Miscellaneous Musings: Changes for the Better

I've decided to make a change with how I handle my Out of the Bottle articles.

As much as I like to bloviate about my beers, I feel it will be much more useful to present tasting notes from the family and friends who actually drink them. Some of them are craft beer aficionados. Others are perfectly happy with one of the Big Three on a hot day. Of course, I drink my beer too and will continue to give my thoughts. However, I feel hearing what others have to say is much more useful to me and hopefully to readers.

I recall hearing a quote from Michael Jackson a few years back about how brewers should brew beer that they’re passionate about. For homebrewers, that’s great advice. I’m not a huge American IPA fan, so I rarely brew one. On the other hand, I’m obsessed with Trappist beers and frequently experiment with them.

Mr Jackson's advice is all well and good. But to me, brewing is more than just following my passions. That’s because I see beer as a very social beverage. I feel I’m not just brewing for my own pleasure. I’m also brewing for the people I hang out with. If they don’t like what I’m making, I want to know.

Now I realize that not everyone is going to appreciate a Sahti, Rauchbier or some off the wall experiment. Those I only share with my more adventurous friends. Nevertheless, if I were to make a beer that everyone thinks tastes like "a tankard o' moose urine", I want to hear it.

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