Funny things you've overheard about beer

[Keith66]

Just posted this on another thread, but is kinda appropriate here too. Visiting swmbo's relatives in Denver last week, never met 'em before. Guy in his 20s says "Let's go hit Breckenridge Brewery after dinner." Of course I said "Sure!" With dinner, I pour him one of my 12oz Saisons (typical 4.5% ABV). After dinner, he leaves with his mom and step-dad. I tell swmbo "So I guess that's a no on the brewery?" She says "He got drunk off your beer." I'm not sure what to think about this one. Funny though. Still wanna hit Breckenridge. Maybe next trip.

 

[NuclearRich]

Patron: "...do you have any good ipas?"
Bartender: (excited) "best one around! Fresh Ghandi-bot on tap"
Patton: "hmm, how about any ales instead? "

Doh

 

[Swarley88]

Patron: "...do you have any good ipas?"
Bartender: (excited) "best one around! Fresh Ghandi-bot on tap"
Patton: "hmm, how about any ales instead? "

Doh

Hahaha jeez! I want to know what he thinks the 'a' means in IPA.

 

[n240sxguy]

Just posted this on another thread, but is kinda appropriate here too. Visiting swmbo's relatives in Denver last week, never met 'em before. Guy in his 20s says "Let's go hit Breckenridge Brewery after dinner." Of course I said "Sure!" With dinner, I pour him one of my 12oz Saisons (typical 4.5% ABV). After dinner, he leaves with his mom and step-dad. I tell swmbo "So I guess that's a no on the brewery?" She says "He got drunk off your beer." I'm not sure what to think about this one. Funny though. Still wanna hit Breckenridge. Maybe next trip.

Puss

 

[stratslinger]

Had a good one during NHC... Not funny for someone's ignorance or anything like that, but a funny and actually meaningful suggestion.

So SWMBO and I had run down the street for lunch one day, and hit a little pub. We were sitting at the bar, talking to the bartender. And the conversation came around pretty quickly to what brought us into town, and when she heard about the fact that I was a brewer, she asked if my wife brewed too. We explained that she does not, but she does contribute ideas for things she'd like me to brew - we even keep a running "wish list" on the kegerator of her ideas. The bar tender looked up at us and said "cool, like a honey-brew list?"

The name has stuck.

 

[reed1911]

"cool, like a honey-brew list?"

Noted and stolen

 

[reed1911]

"cool, like a honey-brew list?"

Noted and stolen

 

[TheSmithsEra]

Just posted this on another thread, but is kinda appropriate here too. Visiting swmbo's relatives in Denver last week, never met 'em before. Guy in his 20s says "Let's go hit Breckenridge Brewery after dinner." Of course I said "Sure!" With dinner, I pour him one of my 12oz Saisons (typical 4.5% ABV). After dinner, he leaves with his mom and step-dad. I tell swmbo "So I guess that's a no on the brewery?" She says "He got drunk off your beer." I'm not sure what to think about this one. Funny though. Still wanna hit Breckenridge. Maybe next trip.

lol, I think some people " think " theyre drunk when they drink beers that look dark or have more flavor than bmc. :fro:

 

[thatjonguy]

lol, I think some people " think " theyre drunk when they drink beers that look dark or have more flavor than bmc. :fro:

+1.

Mistaking real flavor for strength...

 

[threephase]

Patron: "...do you have any good ipas?"
Bartender: (excited) "best one around! Fresh Ghandi-bot on tap"
Patton: "hmm, how about any ales instead? "

Doh

Always getting it from the brewery, try to keep some cans in stock and I still get excited when I see it on tap at restaurants.... sacrilegious

 

[MaxStout]

Visiting my brother (who no longer drinks), he was curious about my home brewing. He asked, "do you make stuff as potent as the Bavarian beer I drank in Germany when I was in the Army?" I told him that, unless he was drinking doppelbocks, the alcohol content of most Bavarian beers isn't much different from that of Bud, Coors, etc. Those German brews he drank had more body than BMC, which likely gave him the impression they were stronger.

 

[zmanzorro]

I was at The Common Table in Dallas (well known for their craft beer selection) for brunch on Sunday and a table of obvious frat dudes (sleeveless neon shirts, backwards ball caps, etc.) sit down over by our table. They start off trying to order Bud/Miller/Coors, and with no luck they try to order Blue Moon, with the same results. Then they asked the waitress why they didn't serve lite domestics and without skipping a beat she said, "We don't sereve bad beer." She did recommend Avery White Rascal as an alternative to Blue Moon but they ended up getting mimosas.

She definitely got a nice tip from me.

 

[OldWorld]

"They put grapefruit in Pliny The Younger."

Hah...

 

[forstmeister]

I was at The Common Table in Dallas (well known for their craft beer selection) for brunch on Sunday and a table of obvious frat dudes (sleeveless neon shirts, backwards ball caps, etc.) sit down over by our table. They start off trying to order Bud/Miller/Coors, and with no luck they try to order Blue Moon, with the same results. Then they asked the waitress why they didn't serve lite domestics and without skipping a beat she said, "We don't sereve bad beer." She did recommend Avery White Rascal as an alternative to Blue Moon but they ended up getting mimosas.

She definitely got a nice tip from me.

See, this is the kind of stuff that bothers me. I love craft beer as much as the next guy, maybe even more than most. But when I encounter servers and bartenders who look down their noses at people just because they happen to like light American lagers is bad for craft beer. It gives a horrible impression of snobbery to people who are uninitiated in the craft beer movement.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Agreed forst. "Most of our customers just dont like them" would have been a perfectly acceptable answer.

Unless of course she was just teasing them (and they knew it). I saw a guy order a Bushmills at a bar once and the tender made an exaggerated gasp "thats PROTESTANT whisky!" he said. "Yeah actually we ran out and dont have a delivery for a couple days, can I get you Jameson's instead? For my money I think its better anyway"

 

[forstmeister]

In all fairness, I probably would have chuckled had I been there to hear the waitress say it to the group, and there have been times when I have been known to judge such a group.

But there are times when, for me, an ice cold Rolling Rock or PBR hits the spot just right. I have every intention of brewing lighter lagers when I have the ability to control fermentation temps, but I will also be pursuing some maltier and higher ABV lagers as well.

In other words, I hope I didn't come off sounding like a dick before...

 

[NateLTB]

See, this is the kind of stuff that bothers me. I love craft beer as much as the next guy, maybe even more than most. But when I encounter servers and bartenders who look down their noses at people just because they happen to like light American lagers is bad for craft beer. It gives a horrible impression of snobbery to people who are uninitiated in the craft beer movement.

I have no problem with her giving that answer to a group of frat bros just looking to "crush" some beers. If she gave that answer to somebody who was actually trying to learn about craft beers and enjoy them well that's a different story. If they were interested in all about craft beers they would've taken the waitress's suggestion of White Rascal.

 

[TheSmithsEra]

See, this is the kind of stuff that bothers me. I love craft beer as much as the next guy, maybe even more than most. But when I encounter servers and bartenders who look down their noses at people just because they happen to like light American lagers is bad for craft beer. It gives a horrible impression of snobbery to people who are uninitiated in the craft beer movement.

there will always be two sides to a fence. I do agree however that people in the service industry shouldn't look down on people because of what they drink. Regardless, theres always going to be those jerks that pride themselves on drinking for status among beer drinkers and those who truly enjoy a beer culture.

That said those people that go to a bar and are upset because there's no 12% beer that has cocoa nibs, rose petals, saffron, ginger orange peel, elks blood, ostrich piss or 300 IBUS piss me off more than the guys ordering bud lightipe:

 

[forstmeister]

there will always be two sides to a fence. I do agree however that people in the service industry shouldn't look down on people because of what they drink. Regardless, theres always going to be those jerks that pride themselves on drinking for status among beer drinkers and those who truly enjoy a beer culture.

That said those people that go to a bar and are upset because there's no 12% beer that has cocoa nibs, rose petals, saffron, ginger orange peel, elks blood, ostrich piss or 300 IBUS piss me off more than the guys ordering bud lightipe:

I've been known to leave a bar if the selection is poor and I'm not in the mood for domestic macros. I've also been known to stay at a dive until closing drinking PBR.

 

[TheSmithsEra]

I've been known to leave a bar if the selection is poor and I'm not in the mood for domestic macros. I've also been known to stay at a dive until closing drinking PBR.

Well i wasn't implying what type you were. you definitely gave credence to my two sides to a fence metaphor though you complex human you

i'm more poking fun at the drinkers that need to have a beer that they don't even like to prove how hardcore they are in their drinks

 

[Bryali]

...12% beer that has cocoa nibs, rose petals, saffron, ginger orange peel, elks blood, ostrich piss or 300 IBUS...

Is there anything on the market that has ALL of this? If not, where can I get some food grade elks blood and ostrich piss? I've got a local brewfest in 2 weeks and I'd like to enter something like this in the "Specialty" category. I think I'll call it Grossenpuken Ale. I won't be able to brew it till this weekend so a week and a half should be plenty of time, right?:cross:



I completely agree with your point, though. I don't drink most "normal" BMC products because I don't like the taste--most of them taste exactly the same. It has nothing to do with being part of a culture, or counter-culture, or whatever. It just has to do with microbreweries and brewpubs have opened my palate up to better possibilities than watered-down, over-hyped, frozen-tastebud American Lagers, a la "King of (bad) beers" Bud Light, "triple hopped" Miller Light, or the "World's most refreshing" Coors Light.


I don't mind Blue Moon. I went through the Coors brewery and Batch 19 is delicious while their Original/Banquet Beer is still gross, even fresh off the tap. I will drink a BMC "microbrew" or "specialty beer" just to try it because I'm always willing to try different beers. If it's bad, I will judge that beer on its own, not because of the parent company that makes it.

 

[day_trippr]

See, this is the kind of stuff that bothers me. I love craft beer as much as the next guy, maybe even more than most. But when I encounter servers and bartenders who look down their noses at people just because they happen to like light American lagers is bad for craft beer. It gives a horrible impression of snobbery to people who are uninitiated in the craft beer movement.

Meh. Context is everything, and I have a feeling that was the perfect response in this case. I'm ok with it.

Cheers!

 

[beaksnbeer]

I was at The Common Table in Dallas (well known for their craft beer selection) for brunch on Sunday and a table of obvious frat dudes (sleeveless neon shirts, backwards ball caps, etc.) sit down over by our table. They start off trying to order Bud/Miller/Coors, and with no luck they try to order Blue Moon, with the same results. Then they asked the waitress why they didn't serve lite domestics and without skipping a beat she said, "We don't sereve bad beer." She did recommend Avery White Rascal as an alternative to Blue Moon but they ended up getting mimosas.

She definitely got a nice tip from me.

I had a friend that had his own brewpub (just a 5bbl) and the waitstaff were told to say we serve only quality beers (his own) he sold the business for more time with his family respected that but still cursed that day

 

[Leadgolem]

there will always be two sides to a fence. I do agree however that people in the service industry shouldn't look down on people because of what they drink. Regardless, theres always going to be those jerks that pride themselves on drinking for status among beer drinkers and those who truly enjoy a beer culture.

That said those people that go to a bar and are upset because there's no 12% beer that has cocoa nibs, rose petals, saffron, ginger orange peel, elks blood, ostrich piss or 300 IBUS piss me off more than the guys ordering bud lightipe:

Is there anything on the market that has ALL of this? If not, where can I get some food grade elks blood and ostrich piss? I've got a local brewfest in 2 weeks and I'd like to enter something like this in the "Specialty" category. I think I'll call it Grossenpuken Ale. I won't be able to brew it till this weekend so a week and a half should be plenty of time, right?:cross:...

Well actually ... I don't know where you would get elks blood, but there is a plant called dragons blood. Sedum Spurium, I'm not sure you'd want to drink anything with it in though...

 

[SharonaZamboni]

bar tender looked up at us and said "cool, like a honey-brew list?"

The name has stuck.

That's a good one!

Grossenpuken Ale.

Another good one!

 

[Bookworm]

Well actually ... I don't know where you would get elks blood, but there is a plant called dragons blood. Sedum Spurium, I'm not sure you'd want to drink anything with it in though...

If you really want some elks blood I could probably have my dad save some for you. But you will have to hold off tell October or November.

 

[Leadgolem]

If you really want some elks blood I could probably have my dad save some for you. But you will have to hold off tell October or November.

Haha, no thanks. Though I wouldn't mind if somebody wanted to send me some horn. I'm just learning how to make knives and elk horn makes a great handle.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

at a party years ago, "Geez! How much alcohol did you add to this?" in reference to a 4.5% stout I made. that guy may have been one of the guys that tried to beer bong a Barley Wine.

 

[HeyNoPie]

My neighbor will always say how "high alcohol" my beer is when it's typically 4.5-5%. That said, he'll typically drink 3 pints in no more than 30 minutes

 

[evrose]

that guy may have been one of the guys that tried to beer bong a Barley Wine.

I pay good money to see that.