Funny things you've overheard about beer

[Pinebarrensbrew]

Where's that eyeroll emoticon??
Ahhh....there it is...


Cheers!

Haha yea I actually intended it too cause I fancy some noon time beers. And now that I started a job on over nights getting hammered at 8 am when I'm having my dinner at home would be a little weird. So no unintentional day drunks. Lol 🍻

 

[Keith66]

These are more like "Sad things I saw about beer."

First, a local place called Burgers & Brew has a great beer selection on tap and bottled.



I saw a Paulaner tap handle and ordered one. Instead of the Premium lager, the Paulaner most commonly found on tap in my experience, I was served a Paulaner hefeweizen. While not what I was expecting, it is nonetheless a great hefe... except when it's served at -20*F in a frosted glass, with a lemon. In hindsight, of course, I should have asked which Paulaner it was, and should have remembered to ask for a warm glass, and no fruit if I had known it was going to be a hefe. As I sat there with my hands wrapped around the frigid glass trying to warm it, I eventually asked the bartender for a warm glass. He gave me the usual weird look as I poured my beer into the warm glass and explained that European beers are traditionally served around 50*F with no garnish, but that I understood that most Americans, including most of his customers, like it ice cold in a frosty glass.

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[Keith66]

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As I sat there sipping my slowly defrosting hefe, I noticed a couple other things. First, a handwritten sign advertizing that Pliny the Elder would soon be on tap, spelled it "Plinty". Hard to see in this pic, sorry.



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[Keith66]

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Then I saw another handwritten sign that advertized a saison with 10.5% abv. Now I admit, I have never heard of this particular beer, but I seem to recall that one of the characteristics of a saison is that it is around 4-5% abv. Belgian farmers wouldn't get much work out of their farm workers feeding them a 10.5% beer.



So funny? Maybe not. Typical eye-rollers and face-palms, yes.

EDIT: OK, I just did my 30 seconds of research (after posting, of course), and indeed Matt's Burning Rosids Imperial Saison is 10.5. Wow. Lucky farmworkers.

 

[Skeptidelphian]

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As I sat there sipping my slowly defrosting hefe, I noticed a couple other things. First, a handwritten sign advertizing that Pliny the Elder would soon be on tap, spelled it "Plinty". Hard to see in this pic, sorry.

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Ah, Plinty. Pliny's cousin with the bum leg.

It's one thing for your buddy who drinks BMC to serve you a crafty beer in a frosted mug out of kindness. It's another for a bar to do so. They should know better.

 

[brandonman]

Am I uncultured if I like the aesthetics and feel of frosted glasses?

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[smizak]

OK, I just did my 30 seconds of research (after posting, of course), and indeed Matt's Burning Rosids Imperial Saison is 10.5. Wow. Lucky farmworkers.

Saison has been completely bastardized by American brewers. It was always a loose style specification anyway. Don't get me wrong, I usually dig them, but the yeast is usually the only thing in common anymore.

 

[WesleyS]

Am I uncultured if I like the aesthetics and feel of frosted glasses?

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Yes

 

[Keith66]

Saison has been completely bastardized by American brewers. It was always a loose style specification anyway. Don't get me wrong, I usually dig them, but the yeast is usually the only thing in common anymore.

It seems Saison is the new IPA.

 

[Skeptidelphian]

Am I uncultured if I like the aesthetics and feel of frosted glasses?

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There is nothing wrong with liking what you like.

I just think it destroys the beer's flavor.

 

[smizak]

It seems Saison is the new IPA.

I think Am. IPA is a distinct style by now, past the fad stage. The hop flavors and aromas that are being achieved are new and unique with respect to the history of beer. Hell, you have Belgian breweries that are making American IPA now. It's here to stay. Again, I tend to enjoy the American interpretation of Saisons very much, Am. hops work well with Saison yeast.

Anyway, funny things about beer. A co-worker of mine told me today that he had to hear some hipster homebrewer know-it-all telling his local beer store guy that he needs to "rack his IPA's to secondary and age them out". WTF? That's all I got...

 

[n240sxguy]

^^^You gotta hop to 200 IBU, then age til it drops to 150.


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[FatDragon]

These are more like "Sad things I saw about beer."

First, a local place called Burgers & Brew has a great beer selection on tap and bottled.

I saw a Paulaner tap handle and ordered one. Instead of the Premium lager, the Paulaner most commonly found on tap in my experience, I was served a Paulaner hefeweizen. While not what I was expecting, it is nonetheless a great hefe... except when it's served at -20*F in a frosted glass, with a lemon. In hindsight, of course, I should have asked which Paulaner it was, and should have remembered to ask for a warm glass, and no fruit if I had known it was going to be a hefe. As I sat there with my hands wrapped around the frigid glass trying to warm it, I eventually asked the bartender for a warm glass. He gave me the usual weird look as I poured my beer into the warm glass and explained that European beers are traditionally served around 50*F with no garnish, but that I understood that most Americans, including most of his customers, like it ice cold in a frosty glass.

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Dang, that's a way better beer selection than I remember from my one stop in the Chico Burgers and Brew. Sounds like I need to get in there again and see what's happening when I head back this summer.

 

[drainbamage]

I saw a Paulaner tap handle and ordered one. Instead of the Premium lager, the Paulaner most commonly found on tap in my experience, I was served a Paulaner hefeweizen. While not what I was expecting, it is nonetheless a great hefe... except when it's served at -20*F in a frosted glass, with a lemon. In hindsight, of course, I should have asked which Paulaner it was, and should have remembered to ask for a warm glass, and no fruit if I had known it was going to be a hefe. As I sat there with my hands wrapped around the frigid glass trying to warm it, I eventually asked the bartender for a warm glass. He gave me the usual weird look as I poured my beer into the warm glass and explained that European beers are traditionally served around 50*F with no garnish, but that I understood that most Americans, including most of his customers, like it ice cold in a frosty glass.

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I think every time I ordered a hefe in Bavaria, it came with a lemon wedge...unless they just served it that way because they knew we were tourists and assumed Americans drank all their beer that way.

 

[jhoneycutt]

I think every time I ordered a hefe in Bavaria, it came with a lemon wedge...unless they just served it that way because they knew we were tourists and assumed Americans drank all their beer that way.

I like my beer the same way I like my steaks, if I have to put anything on it I don't want it. But that's just me.

 

[GrogNerd]

I like my beer the same way I like my steaks, if I have to put anything on it I don't want it. But that's just me.

not just you

 

[drainbamage]

I like my beer the same way I like my steaks, if I have to put anything on it I don't want it. But that's just me.

Meh. I didn't really need a lemon wedge with my beer, but its presence didn't gross me out and it didn't take much extra effort to pull it off the rim and lay it on the napkin. I can abide that much easier than, say, a dirty glass.

 

[kombat]

I poured my beer into the warm glass and explained that European beers are traditionally served around 50*F with no garnish, but that I understood that most Americans, including most of his customers, like it ice cold in a frosty glass.

It's one thing for your buddy who drinks BMC to serve you a crafty beer in a frosted mug out of kindness. It's another for a bar to do so. They should know better.

Most Europeans consider proper "football" to be a game in which you can only touch the ball with your foot, and where you try to kick it into the other team's net. Most Americans, however, prefer to carry the ball with their hands and kick it through the uprights.

I would forgive a European for being confused at seeing what passes for "football" in America, but I wouldn't expect him to have the audacity to try and lecture the referee mid-game about how they're doing it all wrong. Seeing an American try to correct him would just be obnoxious.

See any parallels here?

 

[BeerGrylls]

thread derail in three, two, one..

 

[CavemanDom]

Hand-egg ball with helmets!


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[fuzzy2133]

Molson Ice is too cold from all the ice they add at packaging...

 

[bleme]

Molson Ice is too cold from all the ice they add at packaging...

I am constantly amazed that some people have enough brain cells to keep breathing. The scary thing is that they vote too!

 

[Tomcat0304]

I am constantly amazed that some people have enough brain cells to keep breathing. The scary thing is that they vote too!

And procreate...

 

[drainbamage]

thread derail in three, two, one..

Staying with the topic, but getting back on track...

I always found it funny how hard Miller pushed the "don't fruit the beer" Man Law commercials to fight Blue Moon, then released Miller Chill (with artificial lime flavoring!) only a few months later.

 

[DrunkleJon]

Staying with the topic, but getting back on track...

I always found it funny how hard Miller pushed the "don't fruit the beer" Man Law commercials to fight Blue Moon, then released Miller Chill (with artificial lime flavoring!) only a few months later.

But the 'lime' flavoring they are adding is far from fruit. It barely tastes like lime.

 

[SlickTX]

thread derail in three, two, one..

You owe me a new monitor.

 

[unionrdr]

I saw that Miller beer in the black packaging yesterday,but passed. Too many craft beers,many new ones to choose from at Giant Eagle. Even New Belgium 6'rs,Heavy Seas,Deschutes has 2 different ones on the shelves now.And yet,I still see people walking out with BMC's...as one guy at Super Wally world described,"the safe brand". WTF?...

 

[masonsjax]

3% ABV is safe enough for children!

 

[cpl-america]

Had a sixer of a cold snap in line today, guy looks at me and says."Sam Adams is my favorite imported beer"

I looked at him and said, "yeah I heard that they speak English now in Massachusetts."
Judging by his look, he disagreed.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Had a sixer of a cold snap in line today, guy looks at me and says."Sam Adams is my favorite imported beer"

I looked at him and said, "yeah I heard that they speak English now in Massachusetts."
Judging by his look, he disagreed.

Wouldn't SA technically be an "import" in the UK? :cross: