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Default OT-Ever have the taste of beer change?

Silent Stone said...

> They say that tastes change as you get older...
>
> For some reason, over the last few months beer has been tasting too
> 'malty' or too 'sweet'. I would take a sip and have to do the 'cough
> and shake' as if I'd just drank a cup of liquid caramel or swallowed a
> whole cadbury egg. So naturally I started moving from maltier beers
> (Sam Adams, various local micros) to lighter, paler ales. I still
> like the hops, but even Sierra Nevada IPA got to be too malty. Now
> I'm at the end of the rope, and I can't drink more than a single
> Leinenkugel HoneyWeiss. You can't get much lighter than this.



Could it be they've changed the recipe or aging (a sign of the times) to
cut costs?

But then I drink Bud Light. There's not much they can cut without re-
labeling it Bud Water.

"Same as it ever was."

Andy
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