Beers need glasses + my first post!

[mastashredda]

Hey all, this is my first post here to the forums. I just plopped down the cash to help support Rev3 since I've been watching it lately on a daily basis.

The one thing I have noticed with Diggnation is that for all the different beers that Alex and Kevin try, there are times that they say certain beers are just gross. I've noticed that these tend to be darker beers more than lighter. As an amateur beer connoisseur, those beers need to be poured into a glass! Pouring into a glass does the same to beer as decanting does to wine... once you get the beer exposed to more air, the aromas from the beer are released from the beer giving a much better tasting experience. This is part of the reason why draught beer tastes so good compared to bottled/canned (besides the fact that draught beer tends to not be pasteurized as well). Even lighter Pilsners and Lagers can benefit from being poured into a glass.

[masherscf]

For a guy who smacks his lips is all cultured when he drinks wine. Kevin Rose has demonstrated an astonishing lack of taste when it comes to beer.

Sadly, the idea that beer needs a glass to be properly presented is going to be lost.

I was also pretty disappointed with Alex's comment "Why do people make bad tasting beer?"

Beer is like ice cream. It comes in different flavors. You're not gonna like every flavor of ice cream. You're not going to like every style of beer. It doesn't make it "bad."

Kevin and Alex have never demonstrated a predisposition for enjoying beer outside a few narrow range of German style light lagers and American Pale ales. They don't seem to enjoy big beers.

It's funny that Kevin would enjoy a porter one minute, proclaiming it "The best beer he's ever had" and then turn around a dis a "Stout." Porters and stouts are almost the same except a little variation in the malts. Indeed, stout is the Irish version of the popular British porter. Because of the popularity of Guinness Stout, the Porter style is pretty much eclipsed by stout.

That flavored vanilla chocolate stuff is what real beer drinkers serve their girlfriend's who don't like beer.

I digress. We should chip in and send Kevin and Alex some proper pint glasses.

As far as draft vs. bottled goes. Beer from a keg or a cask is often the best for given style. English style ales in particular are well suited for this. However, some beer styles can't be done in draft form since their proper conditioning takes place in a bottle. Most beers meant to be aged more than six months are usually bottle conditioned. Examples of these are Belgian strong ales and Barley Wine.

[crater]

You're not gonna like every flavor of ice cream.

Is that a challenge sir?