Funny things you've overheard about beer

[the-crowing]

A supervisor at work: Riddle me this...why is it we can put liquor on the shelf that's 100 proof but we not a beer over 10%?

Me: There are lots of beers over 10%. You can find barleywines, imperial IPA's, Imperial Stouts over 10%

Him: Yea well I've seen a microbrew at like 9%. Barleywine is beer?...

I just walked away

 

[NickTheGreat]

A supervisor at work: Riddle me this...why is it we can put liquor on the shelf that's 100 proof but we not a beer over 10%?

Me: There are lots of beers over 10%. You can find barleywines, imperial IPA's, Imperial Stouts over 10%

Him: Yea well I've seen a microbrew at like 9%. Barleywine is beer?...

I just walked away

So why can't you put a >10% beer on the shelf? DON'T LEAVE ME HANGING!

 

[drainbamage]

A supervisor at work: Riddle me this...why is it we can put liquor on the shelf that's 100 proof but we not a beer over 10%?

Me: There are lots of beers over 10%. You can find barleywines, imperial IPA's, Imperial Stouts over 10%

Him: Yea well I've seen a microbrew at like 9%. Barleywine is beer?...

I just walked away

I don't know...I can't totally fault someone who isn't well-versed in craft beer styles for not knowing barleywine is a beer. It does have "wine" in the name, after all.

Some states also do limit the ABV of beers that can be sold in stores. I know Ohio just upped theirs within the last couple years.

 

[pulfson]

What's wrong with this picture? Seen on BevMo website.

 

[MrNickVT]

Not over 10% for beer? Man that's not any fun!

 

[drainbamage]

It's out of stock?

 

[thatjonguy]

What's wrong with this picture? Seen on BevMo website.

Dry hopping doesn't make the beer anymore alcoholic. Duh.

 

[Halbrust]

It seems more like an incomplete sentence than an incorrect sentence.

Post fermentation dryhopping allows the 10% ABV...
ale to be easy drinking.
ale to balance aroma and taste.
etc.

 

[ChefRex]

The picture is Ten Fidy

 

[RCCOLA]

It seems more like an incomplete sentence than an incorrect sentence.

Post fermentation dryhopping allows the 10% ABV...
ale to be easy drinking.
ale to balance aroma and taste.
etc.

It was taken out of context. Here's the complete sentence.

"Post-fermentation dry hopping allows the 10% ABV monstrosity to gently coax the citrus rind and grapefruit aroma to join the 100 IBUs already present. "

 

[Billy-Klubb]

The picture is Ten Fidy

this, you bunch of drunks.

 

[DrunkleJon]

Maybe more $10.29

 

[RCCOLA]

this, you bunch of drunks.

Doh!!

 

[Keith66]

It seems more like an incomplete sentence than an incorrect sentence.

Post fermentation dryhopping allows the 10% ABV...
ale to be easy drinking.
ale to balance aroma and taste.
etc.

"Post-fermentation dry hopping allows the [beer to achieve] 10% ABV." It's implied. "Allows" could be replaced by "facilitates". It's a complete, incorrect sentence. (Oh crap, I just posted a "Well actually"!)

 

[Keith66]

The picture is Ten Fidy

Can't see that on my fvcking phone. Funny as sh!t though that BEVMO would screw up a sign that bad!

 

[forstmeister]

"Post-fermentation dry hopping allows the [beer to achieve] 10% ABV." It's implied. "Allows" could be replaced by "facilitates". It's a complete, incorrect sentence. (Oh crap, I just posted a "Well actually"!)

Except that it was already posted correctly earlier. The previously posted sentence was, in fact, incomplete.

 

[Keith66]

Except that it was already posted correctly earlier. The previously posted sentence was, in fact, incomplete.

Except that the previously posted sentence was not on BEVMO's sign, as posted in this thread. So you're telling me that the sign in this thread is not real? Or is the previously posted sentence not real? Which is it; and how am I supposed to know which one to believe?

Another angle: the previously posted sentence was, in fact, a complete sentence including a subject and predicate. It was supposedly not, however, correctly quoted from the original source, which was also a complete sentence, assuming it was posted correctly.

This isn't funny, and it isn't about beer; let's move on shall we.

 

[finsfan]

This isn't funny, and it isn't about beer; let's move on shall we.

You say that, yet continue to bring it up.

This isnt as funny as it is frustrating. During a tailgate a few weeks ago, I was telling my uncles how I had gotten into homebrewing. One of them, who should know better since he is the CFO for a guy who owns wineries and alcohol distributing companies, continued to insist that HB can kill people. I assured him that infections happen but normally they dont cause any harm. Maybe the occasional sickness but I had never heard of someone dying from HB. I even told him that I had in fact drank some infected beer of mine with nothing more than a bad taste after. He still insisted that it could kill people. Needless to say, he wont be getting any this holiday season.

 

[GuldTuborg]

I assured him that infections happen but normally they dont cause any harm.

You mean never cause any harm. Human pathogens cannot live and reproduce in fermented beer. Wort yes, but not beer. Infected beer may taste nasty at times, but it cannot make you ill.

 

[Keith66]

I've heard several times, "Nothing in beer can kill you." My professional winemaker brother, who also makes HB, confirmed it.

 

[BeerGrylls]

I've heard several times, "Nothing in beer can kill you." My professional winemaker brother, who also makes HB, confirmed it.

Tell that to John Bonham!

 

[GuldTuborg]

I've heard several times, "Nothing in beer can kill you." My professional winemaker brother, who also makes HB, confirmed it.

Well, nothing besides the alcohol, anyway.

 

[Keith66]

OK, enough non-funny stuff out of me. Sorry folks. Here's something maybe you can laugh at:

Years ago, before I got into HBing or had any clue about how beer was made, I heard that doppelbocks, traditionally available late in the year, were made using the dregs of beers made earlier in the year. That's why they're so dark and strong (color, flavor and alcohol). Now that I know better, the only grain of possible truth I can think of in that is maybe doppelbocks could be fermented on the yeast cake of a preceding Marzen or something, but that could risk infection. I wish I could go back and correct myself to all the people I told that to.

 

[GuldTuborg]

It's good of you to confess your past beer sins, Keith.

Anyone else want to come forward and confess? We know you're out there, sinners.

 

[fuzzy2133]

I once believed Guinness was the thickest beer in the world.

 

[causeimthesquid]

Well if we are going to start confessions.....

I used to think, and tell people, that Guinness had meat in it - the whole "they found rats in the old kettles and started putting meat in to recreate the flavor" story...

 

[Whattawort]

I once liked Bud Ice. Please don't revoke my HB Membership Card. I was in college!!

 

[cpl-america]

I used to consider yeungling a craft beer, as well as pbr.

 

[amfukuda]

I once liked Bud Ice. Please don't revoke my HB Membership Card. I was in college!!

It's ok buddy I lived on keystone when I was in college

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

I used to divide all beer into two categories: Dark and Light :smack:

At the time, Yuengling was the darkest I had tried.