Funny things you've overheard about beer

[unionrdr]

We used to go there every Friday after work & shopping. Then they past the no smoking law...

 

[jhoneycutt]

I quit smoking 8or 9 years ago but I completely disagree with all the dumb no smoking laws. Let the establishments themselves decide things like that, oh wait...

 

[unionrdr]

I think it was an easy decision for them. It seems to me their fire insurance goes down...

 

[bleme]

Went to Red Robin last night. There is a placard on the table which stated that all 22oz domestic drafts are $4.50, all day, every day. So I order the Widmir Hefeweizen. When the bill comes, I am charged $6.29. It's just not worth arguing about.

 

[DrunkleJon]

Went to Red Robin last night. There is a placard on the table which stated that all 22oz domestic drafts are $4.50, all day, every day. So I order the Widmir Hefeweizen. When the bill comes, I am charged $6.29. It's just not worth arguing about.

It is a shame that "Domestic Draft" has become synonymous with BMC + BMC Light(Lite)

 

[rhoop]

I don't get it. Is it saying you have to go to Canada to get good beer? That you have to go to Canada to find polite people? That you have to go to Canada to find impolite people?

It seems to be an advertisement for something but I can't tell what it is selling or figure who it's market might be.

It's a tongue in cheek joke from a Canadian comedy show. I guess you have to be Canadian to get it.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

It's a tongue in cheek joke from a Canadian comedy show. I guess you have to be Canadian to get it.

the joke about how Americans are rude jerks and we have crappy beer? naw, I get it.

 

[russrob81]

Bob costas

 

[russrob81]

The people who published this





Any other ethnicity and it's racism

Scaphism

 

[russrob81]

The people who published this Any other ethnicity and it's racism Scaphism

Sorry wrong thread

 

[n240sxguy]

Sorry wrong thread

Still funny. I assume that's going in the people I should be able to kill thread.

 

[BeerGrylls]

Um.. Who the hell pays $18.99 for that?

 

[WesleyS]

Um.. Who the hell pays $18.99 for that?

What? You can't redneckognize a good deal when you see one?

 

[ChshreCat]

People who's lives are so sad that they actually look up to reality tv "stars"?

 

[freshhoarse]

the joke about how Americans are rude jerks and we have crappy beer? naw, I get it.

+1 I guess it would be ok if it was actually funny...

 

[Halbrust]

I have a "funny thing you've tasted about beer"!

I helped judge a competition Saturday. Someone entered an oatmeal stout with cascade at 20 minutes. It was very wierd, and not pleasant, smelling grapefruit/citrus while drinking a sweet oatmeal stout.

 

[gcdowd]

Was watching Bar Rescue and the professional drink mixer that was brought in was making cocktails that looked like beer. They were adding some foaming agent and putting the drink into a beer glass to make it look like a beer. Anyway, one of the drinks she made was really light in color, on account of the pineapple juice added. She said "It gives it a nice color similar to a blonde or an ale." I guess all ales are light in color.

 

[amfukuda]

^^ Iv decided that ale is just a buzz word at this point

 

[tennesseean_87]

For BMC marketing, beer is just a buzzword, like hops, taste, etc.

 

[gcdowd]

^^ Iv decided that ale is just a buzz word at this point

Agree with you there. But don't you think that someone who is a professional in the world of alcohol would know at least a little something about beer?

 

[dkwolf]

Agree with you there. But don't you think that someone who is a professional in the world of alcohol would know at least a little something about beer?

How many of us self-proclaimed beer experts are also experts in wine? The "professional" world you're talking about is largely mixed drinks and spirits -- NOT wine and beer. Yes, someone who works in a beer bar is going to know more about the styles, but someone who is trained and specializes in 'mixology' is going to focus on the high-end drinks, and work in an establishment that has maybe a half dozen beers on tap isn't going to spend much time learning about the beers. (keep in mind, those types of establishments consider beer a low-margin product and would rather sell the mixed drinks)

 

[gcdowd]

How many of us self-proclaimed beer experts are also experts in wine? The "professional" world you're talking about is largely mixed drinks and spirits -- NOT wine and beer. Yes, someone who works in a beer bar is going to know more about the styles, but someone who is trained and specializes in 'mixology' is going to focus on the high-end drinks, and work in an establishment that has maybe a half dozen beers on tap isn't going to spend much time learning about the beers. (keep in mind, those types of establishments consider beer a low-margin product and would rather sell the mixed drinks)

Touche my good sir.

 

[ChshreCat]

How many of us self-proclaimed beer experts are also experts in wine? The "professional" world you're talking about is largely mixed drinks and spirits -- NOT wine and beer. Yes, someone who works in a beer bar is going to know more about the styles, but someone who is trained and specializes in 'mixology' is going to focus on the high-end drinks, and work in an establishment that has maybe a half dozen beers on tap isn't going to spend much time learning about the beers. (keep in mind, those types of establishments consider beer a low-margin product and would rather sell the mixed drinks)

See, I see it the other way. If you're working somewhere and there's only ever a half-dozen beers on tap, it should be pretty easy to know what they are when someone asks. Most places I go into has people that can at least tell me "Oh, that's a stout" if I'm not familiar with that. If the person they're talking to doesn't know what that is, then I don't expect her to be able to explain what a stout is. Just give me the basic information about what you're trying to sell me.

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

I'm with ChshreCat on this one.
I don't know all there is to know about wine (or beer for that matter), but if I'm going to draw a comparison I should probably know what I'm comparing.

When I brought some homebrew to my family for the first time, I left a few bottles alone with the old man for an hour or so. When I came back I saw he had a few empties sitting beside him but I didn't see a glass. His response when I told him he probably should have poured it into a glass was "Yeah I thought it tasted a bit funny at the end."
The funny part is he's a winemaker, so he should have known sediment to be a bad thing :smack:

 

[mcspanner]

Of course there is the possibility that it was either a slip of the tongue and she meant to say pale ale. Or even that she'd tried to say pale ale a number of times but kept getting tongue tied and a producer, under pressure and keen to get the piece wrapped up and move on said, "look, just leave it at ale"

It's not like I've never missed a word out of a in error.

 

[gometz]

I saw that episode and I think she actually said "like a blonde ale"

 

[ChshreCat]

I was referring more to the servers who don't know what they're serving.

 

[gcdowd]

I saw that episode and I think she actually said "like a blonde ale"

I thought that at first but I re-wound it several times. She said like a blonde OR an ale.

 

[Keith66]

...but I re-wound it several times.

And you think SHE'S the one with the problem?!

 

[gcdowd]

And you think SHE'S the one with the problem?!

Haha, had to make sure I heard it right