The kit includes everything you need to:
- Gain an appreciation for how beer is made and how its flavors are crafted.
- Inspire your taste buds as you discover the complex subtleties of beer.
- Get the what you need to sense the hop flavors you've been missing.
- Learn down to the very last detail, how to properly serve beer to maximize flavor and aroma.
- Speak confidently about why beer tastes the way it does.
- Host one of several unique beer tastings for your friends.
- Show your friends what good beer really is and get them hooked on quality brews.
Contents:
The 13 Different Hop Varieties
- Its beer tasting in stereo. We selected the thirteen most commonly used hops to get your nose and taste buds in gear for some serious beer tasting.
Access to our Commercial Beer Hop Database
- If you want to know what hops are used in your beer, this point and click database will either confirm or deny what your senses are telling you. This one of a kind tool lists different commercial beers and what hops are found in them.
Access to our Beer Terms Database
- Next time you can't find the right word to describe what you are tasting you have an online friend to fall back on. This searchable listing of common terms used to describe beer will give you plenty of ways to describe that wonderful brew in your hand.
Aroma Palate cleanser
- So everything doesn't start to smell and taste the same, you can use this to clear your nose from time to time.
Quick Start Guide (for the impatient)
- Like a kid opening a new present on Christmas day, you don't want to have to read all the instructions to get started, this helpful guide gets you going within minutes. Plus it also serves a quick reference so you don't always have to look through the guide or online to find what you are looking for.
Beer Color Swatch
- Since beer isn't just brown, yellow, or black you get a swatch with 12 different colors to show you the true shades of beer. This makes comparing and rating beers easier as you will have a common reference point from one beer to the next.
Hop Cheat Sheet
- As you go hop to hop and try to figure out what is what, this handy chart tells you about each hop in your kit. Located right under the top flap of the box for quick access so you are never without the information you need.
Beer Appreciation Guide
All your questions will need answering as you hunt for the perfect beer. So this will be your new tour guide in the world of beer. Some of the information found in the guide:
- A summary on the history of beer
- Hops and their complexities and the different ways they are used in beer
- Malts and adjuncts used in beer
- How to properly serve beer to maximize its potential
- How to really taste your beer for the first time all over again
- How to use the hops to appreciate your beer and train your palate
- How to hold one of several different types of beer tastings