BEST/WORST thing anyone has ever said about your own HB?

[asidrane]

excluding the standard 'dude, you should quit your job and open a brewery' response

Best: it was mostly unspoken, but floated 2 kegs (amber ale, pilsner) for a friends wedding...although the competition was a keg of bud light, and wine....so there wasn't much competition, but it was cool to look at peoples expressions from across the room as they took the first sip, nodded in approval and mouthed the words 'this sh|t is effing good'

Worst: back when I was bottling (and still somewhat noobish) I gave a coworker a couple of bottles to try, I think it was a pale ale. He said it tasted like Rolling Rock...I just shrugged the rolling rock comment off since a pale ale is not a watered down adjunct lager. but that wasn't the worst of it, . About a year later, I over heard him talking to another coworker about beer and he stated that rolling rock tasted like piss.

It is possible that he changed his opinion of Rolling Rock over time.

 

[neko]

excluding the standard 'dude, you should quit your job and open a brewery' response

Best: it was mostly unspoken, but floated 2 kegs (amber ale, pilsner) for a friends wedding...although the competition was a keg of bud light, and wine....so there wasn't much competition, but it was cool to look at peoples expressions from across the room as they took the first sip, nodded in approval and mouthed the words 'this sh|t is effing good.

I get the "open your brewery" thing a lot. I also had the same wedding experience a month ago with my IPA and Wheat against Rainier and wine. Everyone was raving about my beer and it was gone way quicker than I expected.

One of the worst is every time my boss tries my beer he says "it tastes like that one mcmenamins beer. I can't remember which kind though." I don't know how to respond, but it could be worse.

 

[EdWort]

The worst
You Motherf&%ker! After not following the general precautions about Apfelwein consumption.

The best
Great job! Greg Koch, co-founder of Stone Brewing commenting after he tasted a Stone IPA Clone I brewed..

 

[Homercidal]

I was one of the judges for SHV at NHC. We had an olive beer. It sounded horrible, we thought it was awesome. Great balance, first place.

Ha! We had a guy from Boston Beer Company give talks at a homebrew seminar in GR. He said for his SA beer (every employee has to brew a batch of homebrew before their 2 year anniversary) he added a pound of olives into his beer. I can't imagine what it would taste like!

 

[Brewpastor]

Scored a composite of 47 in the first round of the NHC in 2008.

Scored an 11 in the New Mexico State Fair in 1990.

 

[makomachine]

Best: "that's my favorite wheat beer ever!". (my brother on my first wheat)

Worst: "where are the hops?" (Me after tasting my last APA - water profile issue!)

By and large I get a lot of compliments from the fringe craft beer crowd that is friends and family.

 

[Tiber_Brew]

I get the "open your brewery" thing a lot.

The merit of the compliment (to "open a brewery") is proportional to the credentials of the person giving it to you. Not that it's not a good feeling any time you get it.

From my example a couple posts ago, when I heard that from a pro brewer, that really registered as a compliment of honor. I had heard the same compliment from several other people including family, which is nice, but it's essentially a generic "I like your beer" compliment.

Not trying to detract from you at all, but just clarifying why that made it to my top compliment list for me.

TB

 

[asidrane]

The merit of the compliment (to "open a brewery") is proportional to the credentials of the person giving it to you. Not that it's not a good feeling any time you get it.

From my example a couple posts ago, when I heard that from a pro brewer, that really registered as a compliment of honor. I had heard the same compliment from several other people including family, which is nice, but it's essentially a generic "I like your beer" compliment.

Not trying to detract from you at all, but just clarifying why that made it to my top compliment list for me.

TB

How often do you tell someone they should open a restaurant when you've liked the meal they cooked?

 

[Tiber_Brew]

How often do you tell someone they should open a restaurant when you've liked the meal they cooked?

You can't be serious. You clearly missed the point.

 

[asidrane]

You can't be serious. You clearly missed the point.

Yes I was serious. I don't think that people give the 'open a brewery' comment unless they thought it was really good and pints would sell in a bar.

 

[Tiber_Brew]

Yes I was serious. I don't think that people give the 'open a brewery' comment unless they thought it was really good and pints would sell in a bar.

Haha, PM me, bro.

Sorry for

 

[Brewpastor]

How often do you tell someone they should open a restaurant when you've liked the meal they cooked?

I think the difference is in perspective and proportion. Nearly everyone cooks and so it is not uncommon to have a great meal some one prepared at their home. I actually prefer home cooked meals and find they are often superior to restaurants. Not very many people brew and so it is less common to have a homebrew, let alone a good one. I believe people are more apt to suggest a brewer open a brewery then they are to suggest a cook open a restaurant simply from the stand point of novelty. Non-brewers are often simply amazed anybody can actually make a tasty brew at home.

I get told the same thing often and don't really pay much attention to it. I hear it as simply "I would buy this beer". I already know most of what I make is on par with the local pros so it is no big deal. But when a pro, fellow brewer or judge gives me praise it carries a little more weight then the BMC friend down the street.

 

[Tiber_Brew]

Well put.

 

[asidrane]

when a pro, fellow brewer or judge gives me praise it carries a little more weight then the BMC friend down the street.

I agree with this statement hands down. I guess I was just saying that the compliment from everyone is nice nonetheless.

 

[Brewpastor]

I do like ANY compliment on the beer I make, in whatever form it comes.

Please don't run off and open a brewery just because people tell you your beer is good enough to sell.

Been there, done that!

 

[LVBen]

Best: "You guys have the best microbrews here." (About our club beers at a beer fest.)

Worst: "No." (After asking "Do you want some more?")

 

[motobrewer]

Please don't run off and open a brewery just because people tell you your beer is good enough to sell.

Been there, done that!

sound like a good story

 

[asidrane]

I do like ANY compliment on the beer I make, in whatever form it comes.

Please don't run off and open a brewery just because people tell you your beer is good enough to sell.

Been there, done that!

Yeah, pro brewing seems like it would take the fun part of brewing and destroy it. I'll stick to having fun with the beer.

 

[Tiber_Brew]

I agree with this statement hands down. I guess I was just saying that the compliment from everyone is nice nonetheless.

Sure is, and I mentioned that in my post.

TB

 

[Dude]

sound like a good story

That awesome story is in this forum, HERE. It is a great read and well worth your time.

 

[Phunhog]

I do like ANY compliment on the beer I make, in whatever form it comes.

Please don't run off and open a brewery just because people tell you your beer is good enough to sell.

Been there, done that!

Thank goodness I realized that too before I went all in!! Really though I love getting compliments from the "common" beer drinker. They are the ones who would buy your beer at a pub and your base of support. Does a musician make music to please the critics or to please the fans?

 

[umopepisdn]

Worst was "Hmph" no feedback whatsoever, I would have rather heard them ask me if I fermented this in the bowels of a dead pig than nothing. If you don't like it, at least tell me why!!

Best- "Damn this is good, it is like an angel peed in a cup and handed to me"

I hang out with sick people.......

 

[philjohnwilliams]

"may i have another?"

+1

 

[tcory77]

Best and worst came on the same batch of belgium wit.

Best: "That is the best beer I have ever tasted in my life".....same guy seeks out wit beers where ever he travels and always tells me..."tried a new one last week and after the first sip I knew it was not even close to yours". This guy knows how to get homebrew out of me.

Worst:

My brother: hey, what do you have on tap?
Me: Its a belgium wit.
My Brother: What is that?
Me: Like Hoegarden type of brew.
My brother: Umpf.....I really don't like Hoegarden (as he prceeds to pour a full pint, not a sample, a full pint off of my keg-r-ator).
Me: well, your not going to like that then, just pour a sample......ok, or a full pint.
MY BROTHER: (With a sour looking face) Um, yeah, that would be good for a marinade or something.
Me: yes, thanks for pouring a full pint you moron.

He gets none of my homebrew anymore. I work to hard to waste it on him.

 

[Boy]

The best: "Sorry I doubted you." The girl after my first and second brews.
The worst: "This would be awesome with some butter flavor." My Budweiser devotee father offering advice on improving my blonde ale.

 

[niacinj]

My friend Adam trying to be clever, "If I received this beer in a bar, I would not ask if it was made in a basement." I suppose that's the best. No bad ones yet, I'm only on my fifth batch...

 

[ndsgr]

Jim (slurring): "Wow, your homebrew is awesome... and strong!"
Jim's wife: "Honey, only one of your eyes are open."

 

[Boodlemania]

Best:

My Bavarian uncle, upon tasting my rendition of EdWort's Weisse: "This tastes like a weisse."

Worst (a tie):

"Which one is this?" BMC drinker asking whether he had an EdWort's Weisse or a Pale Ale.

Upon pouring a bottle of BM's Centennial Blonde for a Natty-Lite-drinker neighbor. "Wow, that sure has alot of bubbles."

 

[uncommonsense]

Guy from work "Its realy good, i like it it kinda tastes like bud."

Hand to forehead.

 

[headbanger]

Best (from sis in law tasting lighthaus wheat): "This is like sex in a glass!"

Worst (from bro in law tasting a belgian sour): "This smells like feet and tastes like ass!"