user 83772
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How long did it take you?
I've never been a big drinker - up until about a year ago, if I drank, I never really gave all that much thought to what whatever I was drinking tasted like - at least on any meaningful level.
Now that I've started to really work on appreciating beer and the variations thereof, I'm finding that my level of awareness of certain flavors and aromas is still pretty basic. It's frustrating - some beers I'm able to sit down and take stock of and pick out a handful of characteristics, but others are still a total mystery. While I suppose that could simply be the styles or brands of beer being harder to pin down, I still feel like I'm missing something and I'm not exactly sure how to go about changing it. I'd be very interested to hear any tips or tricks y'all have come up with over time to help hone in on those flavors and aromas that we all talk about so often.
So besides "drink more!" what do you folks suggest?
I've never been a big drinker - up until about a year ago, if I drank, I never really gave all that much thought to what whatever I was drinking tasted like - at least on any meaningful level.
Now that I've started to really work on appreciating beer and the variations thereof, I'm finding that my level of awareness of certain flavors and aromas is still pretty basic. It's frustrating - some beers I'm able to sit down and take stock of and pick out a handful of characteristics, but others are still a total mystery. While I suppose that could simply be the styles or brands of beer being harder to pin down, I still feel like I'm missing something and I'm not exactly sure how to go about changing it. I'd be very interested to hear any tips or tricks y'all have come up with over time to help hone in on those flavors and aromas that we all talk about so often.
So besides "drink more!" what do you folks suggest?