Funny things you've overheard about beer

[GrogNerd]

Howdy is a beagle. purebred, but no papers. rescued almost 3 years ago and he will be (edit) 6 at the end of February

got his name from the freckles on his nose. we thought he looked like Howdy Doody

 

[WesleyS]

Oh no, not this again :smack:

Yes I think that was covered and then some.
Thread derailment in 3...2...1...

 

[bleme]

I think this thread has seen more derailments than Amtrak!

 

[Marauder]

Howdy is a beagle. purebred, but no papers. rescued almost 3 years ago and he will be 5 at the end of February

got his name from the freckles on his nose. we thought he looked like Howdy Doody

awesome beagles are cool and rescue dogs are great I have 2 rescues, one Pitt and one mix of hound of some sort that no one, not even his vets, can identify what exactly he is haha anyway back to funny things overheard about beer...

 

[Teromous]

I heard this dumb 13 year old girl saying beer kills brain cells, makes you gain weight, and destroys your liver.

Was like.. bitch I ain't that fat.. YET.

A girl about the same age said "alcohol destroys lives" and got an approving nod from her grandmother. I didn't know what to say. Some battles are not worth fighting. It does irk me that people raise children to be afraid of everything, and cast blanket judgements.

 

[iambeer]

A girl about the same age said "alcohol destroys lives" and got an approving nod from her grandmother. I didn't know what to say. Some battles are not worth fighting. It does irk me that people raise children to be afraid of everything, and cast blanket judgements.

You should have threatened her in a desperate manner, and then huffed and puffed yourself into a panic attack.

The word, if it's your kid, isn't 'afraid' it's 'cautious'. Kids grow up. Grandmothers die. Beer bellies bloat. Etc.

 

[Fizzycist]

Grog, what a cool looking dog in your picture, what breed? The pic is very small in my app, beagle or basset or something I am guessing

A+ on that topic redirect.

I heard a radio ad today for a recently opened brew pub. They compared their "freshest beer in Idaho" to the ever popular BMC. I just wonder why they would bother. BMC drinkers won't change based on a radio ad from some "froofy $4 a pint place! 'Merica!", and craft drinkers will assume either they don't know beer well enough to make anything good, or recognize it's a full-of-crap marketing technique and avoid the place out of spite.

 

[morticus]

A+ on that topic redirect.

I heard a radio ad today for a recently opened brew pub. They compared their "freshest beer in Idaho" to the ever popular BMC. I just wonder why they would bother. BMC drinkers won't change based on a radio ad from some "froofy $4 a pint place! 'Merica!", and craft drinkers will assume either they don't know beer well enough to make anything good, or recognize it's a full-of-crap marketing technique and avoid the place out of spite.

Yup.

 

[Zythophile]

Most likely the book wasn't published anywhere near that time, and I am also pretty sure if it was, the book has had an update and/or revision since that time(the early 1900s?). So no it's still wrong. This is supposed to be researched and scholarly work and that definition isn't near current or correct. So yes it IS funny. Don't let him knock you, some people like to pull this type of stuff, drawing on antiquated material from beer history, to sound like they know something, and make these ridiculous types of corrections. Makes them feel smart or something. "Well actually it used to be blah blah," Well it ISN'T now so no still wrong. We had a few throw downs in this thread over this type of thing already... I remember a nightmare of something about an archaichly phrased book??

What exactly is your problem? The piece says, accurately, what "ale" used to mean. It then goes into how the meaning of "ale" has changed over the centuries. Nowhere does it say that the current usage for the word "ale" is wrong. Nor is it trying to "correct" anything.

 

[flyingfinbar]

I helped my best friend on Earth's parents move into Florida this past weekend. I went to the beer distro with his father who was treating me to some beers, he knows I love craft brew....we step into the distro, and he goes, "the imports are over there, I'll be over here" as he moseys on over the the BMC stuff...the "import" section was, of course, the craft brew section. On a side note, I got some CC Jai-Alai and Bell's Two Hearted!

Good LAWD it's a long drive from Long Island to Florida!

 

[malweth]

I finally saw someone pour a BMC Lite into a glass filled with ice. He must have been a regular - he didn't even have to ask. (Funny . . . it was a bottle and I couldn't tell you which sort of BMC it was).

Right from my microbiology book:

I assume they left out coffee and tea because it's a microbiology book? Dictionaries break this term down too much. I always took it to mean "to stew a beverage in a pot," thus witches brew, beer, and tea all follow the same process.

 

[SagamoreAle]

I'd say "ale-y" is all the flavors that we associate with ales that are not associated with most lagers. So, big malt character and/or heavy use of hops, lots of yeast character, thick mouthfeel.
Cream ale is probably one of the best bets for an american lager drinker, so it sounds like you rather understood it too

OT but:

Raenon: I noticed your avatar. GITS fan over here as well.

 

[Marauder]

What exactly is your problem? The piece says, accurately, what "ale" used to mean. It then goes into how the meaning of "ale" has changed over the centuries. Nowhere does it say that the current usage for the word "ale" is wrong. Nor is it trying to "correct" anything.

You obviously came in late and didn't read the whole conversation. You should do that next time before you resurrect an argument. The article is not what I was calling incorrect. The person citing it, misused in a poor attempt to correct someone on something. Look to posts up from this post and see the microbiology book quoted. The original
Post of the micro book way back was the start of the conversation, go all the way back and find that OP and read the WHOLE story from there and you will understand(you should have done this before you tried to jump on me)

 

[Bierliebhaber]

I think this thread would be half as long without all the "Well, actually..." arguments. IMHO, the current meaning of "Well, actually.." should become the archaic meaning. And hence forth "Well, actually..." and its variants should be understood as an abbreviated way to say, "Quick! Kick me in the balls before I finish the rest of this sentence!"

Anyways...I was recently visiting my cousin and his wife and they took me to the Yard House. His wife then recalled a time several years ago when they visited us in Portland and we took them out to a brew pub to hang out. Now, while the pub brewed their own beer, they had the lone bmc lite tap for those who swing that way. When it came time to order beers she began ordered the bmc lite. In her recollection I apparently looked like I was about to "rip her head off." She then quickly aborted her bmc order to see if there was something else she should get. In my recollection, I calmly explained that if she had come all the way to Portland--a brew pub in Portland--she would probably enjoy trying some of the local brew. Comparing it to going to Italy and asking the restaurant if they have Kraft mac n'cheese. But they just like to give me a hard time about that b/c they know I'm enthusiastic about good beer.

 

[Marauder]

IMHO, the current meaning of "Well, actually.." should become the archaic meaning. And hence forth "Well, actually..." and its variants should be understood as an abbreviated way to say, "Quick! Kick me in the balls before I finish the rest of this sentence!".

Hahha good point seeing as "Well actually..." Is more often than not followed by some random fact that doesn't even apply that someone pulls out of left field just to sound like they are just overflowingly full of knowledge

Example: hey dude you spelled hopps wrong
"We'll actually originally a tribe in papa new gunie discovered hops in the early 1500s and spelled then as Hopps with two Ps which we later found documented on the Mayan calendar. So technically he didn't spell hops wrong he we referring to the ancient spelling"

I see how this could easily be resolved with a swift kick in the nards

 

[schwibbidy]

I heard this dumb 13 year old girl saying beer kills brain cells, makes you gain weight, and destroys your liver.

Was like.. bitch I ain't that fat.. YET.

Lol ignorance is bliss

 

[ianw58]

And hence forth "Well, actually..." and its variants should be understood as an abbreviated way to say, "Quick! Kick me in the balls before I finish the rest of this sentence!"

Awesome!

 

[unionrdr]

No,that's just wrong. I've used the "well,...actually" thing before. It's more like the way you'd say something to a person's face & less cold like an internet forum. Less like a troll to me & more like the way you speak. I also think it's a bit more polite than saying,"hey a$$wipe! you're only half right you dumb f***. You're a stupid a$$ & I'm smarter cause I said so!". That's how some of you sound to me when you criticise when folks try to write the way they'd speak to you in person. When I was in college in the early 80's,the comm II proffesor taught us to write the way we speak. Just learn better words to bring your speach up to par with writing skills. So let's concentrate on folks trying to help other folks & not be a bunch of nazi grammer trolls. Ha,there's a new one. Just tried to imagine what a nazi grammer troll'd look like.

 

[Marauder]

Haha sound advice, and I would not say all "well actually" users are dbags. I have seen you around the forum and seen you use it, and you never came off as an ******* to me lol. But many people who use "well actually" are trying to be, as you so eloquently put it "nazi grammar trolls"

Doesn't seem like something I want to try and picture haha.

 

[unionrdr]

Yeah man,I lol's right after I typed it,imagining hitler as a troll with the mustache,armband,etc. Some do try to come off sounding more intelligent than they really are. But over the course of time one can see from their writing style what the case really is. But,as long as the douchbaggery is held at bay,I guess it's ok to a point.

 

[tennesseean_87]

Haha sound advice, and I would not say all "well actually" users are dbags. I have seen you around the forum and seen you use it, and you never came off as an ******* to me lol. But many people who use "well actually" are trying to be, as you so eloquently put it "nazi grammar trolls"

Doesn't seem like something I want to try and picture haha.

Wait, is there a difference between regular German grammar and Nazi grammar? One of you 'Well, actually...' guys should overflow some knowledge on me.

 

[GrogNerd]

well, actually... there is a difference between High German and Low German

 

[MotorcycleMatt]

Back on topic!!!! My friend said I should name the double ipa I'm going to brew "dick in the dirt ipa" cause that's where it would put him lol

 

[unionrdr]

Sammy hagar song...you're bud must be a fan of van hagar. Didn't hardly hurt one bit...

 

[mgortel]

"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline; it helps if you have some kind of football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer."

- Frank Zappa

 

[robertfraser]

Hahha good point seeing as "Well actually..." Is more often than not followed by some random fact that doesn't even apply that someone pulls out of left field just to sound like they are just overflowingly full of knowledge

Example: hey dude you spelled hopps wrong
"We'll actually originally a tribe in papa new gunie discovered hops in the early 1500s and spelled then as Hopps with two Ps which we later found documented on the Mayan calendar. So technically he didn't spell hops wrong he we referring to the ancient spelling"

I see how this could easily be resolved with a swift kick in the nards

Well, actually, I think the correct term is 'nads.


I also just dislocated my knee trying to kick my self in the "nads" for posting this.

 

[WesleyBrewViking]

Well, actually, I think the correct term is 'nads.


I also just dislocated my knee trying to kick my self in the "nads" for posting this.

Well actually... 'nads is the short form of gonads, the organs responsible for gamete production.

Well actually... 'nads is the short form of gonads, the organs responsible for gamete production.

Well actually, the etymology goes deeper than that:

gonad (n.) 1880, from Modern Latin gonas (plural gonades), coined from Greek gone, gonos "seed, act of generation, race, family," from gignesthai "be born," related to genos "race, birth, descent" (see genus). Related: gonads.

Well actually... I'm just being a d!ck.

Well actually... I'm just being a d!ck.

Well actually the correct term is "Richard"

Well actually the correct term is "Richard"

Well actually...

 

[ProstheticHead]

I've been trying to read this entire thread...whooo...good reading, but I really gotta get back to my life..anyway, I just had an experience that reminded me of this post...

A local liquor store just put taps in and sells growlers. Which is a big deal here(Finally!!!)The owner did a great job getting good beers, Bells, Founders, Sixpoint, etc. Anyways, as me and my friend are discussing with the owner what he would be adding soon, a passerby was asking questions about every single beer..."whats schafly? whats dirty bastard? whats rye beer taste like? But at the same time, he was trying his best to sound knowledgable, as if he'd tried about everything, then he said, whats that Bells Winter Ale like? I mean, I really like Ales, so I'd probably like it." Me and my friend just gave a beer snob smile and let it go

 

[dkwolf]

Well, actually, I think the correct term is 'nads.


I also just dislocated my knee trying to kick my self in the "nads" for posting this.

OT, but have you ever seen someone actually do that? (Kick themselves in the nads, that is)

Had a guy on my floor freshman year of college that figured out one night he could do it. And would, on request.

Which we did often.

Pretty sure he can't breed now. (Which, in retrospect, is probably a good thing.)

Edit to add: The non-knee dislocating trick is, you use the heel of your foot in an upward striking motion. I personally thank all that is good and holy that I am nowhere near flexible enough for an accidental self-inflicted nad kick, but it can be done.

 

[Billybrewer09]

Was at a local restaurant and the owner came out and was sitting with a couple ladies. One of them ordered a schlafly porter. He proceeds to say that it is a very good beer for people that normally drink bud light because it is lager-y.