Palate Wrecked

2 rules:

1.) Don't drink and drive.
2.) Don't swim and drink.

 

My brother is a doctor, worked on cadavers, had his penus observed by a class for his newly discovered warts; he has never been the same and he likes bad beer. I think it's a coincidence, but who knows? I had a Nugget Nectar on Sunday that was delicious. Sometimes spicy food cleans up a bored palate.

 

Where is "Don't drive and swim"!?!

Cheers!

 

Within a session, I actually prefer to switch styles to avoid palate fatigue. I try to bounce back and forth between hoppy and dark (vague parameters of course)

I've found that if I just drink a bunch if IPAs in a row, the hops start to disappear on me, and all the other components (malt build especially) are much more noticeable. Maybe that is a good thing for some evaluation purposes, but I like my IPAs for the hops, so I like the keep that aspect as prominent as possible

 

I can't say I've ever had my palate wrecked because of a similar situation, but every year at the Strong Ale festival in Boulder, I'd say about half way through- my palate becomes really dumbed down due to the intensity of the beer. Many or most of the beers have a large number of IBU's to balance the malt/alcohol, and obviously there are lots of double ipa's trippel ipa's barleywines, etc.

 

I burned my mouth on coffee really bad one morning, and my taste buds were wrecked for a good two or three days.

 

FASLE, no beer is as good as one after a long day skiing!

 

Just did this a few days ago.

 

I'll let you know on Monday - going to Utah for the week, but for me at least, I need a shower, and heaps of water, and then dinner, and perhaps 4 hours after I am done exercise the beer will taste good... It just seems like my tastebuds are directing my needs - hydration, food, rest; then you may have a beer.

 

Wait, are you saying you don't have any beer until AFTER skiing?

 

Thats what I was expecting too

 

Yeah that can sometimes happen. I usually don't drink anything special unless all my senses are working well and I haven't eaten in a while.

 

It was just the Nectar. Senses werent off!

 

BP Indra Kunidra did my palate in for a while. Maybe I should have rinsed with some pool water

 

The struggle is real.

 

I forgot how bag that smelled! Freshman year we did the pigs for an entire semester..after a week my roommate and I realized that washing the clothes isn't going to help, so those clothes would be the lab wardrobe for the rest of the term.

 

I had "pine mouth" once- it is a reaction some people have to eating a lot (or even moderate amount) of pine nuts. Everything tastes bitter and terrible. It was awful, it took about a week for it to go away.

 

Stuff some camden tablets up your nose before swimming. Problem solved...

 

Ted Kennedy's tomb stone?