Funny things you've overheard about beer

[Black Island Brewer]

they kicked me out of the ethanol plant here for trying to steal their truck and yelling, "I got your sweet sweet ethanol!". or maybe that was just a dream? either way, I know it wasn't an anhydrous ammonia truck.

Your neighbors all know why you REALLY keep all those propane bottles around, buy tons of cold medicine and rip through lithium batteries like the energizer bunny, don't they Toothless?

 

[GrogNerd]

back to our regularly scheduled programming...

at least I think it's funny

full disclosure: no, I did not buy it; I used the $30 I saved from not buying it going next door & spending it on beer.

 

[Trippel-A]

I took some homebrew to thanksgiving yesterday and asked for a glass. She went straight to the freezer and pulled out a pint glass.

It actually worked out pretty well because the stout I was pouring was overcarbed, so that cut down on the foam

My mother-in-law is very happy to have glass mugs in the freezer, and gets them out for us when we're sharing a growler of Half Acre that my brother-in-law brought with him. Some things you just go with, especially when it comes from a place of love.

 

[NunoAraujo]

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Your neighbors all know why you REALLY keep all those propane bottles around, buy tons of cold medicine and rip through lithium batteries like the energizer bunny, don't they Toothless?

but I shaved my mullet so no one would catch on!

 

[biochemedic]

I had a guy tell me a beer tastes too brown. I told him brown was not a flavor.


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My wife relates all kinds of flavors to color...
She is a bit odd, I'll admit, but love her all the more for it! She also used to refer to beers in terms of their relative balance of "flowers" (hops) and "crackers" (malt). She knows the correct terms now, and has a pretty good palate, but still likes to call my favorite IPAs "oohh, nice flowers" (no matter how citrusey or piney they are) just for old times sake...

 

[zmanzorro]

What about a beer tasting "green"? o_0

 

[biochemedic]

What about a beer tasting "green"? o_0

Oh yeah...especially a wet hopped beer!

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I though only Irish beers tasted "green"? I think we found a new Christmas beer! a green tasting Irish Red!

 

[mcspanner]

a green tasting Irish Red!

Billy, that sounds like the title of some leprechaun based po-nahg-rah-fee. Lol

My OH always says "that tastes like a morning/afternoon/evening* beer"

*Delete as appropriate.


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[soccerdad]

leprechaun based po-nahg-rah-fee

do the wee folk work some wee into their porn?

 

[Hamaki]

leprechaun based po-nahg-rah-fee

do the wee folk work some wee info their porn?

Just the ************* at the end of the rainbow

 

[GrogNerd]

on Brooklyn Nine Nine last night

Santiago: "Teddy never has done anything that spontaneous or romantic. That's not fair, he did brew me a rose-infused pilsner once, but it tasted like hand lotion and the bubbles didn't happen."

 

[Trippel-A]

on Brooklyn Nine Nine last night

Santiago: "Teddy never has done anything that spontaneous or romantic. That's not fair, he did brew me a rose-infused pilsner once, but it tasted like hand lotion and the bubbles didn't happen."

That is funny.

 

[hunter_le five]

"I'm not 'chugging beer'. I'm sampling a flight of gluten-free German lagers with a French wine pairing. It's called a Smorgasvein, and it's elegantly cultural."

 

[HiImBrian]

I was at a pub in Moab UT last week and while talking about Utah's dumb 3.2% ABV law with my bartender she tried to tell me that Guinness is 3.2% everywhere already so it's not a big deal...

 

[GrogNerd]

I was at a pub in Moab UT last week and while talking about Utah's dumb 3.2% ABV law with my bartender she tried to tell me that Guinness is 3.2% everywhere already so it's not a big deal...

well, actually...

Utah's law is 3.2 ABW, which is 4% ABV, about what the alcohol content of Guinness is (4.1% ABV)

 

[hunter_le five]

well, actually...

Utah's law is 3.2 ABW, which is 4% ABV, about what the alcohol content of Guinness is (4.1% ABV)

True, but I think the "funny thing overheard about beer" was the idea that because Guinness is already a 3.2ish beer, the law's not a big deal - as if Guinness is the only beer that he should be concerned with.

Or at least that's how I interpreted it. Maybe I misread that story.

 

[GrogNerd]

True, but I think the "funny thing overheard about beer" was the idea that because Guinness is already a 3.2ish beer, the law's not a big deal - as if Guinness is the only beer that he should be concerned with.

Or at least that's how I interpreted it. Maybe I misread that story.

I interpret his statement "She tried to tell me" as he thought she didn't know what she was talking about

 

[NickTheGreat]

well, actually...

Utah's law is 3.2 ABW, which is 4% ABV, about what the alcohol content of Guinness is (4.1% ABV)

Wrong. Guinness is a dark beer, like motor oil or a meal in a can. Gotta be at LEAST 20% ABV

 

[Barley_Bob]

It's for sure a full meal. That many calories must mean it's a high ABV beer. This Thanksgiving, my family just cracked open a sixer of Guiness. We didn't even have turkey.

 

[soccerdad]

A loaf of bread in every pint

 

[HiImBrian]

well, actually...

Utah's law is 3.2 ABW, which is 4% ABV, about what the alcohol content of Guinness is (4.1% ABV)

According to the credible Wiki "Guinness Original/Extra Stout: 4.2 or 4.3% ABV in Ireland and the rest of Europe, 4.1% in Germany, 4.8% in Namibia and South Africa, 5% in the United States and Canada, and 6% in Australia and Japan."

Maybe I'm about to learn something new, but I took this to mean that Guinness was actually 5% assuming you live in the US and your state does not have any goofy laws limiting your beer.

I will say that I didn't know Utah went by ABW, so that's a neat fun fact.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

if you cut the top off a can of Guinness and turn it upside down, it comes out like cranberry jelly. and you can cut it into slices too!

(I did not overhear this. I'm gonna tell someone this next time I'm in a liquor store with craft-ish beer.)

 

[fimpster]

well, actually...

Utah's law is 3.2 ABW, which is 4% ABV, about what the alcohol content of Guinness is (4.1% ABV)

Guy from UT here... just to clarify our silly little law; Yes beer is measured as ABW by the state, but most local breweries still list ABV on the bottle/can. The 3.2%ABW/4%ABV refers to what can be sold at grocery stores/gas stations/bodegas etc. Everything above 4% can only be sold at liquor stores which are all owned by the state.

As far a Guinness goes, I can go into pretty much any market and buy 4% Guinness, or I could go to the liquor store and buy 4.2% Guinness and 6% Guinness Extra.

 

[Kee]

if you cut the top off a can of Guinness and turn it upside down, it comes out like cranberry jelly. and you can cut it into slices too!

(I did not overhear this. I'm gonna tell someone this next time I'm in a liquor store with craft-ish beer.)

If it is properly chilled you can use it as suppositories (so I hear, I don't plan on trying that).

 

[flars]

If it is properly chilled you can use it as suppositories (so I hear, I don't plan on trying that).

Can or bottle?

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Can or bottle?

the bottle would be more feng shui.

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Can or bottle?

I'm pretty sure those are always in the can

 

[GrogNerd]

According to the credible Wiki "Guinness Original/Extra Stout: 4.2 or 4.3% ABV in Ireland and the rest of Europe, 4.1% in Germany, 4.8% in Namibia and South Africa, 5% in the United States and Canada, and 6% in Australia and Japan."

Maybe I'm about to learn something new, but I took this to mean that Guinness was actually 5% assuming you live in the US and your state does not have any goofy laws limiting your beer.

I will say that I didn't know Utah went by ABW, so that's a neat fun fact.

Extra Stout in bottles is the 5% version.

you drink it on tap, it's Draught (also available in bottles & cans) and it's 4.1% (the paragraph preceding the one you referenced)