The Beer Experience
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Because I'm simple, let's break this down into the
two parts: Beer and Experience,
and then bring them back together to establish the
definition. But first, let me enjoy my
Budweiser American Ale ... yes, and I like it too (dry-hopped
with
Cascade hops... part of the Experience.)
Following the simple theme ...
dictionary.com defines
Beer as, surprise!, a noun.
<smile>
| 1. |
an alcoholic beverage
made by brewing and fermentation from
cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored
with hops and the like for a slightly bitter
taste. |
| 2. |
any of various
beverages, whether alcoholic or not, made
from roots, molasses or sugar, yeast, etc.:
root beer; ginger beer. |
| 3. |
an individual serving of
beer; a glass, can, or bottle of beer: We'll
have three beers. |
We won't get into the origin here ... we'll save
that for the Journeyman. Now, for the
definition of Experience (Noun and Verb):
| 1. |
a particular
instance of personally encountering or
undergoing something: My encounter with
the bear in the woods was a frightening
experience. |
| 2. |
the process or fact
of personally observing, encountering,
or undergoing something: business
experience. |
| 3. |
the observing,
encountering, or undergoing of things
generally as they occur in the course of
time: to learn from experience; the
range of human experience. |
| 4. |
knowledge or
practical wisdom gained from what one
has observed, encountered, or undergone:
a man of experience. |
| 5. |
Philosophy.
the
totality of the cognitions given by
perception; all that is perceived,
understood, and remembered. |
verb (used with object)
| 6. |
to have experience
of; meet with; undergo; feel: to
experience nausea. |
| 7. |
to learn by
experience. |
So now, you can take the different parts, and
combine them together to understand "The
Beer Experience." Let's
take 1 + 1 ... that's a good combo! I
would be enjoying
The Beer Experience if I was
personally encountering the brewing and
fermentation of malted barley.
The Beer
Experience would also be 5 + 3
... I consider all that is perceived in an
individual serving of beer. When I am at
this level in The
Beer Experience, I may consider
myself a Master
Beerman. Bringing it back to
simplicity, let's just start this journey by
saying The Beer
Experience is observing,
encountering, or undergoing things (associated
with "beer") as they occur in the course of
time. This is what brought you to this
page and this is what will keep you coming back
to expand your knowledge about Beer.
Let's get started! Oh, yeah, and let's
just shorten The
Beer Experience to The
BE.
Now we can practice BEing...
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Beers. |
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