Complements!?!

[Runyanka]

I took one of my friends on a local brewery tour this afternoon. This brewery is a well known local brewery. Before we went, I have him a pint of my Northern English Mild, he loved it, said it was the smoothest beer he has ever had. He loves Belgium beers, so he's not your A typical bmc drinker. Anyways, we go on the tour and have a couple beers, including a dunkel. On the way home from the tour, he says "to be honest with you, I prefer your beers over theirs". This was by far the biggest complement I have received. I could live off of this breweries dunkel, and that face that he said my mild was better, just sent me over the edge.

Anyways, had to brag a little, and wanted others to brag as well. What are some of your best complements you have received as a homebrewer?

 

[LVBen]

One of my friends loves my pale ale. Whenever I offer him some, he says "HELL YEAH!" When I offer someone else some in front of him, he always says something along the lines of "his pale ale is awesome", "I love his pale ale", or "he makes the best pale ale ever".

 

[unionrdr]

When,after getting a few brews under my belt,my wife still says she likes my beers better. She'll drink an arm load of'em right there with me,enjoying it all the way. She seems to like the malty ones...

 

[TwoBettysBrewing]

My friend introduced me to his brother and followed it up with, "She's the one who made that IPA you wouldn't stop talking about."

It was nice to finally have a reputation for something that wouldn't embarrass my family...

 

[MattyIceGfunk]

I gave my aunt and uncle some of my first batch which was a cream ale and they said "you need to go into business and make this! We will fund it!". I mean it was family saying it but still. Not bad for my first batch.

 

[Revvy]

That's awesome.

A lot of my brewing friends are beer judges, so when they compliment me on my beer it really means a lot.

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

I think it was the first time I gave my brother a homebrew, shortly after I started brewing. It was a clone of an obscure pacific northwest IPA. He took a big drink, looked up with a big smile and said, 'so you guys are makin' craft brew here, huh?!' That felt good.
I had a similar feeling when I served a keg of my CDA recipe at our wedding reception. It was a big hit with our craft beer drinkin friends, and even some of the typical BMC drinkers help ensure that keg was floating long before the party was over. I got alot of compliments on that beer. One of my wife's friends asked what kinda beer we'd gotten a keg of, when I told him it was homebrew, he was blown away, I don't think he believed me at first!

 

[unionrdr]

I think some folks think you need a good size brewery to make good beer. With 2.5mil home brewers now,I can't believe there are still those that don't know about homie brew.

 

[Maxkling]

When I made my centennial IPA, I was told by 2 people that they preferred it over the bells 2 hearted any day.

But that has been the only one.

 

[Beezy]

I gave a respected homebrewer my second brew and he asked for my hop schedule so he could use it on something. That makes me feel good.

 

[Mongrel]

My favorite comment so far was from a recognized BJCP judge at my first (and only so far) competition, "I wish Ninkasi's Believer tasted like this. Taste is huge but body and teaxture leave me wanting more." He gave me a 40 on that one

 

[Agentaaron]

I have a friend who owns a local brew pub, his brewmaster is some old crazy Irish guy who has opened like 100 brew pubs here in the US...I like to support him so usually always try and keep one of his beers on tap at my house to serve to friends when they are over.

The last time I went in to exchange a keg, I took a full one of my home brew in (it was a strawberry blonde). He had a smug look on his face when he first heard I brought it, but my friend bled a line and hooked mine up as one of his guest beers. It sold out very quickly which was a huge compliment in itself amongst 11 other beers on tap.

Friday evening we stopped in celebrating a friends birthday. His brewmaster came and sat down at our table and asked me if I could scale up my recipe to 223 gallons. He said that ever since I brought it in, people always come in asking if there is more.

We got to talking and this just might land me a brewers assistant position here pretty soon. (As soon as I can get off my crappy full time job schedule)

 

[Maxkling]

The last time I went in to exchange a keg, I took a full one of my home brew in (it was a strawberry blonde). He had a smug look on his face when he first heard I brought it, but my friend bled a line and hooked mine up as one of his guest beers. It sold out very quickly which was a huge compliment in itself amongst 11 other beers on tap.

Of course it was given out for free and not charged for money, because that would be illegal, right?

 

[bluemoose]

The first time my brother tried my IPA he said "Wow, I really thought it would suck. This ain't too bad."
I nearly wept with pride.

 

[Gameface]

Of course it was given out for free and not charged for money, because that would be illegal, right?

bah humbug

 

[Gameface]

I feel like I've gotten a lot of fake compliments from people, typically folks who prefer Bud Light. But I do have a few friends and family members who appreciate other beers and who seem to really enjoy some of my beer. A good friend of mine now seems to invite himself over for all the ball games and raves about my ESB. Although, I wonder if it's how good the beer is or the fact that it's "free."

 

[unionrdr]

Free beer is always good. Ask him what he likes about it. Then you'll know.

 

[Agentaaron]

Of course it was given out for free and not charged for money, because that would be illegal, right?

I honestly never asked if he sold it or gave it away...ill have to ask. All I know is that when we went in this weekend, he had it refilled with 5 more gallons of ESB awesomeness which I didn't have to pay for.

 

[huge1s]

Best compliment so far (only have 1 batch under my belt) has been: "I drink my own urine, and your beer tastes a little better than that"

 

[unionrdr]

Well,bigins',i'd be ready to smack the mofo...

 

[40watt]

Well, that doesn't taste like ass I don't quite have my process down yet.