In any cities where craft beer revolution is moving at a certain pace, there will be a group of people who are so into it that they are labelled as BEER GEEK
Beer geek is a bunch of opinion splitting people--some look up to them as a group of people who really know their beers, know what they want, know what better beers to choose, more rounded palate, and generally a friendly bunch of people who like to share beers, share experiences...
形容对啤酒很着迷的人/一群人。
某些程度上，也是让一些人爱或恨的特定群体。
在小小的本地撞意啤酒圈中，有一小群超级啤迷，对一些认识的新人来说，这个群体是被羡慕的，因为超级啤迷从国外想方设法带进来本地的啤酒是短期内甚至很久都不会出现在本地店家货单上的。
换个角度看，因为对啤酒质素类别口味的高标要求，让超级啤迷有时候不那么受欢迎，很简单，因为能带进本地的难找啤酒数量有限，可分享人数更加有限，间接给人一种“一群爱炫耀家伙”的印象。
But of course there are those who think that beer geek are no more than a bunch of annoying-choosy-picky-vanity chasing people who only chase after big name beers, look down on average beers, think they know better, hard to satisfy, generally a group of assholes....
Is being a beer geek one of the nicest things in life? the answer is YES----but not without prerequisite---the most simple condition needed is --you have to live in a place/city where craft beer culture is booming--with loads of different styles/brand of craft brew to choose from.
偶尔，超级啤迷也让开店卖撞意啤酒的业者觉得没劲，因为这群人一来，好像店里都没有太多能让这群家伙们特别满意的啤酒选择，这群啤迷家里私藏分分钟每瓶都是店家自己没有的。
当超级啤迷是快乐的事？理论上是。只是，客观条件必须是住在撞意啤酒文化，不同品牌类别啤酒供应多如天上繁星的城市，那样的环境，那么多源源不绝选择会让超级啤迷很快活，因为，最基本也最重要的条件---“啤酒选择”已不是问题，剩下的只需尽情发挥个人鉴赏力，分享同乐。
可是，如果你住在供应有限，不同类别啤酒选择少的地方，比如吉隆坡，身为超级啤迷可还真是蛮考验的事，在先天和后天条件都贫乏的环境中，这群人只能自寻管道，向其他不同城市啤迷朋友求救吧。
If you so happened to live in a craft desert like KL--then it's probably not much fun to be a beer geek--at times you might even get ridicule by certain group of drinkers(because of your insistent on choices-varieties)--being a beer geek in KL generally means not much choices available locally--your only ray of light is to seek help from friends living in other cities around the region or far and wide to US/Europe....
Drain Pour
Why would anyone drain pour a perfectly good beer?
I would understand if the beer has somehow gone very bad because of mishandling-mismanagement during delivery or storage. But, to pour away a perfectly good beer is something that never cross my mind--that is until this year's Copenhagen Beer Celebration--yeah--people do pour away perfectly good beers, including me...( yes--it is crazy to think that any of those beers--which in a normal day on tap at any of the craft beer bar would be treated with much more attention.
把接近整瓶或大半杯啤酒倒掉是喝CRAFT BEER之前没想过会发生的事。这里说的是好端端没坏掉的啤酒。
在撞意啤酒文化中，有一种现象叫DRAIN POUR（倒水沟）
因为不同口味类别繁多，撞意啤酒跟吃东西基本原理一样，如果事先没做功课或是喜欢不停试新酒的饮客，偶尔碰上不合口味啤酒是平常事，这时候，你有几个选择，一是勉强喝完，一是把啤酒分出去给其他人，另一选择就是直接倒掉。
倒水沟这回事，在不同啤酒类别选择非常丰富的欧美城市比较常见，亚洲来说，比较少见，要是本地就更加少啤迷会做。在一些著名啤迷网站论坛，倒水沟这件事有专页讨论，不过，少数蓄意倒掉一些出名瓶子哗众取宠的做法是不受认同或要被骂的。当然，也有一些无聊人其实已经把出名啤酒喝完，只是做状倒掉“其他液体”。
When you have a certain limit on time frame--as well as your own palate/abv absorption/capability--and you have hundreds of beers waiting----then it is understandable to pour away certain beers that does not tickle your curiosity or taste too similar or no better to what you usually drink at your local bars...
OBVIOUSLY---there are some attention seeking pour or just plain HOAX--the bigger the name of the beer/brewery that you "pour" away--the bigger attention you get?
And yes--i did found a photo from the net--pouring away White Chocolate by The Bruery--first thing to mind---HOAX--unless the beer has somehow gone bad because of mistreatment---NO WAY a decent geek would pour away such a brew.
要不要把只喝了一两口的啤酒倒掉，关键在于合不合个人口味，至今，不是寂寂无名啤酒品牌会遇到，一些有名气瓶子有时也会碰上被倒掉的命运，这其中，最常被啤迷倒掉的就是啤酒节中无数的好酒。
比如说，今年五月初丹麦啤酒庆典，被邀请出席的都是撞意啤酒界中前辈或新人高手，平常日子在任何一家专卖吧，这些啤酒都会被视为上选，不过，在会场的洗杯机两旁都有大大的空桶让啤迷在洗杯喝另一不同类别啤酒前，把没喝完或不打算喝完的上好啤酒倒掉！（如果你在几小时内有超过几十种不同类别啤酒要尝味的话，倒掉不是很打动你味蕾或好奇心的啤酒是很自然的事！）
there's this video circulating on Youtube ---someone pouring away PLINY--because it's a week or so older than "fresh"!!---BUT obviously the guy who up loaded admitted that it's only a HOAX--the beer been consumed--what poured away was just something else....
Some people is of the opinion that drain pour is probably needed to become a better drinker--that is to say--since one would likely encounter some really crappy craft beer--instead of forcing yourself to finish the bottle/pint---why not just POUR...( since the palate has tasted what's crap--why not give your liver a rest...:)
Some people is of the opinion that drain pour is probably needed to become a better drinker--that is to say--since one would likely encounter some really crappy craft beer--instead of forcing yourself to finish the bottle/pint---why not just POUR...( since the palate has tasted what's crap--why not give your liver a rest...:)
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