Man, I had some of that when I was in Seoul this summer. I couldn't quite put my finger on what gave it that flavor, and now it all makes sense.
Funny things you've overheard about beer
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Man, I had some of that when I was in Seoul this summer. I couldn't quite put my finger on what gave it that flavor, and now it all makes sense.
Well they also throw in everything from corn to beans to rye to honey to ginseng depending on the batch.
Traditionally they let it start to ferment and then drink it before it finishes fermenting so it isn't completely sour. That made it hard to sell commercially as all the bottles would explode for obvious reasons but these days for commercial stuff (AFAIK) what they usually do is:
1. Use a smaller grain bill than is traditional.
2. Let it ferment out (well not wait months and months for the lacto to finish but get it close enough, bottles won't explode since it's pretty lightly carbonated).
3. Back sweeten (sometimes to a ludicrous extent).
If you can get your hands on the real stuff that doesn't do that it's incredible (especially if you've acquired the taste for it or have it nice and cold on the top of a mountain after a hike).
Cheesy_Goodness
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That's hilarious. Did he not have sediment in his beer bottles?
Well actually...
This is a method I have heard of (methode traditionelle-BYO). I think the idea was originally to do sparkling wine/ciders. The champagne bottles are stored upside down and jostled occasionally so all sediment drops to the neck. The neck is frozen and you uncap and let the sediment shoot out. Then you can cap or back sweeten. Sounds risky.
Yeah, I've heard of that as well. No freezing here though...
The devil is always in the details. These two methods do not seem at all the same.
GHBWNY
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Maybe it's not as much about the funny things you "hear" about beer as it is the LOOK you might get when you mention you home brew. You know the look I mean...
Wife (to her friend): "My husband brews his own beer!"
Friend (sudden change in countenance): "Oh, re-e-ally?!" While glancing at me with a strained smile of feigned interest that cannot disguise her disgust and pity. A look that says, Poor man. He can't afford to BUY the beer he obviously 'needs', so he makes his own. In secret! And undoubtedly drinks it ALL! Gosh, I wonder if his wife knows about his problem? I don't want to hear anymore. Get me outa here!
Wife: "Oh yes! He just loves it! And he has ME to thank! I think I've created a monster!" (giggle, giggle)
Friend: "Ha, ha." (leaves)
Wife (to her friend): "My husband brews his own beer!"
Friend (sudden change in countenance): "Oh, re-e-ally?!" While glancing at me with a strained smile of feigned interest that cannot disguise her disgust and pity. A look that says, Poor man. He can't afford to BUY the beer he obviously 'needs', so he makes his own. In secret! And undoubtedly drinks it ALL! Gosh, I wonder if his wife knows about his problem? I don't want to hear anymore. Get me outa here!
Wife: "Oh yes! He just loves it! And he has ME to thank! I think I've created a monster!" (giggle, giggle)
Friend: "Ha, ha." (leaves)
I still can't get over some asking if home brewing is even legal, or why I drink so much?! I get tired of explaining that I-we don't drink all 5 gallons in one sitting.
Wait, I'm not supposed to drink all my beer??
Ha ha. They stone ya when yer tryin' ta be so good...they stone ya just like they said they would...
WilliamSlayer
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Or at least, not all at once...
flars
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Read it again a few minutes ago, "extract recipes often tend to finish at 1.020".
fuzzy2133
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Mine neither...
flars
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Darn, I thought I was a really awesome brewer that the 1.020 curse never visited me.
Murphys_Law
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drainbamage
Keep HBT weird.
Ha, maybe if you brew all high-gravity beers, or you habitually underpitch.
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I had a couple 1.050ish APAs sputter out at 1.020 recently. Does that mean I suck???
CGVT
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Yep
pretty much.
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we need a 'U suck' button
I told my roommate-to-be that I'm going to be brewing beer after I move in, and that her and her friends are welcome to help themselves since I plan on making 5 gallon batches. I figure her and her social circle would be more responsible with it than my current "roommates".
In a snobby tone her friend told me, "I only drink imports".
Well lah-dee-dah, more for me
In a snobby tone her friend told me, "I only drink imports".
Well lah-dee-dah, more for me
drainbamage
Keep HBT weird.
I told my roommate-to-be that I'm going to be brewing beer after I move in, and that her and her friends are welcome to help themselves since I plan on making 5 gallon batches. I figure her and her social circle would be more responsible with it than my current "roommates".
In a snobby tone her friend told me, "I only drink imports".
Well lah-dee-dah, more for me
I'd be happy to send her some Bud Light. It's imported!
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Don't even try to explain 'brewed under license' to her
smAllGrain
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Walking out of my LHBS I overheard a lady asking some dude about brewing.
Her "You can make beer at home?"
Him "Yeah, the initial cost is high but it gets cheaper"
Her "So it saves you money over time?"
Him "Not if you only drink Busch Light"
Her "You can make beer at home?"
Him "Yeah, the initial cost is high but it gets cheaper"
Her "So it saves you money over time?"
Him "Not if you only drink Busch Light"
Ouch!...
Cheesy_Goodness
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I told my roommate-to-be that I'm going to be brewing beer after I move in, and that her and her friends are welcome to help themselves since I plan on making 5 gallon batches. I figure her and her social circle would be more responsible with it than my current "roommates".
In a snobby tone her friend told me, "I only drink imports".
Well lah-dee-dah, more for me
Beer does taste way better when it crosses sovereign borders. It really gives it that foreign taste.
Kirkwooder
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Yeah like the beer we used to "liberate" from the neighbors fridge when we were young. That was the best beer ever, at the time!
slym2none
"Lazy extract brewer."
fuzzy2133
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yes
BrewinBromanite
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Yeah like the beer we used to "liberate" from the neighbors fridge when we were young. That was the best beer ever, at the time!
Free beer is always good beer. If you ask my father in law what his favorite beer is, his reply is always, "O P" (other people's).
catdaddy66
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Never thought I'd hear someone try to pronounce IPA as a word myself, but it happened yesterday: "I'd like the Little Rain ippa, please." Just made me smile...
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I always thought it was pronounced EEPA. That's what Pliny told me anyway.
I pronounce it "Eepaahhh", like the people of the IPA Valley.
Here in Sweden it is normal for people to pronounce it like a Swedish word and not like an abriviation from the English language. You kinda get used to it, but it still annoys me to a certain extend. Though I have cought myself hating it more when being used that way by hipster folk. My regular crowd knows better yet they are used to that way.
Writing this I feel so snobby, even though I hardly ever correct anyone. Only when they look at me weird or comment when I say it "right"....
Writing this I feel so snobby, even though I hardly ever correct anyone. Only when they look at me weird or comment when I say it "right"....
drainbamage
Keep HBT weird.
Why do you guys keep pronouncing eye-pah wrong? :cross:
