Are you offended when others pour your beer out?

[olllllo]

I make beer for people to enjoy, the last thing I would want is for them to do is to drink something they didn't like.

So, no. I don't care if they don't finish one. It's honest feedback.

 

[mysteryberto]

If I figure someone isn't going to like a beer I ask them to try a small sample first. Generally I encourage people to try everything I have on tap. That way they get a drink they will actually like and finish.

I don't expect everyone to like IIPA or smoked porter. But if someone dumped a whole glass I'd be a bit peeved.

 

[Ceedubya]

One thing I require for people who choose not to finish one of mine is to tell me WHY. I had someone tell my that my coffee stout tasted "too much like coffee" so thats a win for me. They just didn't like that style, no problem

Since I now Keg, I offer a small sample before pouring a full pint. I have yet to have someone finish one they took on purpose since then.

 

[Kauai_Kahuna]

"I think someone would get their ass kicked doing that".
Loose quote from Office Space.
That's just wrong.

 

[rico567]

There's a sign on my kegger that says "you are welcome to drink as much of this fine handcrafted beer as you'd like, but please drink all that you take".

I think that this is perfectly reasonable. If it still doesn't work, give the jerk who pours your beer out a little 6-oz juice glass next time.

 

[IrregularPulse]

I gave the neighbor a sample of my smoked porter and explained that it's not for everyone, I won't be offended if you don't like it. I could tell she wasn't into it but she drank the majority of the small sample I gave. Dumped the last swallow or two. Then this morning I realized.....That keg hadn't been pulled in about 24 hours hours and was small sample. It was probably pseudo warm from being mostly beer already in the line in the tap box....

 

[wormfishin]

She said at first it was good, but about half way through it she wasn't satisfied.

Does that happen often?

 

[passedpawn]

I make beer for people to enjoy, the last thing I would want is for them to do is to drink something they didn't like.

So, no. I don't care if they don't finish one. It's honest feedback.

My feelings also. However, the jerk that diluted my IIPA down with tapwater would get some schooling in decorum.

 

[WenValley]

How about taking a keg of homebrew to a party, and some idiot leaves the tap running? That happened to a buddy of mine. He was so pissed! All that work and someone walks away from the keg with the tap open.

Justifiable Homicide your Honer.

 

[Sigafoos]

I don't think I'd offer people full access to my kegs if I didn't trust them. Last week a friend came in from out of town; I gave him the last half pint of my brown (the best beer I've made so far) and two 22oz glasses of my hefe (he said 'it tastes kind of like Blue Moon,' bless his heart) and he would have been welcome to more if he wanted it (I'd have pulled out some mead if I didn't have to drive him home). Some random friend of a friend? Either 'let me get you some' or silence. Call me a dick if you want, but it's my money you're drinking.

 

[Cheaton]

I'd have to say, if I was kegging and had people over drinking there's no way I'd be letting them pull their own pints. Thus far, except a bottle I gave to a neighbor, I don't even let people pour their own bottles. Anyway, it seems to me that pulling pints for guests would be half the fun anyway! (I do feel as though I may keep around some BMC just for the stupid drunken fratboys of the world.... that's all that sucka deserves to drink!)

 

[cheezerman]

I make wine for a commercial winery, and when I first started, I would be horrified and offended when tasters would dump my wine.

Over the years, though, I started to realize that, in the context of a tasting, dumping is not a rude gesture. There are several reasons people dump, and it is not always because they dislike the drink. They might have several more to taste, and do not want to get intoxicated, etc.

Now, if they were pouring their own drink, I would be upset. Why take what you won't finish??

 

[SFBEER]

I don't expect everyone who tries my beer to like it. I don't even like everything I make but I would hope they would take a small sample first in order to try it first. Then again most of my friends will drink just about anything once they've had a few.

 

[daveotero]

Once at the Falling Rock tap house in Denver I was on a IPA rampage and about 3 or 4 beers into the night I got a beer that was just too sweet for my tastes. I prefer dryer IPAs and this was proving to be a tough drink. The server noticed I was taking a while and asked if she could get me something else. I told her there way no way I'd let her throw away a good beer just because I didn't like it at the moment. She agreed with the thought and brought me another beer on the house. I finished both then ordered another Pliny

Moral of the story is that you don't dump good beer ever. Give it away, pound it, even put it in the fridge and drink it flat the next day. It is quite precious. Now BMC is another story...

 

[FireNightFly]

Im offended when anyone pours beer out! We call the beer police around here. Besides, there are sober kids in 3rd world countries!

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

The ONLY people who are even allowed to touch my faucet are those who I know will finish the glass like it or not. And I keep sample glasses on the kegorator for those who have not tried the beer yet. Of which, I fill for the taster.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I had a bunch of guys concrete my drive a couple of weeks ago. They had come to do next door, and I had them do mine at the same time. Anyways, they caught me on a brew day. They were very interested until they found out it was that dreaded "Dark" beer. I gave the boss guy a small taste of Greenwood Rover's Shiver Me Bitters. He didn't say he hated it, and called over Leroy, The beer expert. Leroy took a sip and declared that he was not keen on dark beer as it is always too high in alcohol to drink a lot of them.......Um, yeah, OK, Leroy!

Long story short, I had to go to work and leave them to do my drive. Before I left, I bought a case of BMC and dumped it into a cooler full of ice, and with the gaffer's permission left it for them. I did the same thing on the second day, and also left two sixers of Rover's beer for anyone that wanted to take one or two home. At the end of the two days, they had gotten through 34 BMC's (They left two for Mr. Manners) and they took ZERO bottles of ESB. I was not in the least upset about this, i was happy that they were honest in their tastes, and that they didn't take something that they would have most likely pitched down the drain. I can live easily with the fact that they don't like "dark" beer....even though this was a good brew, honestly. But if they had taken it just because it was free beer? Well, that would have pissed me off.

And just for the record, they did an equal job on the drive of the guy that gave them free beer compared to the religious tee-total neighbour, even though the beer-giving guy got them at a knock down price as he just happened to be there.

 

[dontman]

I usually don't take it personally if someone does not like one of my beers. It is pretty easy to spot when someone is chugging along and then just starts nursing their beer. This happened at a happy hour I hosted a couple weeks back and I let the girl off the hook by saying "let me freshen that up for you" then when I went inside I got her a new glass and pulled her one I knew she liked and I just drank hers.

On the other hand I have another neighbor who I just don't invite over anymore. I know he doesn't like the beers because they are homebrewed and he has some warped view of what homebrew is. He says he "only likes lagers" which to him means Corona Light. I didn't even know there was a Corona Light.

Of course there has been a little justified hostility ever since they had a New Year's party and at one point about half the people followed me back to my house to "see my kegerator" and before we realized it we had been at my house for a couple hours. It was like that episode of Friends where they had two parties and one sucked. I was the non-suck party. There were like 12 of us at my house and when we finally ventured back across the street there were a total of 5 people there and they were sitting on the couch watching Dick Clark. Oops.

 

[DRoyLenz]

I've had people tell me that they don't like my beer, and I'm fine with that. At the same time, I know (on a VERY rare occasion) I'll find a beer that I don't like. Maybe it's my upbringing, maybe because Spartans don't dump beer, but I have never dumped a beer just because I didn't enjoy it, and I guess a part of me expects that same respect from people when they are drinking mine. I recently went to a festival, and Rogue had they're new Chipotle Ale on tap. Feel free to try it if you want, but I thought it was horrible. Chipotle just doesn't belong in beer. My friend and I had to slam the sampler, but we couldn't bring ourselves to dump it.

I'd have to say, if I was kegging and had people over drinking there's no way I'd be letting them pull their own pints. Thus far, except a bottle I gave to a neighbor, I don't even let people pour their own bottles. Anyway, it seems to me that pulling pints for guests would be half the fun anyway! (I do feel as though I may keep around some BMC just for the stupid drunken fratboys of the world.... that's all that sucka deserves to drink!)

This is an excellent point. Not because I don't trust my friends with my beer, but if you're hosting people, it just seems right to be bartender, especially if it is your brew.

 

[BoiseJim]

All you guys are giving some very insightful responses (especially about c**k punching!). Fortunately, I have very respectful friends, and I am very careful about serving up my beer when there are people in the house that I don't know too well.

Love the idea about a sign, plus pulling the pints for people. I will be off to get small taster glasses shortly.

 

[elpresidente]

I've also had several other situations where someone didn't like the beer, and someone else said "Oh! I'll take it!"

My exact thoughts....if someone there doesn't like it you best believe others around, if not me, would gladly finish it off. By now almost all of my friends like homebrew/craft beer now if they didn't already...most open minded people do realize how AWESOME it tastes!

 

[mklawz]

Last summer my sister babysat while wife and I went downtown for a ballgame. I came home to find about 16 ounces of my Witbier sitting on the counter. I asked my sister if she was going to drink it. She said, No, its too dark. So I thanked her for not throwing it out and I proceeded to drink warm Witbier.

Typical, BMC crap.... a witbier is too dark. Unbelievable.

 

[DRoyLenz]

a witbier is too dark. Unbelievable.

That's effing hilarious...

I often like to pour myself a beer before I lay down in front of the TV at the end of a long day. Especially if I'm a few pints in, I often fall asleep with a half-drank beer next to me. Not to label myself as someone who promotes drinking in the AM, but when I wake up in the morning, I usually just slam the remainder before jumping in the shower. Again, I just can't bring myself to dump it...

 

[adx]

Not one bit. I would rather get honest feedback than have someone suck down something they truly do not enjoy.

 

[ChrisKennedy]

I dump beer all the time.

I sure as hell don't expect someone to finish a beer they don't want to out of some silly respect for the beer itself.

In my lifetime, I have probably dumped greater than 60gal of beer down the drain, much of it pretty darn drinkable. I just didn't want it, and had no easy outlet for it without giving up my kegs for a while. I don't feel a darn bit bad about it either. I can make more, and I am not so strapped for cash that the experience of brewing it alone wasn't enough to make the cost of brewing it worth it.

 

[Ksosh]

I recant everything I said in this thread, for the following reason:
I just tried the DFH Festina Peche (sour peach)... 2 sips, rest down the drain.
*bows head in shame*

(though technically DFH calls it a 'malt beverage', and not a beer, and it's not a 'homebrew'...)

 

[TheCapn22]

I dump beer all the time.

I sure as hell don't expect someone to finish a beer they don't want to out of some silly respect for the beer itself.

In my lifetime, I have probably dumped greater than 60gal of beer down the drain, much of it pretty darn drinkable. I just didn't want it, and had no easy outlet for it without giving up my kegs for a while. I don't feel a darn bit bad about it either. I can make more, and I am not so strapped for cash that the experience of brewing it alone wasn't enough to make the cost of brewing it worth it.

60gal worth of party foul!


I don't throw out any beer, even BMC, if it's still drinkable. I haven't had an infection yet (knock on wood), but if I got one, I'd give it a shot.

 

[olllllo]

DFH Festina Peche is a Berliner Weiss base on fruit. It certanly is beer and homebrewable.

 

[Ksosh]

DFH Festina Peche is a Berliner Weiss base on fruit. It certanly is beer and homebrewable.

...and has made it to the top 1 worst beer I've ever tasted.

 

[olllllo]

...and has made it to the top 1 worst beer I've ever tasted.

I'm not contesting your opinion of how it tasted but I could point you in the direction of about a dozen other beers in this style you could also hate in case you wanted a top 10.