Dogfish Head’s Sam Calagione Tells You How to Properly Drink a Beer

If you thought that the proper way to drink a beer was to simply open it and chug it down, think again. There is a proper way to drink your next brew, and all brews thereafter, and Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Brewery is showing you how in an article on Tasting Table.

When you touch, listen, look, smell and taste, you will know that the beer you are drinking is one that is going to make your day. Touch the beer bottle/glass to ensure the temp is right, listen to the sound when you open the bottle of beer, check out the beer as it’s poured, smell it in order to ensure it smells fresh and then go ahead and take your first sip.

Sam also discusses creativity in beer brewing and why it’s more than okay to “color outside the lines.”

Read the entire Tasting Table article and start appreciating your beer, and brewer, more.