Brock University in St. Catherines is offering a course entitled "The Stein of the Times: A Historical Exploration of the World's Finest Beers" Wednesday evenings in March. It's being taught by Kimberly Lee. Do you think it's worthwhile? Is anybody else thinking of taking it?
Joe.
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The Stein of the Times (Brock U course)
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joey_capps
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Well, I attended my first beer class last night, and it wasn't bad. Our instructor (Kim Lee) seems knowledgable, and we had some decent beers to try, though nothing exceptional. I think she starting out with some conventional beers (True North Lager, Cameron's Pale Ale, Red Cap [yuk], Keith's IPA, Waterloo Dark) leading to more "exotic" beers in the weeks to come. We also tried a home brew based on an ancient Sumerian recipe. Interesting. Sickly sweet and chewy.
The information so far has been, as expected, basic and introductory. What I found helpful was learning different tasting techniques and comparing notes. And, I won a McAuslan teeshirt. We had a contest to see who could indentify a series of different aroma's associate with beer. I lucked out. My teammate recognized the sourkraut(sp?)!
Cheers,
Joe.
The information so far has been, as expected, basic and introductory. What I found helpful was learning different tasting techniques and comparing notes. And, I won a McAuslan teeshirt. We had a contest to see who could indentify a series of different aroma's associate with beer. I lucked out. My teammate recognized the sourkraut(sp?)!
Cheers,
Joe.
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joey_capps
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Well, I attended my first beer class last night, and it wasn't bad. Our instructor (Kim Lee) seems knowledgable, and we had some decent beers to try, though nothing exceptional. I think she starting out with some conventional beers (True North Lager, Cameron's Pale Ale, Red Cap [yuk], Keith's IPA, Waterloo Dark) leading to more "exotic" beers in the weeks to come. We also tried a home brew based on an ancient Sumerian recipe. Interesting. Sickly sweet and chewy.
The information so far has been, as expected, basic and introductory. What I found helpful was learning different tasting techniques and comparing notes. And, I won a McAuslan teeshirt. We had a contest to see who could indentify a series of different aroma's associate with beer. I lucked out. My teammate recognized the sourkraut(sp?)!
Cheers,
Joe.
The information so far has been, as expected, basic and introductory. What I found helpful was learning different tasting techniques and comparing notes. And, I won a McAuslan teeshirt. We had a contest to see who could indentify a series of different aroma's associate with beer. I lucked out. My teammate recognized the sourkraut(sp?)!
Cheers,
Joe.
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joey_capps
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