The next Perfect Pint Beer Club event.

When: Saturday, March 21, 2009
Cost: $20
You must be a member of the club to attend. Go to the Twin Cities Perfect Pint Beer Club to sign up and RSVP.

Malted grain is the backbone of beer. Next to water it is the primary ingredient. Malt is the source of the sugars that are fermented by the yeast. It is a major contributor to every sensory quality of beer including flavor, aroma, mouthfeel, and alcohol level. Malted grain gives beer that wonderful sweetness and rich bready, toasty, roasty, nutty, caramel, coffee, and chocolate notes that make beer lovers swoon.
For this meetup we’ll focus on malt. We’ll enjoy the bready goodness of southern German lagers. We’ll taste the tantalizing toasty notes of the Bocks and savor the sweet caramel of Scottish ales. We might even revisit last month to revel in roast.
This will be the first in a series of three meetups in which we will explore the main ingredients in beer, malt, hops, and yeast. At each session we will taste beers that highlight one ingredient over the others to develop a better understanding the flavor and aromatic contributions of each ingredient.