Funny things you've overheard about beer

[bergen69]

I was at my girlfriends house for the holidays and somebody offered her grandfather a Leinenkugels. He responded by saying, "If I drink one of those, I will probably start talking like those people." We explained it was brewed right here in Wisconsin and he proceeded to drink one exclaiming, "This is pretty good." I was dying inside with laughter.

People in Wisconsin do talk kind of funny (I used to live there and I still say wis-CON-sin)

 

[EnjoyGoodBeer]

People in Wisconsin do talk kind of funny (I used to live there and I still say wis-CON-sin)

*another off topic post*

Yup my wifes from there i live on the boarderline illinois and wisconsin. They talk similar to canadians. They say road like chris farly and david spade in black sheep rOAd

 

[JoeyChopps]

No doubt they remembered the "hey, I didn't know my hot coffee would burn me" lawsuit against McDonald's and figured they couldn't lose.

Expect to see a "CAUTION: Contents may exacerbate existing brain damage" (no pun intended regarding my username) warning on your next bottle of store-bought beer... *facepalm*

If you research the McDonalds case with the coffee you will realize that the woman that got burnt deserved every dollar she got. I use to think it was stupid too until I read the details. Sorry off topic.

 

[RainyDay]

If you research the McDonalds case with the coffee you will realize that the woman that got burnt deserved every dollar she got. I use to think it was stupid too until I read the details. Sorry off topic.

Why do you say that?

 

[Billy-Klubb]

off/on topic regarding human idiocy: when I lived in Vegas, a couple was suing one of the big casinos, each with their own lawsuit. the man claimed he went into their bathroom to drop a deuce and gut his hairy walnuts squashed between the seat & rim of the terlet. how in the giant floccing squirrels he did that on accident goes beyond the normal perimeters of public crapper etiquette. the woman was suing because he could not preform his husbandry duties.

 

[Punity]

If you research the McDonalds case with the coffee you will realize that the woman that got burnt deserved every dollar she got. I use to think it was stupid too until I read the details. Sorry off topic.

190 degree coffee good god no wonder she was burned so bad.

 

[drainbamage]

If you research the McDonalds case with the coffee you will realize that the woman that got burnt deserved every dollar she got. I use to think it was stupid too until I read the details. Sorry off topic.

Maybe they were serving the coffee hotter than necessary, I'll give you that. But still, potentially hot (or sharp, for that matter) objects getting around my crotchal region tends to raise a red flag in my mind.

But I digress...sorry for the OT.

 

[JoeyChopps]

Not only was the coffee nearing boiling the kid at the window basically dropped the coffee in her lap. In other reports the kid running the window had been reprimanded for not putting tops on drinks properly and spilling them into cars. The woman suffered third degree burns and disfigured/ burned vagina for the rest of her life. Sorry to be off topic I get so sick of hearing about BS lawsuits and the McDonalds coffee lady comes up and saying that she didn't deserve or shouldn't have sued is just plain wrong. Again sorry OT

 

[bergen69]

190 degree coffee good god no wonder she was burned so bad.

The optimum temp for the water when brewing coffee is 195d to 200d...so Micky D's was doing what should be done.

 

[newb]

Not only was the coffee nearing boiling the kid at the window basically dropped the coffee in her lap. In other reports the kid running the window had been reprimanded for not putting tops on drinks properly and spilling them into cars. The woman suffered third degree burns and disfigured/ burned vagina for the rest of her life. Sorry to be off topic I get so sick of hearing about BS lawsuits and the McDonalds coffee lady comes up and saying that she didn't deserve or shouldn't have sued is just plain wrong. Again sorry OT

Reports I read said she spilled it in her own lap after her son pulled the car away from the window and parked the car for her to remove the lid and put cream and sugar in the cup herself...

 

[JoeyChopps]

The optimum temp for the water when brewing coffee is 195d to 200d...so Micky D's was doing what should be done.

I remember when taking an ethics class this all came up the FDA use to keep a recommended temp for serving coffee but soon after the accident they removed the temp from the reg. also considering consumer report says most home coffee pots are between 135-155f 190 is insane.

 

[JoeyChopps]

Reports I read said she spilled it in her own lap after her son pulled the car away from the window and parked the car for her to remove the lid and put cream and sugar in the cup herself...

Plus what he said

There's been more than accident with McDonalds and coffee spills seems like maybe they should have taken a hint.
Also I'm a horrible example of keeping a thread OT and ruining a topic. So sorry

 

[vawinesnob]

I actually studied this case in college. She won the law suit because McDonalds found they could use less coffee with hotter water. Profit was more important to them than public safety.

 

[robanna]

...the kid running the window had been reprimanded for not putting tops on drinks properly and spilling them into cars. The woman suffered third degree burns and disfigured/ burned vagina for the rest of her life.

The optimum temp for the water when brewing coffee is 195d to 200d...so Micky D's was doing what should be done.

What the optimum temp for placing coffee on your vagina?

 

[newb]

I actually studied this case in college. She won the law suit because McDonalds found they could use less coffee with hotter water. Profit was more important to them than public safety.

Ahhh see now this sounds like good reason for her winning, ignoring public safety just for added profit, that IS a problem. But nah it's not just your fault chopps we are all contributing to the off topicness haha quick someone get us back on making fun of people who know nothing about beer that like to pretend to be experts!

 

[JoeyChopps]

I actually studied this case in college. She won the law suit because McDonalds found they could use less coffee with hotter water. Profit was more important to them than public safety.

Thanks for refreshing my memory on the rest of the details I also studied this in school in my ethic class but its been a few years ago since that class.

 

[snaps10]

I once spilled a whole beer in my lap. I was going to sue myself for gross misconduct, but instead I cut my losses by lapping up what I could off the chair.

Just because I know someone will ask, there was no disfiguring of my nether regions.

 

[bergy]

Thanks for refreshing my memory on the rest of the details I also studied this in school in my ethic class but its been a few years ago since that class.

There is also the fact that phsyics with water is extremely odd (for example water is the only known substance where its solid form floats on its liquid form). In regards to the case, only 2-3 degrees separates "annoyingly hot" and "will cause disfiguring burns" because the energy content of the heated substance suddenly switches from a linear scale to a logorithmic scale. And if I recall correctly that temperature point is in the same area as what we deal with when mashing our grains.

 

[LTownLiquorPig]

I once spilled a whole beer in my lap. I was going to sue myself for gross misconduct, but instead I cut my losses by lapping up what I could off the chair.

Just because I know someone will ask, there was no disfiguring of my nether regions.

We call that alcohol abuse 'round these parts. No spilling.

 

[bzwyatt]

Water is one of the few substances that expands at reduced temperatures, so density decreases and ice floats. I'm not a chemist, but I guess it must be the molecular structure - a big atom with two little ones attached, also the best solvent around - that makes it grow, not shrink, when it cools down.

Hmm... funny things about beer, without being a *******... I was at the store, picked up a case of Guinness. The handle on the box ripped and the box fell out of my hand, a couple bottles broke and the precious liquid began to spread on the floor around the box.
I told the cashier what happened, and said 'I hate when I break beer!' and she said, 'Yeah, it is such a waste'. She didn't really look like a 'beer drinker', but I could tell she understood.

 

[Punity]

The optimum temp for the water when brewing coffee is 195d to 200d...so Micky D's was doing what should be done.

Really? Hmm wonder why they were attacked for serving it to hot then?

Edit I see its already been discussed disregard

 

[drainbamage]

Water is one of the few substances that expands at reduced temperatures, so density decreases and ice floats. I'm not a chemist, but I guess it must be the molecular structure - a big atom with two little ones attached, also the best solvent around - that makes it grow, not shrink, when it cools down.

Hmm... funny things about beer, without being a *******... I was at the store, picked up a case of Guinness. The handle on the box ripped and the box fell out of my hand, a couple bottles broke and the precious liquid began to spread on the floor around the box.
I told the cashier what happened, and said 'I hate when I break beer!' and she said, 'Yeah, it is such a waste'. She didn't really look like a 'beer drinker', but I could tell she understood.

It was probably code for, "crap, now I have to clean that up"

 

[ChuckO]

"I fear the day I am released from prison," Grant, 27, said in his affidavit. "I do not know if I can be a productive member of society and still control the desires and craving to use alcohol."

This will be a great statement to have read to his parole board if his case ever comes up.

 

[odinsgift]

"Beers with Brettanomyces are always sour"

 

[biochemedic]

I remember when taking an ethics class this all came up the FDA use to keep a recommended temp for serving coffee but soon after the accident they removed the temp from the reg. also considering consumer report says most home coffee pots are between 135-155f 190 is insane.

The Keurig I just bought my wife for xmas brews (by default, no less) at 192*F...However, I've not noticed anything particularly insane about the coffee and tea I've drank from this apparent implement of evil!

 

[iambeer]

"ewwww!" --my four year old son when smelling my beer. He has the same response from the sight of broccoli.

 

[whiskeyjack]

Gave my neighbor a Hefeweizen and he said it was to hoppy, made me laugh a little. He then went on to insult my brew by saying it tasted like Old Milwaukee

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Ill buy small and local but you have to be careful because anhurser and miller coors are buying small breweries and selling it under that name. I think if we allow them to do this then we are limiting our future possibilities of what we are able to drink bc the macro companies wont care to experiment or deviate from what makes money.

this.

 

[Punity]

Isnt goose island owned by Inbev?

 

[rifraf]

You guys might want to read this before you decide not to buy from small craft brewers owned by larger companies.

http://chicagoist.com/2012/04/16/the_honk_heard_round_the_world_goos.php#photo-1

Goose Island had been able to do some really awesome things since Ab InBev bought them. I've talked to the brewers at one of the pubs and they've all said that the purchase had allowed them to be more creative and experiment more than before because they don't have to worry about producing the mass market beers. It's freed up a lot of production space...Bourbon County Stout and it's assorted varieties has become much easier to find, even on tap out here in the burbs.