Funny things you've overheard about beer

[rifraf]

I think the funny thing now is the behavior of the male gender.

Yeah women never gawk at men. I've got a Facebook timeline from around the time that Magic Mike came out that would say otherwise...

Note: I know guys are worse... Just saying

 

[mysteryshrimp]

This was a quite a few years ago.

I was in a bar and asked what they had on tap the waitress rattlled off the generic:

Bud, Coors, Miller, and every version of Light, Ice, and Dry (what ever that is).

Then came Corona, Dos Equis, Killinans red, and Sam Adams.

She said domestics were $3.00 and that imports where $4.00.

I said I'll take a Sam Adams.

The bill came and it was $4.00 a beer. I said what gives? I ordered Sam Adams. She said that was an Import.

I said Sam Adams is made in Boston. She just looked puzzled, and said it was still an import.

To be pedantic, Sam Adams is made in Pennsylvania. It's headquartered in Boston, it's token brewery and tour is in Boston, but 95% of it's beer is brewed in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania.

http://www.lehighvalleychamber.org/Beer-Distributors-Breweries/Samuel-Adams-Pennsylvania-Brewery

 

[craigger64]

To be pedantic, Sam Adams is made in Pennsylvania. It's headquartered in Boston, it's token brewery and tour is in Boston, but 95% of it's beer is brewed in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania.

http://www.lehighvalleychamber.org/Beer-Distributors-Breweries/Samuel-Adams-Pennsylvania-Brewery

I was under the impression that only the seasonals were brewed at the PA brewery. I must have heard that from someone who was misinformed.

 

[Ryush806]

I was under the impression that only the seasonals were brewed at the PA brewery. I must have heard that from someone who was misinformed.

What they told me in the tour in Boston was that most if the R&D work and small batch brews were done in Boston. They only have like 15 fermenters and a barrel aging room there (don't quote me on that number).

 

[whitehause]

What they told me in the tour in Boston was that most if the R&D work and small batch brews were done in Boston. They only have like 15 fermenters and a barrel aging room there (don't quote me on that number).

I live 15 mins from that brewery in PA. It was originally built by Stroh's. There might have been someone else in after them. Yuengling had an interest in it, but I heard them and the township couldn't come to terms on something to do with the water. Now Sam's has it.

 

[Leadgolem]

I live 15 mins from that brewery in PA. I was originally built by Stroh's. There might have been someone else in after them. Yuengling had an interest in it, but I heard them and the township couldn't come to terms on something to do with the water. Now Sam's has it.

Wait, there's another golem in the world???!?!?

 

[Alpha_Ranger]

Polishing off the last of my FFF Alpha King from my recent jaunt to Chicago. 'tis a sad day indeed...

 

[SiriusStarr]

Yeah women never gawk at men. I've got a Facebook timeline from around the time that Magic Mike came out that would say otherwise...

Note: I know guys are worse... Just saying

Haha, oh I know we do it too. It's just funny to me, since men are societally expected to be horndogs and women aren't, and yet guys are considered pervy if they are and women aren't.

I dunno, I've just never been one to gawk myself, so it amuses me when people of either gender talk like that. No offense or misdirection of the thread intended.

 

[whitehause]

Wait, there's another golem in the world???!?!?

Grammar Nazi alert!!!!!

Missed the T.......IT was built by Stroh's......wasn't it.

 

[Ogri]

I watched my neighbor edge his lawn with a skill saw. He's not white trash but an eccentric weirdo. He also dropped a tree on his house that took out his power line which blew the transformer on the pole knocking out power to most of the neighborhood. At least he hasn't bothered me about my home brewing yet. He might try to smoke my hops.

nestar:nestar:nestar:nestar:nestar:nestar:nestar:

That sounds like an EPIC neighbor to have:fro: Could imagine much worse.

 

[morticus]

nestar:nestar:nestar:nestar:nestar:nestar:nestar:

That sounds like an EPIC neighbor to have:fro: Could imagine much worse.

As long as he keeps the damage contained to his property I'm g2g.

 

[newb]

Went to ruby Tuesday's to eat last night because I had a Christmas gift card. I knew the tap selection was going to be limited but I asked anyway.

What do you guys have on draft?
Server: BMC, Sam A, Blue moon, blue moon seasonal, and I suggest the Sam Adams seasonal. Their winter lager, is a delicious winter ale.
Me: (shakes head)
SWMBO: (trying to prevent me from educating him about something he probably doesn't care about anyway) "Just order it."
Me: yes give me the winter lager ale
(Swmbo shoots me a dirty look)

At least swmbo knew, and could tell me why he was wrong, when he walked away. Teaching her well, even though she is a wine and not beer drinker. I was so proud

 

[Grossy]

This happened to me on a golf course once, we ordered a 6 pack of Yuengling and got charged the import price, we didn't care to argue but joked that it was actually from PA. Later that round the cart girl came back around after asking her manager with a partial refund. We applauded the service and tipped her the refunded amount extra on our next 6 pack.

You got to like any guy who is ordering six packs on the golf course and flirting with the beer-cart girl.

"Longest drive and closest to the pin"

 

[OBayBrewer]

Not necessarily funny, actually more frustrating, but my FIL swears all beer tastes the same. This is the same FIL who finished of a third of a bottle of Chimay Blue and said it was "Ok. Cold, wet, beer." I love the guy, but honestly!

 

[JordanThomas]

Pop across the river to Newport, KY or if you're in the area, to Lexington.

Stores in Newport get KBS?!?! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Order is restored to my world!

 

[Fizzycist]

Me: yes give me the winter lager ale

Fantastic!

 

[user 98891]

I hate a frustrating experience at BW3's last week. I know the bar has local craft beers and I know they rotate them fairly regularly, however they never put a list out in the dining room.

So I ask the waitress what beers they have on tap and she swears there is nothing that is not on the back of the menu. Of course those are your usual nation wide brand commercial beers. So, rather than argue, I tell her I'll need a minute, get up, walk into the bar and ask the bartender. I come back to the table and she returns and I say "Do you guys have3 Flyod's Zombie Dust?" She replies "Of course we do, we carry gumballhead, zombie dust, and dreadnaught..."

WTF.

 

[DoubleAught]

I hate a frustrating experience at BW3's last week. I know the bar has local craft beers and I know they rotate them fairly regularly, however they never put a list out in the dining room.

So I ask the waitress what beers they have on tap and she swears there is nothing that is not on the back of the menu. Of course those are your usual nation wide brand commercial beers. So, rather than argue, I tell her I'll need a minute, get up, walk into the bar and ask the bartender. I come back to the table and she returns and I say "Do you guys have3 Flyod's Zombie Dust?" She replies "Of course we do, we carry gumballhead, zombie dust, and dreadnaught..."

WTF.

I always walk up to the bar and read the tap handles at BW3's. It just saves the waitress from stumbling through trying to figure out whats on tap.

 

[JordanThomas]

I hate a frustrating experience at BW3's last week. I know the bar has local craft beers and I know they rotate them fairly regularly, however they never put a list out in the dining room.

So I ask the waitress what beers they have on tap and she swears there is nothing that is not on the back of the menu. Of course those are your usual nation wide brand commercial beers. So, rather than argue, I tell her I'll need a minute, get up, walk into the bar and ask the bartender. I come back to the table and she returns and I say "Do you guys have3 Flyod's Zombie Dust?" She replies "Of course we do, we carry gumballhead, zombie dust, and dreadnaught..."
WTF.

I stopped feeling bad for you when I read this...

 

[NuclearRich]

Oh bartenders... sigh
At least she was really cute

Small selection on tap, but decent. BMC, guiness, sam adams, and BMC "crafts": blue moon, goose island. I had a goose island christmas ale. Not the best, drinkable for sure, but I see they have some bottles in the fridge that look like sierra nevada...

Me "what do you have in bottles there?" (pointing towards the SN)

her, not even looking "bud bud light bud light platinum coors light miller light blue moon blue moon seasonal, uhmm..."

me, interupting the run-on BMC list "is that sierra nevada I see there?" (pointing)

her "oh yeah, um, i think its like a pale ale. kinda hoppy, i never had it though" (no reference to the red bottle that I am assuming is celebration ale)

me, allowing her he ignorance since she is cute as hell, "I'll take the SN"

her, handing me the bottle, "oh wait its an... um (reading) extra IPA, is that still ok?"

torpedo, yes please. I gave her her tip and just turned around. It amazed me how ignorant a server could be. If she was the greezy looking dude serving down the other way, he would have caught a little more hell. But she smiled purdy.

 

[unionrdr]

Yeah,this reminds me of this cute waitress my wife & I got to be friends with at bedub's. She always made sure to wait on us,& we gave her some good tips for it. Too bad she's moved on...she was a bit more knowledgable than the others.

 

[Lushife]

Yeah,this reminds me of this cute waitress my wife & I got to be friends with at bedub's. She always made sure to wait on us,& we gave her some good tips for it. Too bad she's moved on...she was a bit more knowledgable than the others.

Did you train her yourself?

 

[unionrdr]

Well,we did educate her on some of the beers on tap. She would also turn us on to others,as well as drinks they came up with that she thought we'd like. She was just the coolest for that sort of thing. She actually liked the stories I'd tell about some beers they had on tap at the time. I do miss her at the bedub's at the mall. Well,that,& the hip huggers...:rockin:

 

[Mattynapps]

I work at a brewery and a customer asked it he could have a porter. We told him we don't have one on tap. He asked if we could make one. Puzzled we asked if he understood the brewing process? He said no just mix a stout and an ipa. Strange people

 

[charliefoxtrot]

I work at a brewery and a customer asked it he could have a porter. We told him we don't have one on tap. He asked if we could make one. Puzzled we asked if he understood the brewing process? He said no just mix a stout and an ipa. Strange people

Originally, porter was a mix of the beers on tap. The style we call porter was probably an approximation of that flavor. However, stout and ipa sounds might specific (and not quite right).

 

[mcspanner]

Originally, porter was a mix of the beers on tap. The style we call porter was probably an approximation of that flavor. However, stout and ipa sounds might specific (and not quite right).

Sorry but that's rubbish.

Whilst I'm always reluctant to quote Wikipedia the sources cited in this are sound.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_(beer)

The mentions of mixes have been fairly conclusively repudiated by multiple sources. Sorry.

 

[NuclearRich]

Originally, porter was a mix of the beers on tap. The style we call porter was probably an approximation of that flavor. However, stout and ipa sounds might specific (and not quite right).

This is something funny that I've heard about about beer

 

[Billy-Klubb]

off topic: I love it when Brits say, "That's rubbish."

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

Heineken is the beer with the highest concentration of formaldehyde in it. And that formaldehyde is used in beer as a preservative.

 

[Ogri]

Heineken is the beer with the highest concentration of formaldehyde in it. And that formaldehyde is used in beer as a preservative.

That's not funny,,,,,more scary

Embalm yourself with a case of Heineken