Pop quiz: the shape of a drinking glass can affect the flavor and aroma of liquor—fact or fiction? John Lyda and I put this question to the test.

The brewmaster extraordinaire, John Lyda, is the former Sr. Vice President of Highland Brewing Co. and current full-time instructor at A-B Tech’s Craft Beverage Institute of the Southeast. He is highly regarded in Asheville for introducing the community to different beer styles that would lay the foundations of the Beer City.

In this episode that John and I have been planning for a couple of semesters, we share a bottle of Lurgashall Mead Vintage 2004 and describe how different glassware affect a drink’s aroma and flavor. We briefly discuss the history of mead and how it’s made. We explain how the variety of honey impacts the taste of mead, reveal the mean age of the students at the CBI, and describe how drinking liquor can affect your vocal register.

This week on Consuming the Craft:

●     Booze Clues: A bottle of special reserve mead from Sussex, England

●     Our 2021 Gold Award from the NC NPR

●     Volatile organic compounds and how glassware affects the taste of liquor

●     Different glassware for different kinds of wine

●     The history of mead and how it’s made

●     The mean age of students at the Craft Beverage Institute

●     How the type and variety of honey affect the final taste of mead

●     How wine and spirits affect your vocal register

Connect with John Lyda:

●     John Lyda on LinkedIn



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