Beer Class?

Yes. Beer Class. Tuskie's Beer Study Group to be exact. A room filled with beer geeks, geeking out about hops, malts, yeasts, water and all the variations of each today. The last two weeks we nerded the world with discussions of draft systems and how they work, fail to work, and are kept working. No true beer study group would be complete without tasting though and so we've enlisted our handy smart phones to download the Beer Judges Competition Panel (BJCP) Guidelines to lead us through our tasting. We've done everything from Bud Light to Nogne O Russian Imperial Stout. We've gone through all of the English, Scottish, German, Amber, and Pale Styles. We've studied Porters, Browns, and Stouts (all 6 types). We study these for a variety of reasons, least of all to enhance our own knowledge of the world of beers. Next time you're in Fire Works, Magnoia's or Tuskies, ask who attended the Tuskie's BSG this week. And quiz them!

Cantini Cipressi Falanghina, Terre degli osci. 2011
Beautiful pale straw color, aromas of fresh ripe citrus, casaba melons, cotton candy, rounding out to a nice medium body, moderately viscous on the palate and the finish lingers that citrus element. Falanghina is one of those wines that fits fire works perfectly yet is a tough sell as it's not as popular as pinot grigio.

Olinto Chianti Classico 2009
slight hint of cigar tobacco, unique to this chianti, along with tons of bright bing cherry and black peppercorn. Great texure, silky tannins, and oh so old world in style.

Baracchi O'lilo! 2011
beautiful deep plum in the glass. Smoked and Grilled beef comes through right from the jump. Cab, Merlot, Sangiovese, Syrah is the blend but with no oak to chill it out, that syrah is like the pissed off puppy in the box dying to be adopted. Lots and lots of ripe and rich fruit without being cloyingly sweet. Great entry level super tuscan from a small producer.......

So, should I pick any of these up for the list?

Curtis