)

Carbonationl

evels(still/uncar

bonated,

petillant/slightly

carbonated,spa

rkling)

2.Aroma

(whatdoyousm

ell?)

3.Flavor(whatdoyouta

ste?)

4.Moutheel(howdoesthebeer

eelonyour

tongue?)

5.Whatisyour

overallImpressio

n?

2SRM/PaleStraw

3SRM/Stra

w 4SRM/G

old6SRM/DeepGold

9SRM/PaleAmb

er

12SRM/Med.A

mber15SRM

/Dk.Amber

20SRMBrown

30SRM/Dk.Bro

wn 40+SRM/Black


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eer Whisper

ing

WhatisBeerW

hispering?

Thistechnique

isagreatway

toreallyenhan

ce

yourapprecia

tionowhatis

intheglass

Everycratb

eerhasastorytotellsosh

are

whatitistellin

gyou!

Expressoutlo

udwhatthebee

rhastosay.Is

it

Happy/Sad?

Whatkindo

aromadoesith

ave?

Doesittasteheavy

orlight?

Doesthebeverageinspireyo

u?

Isitmemorab

le?

Whatoodwo

ulditbestpair

with?

Andmore.


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hy Beer and

FoodWork

Ithasb

eensaidthatt

heU.S.reallygo

tintowinewhen

we

learnedaboutFr

enchcuisinerom

thelikesogre

atches

includingJuliaC

hild.TodaytheA

mericandietisd

efnitely

notbasedonFre

nchood,sowhy

dotodaysrest

aurants

havesomuchmo

reemphasisonw

ineoverbeer?O

urdiet

isrepresentedbyourdierent

oodculturesin

cluding

American,Thai,C

hinese,Mexican,Indianandm

ore.Crat

beergoessowel

lwiththesetyp

esooodplus,siporsip,

beerisusuallya

roundhalthea

lcoholthatwine

is.

Everyone

tastesandsens

esdierentlys

othereareno

poorchoiceswhe

npairing.Eachp

ersonknowswhe

nthey

tastesomething

theylikeorsom

ethingthatisn

ot

workingorthem

.Soexperimenti

ngiswherewee

achget

toknowourownpreer

ences.

Remembe

rthesweetness

omaltgoesverywellwith

spicy

dishesandtheb

itternessohop

sdoesagreatj

obo

cuttingtheat

oheavier/rich

erdishes.

Overall

youretryingto

balanceyourbe

erwithyouroo

d

andviceversa,

soremembertom

atchintensities.

Acidicb

eersdoagoodjobocut

tingthroughthe

atin

ood(Belgianst

ylesliketheFlandersb

eersandLambics

or

somewheatbase

dbeerstyles).

Saltin

oodlessensthe

acidityinboth

beerandwine.

Soanacidicsou

rbeertastedon

itsownmightb

etoo

intenseorsome

,butwillwork

verywellwhens

ervedwith

saltyood.


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eerandF

oodpairingg

uidelin

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