WEEK 34--drink Craft--learn ABC

这期来点“免费英语教学”。

当然是开玩笑的。

喜欢撞意啤酒的新朋友可能最先发现的就是变化多端，什么STYLE都有的瓶子贴纸，这跟之前大厂啤酒比较统一化，比较沉闷的帖子/设计有很大不同。

然后，再仔细留意的话，会发现有些酿酒师会在瓶子贴纸上“留言”--会告诉你为什么这酒是这样酿，或用了什么啤酒花，什么麦，什么酵母，什么提味食材之类的，又或是这是向谁谁谁或什么传统文化致敬之类的信息。

撞意啤酒之所以好玩，有时候不是只在于酒本身，有时候酒背后的小故事，初念，想法都让喝CRAFT BEER这件事变得更有趣味。

这期的ABC都是很浅白撞意啤酒单词，就像喝啤酒这回事一样，没有什么太复杂的，喝了-------自然就懂了。

One of the things newbie drinkers would probably notice very early on is the ever changing--free form expression--almost anything goes--different labels design on the bottles.

And then you might slowly noticed that it is not just the graphic design---the labels actually contain lots of other thing---such as info about why a particular beer is brewed the way it is---basic info of what malt/what yeasts/what hops/what other organic/food item added and so on.....sometimes the label would say this is in tribute to so and so/or to a particular tradition/culture....

All these make drinking craft beer a little more fun--the fact that there's a little info here and there to pick up--to understand what's behind a brewer's thinking/cultural influence/little stories behind the scene.....

QUOTES:-
"BA is not an abbreviation for a university degree---it stands for the word Barrel Aged---the process of aging a beer"

"BA does NOT necessarily make beers taste better--some beers are better off without BA--the Original version could taste much better"

"Carbonation has always been the benchmark for big factory beer drinkers--to determine if a beer has gone bad---not always correct when you are opening a craft beer bottle---because some craft beer were born WITHOUT much carbonation or none at all..."

"Craft beer--anyone or everyone who thought this is just the same bloody boring/one dimensional "alcoholic yellow piss"--try it--then you will see...."

NEXT UP--what's your nick name?