Beer People are Annoying

[smccarter]

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.

Bingo... just... Bingo!!!

 

[MaxStout]

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

Beer Advocate just muddies the waters for me. Reviews there for any beer have a statistical distribution all over the road. I've tasted beers they rate at 98% and thought they were crap, and conversely, liked fairly low-rated beers. Everyone's sense of taste is different.

I just want to try a beer with no prior knowledge, so I can make an honest appraisal. Either I'll like it or I won't.

 

[TwoJays]

Flipside to all this, I feel that some people are oversensitive to those who like to geek out over beer and instantly and ignorantly lump anyone who is well-versed in details about their passion as an ******* or know-it-all.

Merely an observation from personal experiences.

 

[unionrdr]

^^Aaaww c'mon,you can do gooder than that! We all geek out over beer in our own way. What we like & despise. what we're indifferent about. Kinda like Beldar Conehead.

 

[quantumbeer]

Beer people are annoying?

[tinfoil hat]
This is a damned lie propagated by those wine, mead and cider people!
[/tinfoil hat]

 

[CBMbrewer]

Makes me glad I quit going to bars because I couldn't smoke in them anymore. Having quit smoking a couple weeks ago....

Congrats on kicking the habit, Union! I only smoked for a couple of years but it took almost as many to stop hacking up tar every once in a while.

 

[Grossy]

I love talking to people about beer. I love talking about beer.

Stopped into a pizza/tap room tonight, and got a great recommendation from the guy to the right, and some good conversation of beers from all around the USA.

Yep there are people out there who may be want-a-be's.

But then again there are some great people out there who are just cool. Then again, there might be a brewmaster out there who might think that my opinion about beer is naive and uneducated, I hope not.

 

[pdxal]

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

Here's a great satire about beer reviews, try making a review:

http://www.its-pub-night.com/2009/03/beer-review-generator.html

 

[trev12110]

i have a friend who knows a few key words about beer that he throws out any chance he gets. We both love drinking and talking beer and it is funny to watch him use the same few words for almost every beer he tries. I try my best not to be a beer snob because everyone likes different things but I love talking beer with people and if i can teach them something about the brewing process then that makes me feel awesome

 

[Calichusetts]

Most people are annoying...

Especially when it comes to something where they want to show off their knowledge.

[ame]http://vimeo.com/64558227[/ame]

Is this contract brewed? You can really taste the contract...

 

[GrogNerd]

Session barleywine?

Burley Oak Brewing Co. (Berlin, MD) Rude Boy 8.1% ABV "sessionable" barleywine

 

[BreezyBrew]

Craft beer is growing interest by leaps and bounds. The more growth = the more noobs.

 

[DrunkleJon]

I think the problem is more in knowledge and how much you care. Any topic can be annoying if you do not care about it or if you care about it and someone is talking out of thair posterior about it. If someone is misinformed or propigating bad information the knowledgeable will find them annoting. If someone, like my sister who just does not give a damn, is being told about beer by someone who knows and cares about the topic (me), they will find them annoying. It is all subjective.

 

[amfukuda]

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.

Can you send me a bottle buddy

 

[Totes]

If I to hear the phrase "look at the delicate lacing" one more time....
Especially at the beer fests while drinking from plastic mugs or crusty 6 oz glasses.

 

[Hello]

I have no idea where I read this but there was something written about beer geeks being people who care what they drink and beer snobs are those who care what you drink. I really wish I can give credit to the guy who wrote that.

That said, in the last 5 or so years I have really gotten more into beer. Perhaps it has something to do with a move from CA to a state that doesn't sell liquor in supermarkets. I always said I hated beer because I was only given Bush, Budwiser, Miller, etc and I just didn't care for the taste. Then I was given a couple craft beers and I completely understood that for me, I didn't hate beer, I hated some beers.

I don't care what others drink. I may make a comment in jest but I am certainly not a dick about it. When I go out, friends will ask what beer they might like. I'm actually pretty good at making those kind of recommendations based on their tastes. It's not about making them drink something better, if they ask what I would recommend I tell them. Again, I don't care if they order a PBR or a Hopslam, I am all for drinking with others.

I also don't read reviews. I should, but I don't. Same thing for movies and music. I think reviewers in general can be downright wrong. I may read a review on wine but that is when I am trying to avoid something where the tannins are strong because I do not like that at all.

I know the annoying ones though. I watched a guy critique root beer at a brewery last week. I wanted to shin kick him off his barstool. FWIW, the root beer is brewed with the same "just add water" extract that they sell in their brew shop. So no, it wasn't as complex as he was saying.

If I to hear the phrase "look at the delicate lacing" one more time....
Especially at the beer fests while drinking from plastic mugs or crusty 6 oz glasses.

I lol'ed. I don't know about anyone else but the first hour of any beer festival was all about trying new beers and just really listening to the brewery representatives speak and the following 3 hours was a college party being relived decades later.

 

[unionrdr]

If I to hear the phrase "look at the delicate lacing" one more time....
Especially at the beer fests while drinking from plastic mugs or crusty 6 oz glasses.

Then it's time for BONG! I DON'T THINK SO...HOMEY DON'T PLAY DAT!

 

[Remmy]

People get too damn complicated when it comes to drinking and especially critiquing beer. Just shut the f00k up, drink and enjoy it!

 

[Fishin-Jay]

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.

Exactly. I was a member of a Beer of the Month Club at a local place in Post Falls. I ended my subscription after a year of IIPA's and Imperial Stouts filling my bin. I tried talking to the owner a couple times about it, and asked why, with all the styles that exist in the world, would he continually fill our bins with the same types of beer every month? After talking to him a bit I learned that most of his beer knowledge was coming from BA.

 

[Teromous]

People get too damn complicated when it comes to drinking and especially critiquing beer. Just shut the f00k up, drink and enjoy it!

I can't speak for everyone but I enjoy trying to pick out the different flavors I taste in a beer. When I make a conscious effort to think about what the flavors remind me of, it gives me greater appreciation for the beer and helps me remember what it tasted like, long after I'm done drinking it. Granted if I'm on the second or third bottle of a sixer I'm probably just drinking and enjoying away...but I try to take my time when I drink a beer that I've never had before.

I may be the odd one out in this conversation, but I also like to hear people describe what they taste in beers. Some people have a palate that is so different that they taste something completely opposite of what I experienced. The key is to find somebody who makes the same judgement calls that you do, or tastes similar flavors. Then you might be more trustworthy of their opinion on beers.

Generally though, I just enjoy hearing people talk about beer. I don't really care how much they know or what their opinion is. I'd rather talk to a person who is enthusiastic than a person who is apathetic, regardless of their knowledge level.

 

[TheSmithsEra]

It's cool to know beer right now. People facebooking pictures of their pliny purchases or 90 Minute IPA's because they drink the " hard " stuff. People want to be overheard about their beer knowledge... but what is beer knowledge anyway? that you've drank many beers?

My friend says he is a real beer drinker because to him IPA's are the most diverse beer there is, but I still hang out with him : ) Yes it is annoying, but what are you gonna do . .

 

[Randy_Bugger]

People get too damn complicated when it comes to drinking and especially critiquing beer. Just shut the f00k up, drink and enjoy it!

You forgot to mention the importance of taking a picture of every beer you drink and uploading it to the internet.

 

[GrogNerd]

You forgot to mention the importance of taking a picture of every beer you drAnk and uploading it to the internet.

I like posting pics of the past tense




(full disclosure... not really a pic of a beer I drank, I just googled empty beer glass lacing and posted a really cool one. I'm going in the book for sure)

 

[Epimetheus]

Uninformed people talking about beer... Slightly informed guy at a brewfest talking about beer...

I enjoy listening to anyone talk about beer. If they are uninformed, I listen politely and recall the days of gawd-awful school essays I wrote and inflicted on various professors. They are practicing and learning.

Joie de biere should be encouraged! :rockin:

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

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.

I have a friend who makes Session IIPA's just to throw people who have no idea WTF they are talking about off.

 

[GrogNerd]

to tell the truth I think people in general are annoying

I hate people. people are aholes and I hate aholes.

guess a career in customer service wasn't such a wise choice, but here I am

 

[djt17]

to tell the truth I think people in general are annoying

I hate people. people are aholes and I hate aholes.

guess a career in customer service wasn't such a wise choice, but here I am

I think you took my call a couple months ago.

 

[GrogNerd]

I think you took my call a couple months ago.

I may have; we have a few customers in the Twin Cities

 

[unionrdr]

At this point in my life,being retired & broke most of the time,I'm left wondering "hey Motha****a,where's my jouie de vive'?"??

 

[ObsidianJester]

I like to enjoy beer. I like to talk about beer but I don't pretend to know something I'm not familiar with. I'm good with drinking BMC stuff. Foot ball and all that.
I'm good with my homebrews.
I'm good with craft brews.

I'm just damn happy when someone wants to sit down with me and have a beer.
It's just a bonus if I enjoy it or I've made it and they enjoy it.

There are beers and beer styles I don't like.
There are those that are my favorites.

I like beer.
I like making it, drinking it and sharing it.

The other idiots out there can pound sand.