News You Can Use: Beer Tips

From the Wall Street Journal ($):

Brewer Jim Koch never uses a frosted mug with beer — it dilutes the taste and can introduce unwanted flavors into the mix. Tilting the glass at a 45-degree angle,
Mr. Koch, founder and brewer of Samuel Adams beer, pours half the beer
down the side and then the other half right down the middle. That kind
of pour lowers the carbonation to the right level, he says.

. . . If he is hosting a party and there
is leftover beer in the fridge, he puts it back in the cupboard.
(Temperature changes won’t hurt it.) . . . 

Before serving any cold beer, he takes it out of the
fridge and allows it to warm up on the counter for five or 10 minutes.
Beer that is too cold loses its complexity, he says.

I seldom drink beer any more, but this information would have been handy to have in days past.