WEEK 64--Drink WHAT, Drink HOW.....

I kinda always tell people who are drinking craft beer for the first time or newbies, that probably the "MINUS" method is the best way to get your first few beers spot on...

it's a simple method really, just "MINUS" out beers with taste profile that you don't like when it comes to food, or fruits....if you don't like sour don't choose a lambic or sour ale---if you don't like bitter don't start with an IPA.....so on and so forth...simple...right?

踏出来，别窝着。。。

选择喝什么撞意啤酒是很个人的事。
也是不少新朋友觉得困惑的事。
或许，最简单方式就是“删减法”，把选择范围缩小，比如不喜欢苦味，酸味，就把这些啤酒类型删减掉，只选自己喜欢类型，就能选到合适口味啤酒。

可是，如果你已喝撞意啤酒一段时日，还在使用“删减法”，那就有问题了。
选择喝什么啤酒确是个人自由，不过，“删减法”等同固步自封，不会提升对不同类别啤酒鉴赏力，也就不能享受撞意啤酒的天马行空不同酿品乐趣。

如果喝来喝去只喝3个不同类别如ipa, pale ale或stout。而从来不碰其他类型啤酒，

However, if you have been drinking craft beer for a while--say maybe 2-3 years already and you are still very much using the "MINUS" method---then it's probably wrong, very wrong indeed.

It is wrong because you will be missing out on a lot of other interesting, delicious styles of beers--if you just keep drinking the same style/styles over the years---it's almost like eating the same food everyday and not knowing there's a lot more choices out there.

Yes--beer is like food--choosing what to drink is all personal preference---BUT-in the vast and deep world of craft beer--it is simply not right to just keep drinking say 1,2 or 3 styles all the way all these while without even wanting to try other styles of beers--because essentially craft beer drinking is a palate building process--only when the palate is given a chance of trying out different styles of beers with various taste profile would one know how to appreciate further the beauty of craft beer....

提高不同类别啤酒鉴赏力是必要的吗？
如果你爱撞意啤酒，答案是绝对必要。

比如说，同一支啤酒，这时喝跟隔一段时间喝，会有不同感受，酒的品质固定情况下，几个月或一年前喝跟之后再喝会有截然不同感受，分别源于个人鉴赏力的层次。

真实个案，有只喝重口味IPA和黑啤的朋友2年前完全不喝轻量级酿品，觉得像喝水。不过，今年开始，这位朋友觉得之前喝的啤酒过于强调抢攻味蕾，反而太单调，开始会欣赏低度啤酒和果酸啤酒的不同层次感，对重口味啤酒的平衡层次质素要求更高，更能乐在其中。

撞意啤酒是对味觉嗅觉的训练，固步自封的话，鉴赏力绝对停止长进，错失很多不同类别啤酒同时，更怕是以为撞意啤酒世界就只那样，以偏概全就可惜了。

喝酒是个人事，选择对味啤酒当然重要，不过，别忘了啤海浩瀚，没见过没尝试过的啤酒肯定比自己喝过的多很多。
有时候，踏出舒适对味区发掘自己不知道没试过的啤酒类别会更好玩。试多些就知道了。

It would be very sad--if one choose to just keep to a certain style/s of beer and think that's the whole picture of craft beer, that is what craft beer is all about---ITS NOT-- the world of craft beer is so vast the varieties available would always be more than what one has covered...

In fact, it would be a lot more fun if you step out of your comfort zone--try something new, something weird, something mediocre, something good, something out of this world---because that's the fun part of craft beer--be free, be adventurous, be open minded... 

The one BIG TRUTH about craft beer is that--just like NOT every ramen, burger or chicken rice stalls can be equally good---there's awesome, good, average, mediocre and sucks big time craft beer...

And so the newbie would frequently ask--how to choose a good one? some would suggest going to ratebeer/untappd/beeradvocate--just check out the high score beers--those would generally be good or awesome beers--in some way ---it's like telling a diner--go grab a Michelin Guide, you wont go wrong...

But hey--the truth is--there's also a lot of good food out there which are not listed by Michelin Guide....

定义好啤酒。。。

撞意啤酒不同类别选择繁多，浩瀚啤海中，什么是好啤酒？

像食物那样，不是所有拉面，寿司，海南鸡饭或汉堡包都一样好吃，当然，不是所有挂上craftbeer字眼的就是好啤酒。

怎样才算好啤酒？
有人说，参考独立评级网站如ratebeer.com或beeradvocate或untappd就好，评分高的就是好酒。就像参考美食权威指南米其林一样，也没错，问题是我们都知道，好吃食物不只在米其林星级餐厅有卖，街头小巷里也能找到美食。所以，靠独立评级网站找好喝啤酒这回事不完全可靠，说到底只是一大群勤于上网评分饮客意见，A意见不一定合适B口味。

说穿了，怎么挑出好喝啤酒虽是个人口味选择，却也是个人鉴赏力有趣考验。
有人喝了多年啤酒，从不知有craftbeer存在，以为啤酒就是不停灌下喉或斗快的单调冷饮。也有人知道craftbeer是完全不同境界，值得花钱花时间探索欣赏的另类艺术酿品。

So how? obviously there's 1001 things to consider if you were to go into each and every details of what constitute a good beer or awesome beer...

But--if we could just go back to the most basic reason why a beer is good----because it taste good and has got something that i like about the beer---then we can simplify the process of identifying a good beer to say something like this:-
say if you have already drank something like more than a hundred different beers(or few hundred and more)---and someone ask you what's your very memorable beers--without checking into your record(be it on ratebeer/untappd/beeradvocate)--you would say out so naturally like it was a question about the 5 best movies you have watched so far....

好啤酒定义？

抛开一切酿制技术细节或独立网站评级不理，最简单说，好啤酒就是，当你已喝过至少上百杯\支不同类别啤酒，被问到最有印象好喝啤酒时，不需看回任何ratebeer或untappd记录，很快说出酿品名称，就是心目中好啤酒。就像别人问起看过好电影那样，好啤酒的特质是会让人回味再三，久久都记得的。

撞意啤酒本质是让人快乐探索，品尝，分享，也尊崇天马行空，自由发挥，就算你心目中好啤酒没列入独立评级网站年度100大，那又如何？

Good beers are like very good movies--it leaves something on your memory, and it would stick on--for a very long time...and it does not really matter if your choice of good beer/s is in the TOP 100 beers of the year or not( according to others opinions--that's the ratebeer/beeradvocate or whatever....)