Drinking from the Bottle

[DrMaddVibe]

As a Graduate from Anheuser Busch Beer School...even lowly mass produced beer is to be served in a glass.

The way they told us to "properly enjoy" an Anheuser Busch product was to do a quick pour into a glass. 3-4" of head was desired to expel the CO2.

Most people get the burps or farts by drinking it out of a can or bottle or pouring a beer with no head from a tap. You're supposed to have a head on your beer.

If Anheuser Busch is telling people to enjoy their Bud, Mic, Select, and Marzen from a glass then really shouldn't ALL beers be poured into a glass?

Me, I prefer to use a "noggin", but it's a coldness/taste issue to me.

 

[user 22118]

As mentioned above and by others, you get the flavor out of a glass. Tell your friends that if they really want to try and taste the beer then they will want it out of a glass. If they just want to get pissed on your fine sparkling beverage, then give them a flavorless swill and send them on their way.

 

[pericles]

Interesting points all-round. . .

SUDDEN TWIST!

I have no sense of smell. Accident in the chemistry lab when I was younger. Contrary to the myth, my sense of taste is still around, although people insist that I taste things less, or at least "differently."

Bottle/glass - why would it matter to ME?

 

[brian_g]

Interesting points all-round. . .

SUDDEN TWIST!

I have no sense of smell. Accident in the chemistry lab when I was younger. Contrary to the myth, my sense of taste is still around, although people insist that I taste things less, or at least "differently."

Bottle/glass - why would it matter to ME?

I think that's a question you'll have to answer. Does it make a difference to you? I think aside from the smell, your mouth is shaped different when you drink from a bottle. With a bottle your lips are together, with a glass your lips are further apart. I've suspected that this makes a difference in how we taste the beer.

 

[Scut_Monkey]

I think that's a question you'll have to answer. Does it make a difference to you? I think aside from the smell, your mouth is shaped different when you drink from a bottle. With a bottle your lips are together, with a glass your lips are further apart. I've suspected that this makes a difference in how we taste the beer.

A lot of people are strict about what type of glass they drink out of. It's for this reason that breweries have specially shaped glasses for their brews. The Belgians are notorious for this. Even Sam Adams has that crazy glass with the lip that is suppose to deliver the beer over your toungue or whatever. I can see how differently shapped glasses would open up different smells and tastes. I can also see how a beer bottle would close off a lot of smells or tastes. Wine is a great example of how glassware can change the taste profile.

 

[Sawdustguy]

It's official. The thing that annoys me most about serving home brew is that everyone thinks it's necessary to drink it straight from the bottle. I explain to people that homebrew and most craft brews are different and will taste best when poured into a glass. I have even shown the yeast sediment to people to try to prove the point and they still think it's necessary to drink straight from the bottle. Now I can understand if there are no glasses around but I bring glasses for people to use when I'm not at home. I find it irritating because its almost as if they are telling me that they know more about my beer than I do.

Am I the only one that has this problem. Is there a good way to help people to understand. I don't see how this is such an abstract concept to grasp!

I don't think that you are the only one with this problem but you may be the only one who gets so bothered about it. As homebrewers we are true connoisseurs of beer. The general public is not. They may not know any better, drink straight from the bottle out of habit or maybe are more comfortable drinking straight out of the bottle. It is you job as a connoisseur to educate them in a polite and non-intimidating way.

 

[Pete79]

Ha. Like any real conversation with your average BMC drinker would proceed that way. They'd beat you to death with their Miller Lite bottles before you ever got to the word "dregs."

lmao. It was very hard for me to picture this conversation also.

 

[Revvy]

lmao. It was very hard for me to picture this conversation also.

Well Pete, eveidently I have intelligent, open minded ADULTS for friends....because although you may find it hard to picture...it has happened not to differently from how I wrote it...dregs is a pretty common word...

I do beers tastings all over the place, noones ever guffawed when I've talked about the dregs at the bottom of a beer bottle. Most people understand the word.....

Pronunciation:
\ˈdreg\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English, from Old Norse dregg; perhaps akin to Latin fraces dregs of oil
Date:
14th century

1 : sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated from it : lees &#8212;usually used in plural 2 : the most undesirable part &#8212;usually used in plural <the dregs of society> 3 : the last remaining part : vestige &#8212;usually used in plural <the last dregs of fuel>
&#8212; dreg·gy Listen to the pronunciation of dreggy \&#712;dre-g&#275;\ adjective

It's even in an Al Stewart song....probably one of the earliest "raps" ever recorded.....I think even older the Blondie....

"Al Stewart Soho (needless To Say) lyrics"

The sun goes down on a neon eon
Though you'd have a job explaining it to Richard Coeur de Lion
Animation, bar conversation, anticipation, disinclination
Poor old wino turns with dust in his eyes
Begs for the dregs from the bottom of the kegs, man
You've never seen a lady lay down and spread her legs like
Soho (needless to say)
I'm alone on your sheets on a Friday evening
I've been here all of the day
I'm going nowhere with nowhere to go .....

Hell it's even appeared in headlines recently...

February 4, 2009 7:00 AM PST
Green printer uses coffee dregs as ink
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10156110-1.html

Brazil: Iguacu reuses coffee dregs in soil fertilization.
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-124000891.html

'Clean fuel from coffee dregs'
http://www.italymag.co.uk/italy/food-drink/clean-fuel-coffee-dregs

I mean seriously, wtf is wrong with the word dregs??????

Not everyone hangs out with frat boys.....

 

[DrMaddVibe]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX86UbcCm_g]YouTube - Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs) - Sleeveless in seattle[/ame]

 

[Revvy]

Dixie Dregs[/url]

Cool!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jeremyjudd]

Tell them you think they've got a great idea, chugging it straight from the bottle. Applaud them for knowing way more than you!
Watch 'em suck it all down and then laugh hysterically when they sprint to the restroom ten minutes later. I'm guessing they'll drink it from a glass thereafter....

 

[Scut_Monkey]

Tell them you think they've got a great idea, chugging it straight from the bottle. Applaud them for knowing way more than you!
Watch 'em suck it all down and then laugh hysterically when they sprint to the restroom ten minutes later. I'm guessing they'll drink it from a glass thereafter....

Hahaha.... I like that. :rockin: