Train Your Beer Taste Buds With These Taste-Training Exercises

Citrussy, herbal, nutty, bitter… Great beers have many nuances of flavour and aroma. If you’d like to improve your beer appreciation and discover your beer preferences, try these “beer tasting workouts” from Food & Wine.

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The article explains how hops and malt contribute to a beer’s flavour profile. Exercises include determining your bitterness threshold with grapefruit juice and comparing a dark chocolate bar with a stout. In short, a fun experiment!

Beer Tasting Workout: Train Yourself to be a Better Beer Taster [Food & Wine]