https://crystal.castle.cc/tag/trappist/ Recent content in Trappist on adventures of an omnomnomnivore in NYC Hugo en-US Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:08:13 -0400 https://crystal.castle.cc/2010/09/10/beer-tasting-101/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:08:13 -0400 https://crystal.castle.cc/2010/09/10/beer-tasting-101/ <p><a href="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/img_5504.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-755" title="IMG_5504" src="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/img_5504.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" /></a></p> <p style="text-align:center;"><em>Hops flowers, a cornerstone ingredient for beer</em></p> <p>&#8220;I have to start off with a joke, to properly set the tone for this class,&#8221; said Mirco Marconi, our lecturer for beer tasting. With a grin, he announced that he would be lecturing on the production process of beer, and that we would be tasting 9 beers today and another 10 beers tomorrow. We were advised to eat a hearty breakfast in the morning.</p>