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Common Beer Off-Flavor Tasting

Acetaldehyde made a little more sense—if you can readily relate latex paint to green apples.

Posted byEmma SchmitzOctober 17, 2019Posted inBeer Events, Beer I Drink, Craft BeerTags: beer club, beer education, beer sommelier, beer tasting, certified beer server, cicerone, cicerone certification, off-flavors, tasting beerLeave a comment on Common Beer Off-Flavor Tasting

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I grew up down the street from a French wine distributor rep. For many years, Champagne, Beaune, & Beaujolais dominated our Thanksgiving festivities. Now, as a Certified Cicerone, I’m excited to bring quality beer to the table. I got to share this lovely, floral wonder of a cream ale I helped @thegoodwolfbrewing make—brewed with elderflower and lemon peel, then cold-conditioned for optimal crispness—plus my homebrewed version of @bravenoisebeer (which my fellow hophead brother enjoyed, & from whom I stole photo #2). It felt good to elevate beer this holiday, on a day that wine has ruled for most of my life. Here’s to the beeriarchy 🍻

7 years ago, a neighbor shared a handful of kefir grains with me—those tiny, rubbery, translucent popcorn pieces that ferment sugar into bubbles. I liked to make kefir water and add grapefruit juice. That was the beginning of my fermentation journey. Soon after, I was gifted a homebrewing kit and my first beer would be a grapefruit pale ale (I am citrus obsessed).

October 2021 is a Cold Fox 🦊🦋

Learned a lot at my second beer judging experience yesterday:

Jamil Zainasheff (@hereticbrewing ) once told me there’s nothing wrong with extract brewing, and I agree. I understand the benefits of using either grain, extract, or both. Grain gives you more control, extract gives you more flexibility. It all makes beer at the end of the day.

Last @tblinvitational my mission was to drink all the beers. I completed that mission and turns out it was a bad idea 😅 2.5 years later, I had a strategy to take it slow and turns out, drinking beer is so much more fun that way ☺️ It could be the 30-year-old in me talking, or possibly the Certified Cicerone, or maybe just a pandemic survivor, but I’m happy with the changes I’ve made. We still cute 😇and Reno is still 💯💯💯

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