“Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.”
Ruth Reichl
I chose this Quote to expand into our little craft beer world because I want to talk positively about the taster tray. I have seen some Twitter chatter that has been down on the practice but I want to put my vote officially into the “Yes” column.
Near 100% of the time when I visit a brewery for the first time, I order up a taster tray. It is the best way to gauge what a brewery is doing and I have found it is a great way to start a conversation with other patrons as well as the beertenders. You almost always get the “Which did you like best?” questions and that can lead to learning all sorts of new facts about beer, brewing and the brewery you are in.
And if you order a spectrum of beers, you are bound to stumble upon one that is delicious. Like life, you may have to drink four bad examples of styles before finding it but if everything was great, we would soon have to rank something that is great as the worst of the great.
So, taste away. It is the best way to find what you like.