Funny things you've overheard about beer

[Punity]

Looks like a three pack to me limited to ome pack per customer.

 

[MaxStout]

Started doing this about a year ago. My family is the same way. I brought sixers to a couple of their functions. No one touched any, yet I couldn't take it back home because they insisted they were going to "drink it later".

Conveniently no one could remember what it was like when I asked how it was and I never got the bottles or carriers back. Probably tossed everything including the beer itself.

Those are my beer uneducated family members. My beer "educated" friends and family members have to act snobby about everything I make and remind me how much better the commercial equivalent is.

Now I make only the beer the wife and I enjoy. I'm much happier being stingy and not seeking the approval of a-holes.

I don't blame you for being stingy.

Don't waste beer on people who don't appreciate it. All you can do is offer, and if they refuse or don't like it, that's OK, it's their prerogative. But my rule is this: If they don't like it now, they won't like it later. Therefore, I'm not leaving any behind if I don't think they will truly enjoy it. I'll take the remaining bottles home. Because if I leave it behind, they will likely toss them out and feel like they have to fib later and say they liked it.

No matter how well we evangelize our craft, there will always be those who simply cannot or will not acquire the taste. I still don't give up on trying to get someone to try new beers at first, but once they express their dislike it's fruitless to keep trying with that person.

 

[brewguyver]

My dad reached into the fridge for a Stella tonight and came out with a bottle of Jäger. He said "did Stella get a new bottle" followed by "they basically look the same." It's fracking hilarious. In retrospect though, I admit they look just a little bit similar. Good thing he didn't swig from the wrong bottle (not a liquor guy).

 

[ChefRex]

My dad reached into the fridge for a Stella tonight and came out with a bottle of Jäger. He said "did Stella get a new bottle" followed by "they basically look the same." It's fracking hilarious. In retrospect though, I admit they look just a little bit similar. Good thing he didn't swig from the wrong bottle (not a cough syrup guy).



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[brewguyver]

Fix it for ya

I did keep a bottle of jäger under my bed in college (in a mini fridge). If I ever woke up with a cough I took a swig or two and went back to sleep. Worked like a charm!

 

[juris33]

Took a few bottles of my weissbier to my family for the holiday. This was the first time and for the most part my family are BMC drinkers. I offered my mom my mug and her first reaction was "blehck! Well it's not that bad" and proceeds to finish off my wife's bottle of store bought lambic.

 

[cpl-america]

My dad will try any day, but I don't good out hope, as he told Me years ago that he drinks bud lt specifically because he doesn't like how beer tastes. He just likes that sleep is easier after a six pack. On the other hand, I wish my friends didn't like my beer so much.

 

[Skeptidelphian]

My dad will try any day, but I don't good out hope, as he told Me years ago that he drinks bud lt specifically because he doesn't like how beer tastes. He just likes that sleep is easier after a six pack. On the other hand, I wish my friends didn't like my beer so much.

I always wake up 3 hours in if I get a buzz going before bed and then can't sleep the rest of the night. I tend to stay up and wait until I'm sobered up before bed. Rather get 6 hours sleep instead of 3.

 

[brewguyver]

My MIL on a goose island Christmas brew she brought: "there's a bunch of stuff on the bottom - I think I have to shake it"

Noooooooooooooooo!

Thankfully all three daughters yelled, and caught her before the beersplosion. Also thankful that it wasn't my house.

 

[flars]

My MIL on a goose island Christmas brew she brought: "there's a bunch of stuff on the bottom - I think I have to shake it"

Noooooooooooooooo!

Thankfully all three daughters yelled, and caught her before the beersplosion. Also thankful that it wasn't my house.

Were you letting her drink out of the bottle?

 

[ChshreCat]

My MIL on a goose island Christmas brew she brought: "there's a bunch of stuff on the bottom - I think I have to shake it"

Noooooooooooooooo!

Thankfully all three daughters yelled, and caught her before the beersplosion. Also thankful that it wasn't my house.

Yeah, it's like a Snapple.

 

[brewguyver]

Were you letting her drink out of the bottle?

When it comes to the MIL, I let her do whatever she feels like. Its safer that way. The SWMBO had her pour it in a glass though.

 

[BeantownR6]

I was unpacking a mr coffee expresso maker from its box when the Chinese food delivery guy came, looked at the expresso maker and asked if I was going to start brewing my own beer lol

 

[gometz]

After a week on Untappd it told me I was drinking away my pay check. I laughed... until I saw my bank account...

 

[gometz]

Something from last night: someone asked about getting a starter kit for their wife for Christmas on Jalopnik (car blog). A couple of people began telling him to get a big pot and that he wouldn't be able to use his electric stove. It was as if everyone was telling him to dive right in. Personally I thought it was funny because I think beginners should make the minimum investment until they are sure they want to continue doing it.

 

[bleme]

Something from last night: someone asked about getting a starter kit for their wife for Christmas on Jalopnik (car blog). A couple of people began telling him to get a big pot and that he wouldn't be able to use his electric stove. It was as if everyone was telling him to dive right in. Personally I thought it was funny because I think beginners should make the minimum investment until they are sure they want to continue doing it.

This would be even funnier if he was actually asking about a car starter ;-)

 

[DLR1987]

Working at the LHBS this past weekend....

Gentleman: "Yeah I remember making a blackberry mead a few months back. It was really potent, especially after I added half a bottle of everclear."

Me: "Sounds good."

Sarcasm much?

 

[FatDragon]

Working at the LHBS this past weekend....

Gentleman: "Yeah I remember making a blackberry mead a few months back. It was really potent, especially after I added half a bottle of everclear."

Me: "Sounds good."

Sarcasm much?

"I remember drinking some water a few months back. It was really potent, especially after I added half a bottle of everclear."

 

[bleme]

What's funny is that he felt the need to make Mead more potent. I got a 6-pack from a friend last Christmas and 12ozs would make my whole face numb!

 

[ChshreCat]

Working at the LHBS this past weekend....

Gentleman: "Yeah I remember making a blackberry mead a few months back. It was really potent, especially after I added half a bottle of everclear."

Me: "Sounds good."

Sarcasm much?

"I remember drinking some water a few months back. It was really potent, especially after I added half a bottle of everclear."

I remember this empty glass I had a few months back. It was really potent, especially after I added half a bottle of everclear."

 

[rockbasementbeer]

I remember this empty glass I had a few months back. It was really potent, especially after I added half a bottle of everclear."

"I remember this half empty bottle of everclear i had...it was really potent after i added half a bottle of everclear"

 

[rlmiller10]

I did keep a bottle of jäger under my bed in college (in a mini fridge). If I ever woke up with a cough I took a swig or two and went back to sleep. Worked like a charm!

I used Rock and Rye Whiskey for that purpose. It is a whiskey with hard sugar candy (rock candy) in it. Good cough suppressant though

 

[NuclearRich]

"I remember drinking some water a few months back. It was really potent, especially after I added half a bottle of everclear."

I remember drinking a sip of kool-aid out of a watermelon when I was 15. It was really potent, especially after I added half a bottle of everclear.

 

[amfukuda]

Everclear is pure evil and your all terrible for putting it in things

 

[jtd_419]

No, what's terrible is pouring about a dozen shots of vodka and mixing a couple of straight shots of everclear in without telling anyone. You can always tell who loses that game of roulette

 

[DLR1987]

Working at the LHBS this past weekend.... Gentleman: "Yeah I remember making a blackberry mead a few months back. It was really potent, especially after I added half a bottle of everclear." Me: "Sounds good." Sarcasm much?

Forgot about a phone call that same day:

Guy: "Hey I had a concern with a Pilsner I'm brewing. It's been in the carboy for two weeks, and the airlock is only bubbling every couple of seconds."

Me: "What temperature are you fermenting at?"

Guy: "Well it's been around 65-70F the whole time. Also I'm using the Wyeast Northwest Ale Yeast."

Hmm.....alrighty! I did let him know to just take gravity readings for a few days and if it doesn't change it's good to go.

 

[gometz]

Forgot about a phone call that same day:

Guy: "Hey I had a concern with a Pilsner I'm brewing. It's been in the carboy for two weeks, and the airlock is only bubbling every couple of seconds."

Me: "What temperature are you fermenting at?"

Guy: "Well it's been around 65-70F the whole time. Also I'm using the Wyeast Northwest Ale Yeast."

Hmm.....alrighty! I did let him know to just take gravity readings for a few days and if it doesn't change it's good to go.

I invited a co-worker over to try one another's beers. He had a pilsner, but i knew he didn't have temperature control. Turns out he used US-05. Maybe I'm a stickler, but you can't call an ale a pilsner.

 

[DLR1987]

I invited a co-worker over to try one another's beers. He had a pilsner, but i knew he didn't have temperature control. Turns out he used US-05. Maybe I'm a stickler, but you can't call an ale a pilsner.

+1


Aaaaand waiting for a well actually

 

[finsfan]

I invited a co-worker over to try one another's beers. He had a pilsner, but i knew he didn't have temperature control. Turns out he used US-05. Maybe I'm a stickler, but you can't call an ale a pilsner.

Thats not being a stickler, thats being correct!

 

[unionrdr]

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