Funny things you've overheard about beer

[elkshadow]

I would say it's definitely an acquired taste for most people. I hated beer as a youth. Sips from my dad's cans were horrible. I didn't start to like it until I was almost 21. I drank swill as an alcohol delivery system. The first "good" beer I had was Newcastle and even that took a while to get used to. Around 94-95 I lived in Fort Collins, CO and that was my awakening. Sierra Nevada, Fat Tire (it was good then I swear lol) 90 shilling, etc... That's when I learned to brew too.

I would call it an acquired taste and I would say, like food, the palate evolves to enjoy things you didn't think you would.

 

[firestem4]

I always think of this when I see someone say Acquired taste. Too funny

 

[TopherJohn]

Having worked for many years as a bartender I have heard more stupid stuff said about beer than I have time to type. But, here's my favorite: I worked in a place in LA that serves only California craft beer — Bear Republic, Stone (they might have outgrown "craft," but still), Lagunitias, Ballast Point, and a couple emerging local breweries.

Guy walks in, asks for Bud Light.

"Nope, only California craft beer," says I.

"Coors Light?"

"Noooo..."

"Well, hell, don't you have any real beer at all?"

::this is where I imagine leaping over the bar to slap him::

After that day, though, anytime anyone asked for a BMC, I'd say, "Nope, we only serve real beer here," the I'd pour them the lager, and cringe when they dropped a lime in it.

 

[unionrdr]

Reminds me off the time I served the 3 lawncare guys some beers after a hot day in my yard. The owner liked the bud light lime I gave him the last time. After drinking a couple different beers I served everyone,he asked if I had anymore of that one with the lime it in? his brother immediatly gave him a brain duster.

 

[Trippel-A]

I remember when I was a toddler,pop would be cuttin wood & set his bottle of beer on a stump. I'd rip it & drink it all,or most of it. Beer had more beer flavor back then though. Unlike today's watery offerings. I wish I could pinpoint what made it more flavorfull in regard to the beer itself,not just hops. Or maybe it was a combo of the grains & hops used that gave it more beer flavor. I hope y'all understand my meaning,but after 54 years or so,it's tuff to remember every detail. Beer's like Stroh's (original recipe),Blatz,Black Label,Falstaff,POC,etc. They all had more flavor back then vs now. But Carling Black Label stands out as a flavorfull one I always liked.

According to Randy Mosher, all those older beers were diluted over the years with adjuncts like corn to make it cheaper, arriving at today's predominant BMC cheap pilsner. I've read that the popularity of PBR over the last decade was partially due to a brand manager who resurrected the original recipe. The quality of PBR was, in fact, improved. I don't know if the hipsters know this or not...

 

[Billy-Klubb]

According to Randy Mosher, all those older beers were diluted over the years with adjuncts like corn to make it cheaper, arriving at today's predominant BMC cheap pilsner. I've read that the popularity of PBR over the last decade was partially due to a brand manager who resurrected the original recipe. The quality of PBR was, in fact, improved. I don't know if the hipsters know this or not...

no, they don't. PBR is one of the crappy beers that I do like.

 

[NuclearRich]

According to Randy Mosher, all those older beers were diluted over the years with adjuncts like corn to make it cheaper, arriving at today's predominant BMC cheap pilsner. I've read that the popularity of PBR over the last decade was partially due to a brand manager who resurrected the original recipe. The quality of PBR was, in fact, improved. I don't know if the hipsters know this or not...

The only thing hipsters know it's that it once was good and now isn't the market share product. And they know crazy moustaches

 

[Chadwick]

It's funny you mention PBR. I remembered it being pretty bad. I bought one on a whim a few months ago and was surprised that it was so much better than I remembered. Not great, but better than I remembered.

 

[Trippel-A]

It's funny you mention PBR. I remembered it being pretty bad. I bought one on a whim a few months ago and was surprised that it was so much better than I remembered. Not great, but better than I remembered.

I recently learned that PBR won its blue ribbon at the World's Fair Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. I kinda like it better just knowing that.

 

[n240sxguy]

Now i also crush BMC with no problem at all. This is mostly due to my alcoholism. not so much my acquiring the taste for it.

Exactly my case, except it's only coors banquet. Maybe a yuengling if my buddy's dad brings any down from the northern states. All the typical BMC gives me a headache.

 

[jhoneycutt]

I think they call it global climate change now. The average temperature is still higher, but some places are colder than they were. The weather is all screwed up. The ice caps are melting rapidly. It's real.

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Except for where they're growing at the south pole... In the middle of the summer... And many of those same government scientists(<yea right lol) are starting to say global cooling again like they were in the 60s and 70s. I'll bet many of those scientists and politicians don't even know how that term came about.

 

[hunter_le five]

Except for where they're growing at the south pole... In the middle of the summer... And many of those same government scientists(<yea right lol) are starting to say global cooling again like they were in the 60s and 70s. I'll bet many of those scientists and politicians don't even know how that term came about.

Seriously people? There's a debate forum for this crap. You guys are killing my buzz....

 

[GuldTuborg]

Seriously people? There's a debate forum for this crap. You guys are killing my buzz....

What he said.

 

[Trippel-A]

Except for where they're growing at the south pole... In the middle of the summer... And many of those same government scientists(<yea right lol) are starting to say global cooling again like they were in the 60s and 70s. I'll bet many of those scientists and politicians don't even know how that term came about.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com...s-on-global-warming-9136-agree-one-disagrees/

And now back to the regularly scheduled mild amusement.

 

[rlmiller10]

I apologize for starting the off thread global warming comment. But will Canada get more micro breweries if they can grow barley farther north?

 

[thatjonguy]

I apologize for starting the off thread global warming comment. But will Canada get more micro breweries if they can grow barley farther north?

There is plenty of barley that grows in Canada.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Ah yes, BMC. Which according to their marketing, its best attribute is that it is cold.

That and the increased flowrate from a bigger bottle neck

 

[BeerGrylls]

That and the increased flowrate from a bigger bottle neck

Don't forget vortexes, vents (OR DOUBLEEE VENTS!) or color-changing paint. All of which make it taste better, right?

 

[Bradsa]

I remember when I was a toddler,pop would be cuttin wood & set his bottle of beer on a stump. I'd rip it & drink it all,or most of it. Beer had more beer flavor back then though. Unlike today's watery offerings. I wish I could pinpoint what made it more flavorfull in regard to the beer itself,not just hops. Or maybe it was a combo of the grains & hops used that gave it more beer flavor. I hope y'all understand my meaning,but after 54 years or so,it's tuff to remember every detail. Beer's like Stroh's (original recipe),Blatz,Black Label,Falstaff,POC,etc. They all had more flavor back then vs now. But Carling Black Label stands out as a flavorfull one I always liked.

Carling Black Label? Was just sipping one....

 

[Bradsa]

Back in 2010 stadiums here in South Africa were only allowed to serve Budweiser at FIFA World Cup matches due to sponsorship.

Funny Things You've Overheard About Beer:

"This isn't so bad"
Random person drinking warm bud out of a plastic bottle.

 

[gometz]

Back in 2010 stadiums here in South Africa were only allowed to serve Budweiser at FIFA World Cup matches due to sponsorship.

Funny Things You've Overheard About Beer:

"This isn't so bad"
Random person drinking warm bud out of a plastic bottle.

There was a big stink about that when they held the World Cup in Germany in 2006. The Germans tried to find a way to get their beers in, but nope, FIFA already inked the deal with Budweiser. That was one of the big reasons they started the Fan Zones in towns (usually the main square, large screens with all sorts of beer and food for sale, like 5-10 Euros to get in). Interestingly even non-German cities had them (I attended ones in Ulm, Munich and Prague).

 

[Bradsa]

Gometz: Had the Fanzones here too and apparently they were pretty cool. Managed to get tickets to four games and for the last 2 got some whiskey smuggled in to mix with my water aka beer. All in all was great.

 

[Trippel-A]

Don't forget vortexes, vents (OR DOUBLEEE VENTS!) or color-changing paint. All of which make it taste better, right?

A friend is a packaging engineer. He told me that the vortex bottle grooves are upside down from what would actually create a vortex while pouring. That's because the way the glass bottle is manufactured, a working vortex groove system was impossible to add. So it's even more bull**** than it sounds.

 

[TungstenBeer]

That's my uncle. He lives within walking distance of the Sierra Nevada brewery and drinks Budweiser exclusively because beer isn't supposed to be about enjoyment, it's an alcohol delivery method, nothing more or less.



Why Budweiser specifically? Ya gotta buy Amurrican! None of these froofy imports like Sierra Nevada, Sam Adams, or New Belgium!

Oh god. I too have gotten the "I don't mind craft beers, I'm just too patriotic" [and therefore will stick to American BMC]

 

[Billy-Klubb]

today...

coworker: did you see they're gonna resurrect the old Miller Lite? same style original cans and all!
me: I don't care about Miller Lite. or any other "Light" beer for that matter.
coworker: you gotta start watching football. they tell you what new beers are coming out.
me::smack: I'll stick to my beer nerd friends and not a bunch of big guys in tights trying to hug each other roughly for beer info.

 

[gometz]

today...

coworker: did you see they're gonna resurrect the old Miller Lite? same style original cans and all!
me: I don't care about Miller Lite. or any other "Light" beer for that matter.
coworker: you gotta start watching football. they tell you what new beers are coming out.
me::smack: I'll stick to my beer nerd friends and not a bunch of big guys in tights trying to hug each other roughly for beer info.

Woah there, nothing wrong with football.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Woah there, nothing wrong with football.

nowhere near my idea of fun. we're all made of the same ingredients, but we're all cut a little different.

 

[prohl84]

Just imagine how much better it would be without the Irish...

Who are you callin' average?


EDIT: Carling Black Label in addition to PBR (I call 'em peebers... like pee beer) is a hipster as hell beer 'round these parts... Genesee Cream Ale too. I was rollin' with a pretty hipster crowd a few years back they're too snobby- even for me- also ditched the mustache for a beard.

 

[elkshadow]

Let me just go on record and say that Carling Black Label, PBR, Genny Cream and Stroh's (it was all malt/no adjunct at one time) are all very acceptable yellow beers in my opinion.

Carry on.

 

[Renoun]

Woah there, nothing wrong with football.

Is that the sportsball game where they forgot that balls are supposed to be spherical? I think I'm being taxed, despite a vote to the contrary, for their playground. For some reason they forgot to build a roof though so the joke is on them.