Language for Beer Geeks

A quick and humorous key to deciphering the slang terms thrown around in the world of Beer Geekdom.

>> Multitasting

verb A phenomenon where beer enthusiasts drink from multiple glasses concurrently. Variations include the “sidecar”—a second glass of a lighter style of beer to nurse while drinking a higher ABV beer—and the “spouse pour”—buying a ticket to a beer festival for one’s non-beerdrinking significant other with the express purpose of receiving two pours. “Joe wondered why we had glasses of hazy IPA and barrel-aged

pastry stout in front of us, but we were just multitasting.”

>> Eurogramming

verb Taking advantage of the time difference while traveling in Europe to best all your beer friends with the first beer Instagram of the day. “I drank my first beer at 9 AM, but Henry beat me to the punch by Eurogramming some lambic in Belgium.” syn “Europosting” on Facebook.

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