bottlebomber
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DisturbdChemist said:
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The stupidest comment on your beer
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Not even a taste but...
Me: "I started brewing"
Friend: "Oh really? Can I try some?"
Me: "It won't be ready to drink until after Christmas. Its in that bucket over there"
Friend: "Bucket? I though alcohol came in bottles."
Yeah...
Me: "I started brewing"
Friend: "Oh really? Can I try some?"
Me: "It won't be ready to drink until after Christmas. Its in that bucket over there"
Friend: "Bucket? I though alcohol came in bottles."
Yeah...
Not stupid comments on my beer, but funny misunderstanding about brewing:
- When they see all the waterdamp from boiling and masing in my shed 'wow .. there goes a lot of alcohol in the ceiling'
- When they come to brew there first beer with me 'so, I can't take the beer home in bottles today?!'
I overheared this one last week: 'how do you make a tripel? Oh .. just ad some more yeast'
- When they see all the waterdamp from boiling and masing in my shed 'wow .. there goes a lot of alcohol in the ceiling'
- When they come to brew there first beer with me 'so, I can't take the beer home in bottles today?!'
I overheared this one last week: 'how do you make a tripel? Oh .. just ad some more yeast'
landshark
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Sshamash said:
You know, metallic is a common off-flavor picked up from mis-stored malts or high ph levels in your water. I wouldn't say that is a stupid comment, just an observed flavor she is perceiving. She may be picking something out you yourself are not noticing. (Could also be green and hasn't mellowed out yet too.)
I overheared this one last week: 'how do you make a tripel? Oh .. just ad some more yeast'
I've heard that one too. From a homebrewer.
Getzinator
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I've heard that one too. From a homebrewer.
What's wrong with that? You just add the yeast 3 times right? Tripel yeast brewed? :fro:
bknifefight
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Yesterday I was at a meeting for my homebrew club. There was a guy there who was new. He hadn't brewed before but seemed legitimately interested (and WAY too excited) about beer. He had brought a few bottles of Monkey Fist IPA (a very good beer, btw) to share. He was talking about how much he liked the astringency of the beer, and how well they did with making it taste astringent. Ok, fine, he doesn't know what that word means, whatever.
Come to turn out, he works at a local brewery and does tours and tasting. I imagine there are a lot of people now who had a tour from him who think astringency is a good thing.
Come to turn out, he works at a local brewery and does tours and tasting. I imagine there are a lot of people now who had a tour from him who think astringency is a good thing.
bottlebomber
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bknifefight said:
The truth is probably more complex.. Astringency is caused by tannins, and hops have plenty of those. There is some level of tannins in beer that is probably desirable. I'm not sure what that number is, but it could be one of those things like bitterness that would need to be gone before you missed it. I think you could probably righty describe a dry IPA as astringent though.
Coors drinker: "I liek ur beer!!"
Me: "No you don't you stupid idiot"
Them: "IT's good!"
Me: "No, it's ****. Piss off."
I don't know why I even bother with these people. I should only hang out with the best people.
Me: "No you don't you stupid idiot"
Them: "IT's good!"
Me: "No, it's ****. Piss off."
I don't know why I even bother with these people. I should only hang out with the best people.
bottlebomber
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Lol!!
bknifefight
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You're picking it apart too much. Trust me, from the rest of what came out of this guy's mouth, he had no idea what he was talking about.
Getzinator
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I would never think of astringency as being a good thing in beer. Sounds like something you would say to describe drinking a glass of vinegar. Now I wonder what taste he was really trying to describe.
LeBreton
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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.
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.
Maybe he is "that guy" at work and the head brewmaster and others like to mess with him and tell him stuff like astringency is the ultimate achievement in beer. That or the brewery he works out brews with facial cremes or something.
oh my god. is this actually true?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.
gcdowd
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LeBreton said: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.
Say it ain't so...
Whattawort
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It's twue! It's twue!
Never brewed from a kit, but don't the kits come with bottle carbing instructions?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.
JoeyChopps
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All the ones I ever bought had extremely good directions and yes how to bottle was on there. In the case of Midwest brewing they include a pack of priming sugar with the kits.
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.
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. :cross:
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".
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
Maybe he doesn't trust things that are written down either. Was he also wearing a tinfoil hat when you talked to him?
mattd2 said: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
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Boy did I ever have to fight the urge to tell him that I personally was the one who invented the technique.
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JWs can drink in moderation. Might make it easier for the other thing...
jasonsbeer
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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...
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!
Just want to pipe in that I, also, can laugh at these--let's face it--pitiful people who don't know beer for a sunbeam. I pat myself on the back every so often about it. And I brag about it to like-minded folks.
DisturbdChemist said:I have one I just remembered. This is before I started brewing and in college. Me and a few friends were at a bar and grill drinking a few pints before off to the next class. During, one of the guys looks at his glass and says "How can the glass let in air but not let the liquid out?".
That reminds me of a question I saw on the internet the other day... "is TSP (trisodium phosphate) vegan?"
bknifefight
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Check out BierMuncher's Cream of Three Crops recipe. It's a great beer for fans of domestic lagers.
I work with 30-40 guys, none of whom brew but they are all beer drinkers and always asking for homebrew. One day I brought in a Hefe that I was pretty proud of and the next day one of them says "man I didnt like that at all do you put hops in your hefe?" I have never gave them a drop more since.
Schmutzli said:
I mean, do YOU know where TSP comes from? Maybe they get the Sodium by boiling down small kittens. I doubt it...but you never know. JK
Only 29-39 more and the homebrew is ALL YOURS!!!!
duckredbeard
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H-ost said:
*like*
stamandster
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You sound like a wiener... I mean winner. Crap why can't I get this typing thing down!!
Shmrak12
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This is almost as good as coors!
Thank you dumb female roommate..
Thank you dumb female roommate..
Beer_is_good_for_you
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"Yeah I guess there are different types of beer..."
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