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**Pappers_** · 10-03-2012, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by LeBreton

Met a homebrewer on Monday who said he's been brewing kits for 4ish years now. This guy had NEVER heard of bottle conditioning. The idea really blew his mind. Been drinking it flat he says.

Asked him if he ever wondered why his beers had little to no head, "Oh, when we pour them we just splash them to get foam".

Of course, I let him know about HBT. But he doesn't trust the internet to give him reliable info.

This is laugh out loud funny.

**nickw85** · 10-03-2012, 05:34 PM

The best/stupidest was a awesome comment but it had consequences. My friend is a beer drinker and it was a young IPA he was drinking. He turned to his wife and I quote "This taste better than the stuff your dad makes". Hope he likes the couch.

Halbrust · 10-03-2012, 05:48 PM

As someone who has made stupid beer comments, there may be wisdom in what's said.

If someone tastes your porter and says it tastes like a Blue Moon... they may be an idiot... but they may be picking up corriander notes from the roasted grains.

I remember commenting on a beer that it tasted a lot like the Mexican beers I had drank. I don't remember what it was, only that it was a German style lager. The brewer (who is now a good friend and my brewing mentor) could have written me off as an idiot, but instead told me that most Mexican beers are lagers and many of the breweries were started by German imigrants.

His beer probably tasted nothign like the Tecates and Coronas I'd drank. But he was able to hear what I said, and translate it to "brewer language".

mattd2 · 10-03-2012, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Halbrust

As someone who has made stupid beer comments, there may be wisdom in what's said.

If someone tastes your porter and says it tastes like a Blue Moon... they may be an idiot... but they may be picking up corriander notes from the roasted grains.

I remember commenting on a beer that it tasted a lot like the Mexican beers I had drank. I don't remember what it was, only that it was a German style lager. The brewer (who is now a good friend and my brewing mentor) could have written me off as an idiot, but instead told me that most Mexican beers are lagers and many of the breweries were started by German imigrants.

His beer probably tasted nothign like the Tecates and Coronas I'd drank. But he was able to hear what I said, and translate it to "brewer language".

I guess what he heard was you say "this taste like a lager, most "good" lagers I have had come from Mexico"
And, as you say, he then taught you a bit of beer history without being a dick about it. Cheers to your mate

mattd2 · 10-03-2012, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Halbrust

Never brewed from a kit, but don't the kits come with bottle carbing instructions?

Maybe he doesn't trust things that are written down either. Was he also wearing a tinfoil hat when you talked to him?

**schmoe** · 10-04-2012, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by mattd2

Maybe he doesn't trust things that are written down either. Was he also wearing a tinfoil hat when you talked to him?

http://berkeley.intel-research.net/arahimi/helmet/

LeBreton · 10-04-2012, 01:25 AM

Boy did I ever have to fight the urge to tell him that I personally was the one who invented the technique.

Effingbeer · 10-04-2012, 01:33 AM

JWs can drink in moderation. Might make it easier for the other thing...

**jasonsbeer** · 10-04-2012, 03:23 AM

Still sticks in my head to this day

Father-in-law, drinking my Witbier - "This is pretty good. Can you make something like Miller Light?"

Still makes me shiver...

**kilted_brews** · 10-04-2012, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by jasonsbeer

Still sticks in my head to this day

Father-in-law, drinking my Witbier - "This is pretty good. Can you make something like Miller Light?"

Still makes me shiver...

+1 One of my friends tasted a home brew of mine, pulled a face, and asked if I could "make one like bud light?" ...insert the sound of crickets chirping here!