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Get To Know Your Palate appearance aroma flavor feel “Taste involves four aspects: appearance, aroma, flavor and feel. These four things combine to create the concept of taste in everything we eat or drink.” — Ryan Moses, The Beer Counselor
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Tips From A Beer Geek
here is one question that I often get from craft beer newbies and aficionados alike: How can I deepen my knowledge and love of craft beer? What these folks really want to figure out is, what do they like and dislike. There are two ways to solve the mysteries of your own beer palate. One, go to a bottle shop or a good craft beer bar, and buy multiple beers. I know, this is difficult homework … because it’s something you want to do anyway, right? At the bottle shop, fill your sixpack holder with six different beers from the same style. Don’t waiver; pick a style and stick with it. This lets you explore the different aspects of the same beer … sort of like how Thelonious Monk and other bebop artists treat a melody or a musical phrase. They take the phrase and vary it over the course of the song to eventually explode it before putting it all back together. Tasting different versions of the same style of beer has the same effect. It helps you see the different