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By: Bert Walker

Bert Walker — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:27:27 +0000

good topic. i like the site

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:34:12 +0000

Great write up. I agree, taste is something that can be so subjective, but with a basic idea of the drinker’s preference, you can push them in the right direction. Admittedly, when a friend of mine tastes a beer and starts waxing about hints of cardamon, I always raise an eyebrow. My palate is not that refined, that’s for sure!

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By: redmenace

redmenace — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:45:46 +0000

Fantastic post. Thanks!

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:27:32 +0000

Great post that has a lot to chew on. I love to wax poetic on wine or beer or what-have-you, really, but it is all in good fun and I feel it’s my own personal opinion. I’m surprised you didn’t mention the tests that were done that showed people couldn’t really tell what color a wine was in a blind taste test. I always thought that was funny. Here’s a short article on this subject, which also mentions the color thing, that I thought was neat: http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2007/11/the_subjectivity_of_wine.php
p.s. Hoppy beer rules!

By: A. J. P. Crown

A. J. P. Crown — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:24:58 +0000

I love the idea of somebody being the Anheuser-Busch Professor of Brewing Science.

By: rachel

rachel — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:31:30 +0000

I really like pale ale, strong bitter (English brews in my case) and Roald Dahl so I really enjoyed both this post and the Link to the reading of ‘Taste.’

By: jamessal

jamessal — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:45:38 +0000

Charles W. Bamforth — that would also, unsurprisingly, be the course’s professor.

By: jamessal

jamessal — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:09:14 +0000

Thanks, Maggie! We can’t wait!

By: jamessal

jamessal — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:08:30 +0000

Thanks Ian and Jeremy for pointing me to The World Beer Guide. Not sure I qualify as a beer geek yet, but to get there I started reading the free guide to this Modern Scholar Course; its required reading is Beer: Tap into the Art and Science of Breweing by Charles W. Bamforth.