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beer for you was knowing whether you wanted it in a real bottle, or
one shaped like a bowling pin. We now live in the midst of a beer
renaissance, though, and between all the sours, lagers, stouts,
Belgians, and reds out there, getting the right beer means
expanding your knowledge.Luckily, with beer forever being the
beverage of the people, the amount of smarts required to get what
you like is relatively pocket-sized. These tips will help you
navigate beer lists, talk to bartenders and shop clerks, and give
you a huge leg up out in the wild. Use them to improve your
hard-earned night out. Use them to impress your date. But above
all, use them everywhere. Even the bowling alley.More: Every State
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Credit: Flickr/N i c o l a1. Ales and lagers are categories, not
stylesWithout jumping into a full-blown lesson in biochemistry, the
difference between ales and lagers comes straight down to the yeast
used during fermentation. Ale yeasts, which ferment at warmer
temperatures, are known for the brighter, fruitier, and spicier
favors they produce, while cool-fermented lager yeasts create much
more subtle, smooth-fnished favors. Color, body, and ABV have
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Credit: Dan Gentile/Thrillist2. The four main ingredients of
beer are grain, hops, yeast, and waterJust like baking bread, the
ingredients that go into beer play huge parts in their own rights.
Grains (usually malted barely, but sometimes a blend of rye, oats,
or other grains) give beer the sugar needed for fermentation. Water
(which, at 95% of the product, is often the unsung hero) has to be
treated to make sure nothing affects favor or fermentation, and
allows for all of the chemical reactions to take place. Hops act as
a preservative and provide the bitterness to counterbalance the
sweetness of beer and give it beautiful aromas. Yeast is the actual
worker behind it all, converting sugar into alcohol and actually
creating beer.The process is so tried and true its even been
legislated: in Germany, purity laws called Reinheitsgebot have
ensured the ingredients have stayed the same since the 1500s
(although actually sticking to it these days is sort of considered
to be optional).3. Other ingredients are called adjuncts (as well
as favorings)Wheat, oats, corn, rice, and sugar are regularly added
to the mash to up the amount of fermentable sugar, build a beers
body up or tone it down or to cut corners. A lot of cheap beers are
made using a huge amounts of corn and rice to save money on malted
barely. Other ingredients are also very common, including spices
like coriander and sage, coffee, chocolate, milk, fruit, or honey
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Credit: Flickr/Divya Thakur4. The color of your beer has nothing
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misunderstanding of spirits or the term light beer, but theres a
persistent misbelief that darker beers are heavier in alcohol than
their pale counterparts. Consider that Belgian strong golden pale
ales like Duvel (which clocks in at 8.5% ABV) are night and day
compared to jet-black stouts such as Guinness Draught, which,
despite your favorite St. Pats revelers assertions, clocks in at a
mere 4%.5. A small, foamy beer doesnt mean a bartenders ripping you
offMost people associate foamy beer with bad experiences at keg
parties, which is why most people balk at being handed a beer that
isnt pure liquid to the top. But head does a lot to improve your
beer: its hugely important for delivering aromas to your nose both
before and after each sip and has a huge impact on the texture of a
beer in your mouth. Each style is different, but an inch to an inch
and a half of head is considered to be part of a perfect pour in
most cases (much more for wheat beers). And if an inch still has
you feeling cheated, realize that even the simplest glassware
usually includes an extra bit of space to accommodate for it. So
youre good!
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Credit: Flickr/Jill Clardy6. All hefeweizens are wheat beers,
but not all wheat beers are hefeweizensThis is a semantics thing
that drives even some experienced beer drinkers crazy, but knowing
the difference will help you fnd a beer you like. Hefeweizens are
the German style of wheat beer made using at least 50% wheat and a
Bavarian yeast strain that gives it that bubblegum, banana, and
clove favors most people associate with wheat beers. Wheat beers
are also made with wheat (duh), but instead use a different strain
of yeast that doesnt give off the same clove favors as their German
cousin.7. Hops from different parts of the world taste (and smell)
differentIf youre reading this article, theres a good chance youve
had at least one hoppy American IPA in your drinking adventures.
Probably today. It probably smelled a lot like citrus, grapefruit,
and pine tar. This huge favor profle is a hallmark of North
American hop varieties, which is probably why youd be surprised to
try an English IPA using English hops.Hops are grown all over the
world, with the most coming from Germany (where they tend to be
foral, earthy, and spicy), the Czech Republic (known to be grassy
and great for the local pilsners), the UK (earthy and grassy:
mellow enough for local bitters), New Zealand, and Australia
(similar to the USs citrus vibe with more tropical favors,
especially passion fruit). Think of hops as a gigantic spice
cabinet in a restaurant kitchen: each can be used in harmony with
each other to create desired favors for any specifc dish.8. And
some hops are used just for your beers aromaSince a lot of the
fragrances hops provide get boiled off quickly, brewers add more
hops at the very end of a boil to make sure the hops aromas are
still part of the package instead of just their bitterness. Some
brewers go even further by dry hopping their beers, which is when
hops are added during fermentation.
Credit: Flickr/Dan Tentler9. Freezing your glasses is bad for
your beerI always hate being the bearer of bad news with this fact,
but pouring beer into a frozen glass or mug is bad for your brew.
The ice crystals will cause the beer to foam right up, essentially
killing all of the aromas and carbonation before you can even get a
sip of it. What youre essentially left with is a fat, mostly
favorless beer that will only be truly frigid for a few sips.Side
note: you shouldnt always strive to serve beer extra chilled, as it
mutes almost all of the favors that make it great. But if youre
still absolutely dying for a cold-as-humanly-possible beer, put the
can or bottle in a bucket with salt, ice, and water, and let it sit
for fve minutes while you fll a clean beer glass with ice and
water. Wait fve minutes, dump the ice water out of the glass, and
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super-chilled beer. Cold beer without the foam over!10. Skunking
is exactly what it sounds likeMost people tend to use the term
skunked as a blanket description for any beer that is off-favored,
which isnt entirely true. Skunked actually refers to beer that has
been light struck, usually a result of having been stored in clear,
green, or blue bottles. Whether its sunlight or fuorescent bulbs in
a fridge, the second brew is exposed to brightness, favors and
aromas begin to change for the worse, creating the smell of a
skunks spray (and the easy lay-up of a nickname). If your bottled
or canned beer tastes like paper or cardboard, it means its
oxidized (and probably old or poorly stored), not skunked. Which
means
Credit: Flickr/Tim11. Canned beer is in no way inferior to
bottled beerThe myth of all canned beer being cheap swill needs to
die once and for all. If anything, its arguably better! Cans block
out all light, protecting beer even more than brown glass can from
spoiling faster. Cans are much lighter weight (just try carrying a
case of bottles versus a case of cans), more outdoors-friendly with
their durability, and better for the environment in the long run. I
encourage everyone to test drive this at some point with a
side-by-side bottle vs. can tasting of the same beer. You have
nothing to lose and then you get to drink two beers at once!12. Not
all beer ages wellHolding onto bottles of beer to drink way later
is becoming more of a practice these days, but its important to go
about it the right way. Since hop aroma and bitterness die off with
age, you probably shouldnt sit on that hop-bomb IPA for too long
before opening it up: the sooner you drink it, the better! Go for
beers with higher ABVs, and make sure youre storing the bottles
upright at a consistent cool temperature (close to 50 is best) with
little light. You should see the malt body come front and center as
time passes.
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Credit: Sarah Anderson/Thrillist13. The point of drinking beer
is to enjoy it, not be a snobIts amazing how this simple (and in my
opinion most important) rule is the frst thing people forget when
hitting the bar these days. The industry of beer may be in the
greatest growth spurt it has seen in over a century, but the
tried-and-true act of lifting a glass to your lips and taking a sip
is as old as civilization itself. Be adventurous. Learn what you
like and what you dont. Share it with your friends. Use it to take
a load off after a long week at work. And never settle for drinking
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