Tasting notes… what are you on about?
Obviously, as an amateur wannabe beer writer, I review beers and I read other people’s reviews of beers. Right now I’m getting absolutely fucking sick of reading beer reviews, to be perfectly honest. I see people write about aromas that make me gag just from the idea and flavours that really don’t make sense and make me want to vomit, and remember… I’m a seasoned beer drinker. I’ve had beers that have encompassed all manner of flavours, but let’s be honest here… most tasting notes by beer reviewers are bullshit. They’re incredibly off putting and I wonder if some people come up with the most ridiculous tasting notes just as a test to see if someone else will call them out and say “What the fuck are you even on about?” Even as someone who has drank so many different beers, I read reviews and I’m instantly put off. You cannot write that a beer smells like damp field mushrooms covered in manure, tasting like spunk covered hedgerow and expect people to believe your...