plant your olfactory bulbs

Tasting, nay, drinking experiences are scythed by a head cold. What is palate but the composite of sensory receptors on the tongue, and the magnifying glass of the olfactory bulb. Sinuses blocked, nasal cavity and olfactory bulb unable to perform, breathing circumvented, all pleasure gone but the anticipation of what might have been. In this instance, an Espresso Stout from Kiuchi Brewery. Fortunately, a palate weight that's discernible, but given the journey from Japan, it's like flying into British fog and winter's half-light. One persists...