When I first started Beer Judging the beers that scared me the most were wheat beers, particularly the homebrewed ones. Often they were too sweet and had an uncooked bread dough-like taste. It often wasn’t limited to just the homebrew category either; even up to a few years ago some of the craft beer offerings were decidedly less than average. But things have changed for the better. With the craft...
I was at Champagne Breakfast function recently and was looked down on for ordering a beer. I’ve never claimed to be fashionable , and often consider myself to be somewhat outside of normal social traditions. But I can’t work out for the life of me why it is that beer at breakfast is seen as unacceptable when Champers, some spirits (Gin for example), or cocktails (Bloody Marys) are? When I started...