Funny things you've overheard about beer

[emjay]

Had a pt yesterday going to a psych facility. Cool guy was a leukaemia pt also said he hadn't had friends to his house for awhile because he can't drink more than 2 beers. So we got into a beer discussion. He was a BMC drinker which is fine. Then asked if I had heard of pumpkin beer. I said yes I plan to brew one this year. He had never heard of that until his brother told him about it a few weeks ago. No problem. He then goes on to claim Budweiser is "too bitter" for him.

Now why you gotta make fun of a dude with cancer? For shame. :cross:

 

[bergen69]

Well actually, some of is can take a joke.

Saying "nobody" is inaccurate, generalizations are always wrong.

Never say always

 

[DrunkleJon]

My mother on learning that I homebrew.

"Your Grandfather used to make his own wine. He would collect grapes and berries, make the juice out of them then after a couple weeks decide it was done and add some vodka to it before corking. I think there are still a few bottles of it around here."

Homemade fortified wine or was he bottling mixed drinks?

 

[bleme]

My father in law has tons of stories of his dad making beer and then adding a bottle of vodka to it to give it "some kick". I guess that used to be fairly common.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

My father in law has tons of stories of his dad making beer and then adding a bottle of vodka to it to give it "some kick". I guess that used to be fairly common.

my grandpa used to add vodka or everclear to each bottle for that kick.

 

[unionrdr]

My grandma used to make sour mash keg charred moon. clear & smooth. She was good. Even her sour cherry wine was tasty,but strong. She'd keep refilling your 16oz glass with more cherry wine. but go out for one beer,she'd freek out about how you're gunna get drunk!...

 

[Raenon]

I brewed a pilsner a while back, and one of my friends a BMC drinker said "It's good but it taste to aleish for me though". I could've snorted. I didn't bother to explain.

"Well, actually..."

A pilsner is a lager- so if it's "too ale-ish", perhaps you didn't keep your temps under control?

Oh, right... everyone posting in this thread makes perfect-to-style beer each and every time.

I always forget.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

"Well, actually..."

A pilsner is a lager- so if it's "too ale-ish", perhaps you didn't keep your temps under control?

Oh, right... everyone posting in this thread makes perfect-to-style beer each and every time.

I always forget.

well, yeah. don't you?

 

[BreezyBrew]

Was watching the movie Cocktail today and he aluded to the beer being bad at Pat's place because he served "flat beer from rusty pipes".

 

[rockbasementbeer]

A buddy of mine said he wanted to make a HB version of budweiser because "all those craft beers are too dark". I may need to educate this man on good beer..

 

[whitehause]

A buddy of mine said he wanted to make a HB version of budweiser because "all those craft beers are too dark". I may need to educate this man on good beer..

Yes you should. If he wants Bud, tell him to just go buy a case.

The commercial fizzy beers are actually one of the hardest to clone. Not impossible, but pretty tough. They need to be super clean because they have little flavor to mask ANY mistake in the brewing process.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

My lovely m-i-l has been trying so hard to continue to engage and let me know that she cares about me, and thus cares about my hobbies. The other day she said "I just had a craft beer the other day! Its called I think 'Blue Moon'!"

I explained, very carefully that it was produced by the big boys but it definitely doesnt taste like the same old same old. She said she really liked it. Maybe Ill bring her some and some craft White and see which one she likes better.

 

[Safa]

My girlfriends mom (might as well be MIL) has bought me a number of brewing books as gifts. I couldn't ask for more!

Took a milk stout to a friends place, he told me it was "too strong" for him. It wasn't very roasty at all (its a milk stout!) so I dont think he meant that, and at only 5% it wasn't too potent. The next week we went out for a beer and he ordered beer after beer of Victory Golden Monkey, which at 9.5% you can TASTE the alcohol! At least he doesn't like BMC....

Oh, and he likes my other stuff. As long as what they try isn't jet black I seem to have a pretty good time with non craft drinkers.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

I still never understand what people mean by "too strong" when they try stout. There has to be some flavor they are refering to but just cant articulate.

 

[Malty_Dog]

I have a friend - great guy, loves to drink craft brews. He's a bit odd though. Very much into hoppy flavors, to the point of being kind of a self-described beer snob. If something literally doesn't remove the enamel from your teeth its not hoppy enough. He was describing some amazing IPA he had recently, only this one was extra special cause "it also had malt in it". I'm 99% sure he meant the ingredient, not the flavor, but I didn't pursue it any further.

 

[gcdowd]

I still never understand what people mean by "too strong" when they try stout. There has to be some flavor they are refering to but just cant articulate.

My guess is they are referring to the roastiness. It's like someone who doesn't drink coffee and tries a cup. Bitter...astringent...

 

[Clonefan94]

I still never understand what people mean by "too strong" when they try stout. There has to be some flavor they are refering to but just cant articulate.

I think it's just how humans use sight so much when it comes to taste. People see the color and expect a certain taste. So no matter what it really tastes like, it's always, "Too Strong" "Too Bitter" and the one I get a lot, "Too Thick" I have a nut brown that I had on tap that was a fairly low gravity, low alcohol beer, with a faily mild hoppiness. Of the other two on Tap, an Amber and an IPA, aside from the color, the brown was easily the closest to BMC of the three. At least as far as being meant to be a mild, every day drinker. Yet all my BMC friends said the same think, "Too Strong" and one even said "Too Thick" yet they were all happily drinking the IPA that's up around 6.5% ABV.

I'm sure, in a blind taste test, literally, with their eyes covered. All the BMC guys would choose the nut brown.

 

[JoeyChopps]

I don't understand the color being the problem. Americans pound down gallons of coke and Pepsi but hand them a stout or a porter and its like your asking them to drink battery acid. Weird.

 

[emjay]

My guess is they are referring to the roastiness. It's like someone who doesn't drink coffee and tries a cup. Bitter...astringent...

IMO/E, I'd have to say "acrid"; that harsh, burnt character that is contributed by the darkest grains (ie significantly darker than even chocolate malt), especially roasted barley. What many people mistakenly call "astringent" - which isn't actually even a flavor or taste, but rather a sensation/mouthfeel

 

[BeastMaster]

My lovely m-i-l has been trying so hard to continue to engage and let me know that she cares about me, and thus cares about my hobbies. The other day she said "I just had a craft beer the other day! Its called I think 'Blue Moon'!"

I explained, very carefully that it was produced by the big boys but it definitely doesnt taste like the same old same old. She said she really liked it. Maybe Ill bring her some and some craft White and see which one she likes better.

My mom was a big Blue Moon fan and she loves the Allagash White now.

 

[ChshreCat]

My guess is they are referring to the roastiness. It's like someone who doesn't drink coffee and tries a cup. Bitter...astringent...

My assumption is they're referring to the fact that they can taste something when they drink the beer.

 

[gcdowd]

My assumption is they're referring to the fact that they can taste something when they drink the beer.

This beer has taste? Do not like!

 

[malweth]

My mom was a big Blue Moon fan and she loves the Allagash White now.

Try them both on Hitachino White. It's my favorite wit.

 

[loetz]

...pound down gallons of coke and Pepsi

I think I would like to see this.

 

[Halbrust]

I don't understand the color being the problem. Americans pound down gallons of coke and Pepsi but hand them a stout or a porter and its like your asking them to drink battery acid. Weird.

I think I would like to see this.

"Gallons" - 2 gallons is less than 8 liters, or four 2 liter bottles
Not sure of the definition of "pounding"

But I can personally guarantee you that a fat soda drinker can go through four two liter bottles in the span of an afternoon.

 

[JoeyChopps]

I meant gallons a year. But I do know some people I work with that drink over a gallon of soda a day.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Is it even healthy to drink a gallon of WATER a day?

 

[dkwolf]

Is it even healthy to drink a gallon of WATER a day?

The "standard" recommendation of eight 16 oz glasses of water a day equals a gallon.

Back when I worked on a construction crew, I routinely drank 2 gallons during a 9 hour work day. On especially hot or hard-working days, it wasn't out of the question to drink 3-4 gallons. And then drank more when I got home.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

My hypothesis, it is shattered

 

[Vellum]

A discussion my wife and I had yesterday...
Wife: you haven't been drinking very much beer lately.
Me: I just had knee surgery and my activity level is way down since last October (when knee injury occurred)
Wife: that doesn't explain why you haven't been drinking...
Me: I'm trying to not resemble my 15 gallon brew kettle!

Might not be that funny but it was at the time.