Funny things you've overheard about beer

[mcspanner]

I understand that in the UK and most Commonwealth countries 'a pint of beer' is now as often as not just shorthand for half a liter. Go figure.)

I don't know where you understand that from but in the uk at least anything sold as a pint must be a pint. If it's sold as 1/2 a litre it cannot be sold in a pint glass bearing an official weights and measures stamp confirming it is an imperial pint.

Can't speak for the commonwealth but I know for sure that isn't the case here in blighty.


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[BeerGrylls]

I don't know where you understand that from but in the uk at least anything sold as a pint must be a pint. If it's sold as 1/2 a litre it cannot be sold in a pint glass bearing an official weights and measures stamp confirming it is an imperial pint.

Can't speak for the commonwealth but I know for sure that isn't the case here in blighty.


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We don't have stringent regulations. Heck, I was recently in a hole-in-the-wall that i happen to love and switched from draft to bottle. I decided I wanted to drink from my glass so I poured the 12oz bottle into the glass, and filled it. Wtf? 14oz glasses.

 

[Schol-R-LEA]

I don't know where you understand that from but in the uk at least anything sold as a pint must be a pint. If it's sold as 1/2 a litre it cannot be sold in a pint glass bearing an official weights and measures stamp confirming it is an imperial pint.

Ah, I was misinformed. Thank you for the correction.

 

[mcspanner]

Ah, I was misinformed. Thank you for the correction.

No worries, happens to the best of us!


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[cpl-america]

I don't know where you understand that from but in the uk at least anything sold as a pint must be a pint. If it's sold as 1/2 a litre it cannot be sold in a pint glass bearing an official weights and measures stamp confirming it is an imperial pint.

Can't speak for the commonwealth but I know for sure that isn't the case here in blighty.


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+1

Also, more often than not, I will recieve the pint in a glass with the brewery's name on it, as well as the measurement. However, there is a pub down the road that has one of my steins hanging behind the bar, they fill it with Bitter when I walk in, and wash it when I Leave.

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[n240sxguy]

+1

Also, more often than not, I will recieve the pint in a glass with the brewery's name on it, as well as the measurement. However, there is a pub down the road that has one of my steins hanging behind the bar, they fill it with Bitter when I walk in, and wash it when I Leave.

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Damn! You must provide them with some serious business!


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[Beergnomes]

I don't know where you understand that from but in the uk at least anything sold as a pint must be a pint. If it's sold as 1/2 a litre it cannot be sold in a pint glass bearing an official weights and measures stamp confirming it is an imperial pint.

Can't speak for the commonwealth but I know for sure that isn't the case here in blighty.


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Imperial pint = 20 oz
US pint = 16 oz
Liter= 33.81oz
Therefore a US pint is closer to half a liter than an Imperial pint

 

[Chadwick]

+1

Also, more often than not, I will recieve the pint in a glass with the brewery's name on it, as well as the measurement. However, there is a pub down the road that has one of my steins hanging behind the bar, they fill it with Bitter when I walk in, and wash it when I Leave.

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It's nice when your local pub knows you so well.

 

[Raenon]

On the gripping hand...

Big fan of Niven, Mote was my first foray into CoDominium.

 

[troy2000]

+1

Also, more often than not, I will recieve the pint in a glass with the brewery's name on it, as well as the measurement. However, there is a pub down the road that has one of my steins hanging behind the bar, they fill it with Bitter when I walk in, and wash it when I Leave.

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Years ago in Idyllwild, CA, there was a bar where regulars could buy their own backed barstool, complete with their name on a little brass plaque. If they weren't around anyone could use it. But when they came in and told a tourist, "excuse me, but you're sitting in my chair," and the tourist came back with "oh, really? Does it have your name on it?" the regular got to say, "matter of fact...."

 

[DrunkleJon]

+1

Also, more often than not, I will recieve the pint in a glass with the brewery's name on it, as well as the measurement. However, there is a pub down the road that has one of my steins hanging behind the bar, they fill it with Bitter when I walk in, and wash it when I Leave.

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Had one of those in college. They had a mug club where you earned a mug with your name on it, exemption from covers, and didnt have to wait in line at the bar. I once brought some friends to the bar and said "This is my (favorite) bar". We walked up to the bar and the tender was already pouring my first beer. We sat at the table and they noticed my name on it. I got a chuckle when they said "Wow, this really is your bar."

 

[Jhoss]

What sucks is when they go through the long list of crap, and then suddenly they stop, because they don't have any craft beer. Then you have to get them to repeat the whole list so you can pick the least objectionable one since you weren't really paying attention the first time through.

Nice drive from San Diego (craft beer mecca) to Blythe CA. Arrive hot and dusty from the trail (eh-hem)...Siddle on into the "Red Cactus" Saloon. They have all the cold and gold taps and the rest of their offerings refrigerated in glass all along the back of the bar. At first glance I'm like cool - its still Cali, gonna be some good stuff...NOT! Notta frigin thing next to Blue Moon and the like...

I'll have a Guiness (draft). (I didn't make her run the list - I could see it from the bar.) The young bar maid, pulled it, left it on the bar - it settled by the time it reach my table....a full inch under the brim. I'm like "um, um" about to say something, but the attitude coming from the young overwhelmed bar maid... I said thanks...just not worth it.

 

[cpl-america]

Damn! You must provide them with some serious business!


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Just a pint on the way home from work. Lots of people do it here. There is like 17 mugs hanging back there. I love it.

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[amfukuda]

Me and a buddy were tasting our first attempt at a hard cider and it came out tasting a lot like some prison hooch. So he says man if we can make whiskey out of apples just think what we could do with a still


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[troy2000]

Nice drive from San Diego (craft beer mecca) to Blythe CA. Arrive hot and dusty from the trail (eh-hem)...Siddle on into the "Red Cactus" Saloon. They have all the cold and gold taps and the rest of their offerings refrigerated in glass all along the back of the bar. At first glance I'm like cool - its still Cali, gonna be some good stuff...NOT! Notta frigin thing next to Blue Moon and the like...

I'll have a Guiness (draft). (I didn't make her run the list - I could see it from the bar.) The young bar maid, pulled it, left it on the bar - it settled by the time it reach my table....a full inch under the brim. I'm like "um, um" about to say something, but the attitude coming from the young overwhelmed bar maid... I said thanks...just not worth it.

It's the "Red Cactus Bar & Grill" restaurant, not a saloon. It's the newest place in town, and they're earnestly working at being a bit upscale without pricing themselves out of the market. But that's a fine line, in the middle of the desert three miles from Arizona. You should've been impressed they had Blue Moon and Guiness....

Next time you come through, stop at Discount liquor - especially if you're getting a motel room for the night. It looks almost as seedy as it sounds, but don't let that put you off; it has a shockingly wide selection of booze for a small-town store.

Head for the small coolers flanking the doorway to the back room, and you'll find beers from Arrogant Bastard to smoked porters, to Belgian imports - including several lambics, Goolden Drak, Bokrijks Kruikenbier and Hoogstraten Poorter (the last two in stoneware bottles that I save and reuse).

It's not as cheap as Bevmo, in spite of the name. But after all, it is the middle of the desert...

I gave the owners one of my homebrews a couple of days ago; haven't been back by to see what they thought of it.

 

[fuzzy2133]

Imperial pint = 20 oz
US pint = 16 oz
Liter= 33.81oz
Therefore a US pint is closer to half a liter than an Imperial pint

Next time I get offered a size choice (16oz or 32oz) I'll order a US Pint just to see what kind of conversation starts with the server.


Me last night:
Oh crap I got to figure out the next brew and get it planned soon. Only 1 week till the keg is carbed, then 3-4 before the current keg blows (depending on company coming over) so I need to have something in the next keg so I am only drinking store bought for 1 week instead of 2-3...

SWMBO: (rolls eyes) you are nuts.

 

[Schol-R-LEA]

Next time you come through, stop at Discount liquor - especially if you're getting a motel room for the night. It looks as seedy as it sounds, but don't let that put you off; it has a shockingly wide selection of booze for a small-town store.

Head for the small coolers flanking the doorway to the back room, and you'll find beers from Arrogant Bastard to smoked porters, to Belgian imports - including several lambics, Goolden Drak, Bokrijks Kruikenbier and Hoogstraten Poorter (the last two in stoneware bottles that I save and reuse).

It's not as cheap as Bevmo, in spite of the name. But after all, it is the middle of the desert...

I'm reminded of a bit from a certain Gonzo Journalist's famous book, during a stop-off in a desert town:

I looked across the road and saw a huge red sign that said BEER. Wonderful. I left the Shark by the phone booth and reeled across the highway into the Hardware Barn. A Jew loomed up from behind a pile of sprockets and asked me what I wanted.

"Ballantine Ale," I said ... a very mystic long shot, unknown between Newark and San Francisco.

He served it up, ice-cold.

I relaxed. Suddenly everything was going right; I was finally getting the breaks.

Of course, you have to recall that Ballantine was about as close to a craft beer that you could get in the U.S. in 1972; even Fritz hadn't finished his re-building of Anchor at that time, and New Albion was four years in the future.

 

[Beergnomes]

It's the "Red Cactus Bar & Grill" restaurant, not a saloon. It's the newest place in town, and they're earnestly working at being a bit upscale without pricing themselves out of the market. But that's a fine line, in the middle of the desert three miles from Arizona. You should've been impressed they had Blue Moon and Guiness....

Next time you come through, stop at Discount liquor - especially if you're getting a motel room for the night. It looks as seedy as it sounds, but don't let that put you off; it has a shockingly wide selection of booze for a small-town store.



I was once in Blythe due to an event I was attending in Quartzite, Az. I went to check into a hotel/motel and the entire commercial size glass door fell out of it's frame as I opened it. I'm under it with hands up trying to keep the damn thing from crushing all 125# of me. Lol best thing I found in Blythe, Quartzite area is Maria's if it's still open.

 

[gometz]

http://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/why-i-hate-ipas-thrillist-nation

Brother sent me this link. The guy makes some points about what he likes, but also some weird comments about "brown beer" and other things. Generally sounds like he tried a few IPA's (or what he thought were IPA's ) and he didn't like them.

 

[flars]

http://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/why-i-hate-ipas-thrillist-nation

Brother sent me this link. The guy makes some points about what he likes, but also some weird comments about "brown beer" and other things. Generally sounds like he tried a few IPA's (or what he thought were IPA's ) and he didn't like them.

Very dramatic.

 

[bleme]

http://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/why-i-hate-ipas-thrillist-nation

Brother sent me this link. The guy makes some points about what he likes, but also some weird comments about "brown beer" and other things. Generally sounds like he tried a few IPA's (or what he thought were IPA's ) and he didn't like them.

Nutmeg? Cardamom? Brown? The guy writes a pretty funny article for someone whose never had an IPA.

 

[rockbasementbeer]

http://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/why-i-hate-ipas-thrillist-nation

Brother sent me this link. The guy makes some points about what he likes, but also some weird comments about "brown beer" and other things. Generally sounds like he tried a few IPA's (or what he thought were IPA's ) and he didn't like them.

I stopped taking this article seriously when I realized he's one of those guys who sticks with adjunct-laden fizzy yellow piss-water


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[Dave37]

I stopped taking this article seriously when I realized he's one of those guys who sticks with adjunct-laden fizzy yellow piss-water


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Not for nothing and im sure I might get burned for this, but i have seen, especially within the realm of this website and forum that the more "adjunct laden" a beer is, the more hype and adoration it gets from
People. Constantly I am seeing people pining over the latest chocolate, vanilla, snickers
Infused barrel aged funky stout.

I enjoy trying different things but I think PERSONALLY that this "new age of beer" is going a little too fast and almost on the borderline of not being beer anymore and more like a mixed alcoholic beverage. If i want a chocolate vanilla coffee and candybar alcoholic beverage ill make myself a white russian with some snickers in a blender.

I'm sure I am in the minority, but I personally find adjunct laden beers like BMC more "beer like" than some of the crazier things some micro brews are putting out. Quality and flavor having nothing to do with my rant. I Just an observation and opinion of mine.

 

[WesleyS]

I say everyone just drink what you like and don't give anyone else crap for drinking what they like.
As far as that article goes, it's pretty obvious he's going for shock value.

 

[Dave37]

I say everyone just drink what you like and don't give anyone else crap for drinking what they like.
As far as that article goes, it's pretty obvious he's going for shock value.

I agree 110% different brews for different crews.

I was just trying to derail the thread for a few pages by saying nothing funny and talking about something i did not overhear, or even say out loud.

Thanks for being all Level headed and rational about my post.

 

[WesleyS]

I agree 110% different brews for different crews.

I was just trying to derail the thread for a few pages by saying nothing funny and talking about something i did not overhear, or even say out loud.

Thanks for being all Level headed and rational about my post.

If you want to derail, we can do that too. Hold on a second while I go pour myself another imperial snickers stout.

 

[bleme]

If you want to derail, we can do that too. Hold on a second while I go pour myself another imperial snickers stout.

Recipe please.

 

[Dave37]

Recipe please.

^^^^^ told you.

 

[ericbw]

I was going to try a recipe I had found, and it called for 6 oz of amber LME. Since I never use LME, I didn't want to buy a lot and I asked the shop guys if they sold by specific weight. He told me they did, and so I asked for 6 oz.

The smart ass behind him said, "6 ounces? Hahahahahahaha! 6 ounces? Umm...6 ounces isn't going to do anything! Just leave it out."

I mentioned color, being that the grain bill was exclusively 2-row, but he insisted it would have zero effect. I was tempted to open BeerAlchemy on my phone and show him the change with and without, but I didn't bother. I did ask him how long he had been doing all-grain, and he told me he only did extract brewing.

Then they tried to sell me regular vinyl tubing when I needed high temp tubing and asked for silicone.

This is probably one of the largest homebrew supply stores in the state.

Out of curiosity, how much diff foes it make to add 6 oz of amber LME in a 5 gallon batch?


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[flars]

Not for nothing and im sure I might get burned for this, but i have seen, especially within the realm of this website and forum that the more "adjunct laden" a beer is, the more hype and adoration it gets from
People. Constantly I am seeing people pining over the latest chocolate, vanilla, snickers
Infused barrel aged funky stout.

I enjoy trying different things but I think PERSONALLY that this "new age of beer" is going a little too fast and almost on the borderline of not being beer anymore and more like a mixed alcoholic beverage. If i want a chocolate vanilla coffee and candybar alcoholic beverage ill make myself a white russian with some snickers in a blender.

I'm sure I am in the minority, but I personally find adjunct laden beers like BMC more "beer like" than some of the crazier things some micro brews are putting out. Quality and flavor having nothing to do with my rant. I Just an observation and opinion of mine.

Have no worries. You are not alone.