Call me an a$$ but....

[Brewin_the_goods]

Ok, so my first two batches were an Irish Stout and an IIPA. I loved both of them and everyone I bestowed them upon liked them as well. My beloved brother is however not an appreciator of beer, he'll try one simply because I brewed it but he does not really enjoy the flavor, he just drinks to get drunk. Knowing he doesn't enjoy the flavor I gave him the Stout as the flavor was way more mild than my IIPA, after he took his first sip he said "It tastes all right, still tastes like beer to me"
and then proceeded to pour some salt in it.

After he drank the Stout he wanted me to give him one of my IIPA's. This is where I may be called an a$$.

Let me try one of your other ones.
No, I don't think so!
Why?
Because you won't like it.
I still want to try it.
Why would I waste one of my favorite beers on someone who won't appreciate it? Besides that, you'll just ruin it with salt!
Well that's how I drink my beer!
Not if I don't give you one it isn't.
F*ck off and just give me one.
Nope! I like to share my beer with those who like it, not ruin it.

I'm not stingy, just selective with who gets the pleasure of having one. Does that make me an a$$? How many here would have done the same or just let him try it?

 

[beerkrump]

Next time give him some Sam Adams Cranberry Lambic after you've removed the labels.

 

[PhlyanPan]

Why the hell would you put salt in your beer? I've never heard of that.

 

[Boondoggie]

need to keep some cheap commercial beer with the labels soaked off in your fridge for him...

 

[IrregularPulse]

Give him a taste out of one you pour! Doesn't have to have a whole bottle to try it. And even if you gave him a whole batch.....Um he's your brother and it's one freaking batch!

I've heard of the salt in BMC before. Never tried, don't plan to.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Give him a beer. So what if he adulterates it with salt to make it palateable to him.

I think as long as he drinks the whole serving that would be less offensive than someone who takes a slurp, tells you it's good, and then leaves the glass sitting the rest of the night or worse, dumps it to get a Macro.

He is apprently genuinely interested in trying and don't forget, we all tooks step to fully appreciate the wide array of flavors avilable from well crafted beer.

 

[arturo7]

Hmm, he asked you for a beer and you said no...

you're giving the rest of us a bad name.

 

[Brewin_the_goods]

Give him a taste out of one you pour! Doesn't have to have a whole bottle to try it. And even if you gave him a whole batch.....Um he's your brother and it's one freaking batch!

I've heard of the salt in BMC before. Never tried, don't plan to.

The thing with that is, I gave him a sip of my Stone IPA about three weeks before that and wanted me to put salt in it and give him the rest. The look on his face when he drinks a good beer reminds me of a 14 yr old trying to look like he likes the taste of his first Bud, lol . So I already knew my IIPA would be too much for his tongue to handle. :cross:

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

I say give it too him, but suggest he try it without salt first.

Salt is put in macro's by many especially older people. It brings the CO2 out of solution to make them easier to drink and accentuates the malty tones. This technique comes from people who aren't really into beer for the dynamic flavors it offers. More of a good 'ol boys thing.

Give him a beer, he sounds genuinely interested.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

If he is continuing to ask for these beers, he probably WANTS to like them but does not yet have the palate developed. Keep feeding them anytime he asks and you may be culturing your next best beer drinking buddy.

 

[2bluewagons]

homebrew is for sharing. A$$hole brothers are for punching. See if you can cleverly combine the two.

 

[cubbies]

I'd say that's an ass move. The man wants a beer...hook him up. I could understand if you were low, or if it was just some d-bag, but it sounds like you have plenty and he is your brother.

 

[Roman Brewer]

homebrew is for sharing. A$$hole brothers are for punching. See if you can cleverly combine the two.

Ha ha, this is hilarious. I have a brother who drank a barley wine of mine and said "This is what a f*cking beer should be". Then he drank a pale ale and called me a pu$$y for making it. I wanted to smack the glass into his face on his next sip.

Give your bro beer when he asks. Wait till you're both drunk and pay him back for putting salt in it. Then laugh about it the next morning.

Cheers.

Roman

 

[Whut]

Agree, give the man a beer.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Give your bro beer when he asks. Wait till you're both drunk and pay him back for putting salt in it. Then laugh about it the next morning.

Better yet, put something else in the shaker!

 

[Brewin_the_goods]

I s'pose I shouldn't be so hard on him. I think my biggest problem was that it is my favorite, and it was my first, and there was only a 6'er left. I have now seen the errors of my ways, I feel a conversion coming soon.

 

[Trubadour]

Having people in your life that have different tastes in beer is a good reason to expand the types of beers you brew also. Try brewing something that you think he will like and you will become an even better brewer in the process, and he will appreciate that you did it for him.

 

[Bowtiebrewery]

Meh brothers can be a PITA... I mean before I would let anyone try mine... But still the whole salt in the beer thing is a little weird... I mean i still yell at my brother for frosting his mugs... Not chilling... Frosting... I told him to never do that with any of my beers or I would not serve them to him...

Salt I might be able to take... But if someone were to request a Frosted mug... I would go tell em' to F* Off and drink out of a regular glass.

 

[Bowtiebrewery]

Having people in your life that have different tastes in beer is a good reason to expand the types of beers you brew also. Try brewing something that you think he will like and you will become an even better brewer in the process, and he will appreciate that you did it for him.

I disagree with this in a way... When you are starting out you brew and cater to what you like first always... If other people like it too, thats a bonus. Later on in your brewing career you can start brewing with other people in mind. Its your $$ and time and effort... Brew how you want.

 

[purechaos]

my brother camped out out on my first batch, b@stard and 2 of my friends floated a keg in less than 24 hours. it hadnt even conditioned properly yet.

i did help put a dent on it, and brother also helped brew it up so i didnt kick his @ss.

 

[Trubadour]

I disagree with this in a way... When you are starting out you brew and cater to what you like first always... If other people like it too, thats a bonus. Later on in your brewing career you can start brewing with other people in mind. Its your $$ and time and effort... Brew how you want.

True, but here's an example. You get married, your wife lets you build a 6 keg keezer and only likes one style of beer that I don't care for. I hope you would do the right thing in this situation.

 

[bradjoiner]

ive got a buddy that does way worse he puts that lime flavored tang salt in my homebrew. but hes a cool guy i just recently brewed him a really light ale(i dont lager yet) so that he would feel like he was doing good with his tang. as far as salt in your beer i do it every time i go to mexico on the beach there is nothing better than a modelo in a can with some salt and chayanne pepper in the rim

 

[eelpout]

he just drinks to get drunk.

what was the problem?
thats kinda the point I thought, unless i'm doing it wrong.
need more research maybe.

 

[bradjoiner]

i drink to get sh#tfaced myself

 

[flylock_jac]

Hide the salt before he comes over and then give him a beer.

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

In most cases I would say give him the beer and let him drink it how he pleases. WTF is anyone to tell another person how to drink their beer? I know a girl that won't drink beer unless it's room temperature...so let her drink it the way she likes it. I always suggest a good, chilled beer glass but let people drink their beer (and once I give it to them it's their beer) however they like.

Now, in the case of you being down to the last 6er of your favorite beer...in that case, that beer is no longer available imo. So imo it's perfectly OK to say "Sorry but I don't have any more of that I can give away, those are Private Stock."

Some people add salt to kick up the head.

 

[Arkador]

+1 give the man a beer... Some people like boaring bland pisswater, doesn't mean they don't deserve an ocasional homebrew.

My brother loves his Milwaukee's Beast, but i can't deny him a homebrew. If it were not family, I'd tell them to piss off..

 

[springer]

what was the problem?
thats kinda the point I thought, unless i'm doing it wrong.
need more research maybe.

i drink to get sh#tfaced myself

Well if you drink to get drunk or sh#tfaced there are faster ways than beer. I drink beer because I like it not to get hammered . If I want to get hammered its Vodka from the freezer in repetitive shots. I really can't even fathom getting hammered from say a 15% Barleywine I would be so bloated by the 2nd or 3rd one I would stop drinking. I do like a slight beer buzz


back on topic give him a beer and after a few just start giving him Miller chill

 

[hamiltont]

+1 on give him a beer. If he wants to put salt in it, let him. Sooner or later his blood pressure will be so high he'll have to quit using salt or, well you know...

 

[Zenman]

as a joke in college we'd put salt in someones beer when they were not looking... sometimes they'd make a face and go something is wrong with my beer it is odd... and we'd all laugh... been on both sides of the joke. never heard of purposely doing it to improve beer though.

Guess it is like the lime in beer thing, had a friend who limed Heineken because it "reduced the salty taste of Heineken" (according to him, still can't detect salt taste in it, but whatever)... When i was just in Mexico on vacation i resisted the lime they stuck in everything, but one day i did lime my coronas, wasn't bad but i generally don't get adding it.

Have a friend that likes wheat/hefe/weiss style beers that puts full quarter oranges into them, it doesn't matter if it is German style, American style, Belgian style or blue moon (not sure what style that is, just fake i guess)... kinda sweet to me but it doesn't taste bad...

If it wasn't your brother you'd be in A$$ territory, but with siblings it is hard to say, you know him better than us. I'd say let him try it, if he spits it out or won't finish it then you know to never let him try again, or he knows to not bother asking...