Funny things you've overheard about beer

unionrdr · Feb 13, 2014

According to historical perspectives by CAMRA,ale is fermented for some 4 days & put in a cask. It didn't have hops or gruit in it originally. If it had hops in it,it was concidered beer.

Keith66 · Feb 13, 2014

unionrdr said:
concidered beer

Is that like apple beer?

unionrdr · Feb 13, 2014

Seems to me apple beer was German originally. Not sure about the exact recipe though.

Billy-Klubb · Feb 13, 2014

rockbasementbeer said:
Just made a "brown and tan" variation using homebrewed dunkelweizen and rye pale ale. Judge all you want, it was delicious!

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if you made a "yellow & lighter yellow" with Bud & Mich Golden Ultra, I'd be making fun of you.

beergolf · Feb 13, 2014

unionrdr said:
Seems to me apple beer was German originally. Not sure about the exact recipe though.

That one just flew over your head. DUH.

concidered

Hopinista · Feb 13, 2014

beergolf said:
That one just flew over your head. DUH.

Lmao

hunter_le five · Feb 13, 2014

beergolf said:
That one just flew over your head. DUH.

LOL to be fair it took me nearly a minute to catch that. Homebrew will do that to ya'...

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unionrdr · Feb 14, 2014

I don't do apple beers,so idk. But real ale doesn't have hops either...

BeerGrylls · Feb 14, 2014

unionrdr said:
I don't do apple beers,so idk. But real ale doesn't have hops either...

Read it again.. Con-cider-ed

unionrdr · Feb 14, 2014

Safa · Feb 14, 2014

Facepalm...

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zmanzorro · Feb 14, 2014

From Austin Homebrew Supply Twitter feed for Valentines Day:

"Life without you is like brewing without sanitizer. It just turns out sour."

n240sxguy · Feb 14, 2014

zmanzorro said:
From Austin Homebrew Supply Twitter feed for Valentines Day:

"Life without you is like brewing without sanitizer. It just turns out sour."

Haha

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bleme · Feb 14, 2014

zmanzorro said:
From Austin Homebrew Supply Twitter feed for Valentines Day:

"Life without you is like brewing without sanitizer. It just turns out sour."

I just texted that to my wife and she said it made her teary eyed. Thanks!

gometz · Feb 14, 2014

mcspanner said:
Not so much funny as bloody frustrating.

I was in a pub the other night which had a Uk brewed Stone Double IPA (they've done a collaborative brew with one of the UK breweries to offer a few of their recipes on cask over here).

I asked for a pint and the bar manager said "sorry it's 8.5% legally I can only sell you a half"

Behind him was a large poster promoting a deal on pitchers of cocktails stating 2 for £12 and double up on the shots for an extra £2 per pitcher, on a board on the bar was a buy it by the bottle deal on wine.

And my mate had just ordered a pint of 8.3% scrumpy cider without a problem.....

so, I asked for a 750 ml bottle (so just under a pint and a half here) of 13% merlot and one glass. This wasn't a problem other than the fact that I was much less stable on my legs when walking back to the bar to get that DIPA 1/2 later in the evening.

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There's a British pub near my fiancee's place we frequent (a LOT). They have a few DIPA's on tap or cask, and they will only give me about 10 oz in a pint glass. Once I asked about it and they gave a similar answer of "oh, it's above XX%, so I can't serve you a full pint."
Such bull**** since the same night my buddy was drinking vodka-red bull by the pint.

jimdkc · Feb 14, 2014

uatuba said:
He was 100% wrong. The 6 oz DOES make a NOTICEABLE difference as proven by the very pictures posted in an effort to support the smart ass statement the guy made.

Noticeable? Sure.

Significant? Not so much!

On the other hand... In such a retail situation... the customer should be right!

RDWHAHB

uatuba · Feb 15, 2014

jimdkc said:
Noticeable? Sure.

Significant? Not so much!

On the other hand... In such a retail situation... the customer should be right!

RDWHAHB

I'm not sure the word "clone" is being translated properly here on the Internet.

When you're trying to replicate something, getting all parameters as close as humanly possible is important. Altering a step in the process that causes a noticeable difference becomes significant, as you then have fallen well short of your target.

Keith66 · Feb 15, 2014

I'm sure glad you guys got a kick out of my concidered joke, the follow up damn near killed me laughing!

Trippel-A · Feb 15, 2014

uatuba said:
I'm not sure the word "clone" is being translated properly here on the Internet.

When you're trying to replicate something, getting all parameters as close as humanly possible is important. Altering a step in the process that causes a noticeable difference becomes significant, as you then have fallen well short of your target.

Bickering like this belongs in a different thread.

masonsjax · Feb 15, 2014

Most of this thread belongs in a different thread.

downtown3641 · Feb 15, 2014

Trippel-A said:
Bickering like this belongs in a different thread.

You must be new here. And by "here," I mean the internet.

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Billy-Klubb · Feb 15, 2014

masonsjax said:
Most of this thread belongs in a different thread.

you mean like my grandmas stripper underwear?

GuldTuborg · Feb 15, 2014

zmanzorro said:
From Austin Homebrew Supply Twitter feed for Valentines Day:

"Life without you is like brewing without sanitizer. It just turns out sour."

Thought about saying that to my wife, but her favorite beers are sour, so that might not have the right impact.

GuldTuborg · Feb 15, 2014

Billy-Klubb said:
you mean like my grandmas stripper underwear?

Whoa! What thread is that? I can has linky?

Billy-Klubb · Feb 15, 2014

GuldTuborg said:
Whoa! What thread is that? I can has linky?

it ain't right.
http://blackacrebrewing.com/hey.swf

Keith66 · Feb 15, 2014

masonsjax said:
Most of this thread belongs in a different thread.

Time for a good yarn.

GuldTuborg · Feb 15, 2014

Billy-Klubb said:
it ain't right.
http://blackacrebrewing.com/hey.swf

I see your He Man and raise you Plushenko.

Billy-Klubb · Feb 15, 2014

GuldTuborg said:
I see your He Man and raise you Plushenko.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMIErbpN_ys

I got nothing on that.

jpcourtney · Feb 15, 2014

Poured a bottle of 80 schilling ale and said to my wife "Nice light tan head." She replied "Better than a blackhead." Barf.

skitter · Feb 16, 2014

Went to BJs and the bud light drinker in the group tried all the beers I got and had the same opinion, "nice nose, but I wouldn't drink that"

Hopinista · Feb 16, 2014

skitter said:
Went to BJs and the bud light drinker in the group tried all the beers I got and had the same opinion, "nice nose, but I wouldn't drink that"

All of BJ's beers are thin and watery.

skitter · Feb 16, 2014

Hopinista said:
All of BJ's beers are thin and watery.

Which greater led to the amusement of the statement

Keith66 · Feb 16, 2014

skitter said:
Went to BJs and the bud light drinker in the group tried all the beers I got and had the same opinion, "nice nose, but I wouldn't drink that"

Same opinion as you, or same opinion of each beer, or both?

bajaedition · Feb 16, 2014

I have a friend who thinks that all dark beers are Stouts
he will hand you a Boston Lager and tell you he had bought a 6 pack of stout
I do not complain, I just enjoy the beer
oh
he swears the difference between an Ale and a Lager is that a Ale is brewed in Great Britain and Lagers are brewed everywhere else.
because, get this, England has no mountains to lager the beer in like Germany and the United states do.
Oh well

BeerGrylls · Feb 16, 2014

bajaedition said:
I have a friend who thinks that all dark beers are Stouts
he will hand you a Boston Lager and tell you he had bought a 6 pack of stout
I do not complain, I just enjoy the beer
oh
he swears the difference between an Ale and a Lager is that a Ale is brewed in Great Britain and Lagers are brewed everywhere else.
because, get this, England has no mountains to lager the beer in like Germany and the United states do.
Oh well

Haha I think I need to meet this guy!

skitter · Feb 16, 2014

Keith66 said:
Same opinion as you, or same opinion of each beer, or both?

Same opinion of every beer of mine he tried, and I tried alot.

Hopinista · Feb 16, 2014

BJ's actually has a pretty good bottle selection of Belgians, and a decent guest tap list. It's just their house beers are really sub-par

cpl-america · Feb 16, 2014

mcspanner said:
Not so much funny as bloody frustrating.

I was in a pub the other night which had a Uk brewed Stone Double IPA (they've done a collaborative brew with one of the UK breweries to offer a few of their recipes on cask over here).

I asked for a pint and the bar manager said "sorry it's 8.5% legally I can only sell you a half"

Behind him was a large poster promoting a deal on pitchers of cocktails stating 2 for £12 and double up on the shots for an extra £2 per pitcher, on a board on the bar was a buy it by the bottle deal on wine.

And my mate had just ordered a pint of 8.3% scrumpy cider without a problem.....

so, I asked for a 750 ml bottle (so just under a pint and a half here) of 13% merlot and one glass. This wasn't a problem other than the fact that I was much less stable on my legs when walking back to the bar to get that DIPA 1/2 later in the evening.

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Where are you in the uk?

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wisconsinitebrewer · Feb 16, 2014

At a local brewery/restaurant today and overheard a couple guys talking. One said to the other " Didn't know if you knew but Budweiser is actually a wheat beer." Well I learned something today!

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n240sxguy · Feb 16, 2014

wisconsinitebrewer said:
At a local brewery/restaurant today and overheard a couple guys talking. One said to the other " Didn't know if you knew but Budweiser is actually a wheat beer." Well I learned something today!

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Isn't barley a cousin of wheat? Then it's about a 20% cousin of wheat beer.

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