I wish I could tell you what I thought about all the beers, but another danger of drinking eight different samples is that by the end, you don't pay attention to where you put your scoresheets and now fear they may be lost forever.

One thing I realized very quickly when searching out different types of Belgian wild ales for my studies is that traditional wild Belgian beers, such as gueuze, faro, and fruit lambic, would be extremely hard to find stateside. A lot of what we think of as fruit lambic in the United States has more in common with fruit juice than with traditional fruit lambic. 

How did I find the difference between Belgian Blond Ales, Belgian Golden Strong Ales, and Belgian Tripels?

Pretty much like the difference between Queen's "Under Pressure" and Vanilla Ice's "Ice, Ice, Baby," as described by Vanilla Ice.

Being a craft beer person, it’s not often I drink beers that fall into the American Light Lager, American Lager, and International Pale Lager categories, such as Bud Light, Budweiser, and Heineken.

Ever wondered why Corona Extra and Corona Familiar taste different despite being nearly the same beer? Learn how bottle color, light exposure, and aroma shape the drinking experience—and discover why packaging can change flavor without changing the recipe.