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#21 MyaCullen

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Posted 25 April 2014 - 04:48 PM

I don't know if this is relevant but my tastebuds sometimes report some off-the-map results when I'm drinking beer and maybe I'm sick or I ate something unusual, went from one beer to another, etc. Any chance it was a temporary thing? I'll say this... a couple weekends ago I tapped some very clean, very crisp Czech Pils and had two glasses of it. Not wanting to have anymore (I wanted to let it lager longer), I started drinking MLPA. That was the most estery & fruity glass of MLPA ever in the history of the world. That keg of MLPA is now gone and all the time I was drinking it, I was all, Damn, this is really good & crisp MLPA... really nice batch but that couple of glasses after the Czech Pils was REALLY different. Just a thought.

whole lot of this



#22 SchwanzBrewer

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Posted 26 April 2014 - 08:51 AM

I've noticed that too. This was before drinking anything else. I served a keg of it last night and there were no complaints. Like I said, it's a good beer, just a little different this time to my senses.



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Posted 26 April 2014 - 08:55 AM

I've noticed that too. This was before drinking anything else. I served a keg of it last night and there were no complaints. Like I said, it's a good beer, just a little different this time to my senses.

that's the advantage someone big has, they can blend batches to keep flavor more consistant



#24 Big Nake

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Posted 26 April 2014 - 10:42 AM

It's not a hard & fast rule but generally when I'm going to have a 'beer drinking session', I stick with the same beer. That way, you experience that beer in all its glory (that first sip or two in a session are the best ones because your tastebuds should be ready for beer at that point) and you don't run the risk of tasting another beer and saying, Oh, what the hell is wrong with THIS beer? because your tastebuds are tricking you. I occasionally move from one beer to the next but if I do, I expect there to be some amount of 'tastebud shenanigans'. Cheers.


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