Funny things you've overheard about beer

[unionrdr]

Yehaa! You actually get to shoot deer not scrawny twigs too...

I actually had somebody ask me when do you add the everclear to your beer?

...in a shot glass next to my beer! Just remember to inhale first. That's what I was taught when I was teethin',& grandma sent us home with a mason jar of her keg charred moon. boy,it was so smooth,I got to likin' that,& pop's mint gin. Haven't seen that label since the liquor store was in Ridgeview shoppin' center.

 

[mattd2]

I actually had somebody ask me when do you add the everclear to your beer?

I wonder if anyone has poured cheap vodka into the airlock with a freind watching and the comment - "oh... is that how you get the alcohol in there?" :cross:

 

[expatriate]

My dad was a Labatt Blue drinker for a long time, but the past couple of years he's been drinking Coors Light. I recently started up home brewing again and he'll come over and check things out, but mostly it's just an excuse to get away from my stepmother and hang out with me for an hour or two. He's tried everything I've brewed, and he'll he'll always try a sip of whatever craft beer I'm drinking, and no matter what it is, he'll say, "not bad, but I liked that other one better," and then have another Coors Light while pretending to listen to whatever I'm trying to teach him about beer.

Last night, We go to the local Vets club where I haven't been in a while, and the bartender gives him a bottle of Coors Light and says, "hold on, let me get you a glass," but my dad stops him and says, "Don't bother, I only drink beer out of a glass."

 

[expatriate]

Oh yeah, and my girlfriend just reminded me of the time we were at our local discount beverage store and we ran into a rep from the Ithaca Beer Co giving out samples. We were kind of in a hurry, and the case of Anchor Steam I was carrying was getting kind of heavy. The Rep seemed like a nice guy, and gave me a pretty sweet sticker when I told him I liked all the Ithaca beers I had tried before, but wasn't interested in any samples. He was pretty insistent and I almost put down the beer I was carrying just to try something to shut him up until he said, "Hey, Anchor Steam! I love a nice, hoppy IPA, too! You should try our IPA if you like Anchor Steam."

My girl just steered me right out of there before I could process what the guy actually said.

 

[mattd2]

...and the bartender gives him a bottle of Coors Light and says, "hold on, let me get you a glass," but my dad stops him and says, "Don't bother, I only drink beer out of a glass."

You must of been so proud:rockin:

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Went to fill out my medical history update at the dentist this morning:
Do you use tobacco?

Do you drink alcohol, use cocaine or other drugs?

Whaaaat? Since when is beer on the same level as drugs?

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[finsfan]

Went to fill out my medical history update at the dentist this morning:
Do you use tobacco?

Do you drink alcohol, use cocaine or other drugs?

Whaaaat? Since when is beer on the same level as drugs?

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Home Brew mobile app

Haha you should have put; Yes, Yes and Yes

 

[mattd2]

Haha you should have put; Yes, Yes and Yes

"Oh, I was meaning that as an excited response to my drinking of alcohol as I am a craft beer afficionardo... why would you take that as I'm a crackhead"

 

[krackin]

"Oh, I was meaning that as an excited response to my drinking of alcohol as I am a craft beer afficionardo... why would you take that as I'm a crackhead"

You could answer all yes then add that you just came under the wire and across the desert yesterday. You'll be good plus put in for a raise.

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Haha you should have put; Yes, Yes and Yes

Only before dentist appointments haha

 

[NateLTB]

<sarcasm>Haha you should have put; Yes, Yes and Yes </sarcasm>

Fixed that for you finsfan.

 

[NateLTB]

Oh yeah, and my girlfriend just reminded me of the time we were at our local discount beverage store and we ran into a rep from the Ithaca Beer Co giving out samples. We were kind of in a hurry, and the case of Anchor Steam I was carrying was getting kind of heavy. The Rep seemed like a nice guy, and gave me a pretty sweet sticker when I told him I liked all the Ithaca beers I had tried before, but wasn't interested in any samples. He was pretty insistent and I almost put down the beer I was carrying just to try something to shut him up until he said, "Hey, Anchor Steam! I love a nice, hoppy IPA, too! You should try our IPA if you like Anchor Steam."

My girl just steered me right out of there before I could process what the guy actually said.

Man I love Anchor Steam too. You can really taste the hops and the steam!

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I wonder if anyone has poured cheap vodka into the airlock with a freind watching and the comment - "oh... is that how you get the alcohol in there?" :cross:

that exact thing has happened to me before.

 

[krackin]

that exact thing has happened to me before.

But Billy keeps an airlock in a 22 oz mug. See how he looks all blurry so early in the evening? Maybe it's me....

 

[Billy-Klubb]

But Billy keeps an airlock in a 22 oz mug. See how he looks all blurry so early in the evening? Maybe it's me....

stop it! you're embarrassing me!

 

[PRE66_6TART]

Whaaaat? Since when is beer on the same level as drugs?

What makes it different?

 

[Trippel-A]

You can say what you want, but no one can deny that the Bourbon County line is amazing, by anyone's standard. I could care less who owns Goose Island when I drink a Bourbon County Proprietor's, probably the best beer of last year IMO.

+1

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[Trippel-A]

Look at the style guidelines - at the lower end of the style it basically a cream ale can be summerised as doesn't really smell/taste of malt or hops but some flavour of corn and a bit of DMS is ok... I've never had Natty but does that sound like its description

I would like to know how they beat out - I would imagine that most craft brew cream ales would be at the upper end of the style, and possibly go too far and fall outside it... possibly being a "better" beer for it

Natty Ice doesn't even taste like corn. That would be an improvement.

 

[Trippel-A]

My dad was a Labatt Blue drinker for a long time, but the past couple of years he's been drinking Coors Light. I recently started up home brewing again and he'll come over and check things out, but mostly it's just an excuse to get away from my stepmother and hang out with me for an hour or two. He's tried everything I've brewed, and he'll he'll always try a sip of whatever craft beer I'm drinking, and no matter what it is, he'll say, "not bad, but I liked that other one better," and then have another Coors Light while pretending to listen to whatever I'm trying to teach him about beer.

Last night, We go to the local Vets club where I haven't been in a while, and the bartender gives him a bottle of Coors Light and says, "hold on, let me get you a glass," but my dad stops him and says, "Don't bother, I only drink beer out of a glass."

Your dad sounds pretty cool.

 

[cpl-america]

I was describing a pale ale that I'm brewing and my friend said "isn't a pale ale an unalcoholic beer?" When I said no nicely and that the "pale refers to the color and taste" he said that I was definitely wrong.

instead of berating my friends, when one argues with me, which seldom happens anymore, i make them google on the smartphones they are always buried in. Then just drink my pale ale and wait for the apology.

but you seem to have taken this pretty calmly.

 

[mattd2]

Natty Ice doesn't even taste like corn. That would be an improvement.

...summerised as doesn't really smell/taste of malt or hops but some flavour of ass and a bit of DMS is ok...

Am i getting closer?

 

[WesleyS]

Man I love Anchor Steam too. You can really taste the hops and the steam!

I always get a metallic taste. Must be from the anchor...

 

[krackin]

I always get a metallic taste. Must be from the anchor...

I get my anchors out of Casco Bay. I'm going to do a brew with California steam as soon as somebody sends some. Still waiting man. This will be a major rad hip groovy East West Coast style never before attempted by the ModeratelySane.

 

[skitter]

I get my anchors out of Casco Bay. I'm going to do a brew with California steam as soon as somebody sends some. Still waiting man. This will be a major rad hip groovy East West Coast style never before attempted by the ModeratelySane.

I had somebody that told me he was sending me some California Steam, all he sent was a half-filled jug of water...

 

[DrunkleJon]

When I went to the doctor with my nasty all December sinus infection I was asked if I smoked.
No.
Do I drink?
Yep.
How much?
About 2 a night.
Really? (as if it is a lot)
Yeah, I brew my own beer. I enjoy a couple in the evening
(Here is where it gets real good)
Doctor says that she likes pale ales and IPAs. Then mentions being too much of a wuss to try a Voodoo Donut. I had to laugh.

When my batch of Zombie Dust clone is done next I may have to bring her a bottle or two.

 

[dkwolf]

When I went to the doctor with my nasty all December sinus infection I was asked if I smoked.
No.
Do I drink?
Yep.
How much?
About 2 a night.
Really? (as if it is a lot)
Yeah, I brew my own beer. I enjoy a couple in the evening
(Here is where it gets real good)
Doctor says that she likes pale ales and IPAs. Then mentions being too much of a wuss to try a Voodoo Donut. I had to laugh.

When my batch of Zombie Dust clone is done next I may have to bring her a bottle or two.

My boss went to the doctor back in November or December -- for the same thing, sinus infection -- and found out his cholesterol and blood pressure was through the roof. To the point the DR banned him from exercise until he could lose 15 lbs (and almost forbid him from marital relations). She explicitly told him to start drinking at least one beer a day, and if he could get into more craft beers (he's a straight-up BMC drinker; I think I've seen him crack something other than a Bud Light once in the decade I've known him), that would be better.

He told her his wife wouldn't believe him, so she actually sent a note home with him saying "Brian is to have one or two beers every night after work" (Even said if he skips a night, to go ahead and have 3 or 4 the next night)

 

[Chug]

According to one of my hardcore Coors Light buddies, everything I drink is either foreign, weird, dark, and/or nasty. He comes to this conclusion just by looking at it. Whether it's Lagunitas Little Sumpin, Surly Furious, or Bells Expedition. Don't matter. It's all crap. I don't even try to correct him, just carry on with the evening, still good times, just a bit annoying. He's one those that'll never change so I don't bother, and I'm OK with that as long as he thinks he's having fun.

 

[jd_brewing]

Man I love Anchor Steam too. You can really taste the hops and the steam!

Did you ever see the episode of brew dogs when they went anchor steam and we're inspired to serve their beer as stem/fog

 

[NateLTB]

Did you ever see the episode of brew dogs when they went anchor steam and we're inspired to serve their beer as stem/fog

I did see that episode (and every other one too I think). Those guys are a riot and it's always interesting to see what they try to do with their beers.

 

[splattsmier]

After telling a guy at work that I brew, he replies, "That's cool man. What color?"

I know his question was a variant of the popular light-or-dark question, but I thought his wording was interesting. If I had been in a sardonic mood I might have answered something like blue or purple.