DrinksWellWithOthers
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- Next door girl: No, seriously, How do you get it?
- Me: I've got a bubble maker machine.
Bwahaha! I'm stealing that and using it next time someone asks me the same thing.
- Next door girl: No, seriously, How do you get it?
- Me: I've got a bubble maker machine.
my grandmother, who was never bashful with her opinions, shrugged her shoulders and asked, "Isn't all beer just beer?"
The literalist in me wants to say she's absolutely correct
Today I got my first "It tasted dark" comment Then found & reqd this entire thread. That coment froma friend who has been considering taking up brewing. Actually liked the brew & the "dark" taste of my Vanilla Cream Ale. It was amusing & a bit ironic to me when T\this thread turned up.
Today I got my first "It tasted dark" comment Then found & reqd this entire thread. That coment froma friend who has been considering taking up brewing. Actually liked the brew & the "dark" taste of my Vanilla Cream Ale. It was amusing & a bit ironic to me when T\this thread turned up.
I think one of my personal favourites, which surprisingly I havent seen here yet, was when I heard an aquantiance talking about beer being unhealthy.
He was trying to tell me that its all the yeast in beer that is bad for you...
A girl in the group we were talking to was handed her glass of porter, she took a sip, then said to everyone in a slightly lowered voice:
"Guinness is better."
In my head I was like, WTF? it's not even the same type of beer!
Sure it is. They're both dark! That's one of the two types. Dark and Bud.
I love how a lot of people equate "dark" with "bitter". My brother is like this. I should just serve beer in steel cups in a dark room.
That's one of the two types. Dark and Bud.
But yeah, I can see why some casual drinkers of a certain age still think in terms of Light and Dark.
It is a very cool place. Not on I'd frequent as I don't think they've dusted/swept/mopped since they've opened, but a very cool place too look around at everything and experience at least one. The Dark Beer was enjoyable. No over the top awesomeness, but a good drinking beer. I don't think think they make it on site.McSorleys is one of the great bars in the US. Yes, women weren't allowed for a couple hundred years. They changed the rule begrudgingly and refused to put in a separate women's bathroom fpr a long time until they were forced. Then, iirc, they put urinals only in the women's room at first.
This was one of the first places that I frequented that puts ice in the urinals to act as an automatic flusher. Genius really, pee on it it melts and washes the pee away.
I brought a bunch of friends there once and after we were there for several hours we found out about a quaint tradition they have. My friends were quite buzzed and getting a little loud so the manager came over to our table with a box of cigars and offered one to each of them. Then he lit them for them. Then he sent the bouncer over who kindly asked them to take their cigars outside. A pretty classy and peaceful way to eject rowdies from a bar I thought.
I met the actress Amanda Plummer at that bar right after the movie The River was released. I think she was 14. She was there with a bunch of manager agent types. She was drinking beers right along with everyone else. I always found that kind of f'ed up.
I visited McSorely'son our trip to NewYork two Aprils ago. This is all they have. Light and Dark. And you have to order them 2 at a time.. The dark seemed to me to be an English Mild. Very cool place to visit.
My dad has periodically lectured us on how the term "ale" means beer with 3% or less alcohol . . and that the term "ale" was originally coined to identify which beer British sailors were allowed to drink. Who knows, maybe there was some English law governing the use of those words on ships 200 years ago . . but he's convinced that that's the only definition in effect today. He had to stop me when I told him my souped-up Dead Guy clone was a 7.4% ale and tell me that it must be a "beer" instead of an "ale" because of the alcohol content.
haha That translates to, "Yuck, but I still wanna be friends".Wow! I finally got through the entire thread! Took me a few days!
My best beer related comment:
Mom: You are brewing your own beer?
Me: Yeah mom its fun.
Mom: You aren't going to become an alcoholic are you?
Best comment on my beer:
Friend (who is a somewhat educated drinker): *takes a sip, smacks his lips and stares at me.....*
Me: *wait for a bit* so thumbs up or down?
Friend: its good....
Me in my head: Thanks for that build up there so you could follow it up with a generic comment..sheesh.
I visited McSorely'son our trip to NewYork two Aprils ago. This is all they have. Light and Dark. And you have to order them 2 at a time.. The dark seemed to me to be an English Mild. Very cool place to visit.
I'm a volunteer server at a lot of the Beerfest in Portland and about once a shift I have someone come up to me and say, "I normally drink Bud Light (or some other crap beer), what do you think I would like?"
My standard reply is, "Well all of the beers here have a thing called 'flavor'"
I don't think they've cleaned anything since it opened.Have they cleaned the ceiling fans yet?
Yeah saw dust on the floor to keep the smell from spilled beer down as wellLOVE McSorley's! They even have an authentic grumpy Irishman as the bartender!!! Beer was good, but definitely lighter on the flavor side I thought. Also, I believe that they spread sawdust on the floor so that the spilled beer is easier to clean up.
Or you could be nice to someone who is trying t venture out of there comfort zone and try something newI'm a volunteer server at a lot of the Beerfest in Portland and about once a shift I have someone come up to me and say, "I normally drink Bud Light (or some other crap beer), what do you think I would like?"
My standard reply is, "Well all of the beers here have a thing called 'flavor'"
Haven't really gotten a lot of stupid comments on my beer, except for the "how do you get alcohol in it". Then again, I'm still on my second brew.
I don't think I've ever gotten that question, but no, it's not stupid.Funny that I've never been asked that, but I am frequently asked how I know the amount of alcohol in it, which isn't a stupid question at all.
I'm really sorry to hear that some of you have given up on serving your beer to your friends if they aren't already craft beer lovers. I have had great success in serving my beer to new people, and it probably helps that nearly all of my friends are military officers (pilots mostly) and they aren't very "blue collar" for the most part. Pretty much everyone I know enjoys good beer even if they aren't educated on the subject or willing to buy good beer to have around the house.
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