It's been quite a while the newspaper column started--perhaps time to get back to basics :-
顽啤主张开栏至今差不多两年，来重温下基本功课：-
What's the idea of CRAFT BEER?
-some basic ideas:-
*NOT all beers should be drank COLD( yeah--some beers would taste better after "warming up"--styles like stouts/porter/barley wine/Belgian strong ale...)
*Some beers can be kept--or cellar--just like wine or whisky....
*Beers are being chased/traded/buy & sell privately--sometimes at a certain premium/high prices---kinda like wine or whisky collector's market
-these are something most people never expected of beers--if all you have known about beer is only big factory commercial beers....
1）CRAFTBEER什么概念？
可以这样：-
-一些啤酒类别比如STOUTS，比如PORTER，比如BARLEY WINE，要等回温，比较不是那么冷了才好喝，才能体现更多不同层次/口感。（不是所有啤酒都一定要冷飕飕喝的）
-有些啤酒要收起来，像陈年葡萄酒/威士忌那样，收上一些年後味道会更醇，变化更多，收藏条件好的话，有些啤酒可以收25年甚至更久。（啤酒喔，可以那样？）
-啤酒也有炒卖市场，有专门网站是给啤迷找酒卖酒的，一瓶啤酒叫价几十几百美金是不出奇的事。（从来只听说过葡萄酒或威士忌拍卖，啤酒也可以？）
都没听说过啤酒可以那样？那是因为你认识的只是一般大厂啤酒。
SO...what is CRAFT BEER?
It's the beautiful real beer world you never knew existed.
Time to wake up your senses and starts searching for some delicious beers...
2）什么是CRAFTBEER？
简单说，CRAFTBEER就是很多人从来不知道存在的另一个真实啤酒世界。
无论是港台大陆惯用的手工啤酒，精酿啤酒，自酿啤酒，又或是本栏的“撞意啤酒” 很多消费者不懂，听都没听过，印象中，啤酒只是啤酒，没有什么千变万化，种类繁多的概念。（撞意啤酒？---不同想法念头通过食材原料在酿造过程碰撞出来的啤酒）
从不知道有这样的啤酒选择？快醒来张开嗅觉味觉眼界认识另一个完全不同的啤酒概念。
WHERE can i buy Craft Beer?
well--if you are staying in major cities in Asia--then this is probably less of a problem--though you still do not expect to just buy craft beer from your nearest convenience stores -but if you live in Malaysia and NOT in KL(there's only 3 bottle shop+3 bars as of now)--then you might have problem finding craft beer.
BUT hey--this is the era of click and buy--just go on to WWW--you would be able to find something from the web-shop be it in and around Asia or Europe/US....
3）哪里买？
有点头疼的问题，CRAFTBEER起源于不爽市场上只有单调无趣大厂啤酒，没选择情况下自己动手酿，然后变成酿酒师，进而开始卖给朋友外人，再后来成为国际品牌，说了一堆，就是CRAFTBEER起源于个人意愿，演变成（比较大）小圈子玩意的意思。
既然是小圈子，就不是随便可以在你家附近便利店或超市买到（至少东南亚以致亚洲情况如是）。吉隆坡来说，只能在特定3家专卖吧，3家瓶子店找到数量算不错选择，不住在大城市？那就比较难了。不过，有心不怕难，上网找吧，总有办法的。
HOW to drink?
Craft beer sounds complicated---there's so many different styles you saying? what is IPA?( made in India?)--what is Lambic?...
Well--the best way is just go to a bar/bottle shop--taste a few different styles of beers--slowly--over a period of time if you are drinking alone--it's fine--but if you have a few friends--even better--just share the beers--talk about them--share what you think...that's how you start....
4）怎么喝才对？
听起来看起来，CRAFTBEER好像有点复杂，什么PALE ALE，什么IPA，什么LAMNIC，单单听说有那么多不同选择就让人头晕目眩。
不必想太多，也不用执意找“师傅”教会才要开，喝CRAFTBEER就像上餐馆吃饭一样，可以每次点些不同菜肴，逐步试试没喝过的啤酒类别风格，慢慢累积不同啤酒类别经验後，味蕾自然会告诉你怎么喝才对味。（一定程度上，看书，上网看资料，借鉴别人经验，也是有帮助，不过，最重要还是品饮经验累积。）
Craft is NOT for GULPING
It's "common concept" for many NON-Craft drinkers to think that anything alcoholic is only serving 1 purpose--to get high or to get Drunk.
This is NOT something associated with Craft Beer( ok--craft beer is still alcoholic--and many with much higher ABV than the usual commercial beers)--well--if you have tasted some heavier craft beer--you would know that the beer itself would make you SLOW SIP naturally rather than just gulp it down....
In simple term--craft beer is more for tasting/slowly appreciating--not to get wasted( although we all do occasionally..)--and there's actually a certain way of drinking that would kinda reduce greatly your chances of falling flat on ground due to alcoholic punches...
5）CRAFTBEER不是拿来灌的
一起“劈酒”“灌酒”，“不醉无归”，“借酒消愁”，都是电影常见台词/画面。
CRAFTBEER的世界，上述行为很大程度上是让人耻笑的，这里注重品饮，绝不鼓励“牛饮”，简单说，CRAFTBEER是要适量品尝，慢慢欣赏的酿品，跟“买醉”没什么关系。其实，只要喝上好些不同风格类别啤酒就会知道，有些酿品，会很自然的让人放慢来喝。是的，酒精过量的确会让人头脑发胀，不过，只要喝得有纹路，人是可以控制酒精影响程度的，
WHAT do you mean by that?
-one of the best way to make sure you would get drunk pretty fast is to start drinking on EMPTY STOMACH(no food prior to drinking session)--you DO NOT want to do that.
-another way of reducing alcoholic punches?--SHARE the beers--or Drink Less Taste More--sharing with friends or even total strangers you have just met in a bar is always good...end of the day craft beer is about tasting and sharing...
6）怎样叫喝得有纹路？
凡是有酒精饮料都会带来“醉’影响，每个人体质不一样，对酒精抵抗力也不一，不过，可以肯定的是，任何空腹喝酒的人，就是在给自己找麻烦。
CRAFTBEER类别繁多，因为有些啤酒酒精度可以是10多20多度，也因为喝太多会让人觉得“饱”，找几个朋友一起分享分担是最佳品饮方式，大家可以同时适量喝到好几杯不同口味啤酒，可以聊聊，交换品饮心得，酒精跟荷包负担又分摊了，何乐不为？
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