Funny things you've overheard about beer

[donk5]

A coworker of mine was at a very well known brewery in my town with his family. He said that his father asked for a something that was as close to budweiser that they had available. The waiter returned with a pint of water. Hilarious.

 

[lewishowardm3]

A coworker of mine was at a very well known brewery in my town with his family. He said that his father asked for a something that was as close to budweiser that they had available. The waiter returned with a pint of water. Hilarious.

Haha

 

[causeimthesquid]

I was at the Defiant Brewery in Pearl River, NY and a couple of construction guys came in around 3pm. One of them obviously liked craft beer but the guy he brought in was a little awe struck.

The bartender, and head brewer, asked him what'd he'd have and they guy said "well I normally drink Coors Light. You got anything like that around?"

The bartender told him "I can get you a pint of the water I use before we make beer."

 

[kombat]

Water is one of the few substances that expands at reduced temperatures, so density decreases and ice floats.

That's not accurate.

Water only exhibits that anomalous behaviour (expanding while cooling, instead of contracting while cooling like everything else) between 0 and 4 degrees celcius.

At all other temperatures, it behaves like everything else. If you cool ice further, it will contract. If you take 1L of water at 100 degrees celcius and cool it to 4 degrees C, its volume will be decreasing all the way down.

As it cools from 4 degrees to 0 degrees (that is, it freezes), it rapidly expands, even beyond its initial volume. Below 0, it returns to contracting, but it will never contract back down to its initial (liquid) volume, even to Absolute Zero (0 degrees Kelvin), which is why it will float.

 

[logan3825]

Sorry I have to disagree with you, super human levels of stupidity is a great source of comedy. Once I realized, if you let human stupidity make you frustrated and mad all the time you will be miserable, I was a lot better off. Trust me, I spent several years of my life furious about how stupid people are, one day I just laughed at somebody in line at a fast food place. She was dumb and rude and it hit me why get mad and let her bring me down with her. She walked up from behind me when I had been in line, and insisted she was next? I didn't argue or anything, probably a first for me. Instead, I just laughed right in this woman's face, I promise it felt better then trying to argue back or reason with her. Some people just aren't capable, and we can't control or fix them.

It isn't a source of comedy because it forces many many restrictive and stupid knee jerk reactions from companies and the government to protect themselves from stupid.

 

[assistantreaper]

people assume that the alcohol content is related to how long something ferments or ages.

"you've been aging that since last march? Wow, thats gonna get you drunk!"

 

[brewman243]

Before I started brewing, someone was explaining to me that the longer it ferments, the more alcohol it has. He was a brewer, accomplished in his eyes.

Oh, and this one from me WAY before I started brewing."I don't like ales, they're too bitter."
Aparantly me first selection of an ale was one of the eepas I've heard about or something else with more flavor then Bud. That was my previous beer of choice, now I use it wash yeast. Its cheap, sanitary, and no 0ff-flavor... or On-flavor for that matter
Regards,

 

[Lushife]

people assume that the alcohol content is related to how long something ferments or ages.

"you've been aging that since last march? Wow, thats gonna get you drunk!"

That really annoys me when they're talking about liquor

 

[Lushife]

Before I started brewing, someone was explaining to me that the longer it ferments, the more alcohol it has. He was a brewer, accomplished in his eyes.

Oh, and this one from me WAY before I started brewing."I don't like ales, they're too bitter."
Aparantly me first selection of an ale was one of the eepas I've heard about or something else with more flavor then Bud. That was my previous beer of choice, now I use it wash yeast. Its cheap, sanitary, and no 0ff-flavor... or On-flavor for that matter
Regards,

Eepa? Do you mean IPA?

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Eepa? Do you mean IPA?

why? how do you pronounce it? I also like to drink ahpa's.

 

[jerrodm]

why? how do you pronounce it? I also like to drink ahpa's.

Eye-paw, of course.

 

[Lushife]

why? how do you pronounce it? I also like to drink ahpa's.

I enjoy a good ahpa sometimes too.

 

[biochemedic]

people assume that the alcohol content is related to how long something ferments or ages.

"you've been aging that since last march? Wow, thats gonna get you drunk!"

I suppose in one sense this could be true...if you're aging it for that long, it's probably a RIS, Barleywine, Old Ale, etc!

 

[globe]

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.

also this article

http://chicagoist.com/2012/11/28/goose_island_brewer_departs_to_star.php

so makes you wonder lol

 

[Billybrewer09]

Was at a local restaurant that has 5 micro's on tap.
I was enjoying a Stone Ruination. A guy sits down at a table beside us and ask what is on tap. The waiter recited the list. The guy promptly orders Shlafly's unfiltered wheat. It takes him the better part of an hour to finish his beer. The waiter ask him if he would like another.
The guy replies " no thanks, that was a little to heavy. I'll just have a glass of red wine".

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

people assume that the alcohol content is related to how long something ferments or ages.

"you've been aging that since last march? Wow, thats gonna get you drunk!"

To some extent this is true though, you arent going to see any 2 month old barley wines or RIS's being ready to drink.

 

[sendkyleanemail]

To some extent this is true though, you arent going to see any 2 month old barley wines or RIS's being ready to drink.

This is a prime example of when what I true is also incorrect.

 

[DoubleAught]

At a beer fest I overheard a guy tell his friends that Lambic is a town in Germany where they produce only sour ales - facepalm.....

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Eye-paw, of course.

I suppose it's like some people saying soda & some saying pop.

I enjoy a good ahpa sometimes too.

Ahpas, Eepas, Risss... they're all good.

 

[newb]

To some extent this is true though, you arent going to see any 2 month old barley wines or RIS's being ready to drink.

That is not what the person said at all. While yes typically heavier beers are the ones we age. This guy implied that somehow the time aging was going to make for a higher ABV. Why do people on HBT just want to pull apart and skew things for arguments sake anymore?

 

[NuclearRich]

That is not what the person said at all. While yes typically heavier beers are the ones we age. This guy implied that somehow the time aging was going to make for a higher ABV. Why do people on HBT just want to pull apart and skew things for arguments sake anymore?

I don't think that people do things for arguments

 

[nasty_rabbit]

I don't think that people do things for arguments

Yes they do !!!!

 

[newb]

I don't think that people do things for arguments

Yes they do !!!!

Hahaha I see what you guys did there. I like it nice job. Bravo

 

[zmanzorro]

Yes they do !!!!

Rabbit season!

 

[NuclearRich]

Bow, not gun!

 

[nasty_rabbit]

What do you people have against Volkswagens?

 

[drainbamage]

Why do people on HBT just want to pull apart and skew things for arguments sake anymore?

I think that's just the Internet in general... :cross:

 

[CGVT]

Why do people on HBT just want to pull apart and skew things for arguments sake anymore?

On the net, everybody thinks that they have an important viewpoint or insight. In a real life conversation, if someone did that you could just roll your eyes at them and and excuse yourself to go get another beer and move on.

 

[newb]

On the net, everybody thinks that they have an important viewpoint or insight. In a real life conversation, if someone did that you could just roll your eyes at them and and excuse yourself to go get another beer and move on.

Well said

 

[unionrdr]

Elmer season!!