Beer People are Annoying

[Craig311]

I posted this in a different thread but thought I'd start a new one specific to this topic...

Uninformed people talking about beer... Slightly informed guy at a brewfest talking about beer... Equally annoying. It's beer. I wish people could just enjoy it and drink what they like. Being a homebrewer for 8 years, knowledgeable, interested, etc... I almost hate to talk beer with people lately.

There's the guy who means well throwing around buzz words like "sessionable", "balanced", etc. He doesn't actually know a damn thing about the beer. He just knows we should all like it based on whatever nonsense review he read. And he's lecturing people in the bar about why they should like certain things, etc.

I want to correct this guy but I never will. Beer is like the band I used to like but now is popular and on the radio. I will continue to brew, drink, and appreciate beer. I guess I'm just more inclined to do it in private, avoiding all the "beer people" and nonsense all together.

 

[RM-MN]

I want to correct this guy but I never will.

Will you explain how this will help? How will the guy ever learn if you keep letting him be ignorant?

 

[Hammy71]

Cause it ain't worth the trouble.

 

[JonM]

And he's lecturing people in the bar about why they should like certain things, etc. .

That's not a beer person - that's just an a**hole.

 

[drainbamage]

One of my uncles is like that too. He always brags about "his beer guy" at the store that recommends stuff to him, and then talks those beers up like they are the greatest things ever, and so much better than whatever you have. That's just his personality in general, so I ignore him.

Unless someone is aggressively telling other people that they aren't drinking "real beer" for whatever reason, I just leave them alone. Like Hammy said, it just isn't worth the trouble to be That Guy.

 

[Durhamite]

I agree 200%. These types of people have also turned me off from attending "beer festivals" and similar events.

 

[Randy_Bugger]

You can thank ratebeer and beer advocate for creating a legion of annoying beer people.

Reading their forums makes my head hurt.

 

[Aunt_Ester]

I have a question. When did sessionable come to mean 1.060? I've heard so many hip kids call bigger beers the session ales. Why are diminutive IPAs called session IPAs and not just pale ales?

If we're into session ales, where are all the milds and bitters, dammit?

 

[the_trout]

You can thank ratebeer and beer advocate for creating a legion of annoying beer people.

Reading their forums makes my head hurt.

I think the day I found this place was the last day I went to BA.

 

[phenry]

I have a question. When did sessionable come to mean 1.060? I've heard so many hip kids call bigger beers the session ales. Why are diminutive IPAs called session IPAs and not just pale ales?

If we're into session ales, where are all the milds and bitters, dammit?

There is some merit to calling some beers a session IPA. I brewed two ales this summer that came in around 3.5% abv, but used 7 oz of hops and tasted like an IPA of twice the abv. So for the sake of letting people know what they were about to drink, I just called it a session IPA. I could have called it an APA, but my dad likes IPAs, and he's one of the biggest drinkers of my homebrew, so yeah.

But I agree, 1.060 is nowhere near sessionable. Unless of course you don't feel like remembering the rest of the night.

 

[drainbamage]

You can thank ratebeer and beer advocate for creating a legion of annoying beer people.

Reading their forums makes my head hurt.

BA has turned into a cartoon of itself. You can't impress those guys unless it's a Belgian quad, double dry-hopped IIPA, or bourbon barrel-aged coffee vanilla imperial stout.

 

[BUCKNUTS]

BA has turned into a cartoon of itself. You can't impress those guys unless it's a Belgian quad, double dry-hopped IIPA, or bourbon barrel-aged coffee vanilla imperial stout.

I love reading the reviews of beer from people on BA it's hilarious. They take pretentious *********gery to new heights

 

[kingwood-kid]

I want to correct this guy but I never will.

You just need to go Woody Allen on him and pull Beer Hunter Michael Jackson from behind a sign to correct him.

 

[aiptasia]

I find most beer geeks to be low gravity. There are plenty of ******** in any beer crowd, and then there are great people that wouldn't look down on you for drinking a coors light. Beer is beer, drink what you like.

 

[beertroll]

I have a question. When did sessionable come to mean 1.060?

Session barleywine?

 

[Craig311]

You guys are the best. No need to get frustrated about it. I mean... It's beer. I will talk beer to people like you and leave the nonsense to the rest of the "craft beer" crowd.

 

[syvmn]

Beer nerds are funny. My two favorite beers are my personal oatmeal stout and.......Mich golden light!

I love reading the "bmc is satan" threads. On a hot day nothing beats a Mich in my opinion.

 

[MaddBaggins]

Session barleywine?

I did that once. My head hurt the next day.

 

[Patro]

Fermented beverages are one place where I don't understand snobbery. So many of these tastes are strange and 'aquired' that it doesn't make since to bash what someone enjoys. If someone likes to drink a mixture of chewed corn and saliva fermented in a gourd I'm just amazed that they figured out they could make alcohol that way. If they like to drink a low gravity lightly hopped rice and malt lager with lime flavoring go ahead. Extremely bitter ales sure, sour fruity lambics great. Compared to some beers Coors light may taste like water, but hey I like drinking water too. Water is not some universally bad flavor that everyone should avoid.

Me? I like malty lagers and Belgian ales, and I have fun making them. I know what I like so don't tell me what you think I should like. I'm fine with a suggestion and review but I don't want some kind of lecture on my inferior tastes.

 

[unionrdr]

I love the Woody Allen bit. how many times would I have so thoroughly enjoyed doing that?! Makes me glad I quit going to bars because I couldn't smoke in them anymore. Having quit smoking a couple weeks ago....

 

[FATC1TY]

I hate when people bitch about other peoples take on things in life..

Like you said, it's just beer. It's a liquid meant to be drank, not hoarded, saved, or used as currency in this day in age.

That said, I've never found myself to get irritated enough to go off on a rant over someones take on beer.. I'm all for sharing beer, and getting others to enjoy it with me.

 

[revelation]

Look if you are not making Madagascar cinammon Russian Imperial Stout, you are doing it wrong.

Just saying....

And here I thought I was the only one annoyed with the BA for a denizens.

 

[shoreman]

There's people like that in any hobby, sport, job, you name it. You are doing the right thing by just moving on - focus on the good people in beer and you will be better off.

I used to work in craft and beer festivals were so much fun when you seek out cool people like Sam from Dogfish or I could name a bunch other - their passion for the beverage is contageous

 

[Teromous]

Look if you are not making Madagascar cinammon Russian Imperial Stout, you are doing it wrong.

Just saying....

And here I thought I was the only one annoyed with the BA for a denizens.

This sounds delicious.

 

[drainbamage]

This sounds delicious.

I don't know, BA only gave it an 83...

 

[FATC1TY]

Look if you are not making Madagascar cinammon Russian Imperial Stout, you are doing it wrong.

Just saying....

And here I thought I was the only one annoyed with the BA for a denizens.

Agreed.. There's a narrow mindset of beers out there as a whole.

HBT folks are just as guilty.. Look at all the crazy threads about beer here...

Everyone wants to make a Chipotle Candycorn Pumpkin Chocolate Porter here..

Just move on, and enjoy the things you like!

 

[FlyDoctor]

There is always someone who knows more than you. Even the OP. we all sound like A-wholes to the next more knowledgeable guy.

 

[Cyclman]

I find annoying people everywhere, in most hobbies.

I travel for a living, and of course go to lots of Craft Breweries and Bars. I actually meet lots of interesting, considerate people.

I don't like any kind of bashing, especially to strangers or mere acquaintances, be that politica, beer, food, music, whatever. There's too much negativity, we need to look for the pleasures in life, not crap on everything.

 

[JSager89]

In my personal opinion, people confuse "critiquing" beer, and flat out bitching about beer.

I always say that Being an honest "beer person" doesn't mean you only like the most exclusive beers, or that you like every beer on the planet....it means that you can appreciate any beer, whether you personally like it or not.

Again just my opinion

 

[roger617]

So we bash RB and BA because of the few? We let the integrity of a great industry be compromised because of the minority? A large part of why I have recently gotten so involved in this industry is because of pure enjoyment. If other people don't enjoy it for the same reason, or don't enjoy the same aspects, it doesn't change my opinion at all. I think it's silly to care so much about what other people think. I love beer, I respect the people who started this revolution, and I hope I can put my own positive stamp on it in my lifetime.