Funny things you've overheard about beer

[thejuanald]

If it's Gillian's Island, gingers makes sense... but if that Duchovny guy shows up, I'm out.



LOL. How rude and understandable! I think I'd have done the same thing... though at the big family party I brought mine to I kept my smile and nod face on. ("This stout is really... stouty")

Yeah and because of that, my family found out I homebrew. I am afraid to give them anything I make now. I will never give them an imperial stout, ipa/dipa, strong ale, or barleywine. That's for sure.

I think I learned that lesson a long time ago when I brought some bombers of three Floyd's Dreadnaught to a Christmas gathering and everyone in the family wanted to taste and everyone hated it and went back to drinking they bud light limes. My mom even said "that's too skunky" as she proceeded to drink a corona. Never doing that again haha.

 

[tsl346]

My neighbor saw me brewing yesterday
Neighbor: You making moonshine?
Me: Nope, making some beer.
Neighbor: Wow, sounds like some good ol' Duke's of Hazard. Don't get caught.

 

[b-boy]

Jeanie!

Well if we're going there i'd have to say either Batgirl or Catwoman (Julie Newmar).

 

[mattd2]

http://chartsbin.com/view/1156

Since Americans have a higher fat intake, on average, than Germans... their beer must follow suit.

"We" have had a discussion on probability... how about logic?

This whole thread flies in the face of logic

 

[Ryush806]

http://chartsbin.com/view/1156

Since Americans have a higher fat intake, on average, than Germans... their beer must follow suit.

"We" have had a discussion on probability... how about logic?

That map is neat. You can almost gauge a country's prosperity based on its fat intake with a few exceptions like Germany and Japan. And we Americans are just fat lards. (As I suck down a strawberry malt...)

 

[rockbasementbeer]

My neighbor saw me brewing yesterday
Neighbor: You making moonshine?
Me: Nope, making some beer.
Neighbor: Wow, sounds like some good ol' Duke's of Hazard. Don't get caught.

I hear kind of comment all the time when i brew outside

 

[MustBeZ]

I hear kind of comment all the time when i brew outside

I brewed a hefe this Saturday and had one couple walk by and say I shouldn't be cooking meth on my driveway. A lady also drove by slowly and took a picture with her phone. I was fully expecting the cops to show up but they never did.

 

[mattd2]

I brewed a hefe this Saturday and had one couple walk by and say I shouldn't be cooking meth on my driveway and a lady drive by slowly and take a picture with her phone. I was fully expecting the cops to show up but they never did.

Wow, what kind of person tells a meth cook that he should not be doing that in his driveway... and then just walks off. Will no one think of the children!

 

[Catfish78]

I brewed a hefe this Saturday and had one couple walk by and say I shouldn't be cooking meth on my driveway and a lady drive by slowly and take a picture with her phone. I was fully expecting the cops to show up but they never did.

I know that people cooking meth aren't the smartest of individuals but you would think that if you were cooking meth, you wouldn't do it in your driveway for all to see. Call me crazy, but if I was cooking meth it would be well away from the eyes of the public.

 

[BreezyBrew]

It seems as the most ignorant voice is always the loudest.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

My neighbor saw me brewing yesterday
Neighbor: You making moonshine?
Me: Nope, making some beer.
Neighbor: Wow, sounds like some good ol' Duke's of Hazard. Don't get caught.

I hope he is really pleasant and kind to make up for the fact that he's dumb as a stump.

 

[bobmcstuff]

Took a few bottles of my Rye-PA down to a little uni reunion last weekend. One of my mates said "this tastes like Old Peculier" (famous Theakston's beer). I have to give the guy some credit for always trying beers at my suggestion, but taking a 7.5% IPA made with CaraRye and a sh*tload of Cascade, and making a direct comparison between that and a 5.6% black beer (almost a porter) made with Fuggles was a bit of a facepalm moment for me.

I can see that the cara rye gives quite a spicy, malty body and Old Peculier has quite a body too, but they're not even similar. I think that was just the only "bigger" beer he could name.

 

[Raenon]

I brewed a hefe this Saturday and had one couple walk by and say I shouldn't be cooking meth on my driveway and a lady drive by slowly and take a picture with her phone. I was fully expecting the cops to show up but they never did.

Most people only know of the items needs for cooking meth from Breaking Bad...
What's especially galling there, is the the DEA agent in the show is, himself, a homebrewer.
Too bad the show has never had someone yell at him "Looks like you're cooking meth!" and have him correct the stupid.

 

[rawlus]

Saw an hour long video of Sam Calagione when he was doing a presentation at Google. He made th claim that Dog Fish Head doesn't advertise.

Bull****.

He's doing interviews, took part in a reality TV show, wrote a (very hohum) book, promoted said book, was in a beer documentary movie, have a company run YouTube channel with almost a million views. Etc etc.

Wtf do you call that? I call it promotion and advertising.

Stone's Greg Koch makes the same claim. I guess unless you sponsor a nascar team you haven't advertised.

Somehow advertising is bad. Sam Adams isn't the #3 brewing company in America and the largest American owned brewery in America because their beer is so good. They advertise.

Typically when you say you don't advertise, you mean you don't buy media.
Of course there are a number of other marketing vehicles from PR to thought leadership, to grassroots, to promotion, to sponsorships, to social marketing, to retail marketing... There are not typically considered advertising in the marketing world... Advertising is defining a budget for the purpose of creating artifacts and for purchasing space or media, billboards, magazines, television, radio, blimps, ballpark signs, etc.

Many small companies do not advertise, but that does not mean they do not promote themselves in other ways. Often the cost of entry to advertise effectively requires massive investments in media, which has to be rationalized against the value/benefit. It makes sense for BMC to advertise because they are available everywhere. And large media buys are sometimes more about branding initiatives whereas other marketing activities are perhaps more tactical.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

today: "do you ever make N/A beer?"
"no."
"Oh, you don't know how." (stated, not questioned)
"I can, but why would I ruin a perfectly great beer?"
"(blank look)"
"(wtf are you staring at look)"
"oh"

 

[croakerj]

Why don't you try to brew a Miller lite?
I told the guy I brew crap all the time.

 

[hunter_le five]

Why don't you try to brew a Miller lite?

I make Miller Lite first thing every morning when I get up....

 

[croakerj]

I pee what appears to be some sort of lager but it smells like Mexican food.

 

[day_trippr]

today: "do you ever make N/A beer?"
"no."
"Oh, you don't know how." (stated, not questioned)
"I can, but why would I ruin a perfectly great beer?"
"(blank look)"
"(wtf are you staring at look)"
"oh"

Hilarious. I can just imagine the whole exchange :cross:

Cheers!

 

[rhoop]

The project manager on a job site I'm working on heard I brewed beer. He proceeded to tell me how when he was tree planting, the natives showed him how to mix sugar and water in a 5 gallon bucket, add bread yeast, and put it in the sun for a week. Then you can scoop it right out of the bucket. In his words, "I had a couple shots and was messed right up! It had more alcohol than moonshine does!" I laughed, and didn't tell him I was laughing at him.

 

[JBOGAN]

A co-worker asked me about my home brewing and about the ABV on some of them in which i responded back.At the time I a had a Hefe that was ready for drinking and he asked"What does that taste like compared to Bud or Miller?"How do you tell a man he has ate cube steak all his life what a NY Strip taste like?..I wanted to laugh but all i felt was pity.

 

[JBOGAN]

A co-worker asked me about my home brewing and about the ABV on some of them in which i responded back.At the time I a had a Hefe that was ready for drinking and he asked"What does that taste like compared to Bud or Miller?"How do you tell a man who has loved cube steak all his life what a NY Strip taste like?..I wanted to laugh but all i felt was pity.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Im not trying to call you out but there are a whole lot of adjectives you could have used that he would understand. The guy was trying to engage you about your hobby, which was just good manners on his part.

The real pity was that you make no mention of offering him some so he could see for himself...

 

[JBOGAN]

To be honest you were trying to call me out.I have and will continue to tell him about home brewing but he drinks to get drunk and has tried craft beer and does not like it.Why would i waste my beer or time when he has no real interest in drinking any of it?He is not a bad guy but the question just struck me off guard.

Trust me,telling people about my hobby(passion) is a great joy but i refuse to get on a soap box or go out of my way to change a 55 year old man.Was this thread not about funny things you have overheard?

 

[xtian116]

My mon said homebrew is bad for you because of the yeast. She said they don't use yeast to make 'real' beer. So I asked how it's made, she said they just add alcohol to it.

 

[MedicMang]

To be honest you were trying to call me out.I have and will continue to tell him about home brewing but he drinks to get drunk and has tried craft beer and does not like it.Why would i waste my beer or time when he has no real interest in drinking any of it?He is not a bad guy but the question just struck me off guard.

Trust me,telling people about my hobby(passion) is a great joy but i refuse to get on a soap box or go out of my way to change a 55 year old man.Was this thread not about funny things you have overheard?

I do have to agree with you. I work for a fire dept. We are all good friends. They all ask about what I'm doing currently and some people enjoy my products. I do get frustrated when I gave a couple people a simple pale ale and when I asked if they liked it, they say "Well it ain't no bud light. That's all I drink. Yours almost had TOO much flavor and was heavy." I understand people have different palates and such, but he then went on to ask if he could try the robust porter I just made. I gave him one. Guess what. He didn't like it. I don't waste my beer on people like that anymore. They can never bring me my bottles back either.

 

[ChshreCat]

I have a choice few friends that I really share many of my beers with. Many of them just don't have a palate for anything more than BMC and that's all they really enjoy so why waste my beers and make them drink something they don't really like anyway. Some of them do go crazy for a good cider though so that's always an avenue to try if you're wanting to give them something they'll like.

 

[mattd2]

A co-worker asked me about my home brewing and about the ABV on some of them in which i responded back.At the time I a had a Hefe that was ready for drinking and he asked"What does that taste like compared to Bud or Miller?"How do you tell a man he has ate cube steak all his life what a NY Strip taste like?..I wanted to laugh but all i felt was pity.

How do you tell a man he has ate cube steak all his life what a NY Strip taste like?..
Sounds like you had a good comparison right there

 

[JBOGAN]

Palate is the hard liner.If you want to get drunk go buy a cheap case of swill.Secret is,I can spend just as much and buy a beer with tons of flavor and double the abv and get just as sh!t faced but I do not have to.BMC is the equivalent of believing everything you hear or see and no one or thing to tell you different.It is not my job or anyones job to turn someone on to good beer it is a personal journey.

 

[ChshreCat]

Palate is the hard liner.If you want to get drunk go buy a cheap case of swill.Secret is,I can spend just as much and buy a beer with tons of flavor and double the abv and get just as sh!t faced but I do not have to.BMC is the equivalent of believing everything you hear or see and no one or thing to tell you different.It is not my job or anyones job to turn someone on to good beer it is a personal journey.

Exactly. I stumbled into it through total ignorance. They can do the same. I went out somewhere I hadn't been before and ordered a Coors Light.
"We don't have Coors Light."
"Ok. Just bring me something like a Coors Light."
They brought me a Mirror Pond. It was pretty good.
Next time I was out at my own place I asked if they had Mirror Pond. They didn't. "So, bring me something like a Mirror Pond."
They gave me a Mac & Jack's African Amber.

It went on like that for a while until I started to learn about real beer.