Funny things you've overheard about beer

[Leadgolem]

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

Well, yes.

 

[Keith66]

Well, yes.

I was just picturing gcdowd with his TV volume cranked way up replaying a one second clip of Bar Rescue over and over intensely focused on seeing and hearing exactly what some barmaid said just so he could post it here. Just a funny visual.

 

[GrogNerd]

I was just picturing gcdowd with his TV volume cranked way up replaying a one second clip of Bar Rescue over and over intensely focused on seeing and hearing exactly what some barmaid said just so he could post it here. Just a funny visual.

we have adjustable "skip" and "replay" buttons on our remote set to jump ahead 30 seconds and jump back 10 just for this purpose

 

[gcdowd]

I was just picturing gcdowd with his TV volume cranked way up replaying a one second clip of Bar Rescue over and over intensely focused on seeing and hearing exactly what some barmaid said just so he could post it here. Just a funny visual.

Haha, pretty much what I did. My wife was looking at me like I was a psycho

Edit: At which point I had to point out the error to her, which she responded by calling me a dork.

 

[Keith66]

Haha, pretty much what I did. My wife was looking at me like I was a psycho

Edit: At which point I had to point out the error to her, which she responded by calling me a dork.

Exactly my point. I think the barmaid's mistake is somewhat overshadowed by the length to which you went to investigate it. I get called a dork on a regular basis for equally absurd reasons.

we have adjustable "skip" and "replay" buttons on our remote set to jump ahead 30 seconds and jump back 10 just for this purpose

I don't even have a TV. (but I do have a remote)

 

[gcdowd]

My immediate thought when I first heard it was "Yay, I can put this in the funny things you heard about beer thread".

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

She said "It gives it a nice color similar to a blonde or an ale." I guess all ales are light in color.

Why yes. Yes they are

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Haha, pretty much what I did. My wife was looking at me like I was a psycho

Edit: At which point I had to point out the error to her, which she responded by calling me a dork.

this, my beer dork friend, is why you're a nerd. :rockin:

 

[wailingguitar]

A number of years ago, when I lived in Birmingham, AL, I had a buddy names Ray who was from England. Huge beer fan, not surprisingly. He went to this place in town that CLAIMED to be an Irish Pub... wish I had known he was going, would have warned him off! Anyway, he and his wife go in and sit down, this little blonde waitress comes to take the drink order. He, understandably, asked for Guinness. The waitress looked at him like he was from Mars;

W- "What is that? I don't know what that is."

Ray- "It's an Irish beer, this is an Irish pub, right? Maybe you should ask your manager..."

waitress went off and was gone for some time... returned looking just as perplexed as before...

W- "The manager said we don't have any Genius here."

Ray- "That, my dear, is abundantly obvious..."

 

[amfukuda]

A number of years ago, when I lived in Birmingham, AL, I had a buddy names Ray who was from England. Huge beer fan, not surprisingly. He went to this place in town that CLAIMED to be an Irish Pub... wish I had known he was going, would have warned him off! Anyway, he and his wife go in and sit down, this little blonde waitress comes to take the drink order. He, understandably, asked for Guinness. The waitress looked at him like he was from Mars;

W- "What is that? I don't know what that is."

Ray- "It's an Irish beer, this is an Irish pub, right? Maybe you should ask your manager..."

waitress went off and was gone for some time... returned looking just as perplexed as before...

W- "The manager said we don't have any Genius here."

Ray- "That, my dear, is abundantly obvious..."

I can't even fathom that

 

[Keith66]

There's an "Irish Pub" down the road from me. It's redneck enough around here I dare not try it for the same reason. BMC, I'm sure, maybe SN Pale Ale at best. And BMC does not mean Beamish, Murphy's, C...?

 

[beaksnbeer]

All this Irish Pub talk brought back an old story a friend told me back in the late 80's. (He had family in Ireland so went there every 1-2 years)

He stopped at an Irish Pub somewhere in the Mid-South called O'Murphy's (It's an Irish joke I guess) He asks the woman behind the bar for an Irish beer. She replied don't be surprised that it's not green they only do that for St. Patty's Day.

 

[mcspanner]

There's an "Irish Pub" down the road from me. It's redneck enough around here I dare not try it for the same reason. BMC, I'm sure, maybe SN Pale Ale at best. And BMC does not mean Beamish, Murphy's, C...?

Caffreys?

 

[mpride1911]

There's an "Irish Pub" down the road from me. It's redneck enough around here I dare not try it for the same reason. BMC, I'm sure, maybe SN Pale Ale at best. And BMC does not mean Beamish, Murphy's, C...?

Not sure, but Beamish and Murphys are both from Cork, so that could count........maybe

 

[Keith66]

Caffreys?

I'll take it, thanks.

 

[Fizzycist]

Last night I went to a new-sh restaurant in town with SWMBO and some friends. It was marketed as slightly fancy, full bar, large wine/beer selection, interesting cocktails, etc.

Server: What can I bring you to drink?
Me: What kind of beer do you have?
Server: Bud, Bud light, coors, coors light, ( kinda trails off)
Me: What do you have for craft beers?
Server: What does that mean?
Me: Well, anything that's not bud, miller coors.
Server: (looking increasingly awkward) You mean like blue moon?
Me: Getting closer! (trying not to be an a$$)
Wife orders margherita, other orders going around.
Server: (back to me) Well, we have chick beer.
Me: Huh?
Server: Yeah, chick beer.
Me: You mean, like, Zima or Bacardi Silver or something?
Server: Oh, we have 7 beers on tap!
Me: Er, ok, what are those?

She pulls out a pad of paper and lists off a few genuine craft beers, more than half of which are actually from local breweries. I get a DIPA from a local brewery, my friend gets a "Hazelnut Beer" (nut brown, maybe?) from another local brewery which tastes exactly like the buttered popcorn jelly beans. Kinda crazy, but interesting/tasty. It was just a bit of an ordeal to actually find a nice, if small, selection.

After dinner I asked her to bring me a chick beer, just to see what she was referring to. This is what she brings.

A "Premium Light Beer" from Chick Brewing, marketed to... well, chicks.

http://chickbeer.com

 

[wailingguitar]

Last night I went to a new-sh restaurant in town with SWMBO and some friends. It was marketed as slightly fancy, full bar, large wine/beer selection, interesting cocktails, etc.

Server: What can I bring you to drink?
Me: What kind of beer do you have?
Server: Bud, Bud light, coors, coors light, ( kinda trails off)
Me: What do you have for craft beers?
Server: What does that mean?
Me: Well, anything that's not bud, miller coors.
Server: (looking increasingly awkward) You mean like blue moon?
Me: Getting closer! (trying not to be an a$$)
Wife orders margherita, other orders going around.
Server: (back to me) Well, we have chick beer.
Me: Huh?
Server: Yeah, chick beer.
Me: You mean, like, Zima or Bacardi Silver or something?
Server: Oh, we have 7 beers on tap!
Me: Er, ok, what are those?

She pulls out a pad of paper and lists off a few genuine craft beers, more than half of which are actually from local breweries. I get a DIPA from a local brewery, my friend gets a "Hazelnut Beer" (nut brown, maybe?) from another local brewery which tastes exactly like the buttered popcorn jelly beans. Kinda crazy, but interesting/tasty. It was just a bit of an ordeal to actually find a nice, if small, selection.

After dinner I asked her to bring me a chick beer, just to see what she was referring to. This is what she brings.

A "Premium Light Beer" from Chick Brewing, marketed to... well, chicks.

http://chickbeer.com

Well actually.... LOL

All BMC could be considered 'chick beer' since recipes got progressively lighter during WWII in part, but not exclusively because, the lighter beers appealed to the workforce at the time... those lighter beers were also shipped overseas to the troops, who got used to them (better light beer than no beer) and they just stuck after the war and shortages had ended

 

[nukebrewer]

I just started working at a package store a few weeks ago and I've had some, we'll call them interesting, comments come my way. One chick asks me for a light, high abv (over 7% she tells me) that's not bitter. I have no idea what to tell her, but in the end I sold her a sixer of Spaten Optimator, haha. Another guy I talked to yesterday was actually pretty into craft beer, but he lost a lot of cred with me when he said, "I only drink beer that's over 7% ABV. If it's not over 7% it just doesn't taste like brew to me." Similarly, the second day I was working there a guy asked me what the ABV was on a fruit lambic and when I told him it was pretty low he said, "Yeah, I like fruit beer but I'm not paying $11 for a low ABV beer." I just have to chuckle to myself to keep from yelling at these people and losing my job.

 

[fredthecat]

http://mangrovejacks.com/collections/craft-series-brewery-pouch

the package claims that it is "COLD FILLED to retain the unique flavors"

does any LHBS hot-fill their grain orders?

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I just started working at a package store a few weeks ago and I've had some, we'll call them interesting, comments come my way. One chick asks me for a light, high abv (over 7% she tells me) that's not bitter. I have no idea what to tell her, but in the end I sold her a sixer of Spaten Optimator, haha. Another guy I talked to yesterday was actually pretty into craft beer, but he lost a lot of cred with me when he said, "I only drink beer that's over 7% ABV. If it's not over 7% it just doesn't taste like brew to me." Similarly, the second day I was working there a guy asked me what the ABV was on a fruit lambic and when I told him it was pretty low he said, "Yeah, I like fruit beer but I'm not paying $11 for a low ABV beer." I just have to chuckle to myself to keep from yelling at these people and losing my job.

I couldn't do it. I would probably end up mocking customers & refusing to sell them beer until they try something "decent". and I'd probably end up harassing the craft beer curious guys. you probably seen them looking over every craft beer in every cooler and on every shelf, but then end up getting a 30pk of Busch Light.

 

[DrunkleJon]

I couldn't do it. I would probably end up mocking customers & refusing to sell them beer until they try something "decent". and I'd probably end up harassing the craft beer curious guys. you probably seen them looking over every craft beer in every cooler and on every shelf, but then end up getting a 30pk of Busch Light.

Thats it! NO BEER FOR YOU!

 

[zmanzorro]

I couldn't do it. I would probably end up mocking customers & refusing to sell them beer until they try something "decent". and I'd probably end up harassing the craft beer curious guys. you probably seen them looking over every craft beer in every cooler and on every shelf, but then end up getting a 30pk of Busch Light.

Hehe ... beer-curious

 

[zachattack]

http://mangrovejacks.com/collections/craft-series-brewery-pouch

the package claims that it is "COLD FILLED to retain the unique flavors"

does any LHBS hot-fill their grain orders?

I think they're referring to LME. If it comes in a can, it probably has to be pressure canned, which involves heat. They put theirs into a sterile pouch instead it looks like?

 

[Halbrust]

I couldn't do it. I would probably end up mocking customers & refusing to sell them beer until they try something "decent". and I'd probably end up harassing the craft beer curious guys. you probably seen them looking over every craft beer in every cooler and on every shelf, but then end up getting a 30pk of Busch Light.

I resemble that remark
But at least I buy Negra Modelo instead of Busch Light.

I'm not a hop head, so that eliminates more than 50% of craft beers. After that I have to be exceedingly intrigued to drop $10+ on a bomber.

 

[fuzzy2133]

I resemble that remark
But at least I buy Negra Modelo instead of Busch Light.

I'm not a hop head, so that eliminates more than 50% of craft beers. After that I have to be exceedingly intrigued to drop $10+ on a bomber.

I am not a big hop head either however I have found plenty of other beers from Stone, Rogue, Anderson, Magic Hat and Bear Republic that are great. Even found IPA's that are worth buying again.

 

[BreezyBrew]

The beer geek in me says Diacetyl and hot fermentation? Maybe on purpose?

I get a DIPA from a local brewery, my friend gets a "Hazelnut Beer" (nut brown, maybe?) from another local brewery which tastes exactly like the buttered popcorn jelly beans. Kinda crazy, but interesting/tasty.

 

[amfukuda]

And you guys think you have to many bottles

 

[thatjonguy]

And you guys think you have to many bottles

That vent on the roof looks like it is not a beer bottle.

Just sayin'.

 

[Skeptidelphian]

I'm not a hop head, so that eliminates more than 50% of craft beers. After that I have to be exceedingly intrigued to drop $10+ on a bomber.

You don't gotta be a hop head to enjoy craft beer. Just avoid IPAs and related kin. And don't buy bombers, they're usually overpriced (I wish beer stores had unit price).

When money is low and I need a malty beer fix, I pick up some SN Porter or Stout. At $8.49 a sixer and $12.99 a 12 pack I can't argue.

 

[nukebrewer]

I couldn't do it. I would probably end up mocking customers & refusing to sell them beer until they try something "decent". and I'd probably end up harassing the craft beer curious guys. you probably seen them looking over every craft beer in every cooler and on every shelf, but then end up getting a 30pk of Busch Light.

I know the type. Drives me nuts. I'm sure I'll end up popping off at the mouth to the wrong person eventually, but for now I am able to hold my tongue.