thursday, april 2, 1981
daily nebraskan
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An impossible question?
No. The answer is, the beer on the right tasted better. The suds are
the tipoff. The head lacing the glass on the right has what brewers
call "cling.' Its tendency to cling to the glass tells
you that the brewer didn't skimp on the
hops. And that it tasted better.
Ever taste a beer with no "hop" to it?
Hops give a beer its zing. Too little hops
leaves a beer lifeless. Too much hops
makes a beer bite.
But choose a beer with the right
proportion of hops to barley malt, and
your beer will be lively and refreshing.
Yet. still go down nice and smooth.
Does your beer have "ding?"
To check for "cling'.' you need a glass that's "beer clean!' (Never used
for milk or soft drinks, never washed in soap? )
Pour your beer down the center of the glass to form a 34 inch
head. See if it leaves rings of foam as you drink. But don't stop at the
"cling"' test. Make this a full-fledged taste test.
ote ".rr-ili'n",(lu.". should be washed with determent. Rinse several times in very hot
wale Air d'H i"i'v - neve' use iJ towel.
C?n you recognize your beer by the taste?
Probably just 1 beer drinker in 3 can pick his beer
out of a group of three . You try. Pour your brand and
two other leading beers -a Schlitz.Bud or a Miller
into identical glasses. Have a friend switch them
around As you drink each beer, not only check it for
its cling!' but rate its taste characteristics from 1 to 10
on the flavor scale. Now comes the real test.
Tell your friend which beer is yours.
10
8
Did your choice surprise you?
Something like 2 out of 3 beer drinkers don't pick their brand.
And that surprises them. A lot of them pick Schlitz instead.
That doesn't surprise us. Two years ago a master brewer. Frank
Sellinger. came to Schlitz. Today he is the Chief Executive Officer
and today's Schlitz is the smoothest beer he's ever brewed. Taste it
against yours. The results may surprise you.
The best beer is
Refreshing
Flat
Faintly
sweet
i i i i ... m
Too
bitter
Full
bodied
Watery
Smooth
Biting
Mellow
Mild
Too
strong
Overty
carbonated
Full
flavored
Bland
Race beers numbers on each scale from 1 to 10
Beer 1 is
Beer 2 is
Beer 3 is .