| In a previous article we started a discussion of some | | | | not buying beer that is on sale. Sale beer is stale |
| of the things you can learn about beer. We covered | | | | beer. |
| some of the basics. But beer goes way beyond | | | | You can even learn proper etiquette on tipping for a |
| basics. Maybe that's why over 100,000 people each | | | | bottle or glass of beer when at a bar. After all, you |
| month do Internet search engine lookups on beer. | | | | tip your waitress when you order food, so why not |
| Ready for some more things you can learn about | | | | tip your bartender when ordering a beer. You should |
| beer? Great! Let's begin! | | | | always keep some spare change in your pocket for |
| Everybody talks about ABV or alcohol by volume. | | | | doing this. Even if your bottle of beer is only a couple |
| Every beer drinker should know his ABV or he's going | | | | of bucks, throw the bartender two bits. You'll feel |
| to be in a lot of trouble if he wants to keep from | | | | much better for it. |
| getting too sloshed out of his mind. ABV simply | | | | What about home brewing? Well, believe it or not, if |
| means what portion of the total amount of liquid in | | | | you look hard enough, you can actually find articles |
| the bottle of beer is alcohol. Why is this important? | | | | on how to brew your own beer, from picking the |
| Very simple. The more alcohol by volume, the more | | | | ingredients to how to mix them to the type of |
| actual alcohol that you're drinking. That's why you can | | | | equipment you'll need. There's a lot to learn about |
| drink three bottles of one beer with an alcohol by | | | | brewing your own beer. Just make sure you check |
| volume of say 9% and feel nothing, while at the | | | | with the local laws to ensure that you're not in |
| same time drink only two bottles of a beer with an | | | | violation of any town ordinances. |
| alcohol by volume of 20% and get rip roaring drunk. | | | | And if all that isn't enough, there is always the history |
| It's not the number of bottles of beer. It's how much | | | | of beer itself. You can learn when the first beer was |
| alcohol is in each one. | | | | made, when the first major manufacturer of beer |
| What about freshness? Did you know that beer can | | | | came to be and who it was. You can even learn |
| go stale? Sure can. Well, no need to worry because | | | | about the history of every company that ever sold |
| you can also learn how to tell the freshness of your | | | | beer on this planet. It's enough reading to keep you |
| beer and how to keep your beer fresh. These tips | | | | busy for years. Oh and in case you're wondering, the |
| include things like buying your beer right from the | | | | first beer brewed in the United States was brewed |
| cooler to begin with, checking the freshness or | | | | by the colonists in Virginia in 1587. |
| package date, checking for dust (sure sign of stale | | | | See, there's a lot you can learn about beer besides |
| beer), not buying beer that's stored in direct light and | | | | how to burp after a good swig of it. |
