What I Do Between IPAs

and something I try to hide while out in the beer field

Welcome to Drinking & Thinking, the only newsletter that gives you a slight buzz after reading it.

This week I have a drinking tip. You probably know all these but I wanted to share anyway. Feel free to leave a comment with your cleansing tip.

So. You’re having a flight of beers, or you are at a beer festival or bottle share, or just sitting at the kitchen table. Whatever the hell it is, you’re going through a lot of beers.

But you want to taste the next beer as genuine as you can. The cleanest way.

These are MY real-world picks, not generic trash results I got off the Internet.

How To Cleanse Your Palate Between Beers:

• Crackers. Unsalted crackers are the best but salted still work.

• Chips. This works for when you are out in the field drinking. Most places don’t have crackers but they have chips.

• Nuts. Mostly a tip for when you are in a bar or at home. Not that practical anywhere else.

• Water. Super boring option and not the best way to reset your palate, but usually it’s around and you should be drinking some anyway.

• Your hand. What the hell!? Your hand!? Yes. Give your hand a good lick. Taste that hand – you know where it has been, it’s fine. Almost give it a hickey even. This is the best most practical option when there is nothing around. I do it often (while trying not to be seen doing it in public).

• A different style. If you are stringing a bunch of IPAs together it’s a good idea to break it up with a Stout or something. You would be surprised how improved a hoppy beer can be after a Brown or Stout.

Again, these are all ones I do myself. I have just picked these up over the years. If there is science behind this, it’s unintentional.

Resetting your palate before a different beer is something I highly recommend though.

Non-beer geeks (and even some beer geeks) might scoff at you. Let them. Be sad for them. They just don’t know. But you do.

Thanks for the read! Thanks for subscribing. I hope you have a great week with a cleansing beer by your side.

-Mikey

Peace ✌️ Beer 🍻 & Metal 🤘