ers (Joel) wrote:
Say you want to give a brief beer tutorial to somebody
who is interested in beer but only knows whatever style
is most popular in your country/region (e.g., for the USA,
light lager). Assuming you have access to any beers you
like, and picking a semi-arbitrary number, what five beers
would you use to help demonstrate the range of styles and
flavors beer can have?

New Glarus Belgian Red
Shlenkerla Ur-Bock
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot
Lindeman's Cuvee Renee Gueze
Jever

Definitely hard to restrict to five, but here we cover:

Tart & fruit
Smoke & "malt"
Hops & high alcohol
Sour
Herbs

I was tempted to put a berliner weiss in for the sour, as
you get wheat character; similar for herbs I was originally
thinking spice -- like a wit or a pumpkin beer or a spiced
winter/Xmas beer... But Jever seemed a more extreme lesson.
Of course, you could go higher alcohol and/or barrel aging
(Goose Island Bourbon County Stout? Utopias?) to replace
the Bigfoot, but then what for hops?

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