I just had the opportunity to do my first beer tasting. Okay, so I don’t care all that much for beer. The last time I drank a bottle of beer, the weather had been very hot and I had been helping repair an old barn. One of the things I object to beer is the aroma of the beer. I’d rather notice the fruit and floral notes of wine. However, I enjoy the process of tasting wine and like to carry that over to other things such as tea. So why not beer?

I was surprised to learn that tasting beer is similar to tasting wine. The idea is to swirl the beer so that the oxygen provides more aroma. Taste the beer and notice the flavors. Compare and note the similarities of the different beers you taste. One of the interesting beers I tasted was a Riesling Ale made with Riesling and beer. It was definitely a beer, not a wine and was good. The last tasting I had was a root beer. Wow! That was good! What have your experiences been with tasting beer?