How to choose, what to drink....

BLOG的题目有点自问自答的意思，也有被骂的可能。

不就是喝啤酒？还需要问怎样喝，喝什么？

会写这个是因为自己开始时候有疑问，也观察到一些很新，才接触CRAFT BEER的朋友有同样问题。

这里要说的只是个人经验，不是什么一定规律。

CRAFT BEER的种类繁多，不同口感，味道的选择也很多，如果才开始喝，我的方式是：-
1）先以最接近自己喜欢的口味开始，如果平时吃东西比较不喜欢酸味，那就先避开酸为主的啤酒。

2）如果是在有卖“试味小杯”的地方喝，可以先试试不同口味的啤酒，小口尝试之后再决定是不是要喝大杯。如果是瓶装，可以跟朋友分享SHARE SHARE喝，试味道。

3）除非决定只喝一杯就离开。如果三杯或以上的话，从比较浅口味开始喝，渐进式口感会比较顺。（浅口味啤酒不一定只是凭酒精度高低决定，更多的是口感，味道）

4）在酒量，情况容许下，开始喝的几个月就尽量尝试不同口味，风格的啤酒吧。一些新朋友可能需要“养胃口”，不管是不是需要“过渡期”，尽量尝试正是CRAFT BEER的好玩精神。

这是英国报纸写的CRAFT BEER简易初认识LINK;-

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/jun/13/craft-beer-guide-beginners

This is a blog title that could well get someone asking w.t.f?

isn't drinking beer is a straight forward matter?

thought of this in view of my own beginners experience as well as seeing some new friends hesitating, not knowing what to drink when face with selections...

Not a guide at all, just to share what i have done in the beginning:-

1) try to go with beer that is closer to own favorite taste, for examples if you don't like sour taste at all, then don't start with sour ale for first craft beer experience.

2) try a sampler with small quantity of different beers if you happened to be around a bar that serve it that way. If opening a bottle then get friend/s to share out, drink less try more...

3) when planning to drink a bit more, starts with lower/milder tasting beers, its almost like warming up, kind of like going smoothly up the ladder( coming down is another matter..)

4) some new friends may need a so called "build up the palates" time frame, could be few weeks could be few months or even more than a year, anyhow, the fun factor to craft beer drinking is to try as many different styles, tasting beers possible( NOT in one night...but over the drinking years ahead....)

happy filling up.....

photo courtesy( or should  i say "stolen"?) from ales & lagers.