I am, by my nature, a pleasure delayer. At dinner, I always save my favourite dish for last. Ditto when, as I child, I would decide the order in which my Halloween candy would be consumed. It's the same with beer. When I'm reviewing a beer I spend a shocking amount of time sizing it up: examining, smelling, assessing, describing. All this before actually tasting the damn thing. In a weird way, this is among my favourite things about trying a new beer. I relish those few moments before actually sampling a new brew, trying to imaging what it will taste like. For me, this anticipation is a sublime pleasure, particularly if the beer in question looks great and smells wonderful.
Happy New Years from the Stout Man. Cheers! Prost! Pura vida! Kampai! Slainte!
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