| Beer & Society | | | | cold or warm the beer is will affect the crispness and |
| What we call someone in our society who drinks | | | | the intensity of the flavor on the tongue. What most |
| heavily often depends on whether they are drinking | | | | people don't realize is that colder beers actually |
| holed up alone at home or if they are out with | | | | affect the chemical reactions on the tongue and in |
| friends living it up on a regular basis. If you are at | | | | the throat, which has a drastic effect on how it |
| home drinking to excess, you will be viewed as an | | | | tastes. |
| alcoholic who has a problem, but carry on with the | | | | Pouring Your Beer |
| same behavior in public while playing pool, darts, and | | | | There is a reason that bartenders turn their glasses |
| other pastimes with your buddies and you will be | | | | to a particular angle when they release beer from |
| considered the fun party guy that everyone wants | | | | the tap. A beer's presentation will be affected |
| to be around! This is because our drinking behaviors | | | | depending not only on that tilting of the glass or mug, |
| are often closely tied to social interactions. | | | | but on the speed from which it shoots out from the |
| Beer Around the World | | | | tap and even the turbulence of the bar once |
| If you visited a Middle Eastern country such as Syria, | | | | carbonization is released. It turns out there is a whole |
| you wouldn't expect to find breweries, but they are | | | | science behind how a beer should correctly be |
| there! Beer is now an international phenomenon and is | | | | poured! |
| being brewed in the Middle East, Africa, and in very | | | | Some beers are heavier than others and are best |
| small countries such as Mongolia. No matter what the | | | | left to settle before they are poured. For instance, |
| religious leanings of a country may be, beer is now a | | | | German pilsener is often left to settle unless you |
| part of everyday modern living. | | | | want to serve the remaining yeast in order to affect |
| Serving Beer | | | | color and flavor. |
| While most people who drink primarily to get drunk | | | | Rating Your Beer |
| will pop open the top of a can or bottle and guzzle it | | | | For those who are into beer for much more than its |
| down without thinking much about the taste or smell, | | | | ability to get them drunk, a lot of fun can be had |
| there are some beer lovers who enjoy taking in the | | | | rating beers, either in their personal life or online with |
| aroma of their brand of choice. These people will | | | | other been enthusiasts. Not only is the beer enjoyed, |
| want to pour their beer into a glass, mug, or stein of | | | | but they are able to turn drinking into a hobby that |
| some type so that they can enjoy the smell and | | | | fills up their free time with enjoyable activity. |
| taste at a more leisurely pace. | | | | Once again, beer drinking is a worldwide phenomenon. |
| Much as you can find different varieties of wine | | | | It is not uncommon to see enthusiasts from different |
| glasses selling on the market today, you can now | | | | countries swapping beer from their respective |
| find a wide variety of beer glasses and mugs. Some | | | | countries. This allows beer drinkers in the U.S. to |
| breweries are even putting out their own glasses for | | | | taste and rate beers from Russia and other countries |
| their special brand of beer. | | | | around the world, and vice versa. For these people, |
| Temperature & Beer | | | | drinking is much more than just hiding at home to get |
| Most beer drinkers have a preference for the | | | | drunk! |
| temperature of their beer when they drink it. How | | | | |
