Be Critical. Be Nice. Be Specific.

Original photo by Tristan Schmurr “Trolls” via Flickr

Everyone wants to make good beer. Everyone. Presumably, everyone also wants to drink good beer. It’s OK to be critical of the beers you drink, and it’s OK to not always be satisfied with everything you are drinking. Breweries that have just opened and are trying to carve out a place for themselves in the local market not only want your feedback, they need it. Sometimes, they crave it. If it is one of the first batches of IPAs that a brewer has scaled up from a trusted garage recipe, it’s probably going to have initial flaws. Most brewers aren’t so arrogant that they don’t understand that fact. It might be a recipe they’ve had for years and have won countless contests with, but that doesn’t mean it will immediately translate to a professional setting, and one where they are asking the consumer for six bucks when they order a glass. A good brewer will also understand that it’s not only themselves they need to satisfy. Brewers also ha

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