Funny things you've overheard about beer

[CreamyGoodness]

Im officially letting an opportunity to mention fruit pie go.

 

[GrogNerd]

Im officially letting an opportunity to mention fruit pie go.

I knew you would remember. I went looking for that thread, looks like it got deleted.

now, if some homebrewer came up to me and said, "here's a English pale ale that I threw into secondary with some apricots" I would absolutely try it out.

different story when I'm paying for a pint.

I'll keep trying fruit beers, maybe I'll run into one that I like. (isn't this the definition of insanity?)

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Personally I like #9. Its not my favorite, but I like it. I didnt know they used actual fruit... I thought it was a flavor note from the fermentation process/yeast.

 

[GrogNerd]

whatever hops/yeast combination that could yield it, it is a helluva flavor note.

Total Wine says it's an APA, Beer Advocate puts it in the fruits & veggies section and BJCP lists it as an example of Category 20 — Fruit Beer

 

[drives_a_bike]

Not to be the grammar/spelling Nazi, but your spelling of Yuengling reminded me of a story about myself. Yuengling wasn't available near me until a couple years ago. In my early drinking days, I'd hear people talking about it and think, "Yingling? Is that Chinese?"

Haha...right after I typed that, I thought, "I don't think that's how that's spelled". Only had it that one time. I knew that it wasn't an Asian beer though.

 

[JimmytheGeek]

"Magic Hat #9 - English Pale Ale".

I've never had one. I tried it.

egads, I'm going to sue someone

I wasn't crazy about it either. My local supermarket had it & I thought I'd try it because it was one of the only choices on the shelf with pry-off caps, and I needed a few more bottles...

Once bitten twice shy I guess.

 

[biochemedic]

#9 is actually pretty good mixed black-and-tan style with Guinness...

But anyway, I actually had another funny beer comment overheard the other day. Beer came up as a topic, and this guy told me, "I only drink *good* beer...Bud Light Platinum!" (Heavy verbal emphasis on the Platinum...)

 

[unionrdr]

#9 is actually pretty good mixed black-and-tan style with Guinness...

But anyway, I actually had another funny beer comment overheard the other day. Beer came up as a topic, and this guy told me, "I only drink *good* beer...Bud Light Platinum!" (Heavy verbal emphasis on the Platinum...)

:smack:

 

[WesleyS]

#9 is actually pretty good mixed black-and-tan style with Guinness...

But anyway, I actually had another funny beer comment overheard the other day. Beer came up as a topic, and this guy told me, "I only drink *good* beer...Bud Light Platinum!" (Heavy verbal emphasis on the Platinum...)

It has the word platinum in it, so you know it has to be good stuff.

 

[homebrewdad]

I'll keep trying fruit beers, maybe I'll run into one that I like. (isn't this the definition of insanity?)

Sounds like me and IPAs. I keep trying them, since I know that the cool kids all like IPAs. I've found one or two that I dislike less, but seeing as how I don't care for bitter, I just can't seem to find one that I like. Not surprising, since pale ales are not my favorite.

But I keep trying them.

 

[unionrdr]

Too bad those blue bottles are twisties. That'd be one redeeming quality...

 

[GrogNerd]

I think this counts as a funny thing overheard about beer:

"this time we're going to see it through to the bitter end. or the lager end."

http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/exclusive-the-world-s-end-trailer/2t5faj5e

 

[bleme]

Sounds like me and IPAs. I keep trying them, since I know that the cool kids all like IPAs. I've found one or two that I dislike less, but seeing as how I don't care for bitter, I just can't seem to find one that I like. Not surprising, since pale ales are not my favorite.

But I keep trying them.

Best IPA that I've tried (for my palette) is the Stone 16th Anniversary IPA. I also liked Bear Republic Racer 5.

Not a fan of SN IPA, Torpedo, Lagunitas IPA, Stone IPA, Arrogant Bastard, etc.

 

[drakerebel]

I heard last night a guy say "the more it tastes like water, the better it is". I thought "buy an aquafina then u goof"...had to chuckle I guess.

 

[catdaddy66]

Holy crap. The stuff people spout... SMH ^^^^^^^

 

[drainbamage]

Sounds like me and IPAs. I keep trying them, since I know that the cool kids all like IPAs. I've found one or two that I dislike less, but seeing as how I don't care for bitter, I just can't seem to find one that I like. Not surprising, since pale ales are not my favorite.

But I keep trying them.

My wife also can't stand IPAs, except Bell's Two-Hearted. That's the only one she likes. Might be a place to start.

 

[Keith66]

Sounds like me and IPAs. I keep trying them, since I know that the cool kids all like IPAs. I've found one or two that I dislike less, but seeing as how I don't care for bitter, I just can't seem to find one that I like. Not surprising, since pale ales are not my favorite.

But I keep trying them.

+1 Your are not alone. Every time I taste a bitter beer I think of the old guy with the scrunched up face in Keystone's "Just say no to bitter-beer-face" commercials years ago.

 

[Leadgolem]

 

[mtnagel]

My wife also can't stand IPAs, except Bell's Two-Hearted. That's the only one she likes. Might be a place to start.

+1 That was my gateway IPA as well. Harpoon IPA is also a very low bitterness IPA.

 

[Spinrathen]

Two hearted is amazing when it's fresh much like most ipas. It holds up worse than most with any age past a month and a half though. I think that is why a lot of people who don't like ipas think they like two hearted.

 

[bovineblitz]

My wife also can't stand IPAs, except Bell's Two-Hearted. That's the only one she likes. Might be a place to start.

She'd probably like double IPAs then. Bell's is quite malty, it reminds me of Dogfish 90. Lots of people prefer double IPAs before standard IPAs because they're more balanced, then the palate wreckage commences.

 

[Keith66]

+1 Your are not alone. Every time I taste a bitter beer I think of the old guy with the scrunched up face in Keystone's "Just say no to bitter-beer-face" commercials years ago.

Here's the original Keystone Bitter Beer Face commercial. The can should say IPA instead of BITTER BEER.

 

[gcdowd]

Here's the original Keystone Bitter Beer Face commercial. The can should say IPA instead of BITTER BEER.

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOP5PBIghhc

Haha I remember this commercial from my youth. I just saw the little fine print that says "Based on IBU Bitterness rating points." Haha, if I had noticed that as a kid I would have been like Wtf.

 

[1fast636]

Here's the original Keystone Bitter Beer Face commercial. The can should say IPA instead of BITTER BEER.

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOP5PBIghhc

Lol I never noticed the fine print before lol I remember them from back when I was young lol

 

[drainbamage]

She'd probably like double IPAs then. Bell's is quite malty, it reminds me of Dogfish 90. Lots of people prefer double IPAs before standard IPAs because they're more balanced, then the palate wreckage commences.

I've had her try a few...90 min, Hopslam, I don't remember what else. Nothing else has appealed yet. Oh well, it's a start.

 

[unionrdr]

Maybe they shoulda played surfin' bird by the trashmen at that point of the commercial?! Reminded me of the guy on Ghoulardi...:rockin:

 

[rockbasementbeer]

After telling someone that I was brewing a farmhouse IPA next I got the response: "Oh, what kind of farm do you live on?" :smack:

 

[markm2151]

So, this isn't funny, just annoying:


I'm sitting at the bar waiting to order, and the guy next to me orders a bud light and a "lager." Yes, I know this means yuengling, but to me, it sound like the dumbest thing you could say at the bar, outside of "I'll take a liquor."

Had he come into the place I bartend, I would have told him to figure out what he wants then come back.

 

[mikeysab]

This one was slightly funny when it happened, but funnier later. Theres a distributor by me that sells mostly BMC and soda, but recently started selling some craftier beers and good imports. I never had Shiner bock so i grabbed a six pack and continued looking. The kid that works there says to his co worker "Yo dawg, have you ever tried Shiner bock? It's mad expensive, but that sh!t tastes just like michelob ultra". I almost put it back but figured everyone has their own tastes so i'll give it a shot. After tasting it when i got home, it became even funnier.

 

[Raenon]

So, this isn't funny, just annoying:

I'm sitting at the bar waiting to order, and the guy next to me orders a bud light and a "lager." Yes, I know this means yuengling, but to me, it sound like the dumbest thing you could say at the bar, outside of "I'll take a liquor."

Had he come into the place I bartend, I would have told him to figure out what he wants then come back.

The fact that "Lager" means Yuengling in its home market is a credit to the fact that its so popular, its the default.

That might piss you off, but ignoring it or acting like its wrong just because its not your favorite seems silly.