How to become a beer snob in 5 easy steps
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This document provides a 5 step guide to becoming a beer snob. Step 1 explains the ingredients that go into beer - barley, hops, yeast and water. Step 2 outlines the main types of beer - ales which use top-fermenting yeast and are brewed warmer, and lagers which use bottom-fermenting yeast and are brewed colder. Step 3 discusses the different sizes of breweries from big to small. Step 4 recommends the best places to drink beer with friends in Manhattan and Brooklyn. And Step 5 advises to show love for your favorite breweries and brag about them.
How to become a beer snob in 5 easy steps
- 1. How to become a beer snob! in 5 easy steps. By Kelsey Schwenk, up-and-coming beer snob extraordinaire
- 2. Step 1:! Know your Beer.!
- 3. Beer
- 4. Beer =
- 5. Barley +
- 8. Barley + Hops + Yeast + Water
- 9. Barley
- 10. Barley Wheat
- 13. Color is determined by the grain chosen.!
- 14. Step 2:! Know di鍖erent types of beer.!
- 15. Ale vs.! Lager
- 16. Ale. n. (l) 1. A beer brewed with top- fermenting yeast, brewed at warmer temperatures (60-75F).
- 17. White Beer Hoegaarden Blonde & Cream Ales K旦lsch, Genesee Wheat Beer Blue Moon, Hefeweizen Pale Ale Sierra Nevada, Fat Tire IPA (India Pale Ale) Harpoon, Dog鍖sh Head Amber Ale, Red Ale Killians, Smithwicks Brown Ale Newcastle, Ithaca Nut Porter Samuel Smith, Anchor Stout Guinness
- 18. Lager. n. (l辰-gr) 1. A beer brewed with bottom-fermenting yeast, brewed at cooler temperatures (45-54F).
- 19. Light Lager Lite Beers American Pilsner Coors, Miller, Bud, etc. Lager Boston Lager, Corona Bohemian Pilsner Pilsner Urquell Oktoberfest October fest beers Bock Shiner Bock, Winters Dunkel Lager Sly Fox Schwarzbier Sam Adams Black
- 20. Step 3:! Know who makes your beer.!
- 21. Big Brewery
- 27. Big Brewery Cra Brewery Under 15k.! Brewpub
- 28. Big Brewery Cra Brewery Microbrewery Enough for the restaurant.!
- 30. 139 in the North East
- 31. 31 in New York State
- 32. 5 in NYC
- 33. 5 in NYC (3 in Brooklyn)
- 34. NYC Breweries Brooklyn Brewery Six Point Ales Kelsos Brewery Chelsea Brewing Company Heartland Brewery (5)
- 35. NYC Breweries Brooklyn Brewery* Six Point Ales* Kelsos Brewery Chelsea Brewing Company* Heartland Brewery
- 36. Step 4:! Know who serves your beer.!
- 37. The best place to drink beer is!
- 38. The best place to drink beer is with your friends.
- 39. The best place to drink beer is with your friends. - Carl Collins, Beer Enthusiast
- 40. Where to Drink Manhattan Brooklyn Pony Bar Barcade Rattle n Hum Brouwerij lane Stags Head Luckydog Stanton Public Spuyten Duyvil Blind Tiger Ale House Mugs Ale House Valhalla The Brazen Head Hop Devil Grill Union Hall Amity Hall Bar Great Harry Bronx Ale House* Cherry Tree Bar *Actually in the Bronx
- 41. Step 5:! Know who you like.!
- 43. Show them some love, and then brag about it.!
- 44. Dog鍖sh Head.!