There is nothing worse than pouring a pint from the keg you tapped last week and finding that the pint has an “off” mouthfeel. In the evaluation of beer, texture can be a neglected category, especially in the era of super-hopped IPAs and adjunct-heavy stouts and porters. If a peanut butter and jelly porter is a bit flat, or a 7000 IBU Triple Imperial, Double Dry-Hopped IPA has a bit too much bite from carbonation, it may be overshadowed by the fact that you’re drinking sandwich filling or having all the enamel stripped off your teeth.
