Funny things you've overheard about beer

[Matt3989]

"Yeah, something like that."

My response to most people who know that non BMC beers have extra: ginger ale, alcohol (which makes them darker of course), banana peel, goat pee, voodoo witch magic, etc.

 

[WesleyBrewViking]

On Saturday I gave a friend one of my homebrew IPAs, the first homebrew he's had. When he tried it he said "I think that's the least offensive beer I've ever tasted." I wasn't really sure what to think so I decided to just take it as a compliment.

 

[bleme]

On Saturday I gave a friend one of my homebrew IPAs, the first homebrew he's had. When he tried it he said "I think that's the least offensive beer I've ever tasted." I wasn't really sure what to think so I decided to just take it as a compliment.

Obviously not an Arrogant Bastard clone ;-)

 

[WesleyBrewViking]

Obviously not an Arrogant Bastard clone ;-)

No, but it was reasonably strong and I did dry-hop the living feces out of it, so I thought it was odd that "least offensive" was used.

 

[BreezyBrew]

Is he a craft drinker?

 

[Marauder]

Is he a craft drinker?

No he is a Kraft drinker

 

[Minky]

Hah, that's from Blue Velvet by David Lynch. Pretty f'ed up movie. My husband, although he's a huge beer snob, says that all the time.

Ya hafta say it like Dennis Hopper, too!!

 

[cpesko]

I was sitting up a bar in the mountain about a couple weeks snowboarding and this chick drank about half of here vodka mixed drink and she was like there is a bug my drink. Like a small fruit fly and she was like there is a bug in my drink obivously she wanted more free liqour.

Also, I like people at bars that don't know the difference between lagers and ales and making false comparisions that makes me laugh.

 

[cpesko]

Bud Light Platinum. It's like 6% or something. People who like to get trashed think it's liquid gold.

Bud Light Platinum smells like vomit.

 

[cpesko]

I was in Alabama a couple of months ago on bussiness trip and I was at local resturant and I odered a snpa and I ask for another beer and recieved a torpedo this time. Apparently all serria nevada beers are the same. lol

 

[nickmv]

Bud Light Platinum smells like vomit.

Jeezus, I'd hate to see the look on your face if you smelled a sour or wheat. :cross:

 

[cpesko]

I was working at GABF as a pourer and can't remember the brewery name I was pouring for but they had a White Chocolate Milk Stout. That was gold in color. So many people kept telling me I was pouring them the wrong beer. I was like no pretty sure. They insisted that the porter must be the chocolate milk stout so I just apolgized and poured them the porter.

 

[nickmv]

I was working at GABF as a pourer and can't remember the brewery name I was pouring for but they had a White Chocolate Milk Stout. That was gold in color. So many people kept telling me I was pouring them the wrong beer. I was like no pretty sure. They insisted that the porter must be the chocolate milk stout so I just apolgized and poured them the porter.

I think 99.9% of people would assume that a stout with chocolate in the name would in fact be DARK.

Stout was transformed from meaning STRONG beer to meaning dark/roasted/etc. Add the fact that it says chocolate, though, and I think most people would think you're an idiot for pouring them a light colored beer, myself included.

 

[homebrewdad]

I think 99.9% of people would assume that a stout with chocolate in the name would in fact be DARK.

Stout was transformed from meaning STRONG beer to meaning dark/roasted/etc. Add the fact that it says chocolate, though, and I think most people would think you're an idiot for pouring them a light colored beer, myself included.

I recall a guy recently asking about a chocolate stout he had brewed being much lighter than he had expected, even though the chocolate taste was there.

Moral of the story: beer does not have to be dark to taste like chocolate.

 

[WesleyBrewViking]

Is he a craft drinker?

Mostly. He drinks some Corona Extra and Alexander Keith's but mostly sticks to smaller companies in BC. His favorite style is IPA, so it surprised me because I wasn't all that happy with it myself. I though that there wasn't enough malt character to balance out the amount of hops.

 

[NickTheGreat]

I think 99.9% of people would assume that a stout with chocolate in the name would in fact be DARK.

Stout was transformed from meaning STRONG beer to meaning dark/roasted/etc. Add the fact that it says chocolate, though, and I think most people would think you're an idiot for pouring them a light colored beer, myself included.

Same here, though you could probably be convinced with a sip of it

 

[nickmv]

Oh absolutely it doesn't have to be dark, but you're gonna get 99% of people saying you're crazy for serving something that's not dark.

My point being -- it's not unreasonable at all for one to think that the words chocolate stout should mean dark beer.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Oh absolutely it doesn't have to be dark, but you're gonna get 99% of people saying you're crazy for serving something that's not dark.

My point being -- it's not unreasonable at all for one to think that the words chocolate stout should mean dark beer.

I was trying to agree with you :fro:

 

[cpesko]

Oh absolutely it doesn't have to be dark, but you're gonna get 99% of people saying you're crazy for serving something that's not dark.

My point being -- it's not unreasonable at all for one to think that the words chocolate stout should mean dark beer.

white chocolate is white. lol

 

[Klickmania]

I might be the crazy one here but if someone poured me a White chocolate stout I wouldn't be too terribly surprised if it was pale. I think people were missing the "white" part.

 

[phandaal]

I might be the crazy one here but if someone poured me a White chocolate stout I wouldn't be too terribly surprised if it was pale. I think people were missing the "white" part.

I'd be surprised for a second or two, then it'd hit me and I'd feel like a goober for not figuring it out sooner.

If I'd been hitting the high abv beers prior to trying it, I'd be surprised until I drank it, at which point I'd laugh uproariously until people stared at me.

 

[nickmv]

white chocolate is white. lol

I think you missed my point still.

I don't care if it's green chocolate, if it's got the word chocolate and stout in it, a reasonable person is going to infer that it's a dark beer.

But nevermind -- I wasn't trying to turn this into a debate or argument.

 

[Skeptidelphian]

I was sitting up a bar in the mountain about a couple weeks snowboarding and this chick drank about half of here vodka mixed drink and she was like there is a bug my drink. Like a small fruit fly and she was like there is a bug in my drink obivously she wanted more free liqour.

Also, I like people at bars that don't know the difference between lagers and ales and making false comparisions that makes me laugh.

And people who don't know the difference between there/their/they're make a story impossible to follow.

 

[Skeptidelphian]

And people who don't know the difference between there/their/they're make a story impossible to follow.

actually never mind. I'm an idiot.

 

[Raenon]

I was in Alabama a couple of months ago on bussiness trip and I was at local resturant and I odered a snpa and I ask for another beer and recieved a torpedo this time. Apparently all serria nevada beers are the same. lol

Honestly, if that happened to me, I'd chalk it up to a mistake rather than ignorance. They're probably on the same tower/rail/coffin, most likely next to each other. Busy bars make swaps like that all the time, and unless it's radically different in color, it's not enough to notice they pulled the wrong tap when they looked up to see some random person waving money/etc
Never had torpedo myself, but it always looked like it was very close in color to the PA... not like they handed you a Coors.

 

[VladOfTrub]

Drinking a lot of beer puts a different spin on Chubby Chasing and less concern, when your friends that new you were blind drunk, tell you who you left the bar with.

 

[bleme]

actually never mind. I'm an idiot.

Biggest laugh in a while here! Of all the things that made the story hard to follow, you pick the one thing that he got right!

 

[mattd2]

I think you missed my point still.

I don't care if it's green chocolate, if it's got the word chocolate and stout in it, a reasonable person is going to infer that it's a dark beer.

But nevermind -- I wasn't trying to turn this into a debate or argument.

At first I was with the "white" crowd but then I though about it. What makes a stout a stout = roasted barley. Even a little bit is going to make a dark beer. How did they get a stout to taste like a stout without also having it look like a stout

 

[Leadgolem]

actually never mind. I'm an idiot.

They're's a thread for that.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f45/i-am-idiot-353511/

Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

[andycr]

At first I was with the "white" crowd but then I though about it. What makes a stout a stout = roasted barley. Even a little bit is going to make a dark beer. How did they get a stout to taste like a stout without also having it look like a stout

My thoughts exactly. I would expect a white chocolate stout to be dark, but taste like stout with white chocolate in it.

Which sounds amazing, come to think of it...