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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 5d

Perhaps even more than helpful?

Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 5d

Perhaps some language education would be helpful for the Warsteiner packaging staff.

The can of their Alkoholfrei says "less then alc 0,5% vol."

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Marcel Haas 🟥 @harcel.bsky.social · 5d

Is this a check to see if I can order one more beer?

A pin machine, with a very odd order of the numbers:
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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 9d

Plans made! I made printed visuals of the brewing process and of a flavor wheel. Will talk for ~5 minutes about how to taste, a ~5 minute quick overview of main ingredients and process. Then 10 minutes of tasting at 2 out of 3 tables with ingredients present, and 2 exemplary beer styles.

Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 22d

I'm asked to give (two rounds of) "beer workshops", lasting only 25 minutes, for an unknown number of people, but I'm guessing roughly 25.
What do you do to make this entertaining and somewhat educational? Any experience among my followers here?

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 14d

Mixed spit fermentation!

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 14d

I didn't try to suggest you spit in it. Those enzymes must be isolated somewhere else, too, I'm sure?

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 14d

I think there are other enzymes (in our saliva, for example) that extract sugars from starches, at room to body temperature, no? I don't know what kind of sugars, but I'm positive there's some type of yeast that will take it.

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 14d

The Belgian beer styles are only a fraction of the content...

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Jessica Mason @drinksmaven.bsky.social · 16d

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 17d

Plus, English is the native language of the author... One of the arguments could be, that the book lists style classics as well as good "local" (to the Netherlands) commercial examples per type. This would be a challenge in a more internationally oriented book.

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 18d

The first thing I thought was why this was published in Dutch... Not sure if it will be translated, but it should be!

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 18d

Meet the new Standard Work, in Dutch, on beer styles. Or types, rather. Derek Walsh put a tremendous amount of knowledge, research and work into this long-awaited book. Such a joy to just browse the pages and absorb the wisdom.

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 18d

O'zapft is! 🍻

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 18d

Welcome to Leiden!

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 18d

I had some fun with the European Beer Star 2025 results table. I made a little writeup: tasteofcraftbeer.wordpress.com/2025/09/20/e...

European Beer Star 2025: Medal Winners and Insights

Last Wednesday, the results of the European Beer Star 2025 were announced in Munich. I quickly looked at the results table and jotted down some of my personal conclusions from it. Read this as &#82…

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 19d

One of the best.

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 21d

Hallo! Wanted to respond to your post from Leiden. Welcome! Still looking for dinner or pub recommendations? Enjoy Borefts just once more!

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 21d

That's for a British audience? I'm quite positive that my audience wouldn't know what a bitter is...

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 22d

Excellent suggestions, thanks! I do the temperature trick more often (I sometimes even make sure all gas is gone from the warm one by heavily stirring).
I will certainly think about this a bit and report on what I do!
Thanks!

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 22d

Sounds reasonable. Do you make sure they walk out with something like an informative one-liner they can brag with at their next birthday party or neighborhood BBQ?

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 22d

Bottles, cans and probably (yikes!) plastic cups. Only tables.

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 22d

For context: these are colleagues at a public health department, not necessarily beer afficionados, but they could have chosen a different workshop, so there's at least some interest.
I want them to learn something fun (fun facts?), taste some good beer and hopefully be surprised by what they had.

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 22d

I'm asked to give (two rounds of) "beer workshops", lasting only 25 minutes, for an unknown number of people, but I'm guessing roughly 25.
What do you do to make this entertaining and somewhat educational? Any experience among my followers here?

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Matthew Curtis @totalcurtis.bsky.social · 23d

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 24d

Nederlandse brouwers opgelet!
De Grolsch Proefbrouwerij biedt aan dat bieren van micro- en nano-brouwerijen eenmalig (gratis!) door een laboratorium en smaakpanel kunnen worden getest, via de Vakmannen & Meesters podcast.
De ideale manier om de waarde van lab- en sensorische testen te ondervinden!

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