I live in the "Center-West" of France. Always nice to meet people sharing and trading a few beers :)

Lessons learned in...

2011 : RB is great !

2012 : Rating is so hard... How ?!?!?...

2013 : Rating needs time, consistency (and a pen) and boldness.

2014 : Serving temperatures matters.

2015 : Storing conditions matters.

2016 : Tasting conditions matters. Sometimes, this is simply not the time...

2017 : Respect brewer's intent.

2018 : Trust your instincts and authenticity ! Each rating is a piece of my life.

2019 : I used to taste good or bad beers ; not anymore. Now I just have good or bad experiences.

2020 : The beer in front of you doesn't exist per se, it is a *representation* of the beer. So, if you disappear, that will disappear ; that is as simple as this. So this is *your* representation. If you taste it tomorrow, this will be different. So, that is why tasting is so interesting. Don't try to be a professional, a master or somebody else. Just be bold. Tell us what you feel with your own words.



"Lara walked along the tracks following a path worn by pilgrims and then turned into the fields. Here she stopped and, closing her eyes, took a deep breath of the flower-scented air of the broad expanse around her. It was dearer to her than her kin, better than a lover, wiser than a book. For a moment she rediscovered the purpose of her life. She was here on earth to grasp the meaning of its wild enchantment and to call each thing by its right name, or, if this were not within her power, to give birth out of love for life to successors who would do it in her place." Boris Pasternak [ less ]

I live in the "Center-West" of France. Always nice to meet people sharing and trading a few beers :)

Lessons learned in...

2011 : RB is great !

2012 : Rating is so hard... How ?!?!?...

2013 : Rating needs time, consistency (and a pen) and boldness.

2014 : Serving temperatures matters.

2015 : Storing conditions matters.

2016 : Tasting conditions matters. Sometimes, this is...
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