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The Art of Beer Tasting: the Meilgaard flavour wheel

Morten Meilgaard is an unsung hero of the brewing world. A brilliant chemical engineer and real ale enthusiast, he basically invented the language used to describe beer. Although human beings have been enjoying the taste of beer for…

Trenchfoot · 30 Sep 2010
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The Art of Beer Tasting: taste

The great thing about beer tasting, as opposed to wine tasting, is that you have to actually drink the beer not spit it out! Apparently this is because the tastebuds for bitterness (a key component of any beer) are located at the very…

Trenchfoot · 12 Sep 2009
BEER

The Art of Beer Tasting: the basics

Today, I am going to start a new series of posts on how to taste beer. Hopefullly, this will build into a step-by-step guide on the art of beer tasting which will be useful to both the casual drinker and the expert brewer. The aim is…

Trenchfoot · 25 Jun 2026