Finally heard some feedback from a guy at work who I gave a slightly-to-moderately hoppy Amarillo IPA. He had been telling me about how much of a beer lover and a beer expert he was. I love this beer, and so do other's that I have given it to, but this was his response-
Him- "What the hell did you do? Piss in that bottle?"
Me- "Ha! What did you think of it?" (thinking he was joking)
Him- "No seriously! That was the worst thing I had ever tasted! It smelled wicked strong, and a second after swallowing it, it left this horrible after taste in your mouth. I gave some to (wife's name) and she said the same thing. That bottle had two sips taken out, and the rest went down the drain. Sorry!"
Me- "Uh, ok? Well what did it taste like?"
Him- "Kind of bitter and a weird taste, I don't really know how else to describe it. I'm not picky when it comes to beer, and I drink all sorts of weird beers, even Guinness!"
Me- "Well, this batch is an IPA, it's pretty much the complete opposite of a Guinness..." I got interrupted before I could explain the differences in an all-malt Guinness and an all-hop IPA.
Him- "I know what an IPA is, but that was just awful!"
Welcome to the world of IPAs I guess?
I just shrugged it off as "Oh well", but I'm still upset that he didn't even take more than one sip.
I had given him previous batches of beer, one being a dunkelweizen. His response to that was, "Wow! This is great! It tastes just like a Honey Brown!"
Actually, it was nowhere close to Honey Brown...
Him- "What the hell did you do? Piss in that bottle?"
Me- "Ha! What did you think of it?" (thinking he was joking)
Him- "No seriously! That was the worst thing I had ever tasted! It smelled wicked strong, and a second after swallowing it, it left this horrible after taste in your mouth. I gave some to (wife's name) and she said the same thing. That bottle had two sips taken out, and the rest went down the drain. Sorry!"
Me- "Uh, ok? Well what did it taste like?"
Him- "Kind of bitter and a weird taste, I don't really know how else to describe it. I'm not picky when it comes to beer, and I drink all sorts of weird beers, even Guinness!"
Me- "Well, this batch is an IPA, it's pretty much the complete opposite of a Guinness..." I got interrupted before I could explain the differences in an all-malt Guinness and an all-hop IPA.
Him- "I know what an IPA is, but that was just awful!"
Welcome to the world of IPAs I guess?
I just shrugged it off as "Oh well", but I'm still upset that he didn't even take more than one sip.
I had given him previous batches of beer, one being a dunkelweizen. His response to that was, "Wow! This is great! It tastes just like a Honey Brown!"
Actually, it was nowhere close to Honey Brown...