Try All The Beers: An Introduction

I’m sure you’ve seen the books and the posters, that tell you all the beers you MUST try before you die.  They list beers from all over the world with a bit of information about the brewery and the history of the beer, and often also have notes and comments from the author.  I have several of these books and had thought about starting a blog series where I try to cover as many from one book as I could.

The problem I found with that was this - some of the beers are no longer available and a lot of them are quite traditional.  Now, I love a traditional beer, don’t get me wrong!  They are great for learning about styles and you should definitely drink a few to get a good understanding of how beers have developed over time.  But, there are so many good beers out there to try, that might be newer and didn’t make the books, for instance.  Or the beers are so obscure you may never be able to find them or try them.  So I’m going to try something a little different with this series; let’s call it Try All The Beers!

Using ‘300 Beers To Try Before You Die’, ‘300 More Beers To Try Before You Die’, ‘1001 Beers To Try Before You Die’, ‘World’s Greatest Beers’ and ‘Modern British Beer’, I’m going to try all the beers.  I might even throw in a few that you recommend. 

Rules of the game - I’ll pick beers from these books, give you background on the beer and brewery, some info on the beer style, a review of the beer and if I think you should try this beer as part of your beer tasting journey.  I try to stay away from saying ‘this is the best beer’ or ‘you have to try this beer’ as everyone’s tastes are different.  If you don’t like a beer everyone is raving about - that’s ok!  It doesn’t make you any less of a beer geek, beer lover, beer nerd or whatever nomenclature you prefer.  But I will let you know if I think you should give it a go, if you fancy it.  

Sound good?  Keep an eye out for articles titled Try All The Beers to read this series.

And, if there is a beer you would like me to include in the series - let me know in the comments!