Funny things you've overheard about beer

[cpl-america]

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

Yeah, we were buying on a us military base, technically us soil. Plus we don't pay uk tax or import tax.

But if you want to get technical. I suppose you could argue in his favor.

 

[jrstaples1]

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?...

Speaking of Miller Fortune, it's undistilled so it finishes smooth. Wtf?

 

[DLR1987]

This is why I love working at a LHBS. I basically get to here a lot of this thread live and in person. We also have 30 taps so that's a nice plus. Unfortunately, the owners chill some glasses, but luckily not all of them


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[n240sxguy]

Speaking of Miller Fortune, it's undistilled so it finishes smooth. Wtf?

I only buy undistilled beer.


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[unionrdr]

Speaking of Miller Fortune, it's undistilled so it finishes smooth. Wtf?

Sounds like the smoker they drink,the player they get?!...

 

[TopherJohn]

Went to a local brew pub, where they had a "Smoked Ale" on tap. I asked the barmaid to describe it for me. And she said "It's not too smokey, they just put some smoked grains in when they make it."

This begs the question: how else would you put smoke into a beer?


"I will make it felony to drink small beer. "

 

[n240sxguy]

^^^liquid smoke?


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[drainbamage]

Went to a local brew pub, where they had a "Smoked Ale" on tap. I asked the barmaid to describe it for me. And she said "It's not too smokey, they just put some smoked grains in when they make it."

This begs the question: how else would you put smoke into a beer?


"I will make it felony to drink small beer. "

They make "liquid smoke" that comes in a small plastic bottle. You can add a few drops to the wort, but I've heard it isn't pleasant.

EDIT: ^Oops, he beat me to it.

 

[n240sxguy]

That stuff is supposedly condensate from a smoker. I'm more of a purist when it comes to smoke flavor, but I don't see why a little bit of it wouldn't work to get smoke flavor in a beer.


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[Mabus]

Last summer I made an American Wheat ale with honey, clementine zest and rosemary. My aunt (who likes wine but isn't much of a beer drinker) said, "Ooh, this tastes like an Oktoberfest that I liked". Well, at least I'm glad she liked it.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Went to a local brew pub, where they had a "Smoked Ale" on tap. I asked the barmaid to describe it for me. And she said "It's not too smokey, they just put some smoked grains in when they make it."

This begs the question: how else would you put smoke into a beer?


"I will make it felony to drink small beer. "

Somewhere on BarMaidTalk.com a thread reads:

So here I was slinging sudz the other night, and some dude asks me to describe a 'smokey ale.' So I tells him, "It's a beer that tastes like smoke. WTF else would a smokey ale taste like?

 

[ong]

Went to a local brew pub, where they had a "Smoked Ale" on tap. I asked the barmaid to describe it for me. And she said "It's not too smokey, they just put some smoked grains in when they make it."

That's actually a surprisingly accurate, unfunny thing overheard about beer!

 

[pjj2ba]

Last summer I made an American Wheat ale with honey, clementine zest and rosemary. My aunt (who likes wine but isn't much of a beer drinker) said, "Ooh, this tastes like an Oktoberfest that I liked". Well, at least I'm glad she liked it.

Ya know, I suspect sometime comments of this nature are more like this.

"Ooh, this tastes like an .......(thinks to themself, hmmm can't think of the beer kind, what was that, Oktoberfest, yeah that is a different beer, must have been that).......... Oktoberfest that I liked"

Could have been any beer that they had once heard the name of that was different - not that they actually think it is in that style

 

[masonsjax]

Most people have only tasted BMC and maybe one other beer. If it has flavor then it tastes more like that one outlier than it does BMC. I'd take the complement as it was intended and forgive them for their lack of experience. Perhaps the sampling of real beer will sparksome adventure in them and they will become a craft beer fan. We all started somewhere eh?

 

[Hopinista]

Most people have only tasted BMC and maybe one other beer. If it has flavor then it tastes more like that one outlier than it does BMC. I'd take the complement as it was intended and forgive them for their lack of experience. Perhaps the sampling of real beer will sparksome adventure in them and they will become a craft beer fan. We all started somewhere eh?

I tasted a leinenkugel and it reminded me of a bowl of fruity pebbles I had once.

 

[zmanzorro]

I tasted a leinenkugel and it reminded me of a bowl of fruity pebbles I had once.

Weirdly enough, that's not the first time I've heard that.

 

[MedicMang]

I tasted a leinenkugel and it reminded me of a bowl of fruity pebbles I had once.

Sunset wheat. I agree with the fruity pebbles taste.


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[CGVT]

Sunset Wheat: The worst beer in the history of beer.

(and there is nothing funny about that)

 

[EdMerican]

Sunset Wheat: The worst beer in the history of beer.

(and there is nothing funny about that)

The funny thing about it is that Leinenkugels has the balls to call it beer.

 

[Punity]

The funny thing about it is that Leinenkugels has the balls to call it beer.

Well actually...........

 

[JohnSand]

I tasted a leinenkugel and it reminded me of a bowl of fruity pebbles I had once.

Laughed right out loud.

 

[Pinebarrensbrew]

My buddy and I were talking about kbs and how we enjoyed it. And he referred to it as "drinking a gods . . . . . . . "lady parts" (he used the real word)"

 

[JBruchwalski]

My father-in-law today tried 312 because my SWMBO said he should try something other than the standard BMC. Well he got it and said he would rather stick to the more flavorful beer with higher alcohol content. Haha. If only he knew.


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[n240sxguy]

My father-in-law today tried 312 because my SWMBO said he should try something other than the standard BMC. Well he got it and said he would rather stick to the more flavorful beer with higher alcohol content. Haha. If only he knew.


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If only he knew the ABV was exactly the same as most BMC, and his taste buds were shot?


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[troy2000]

I drank a 312 last evening, and wasn't impressed. Of course it was a few minutes after I finished a Budweiser chelada picante, so my taste buds may not have been at their delicate best....

 

[mrphillips]

"No one likes the taste of beer. They only drink it for how it makes them feel."

 

[n240sxguy]

"No one likes the taste of beer. They only drink it for how it makes them feel."

My wife has used that one before when I said I appreciated a beer that she didn't like. I told her it wasn't my favorite, but I appreciated the craftsmanship that went into making it.


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[mcspanner]

I was in a bar in York last night and, although the beers on draught were all awful ( it was a rock venue with a late licence so the group I was with were more bothered about alcohol availability than quality) until I realised they actually had a range of Black Sheep ales in bottles.

I ordered one and asked for a glass.

Barmaid replied with "sure, do you want ice?"

I looked blankly and said "sorry, what?"

Barmaid: "Do you want ice? Most people get ice in their cider."

Me "Most people order Parmesan on their spaghetti but I don't want cheese in my beer either. No ice thanks"



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[ianw58]

@mcspanner...

"...they actually had a range of Black Sheep ales in bottles...

You lucky sod! It's been years since I've had anything from Black Sheep. My Great a Uncle lived in Kirky Malzard and I remember visiting Black Sheep with him just after it opened.

 

[JBruchwalski]

I drank a 312 last evening, and wasn't impressed. Of course it was a few minutes after I finished a Budweiser chelada picante, so my taste buds may not have been at their delicate best....

I understand it's not craft but I think I would take a 312 over a BMC. I gave my father in law a few of my beers (a kölsch brewed about 2 months ago and an American Amber. Much to my surprise he actually asked for another pint of both. think he's just being nice though. Trying to convert him.


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