I was talking to the other day about finding your niche here on Steemit. It can be difficult to set yourself apart from the schools of minnows, and I feel like finding something that you're passionate about can be the best way to do this.
Well, I am passionate about beer. Not so much the brewing it, but more so the drinking it. So, without further ado, here goes me typing stuff about beer that I am drinking/have drank recently.
I trade beer with a lot of people and belong to groups that mule beer for other people (to mule beer is to purchase it for someone else), so I'm fortunate enough to drink great craft beer from a myriad of breweries across the US. I hope to offer up some insight into craft beer for anyone that is interested, and I encourage you to comment about both how much you enjoy beer, as well as how shitty my opinions are and how I have a terrible palette.
The beer I'm drinking tonight is from Veil Brewing Co. in Richmond, VA. They are known for their hoppy offerings, IPA's and such. This beer is called Toof Ache and it's a 6'ish% IPA with Mosaic, Simcoe, and Columbus. It says in the description they used orange juice in the boil to soften the beer, and that it doesn't affect the flavor. Well we shall see about that Veil Brewing Co.
Toof ache pours a nice golden straw color with decent head. Smells grassy with maybe some onion in there. It's lost me on the palette though, as it comes through with an astringency that is off putting. I feel like the OJ did help to round out the corners, so to speak, but it's an interesting trio of hops to use, and I think the Mosaic gets lost in the mix.
It's always weird to talk about beer because it can be so subjective. Don't get me wrong, there are definitely "off" flavors in beer that can happen from the brew process, bottling, etc., but basically everyone can be right and wrong all at the same time when talking about their experience drinking beer.
Anywho, that's all for the first episode of DD. I hope you learned something, and if not, then maybe this post has at least encouraged you to drink more