welcome back to used to life always fun
during the commercial breaks today is
national beer lovers day I'm just what
yeah it is yeah why are we just that we
buried the lede but what if you aren't a
beer drinker where should you start well
you will be after this segment if you're
not a beer drinker host of what's on tap
radio and certified Cicerone chad
Pilbeam is joining us now with some beer
101 Chad welcome back to Houston life
they talk about this cicerone thing
because we all have probably heard of a
sommelier yes in the wine world but a
cicerone cícero is a beer expert it is
yes they have a cicerone program
different levels there are 18 master
sister owns in the world I am NOT one of
those yet I'm aspiring for the moment
that's your goal that is the goal so you
went to beer school I studied a lot yes
and then you have to go and cram and
don't eat a lot yes okay the basic
because I like beer it's not gonna be
the first thing that I'm gonna drink if
I'm gonna order off a menu or something
like that I'm not gonna order a beer I'm
gonna be all right okay
but let's I do know something I think
it's all about in the pour solutely
absolutely Derek would you hand me that
yelling yeah absolutely this is one of
my favorite beers southern star humidity
coals we'll start with this beer right
here you absolutely want to open this up
and get it out of the can because that's
how you release all the wonderful
carbonation so that you don't feel fat
and bloated whenever your drink wants to
be blown exactly and so when you pour
you want to pour this at about a 45
degree angle down the side and you shake
up the can nunu then as you're pouring
it and you tilt it up you release that
beautiful head and look at that looks
like a picture in a cookbook doesn't it
the flavors this is how it opens up the
beer it allows the aromas to release it
releases all the carbonation you can see
that right there it's just been that
good and then once it's in the glass you
can get your honker down in there and
get your Walker oh yeah get your beak
down in there and smell it you can smell
so many more flavors and you can taste
your beak and your cracker down in it
well you ought to be able to enjoy the
beer yeah absolutely okay but but the
head why is it important than that you
tilt up the glass to get a little bit of
a head
if you don't tilt it the way I did what
you're gonna do is you're gonna get
about that much head on there and the
next thing you know it's it's gonna be
really hard to drink you're gonna get
that foam mustache your honker is gonna
be Wow oh yeah I know you're gonna have
that all that white stuff on your nose
and people gonna be asking questions it
gets weird you don't want that so yes no
weird do we get to drink that by the way
can someone oh yeah we can drink that
see here but and we'll just decant here
to give you a little splash of the okay
be cold yeah well this is what we would
call an introductory beer is along with
a couple of the other beers that we have
down there or maybe a training wheel
beer why is that because they're lighter
less alcohol what they are actually
lower embody lower and alcohol there's
not a lot of hop presence to them so a
lot of people say Oh beer so hoppy or
beer so rich and it makes me feel full
the reality is is is these introductory
beers like say a pilsner there or a
blonde ale or the Kolsch like we're
drinking right now this beer right here
it's just they're really great
introductory beers to open up your minds
yeah well and also I think it's I mean
we've had several breweries on the show
here and I think if you go to a local
brewery and you're not sure where to
begin the bartender's are so cool great
explain like they'll walk you through
the whole process
absolutely absolutely yeah our friends
at the breweries and at the beer bars
craft beer bars if you don't know go in
there order a flight or ask a beer
expert behind the bar just say hey can
you pour me something that doesn't taste
like this and they'll be like gotcha
okay so I also don't know when you were
talking about the dirt the training
wheel I don't know you said Pilsner and
then there's a logger and a nail I don't
what is that I'll make it real simple
it's really really this easy everything
in the world of beer boils down to
either being an ale or a lager we got
all these different styles there's a
hundred and fifty different styles
there's actually over a hundred and
fifty in the world but everything is an
ale or a lager and the only difference
really is the yeast and how it ferments
so if you think just two big umbrellas
all beer falls under that ales lagers
and then you start getting sophisticated
and so the beers I brought in today
represent some of the styles that are
really popular in Houston right this is
mojito so that's the one I want oh he
tol I yes so I want to share this one
here
like let me know label oh no label
Brewing Company K the original right
there yeah I'm a super fan yes okay so
you have a little glass we do have a
little dump bucket there if you want to
go ahead and knock that out yep
somebody at home right now is like I'll
drink it it's somebody in here is saying
that to you so this is if yes oh yeah
please by all means don't waste that all
right don't worry it's okay so here's
the story on these okay here's my gosh
isn't it amazing
I love lime wonderful Wow oh do you I
taste the mint too am I out of my mind
no you are not okay wouldn't even know
this was beer me either if I had goggles
on right now this would not even be a
beer mm-hmm no it's it's mojito and see
this is the thing those beers that you
see right there those beers right there
those are the what I would call the beer
that doesn't taste like beer beer
because ya wouldn't even know it trapped
in the dark that one there Oh bramble on
yeah ramble on that's for my friends out
of Brazos Valley in Brenham and that is
a blackberry tart oh let's open that one
okay what about what's this haterade yes
over an 808 wonder brewery they are good
friends of ours two of what's on tap
radio and this is a seasonal release I
love that beer actually that is like you
didn't get your glass if I learned
nothing i okay you actually opened up
that's fine yeah it's a little mighty
get in there just do it here I'm just
gonna still enjoy my humidity kölsch
over here mmm-hmm no you say Chad to
think of beer promised in terms of the
way we think of coffee because I mean
you could go to a coffee shop and get
coffee in a number of different ways I
love trying to explain this right
because if you take a look at the grains
that we have over here thinking in terms
of coffee you roast coffee beans to
different levels of roastiness and based
on that you're gonna get different
colors in different levels of
astringency and bitterness and in your
coffee the same thing happens here this
is basic to roll malt which is what
beers made of
yeah and over here we roasted a little
bit more in it gives it a little more
sweetness because the sugars caramelize
and then down here it's just roasted
barley where it's like burnt coffee and
so if you think about stouts that are
black yeah you got a lot of this right
yeah
so what about this alcohol contents I
may have love yes I mean not I'm asking
for a friend clearly right how would you
know what the alcohol coke obviously you
want to look at the label and you want
to know what you're drinking be
responsible right that's you got you
want to do that but the other thing you
want to be aware of is if you look at
the cans or the bottles or packaging
they'll say session uh-huh or they'll
say Imperial or double and so when you
see things like Imperial and double what
do you think that means
well higher a little bit higher exactly
but when you see session the term
actually comes from the UK when people
would drink a over a long session of
time and drink lots of it it's a beer
session yes chat we have a million
questions more for you we do gotta have
you back thank you for stopping by
absolute love the hater-aide from eighth
wonder by the way you can catch at on
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a.m. KPRC thanks dude cheers absolutely
a beer fans will convert right here mmm
but my beer pants and mojitos