| If you check out some things about beer in general, | | | | have to hold your glass at a 45 degree angle and |
| you'll find that there is more to beer than just who | | | | pour while making the middle of the glass your |
| makes it, how it tastes and how much it costs. Sure, | | | | target. Yes, there is an art to pouring beer, one that |
| if you're just interested in popping open a cold brew | | | | all great bartenders have down to perfection. |
| and sitting yourself down in front of the TV, you | | | | Want to learn all the beer brewing lingo so you sound |
| probably only care about those 3 things and most | | | | like a real cool dude? You can actually do that as well. |
| likely just number two. But you'd be surprised how | | | | Yes, you can learn all the hip words like hops, keg, |
| much you can learn about beer from magazines, | | | | lager, draft or draught, malting, extracting and on and |
| books and the Internet. | | | | on. If you needed to pass on test on all the beer |
| For example. You can learn about the different kinds | | | | terms, you'd have to study for a month of Sundays. |
| of glasses you can get to put your beer in. No | | | | Speaking of hops. Did you know there is an actual |
| kidding. You've got your flute glass, goblet, mug or | | | | hops guide? What, you thought there was just one |
| stein, pilsner glass, pint glass, snifter, stange, tulip, | | | | kind of hops? There are a zillion types of hops (okay, |
| Weizen glass and even an oversized wine glass. Of | | | | not that many) and the names read like a chapter |
| course you're probably used to seeing most beers | | | | out of "What the heck is that?" Need a few? Well, |
| being drunk either from the stein or pilsner glass in | | | | there's crystal hops, which is actually a half sister to |
| movies or commercials. Most guys just drink out of | | | | Mt. Hood and Liberty Hops. Okay you got the idea. |
| the bottle. | | | | There are a lot of hops. |
| But we're just getting started. Did you know you | | | | But hey, hops isn't the only thing that goes into the |
| could even learn how to store your beer? If you | | | | making of beer. You've also got yeast and malt and |
| want, you can cork your beer and age it for about 3 | | | | a number of other things. There's more ways to |
| to 6 months. Supposedly, this really brings out a very | | | | actually make beer than there are beers. Of course if |
| rich flavor from your beer. There are even different | | | | you threw enough things together in a rotten enough |
| kinds of corks you can get. Bet you didn't know that. | | | | manner you'd probably come up with a pretty rotten |
| From storing we go to pouring. Yes, you can learn | | | | tasting beer. But it would still be beer. |
| how to pour your beer just right. Want a nice big | | | | And all this that we've just mentioned? These are |
| thick head on it? No problem. Just pour it from a | | | | just the basics. Want to go beyond? Well, that's a |
| height of about 4 to 6 inches above the rim of the | | | | whole other article. |
| glass. However, if you want a perfect pour, then you | | | | |
