Funny things you've overheard about beer

[zmanzorro]

http://www.texasmonthly.com/pour-choices/tap-2015

"beers seasoned with wort to give them a tangy bitterness"

 

[unionrdr]

Boy, somebody really didn't get it. Sheez...

 

[Pyg]

Hey guys, I have a funny thing overheard (read) about beer, but I'm not sure if this is the right place for it. It's not really business economics related, so I might be in the wrong thread.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/cocktails/the-best-beer-from-every-state/ss-AA8E1uL#image=6

"Santa Rosa's Russian River Brewing is famous for its 11% imperial IPA Pliny the Younger. The brewery calls it a triple IPA because it's hopped three times."

Guess Miller better sue Russian River for ripping off their process.

I have a couple issues with the NY entry!
First off "Long island is known for wine". No, they are known for the high cost of living and LIX and its horrific traffic.
I have never once had a wine from Long Island.
If anything the Finger Lakes is Ny most famous wine area.
2ndly
The best beer from Ny is Genny Creame Ale!
The best stout is either Brooklyn, Southern Tier or Browns! Or Genny Cream Ale mixed with motor oil, you know to make it thick and heavy like a stout!

http://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/cocktails/the-best-beer-from-every-state/ss-AA8E1uL#image=33

 

[Kirkwooder]

The best beer from Ny is Genny Creame Ale!

This is pretty funny!

 

[biochemedic]

I have a couple issues with the NY entry!
The best beer from Ny is Genny Creame Ale!

I was always partial to Genny Red!

 

[Kirkwooder]

I was always partial to Genny Red!

I have lived less than a hour form the Genny Brewery all my life, and have never heard of Genny Red. When and where did you get that?

 

[ericbw]

http://www.texasmonthly.com/pour-choices/tap-2015

"beers seasoned with wort to give them a tangy bitterness"

That had to be the work of a copy editor who didn't understand, or a writer who couldn't read their notes!

 

[BrewinBromanite]

That was the time you needed to explain to him why he's wrong. But I've heard the Bock thing in person before. I'm curious to know where it started.

Shiner bock was the first non light mainstream lager I fell in love with, and opened me up to "dark" (I say tongue in cheek now) beers. Also Negra Modelo was the bomb, and thought I was drinking the best kind of beers. Next came blue moon, and I went on a hefeweizen exploration for about a year. Hoppy/bitter beers came much later for me, and now I'm hooked.


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[BrewinBromanite]

Shiner bock was the first non light mainstream lager I fell in love with, and opened me up to "dark" (I say tongue in cheek now) beers. Also Negra Modelo was the bomb, and thought I was drinking the best kind of beers. Next came blue moon, and I went on a hefeweizen exploration for about a year. Hoppy/bitter beers came much later for me, and now I'm hooked.


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Sorry - back to the thread. The funny part is what I used to consider fancy/craft/living large beer. Gotta start somewhere I guess.


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[Minky]

Hop me three times, I've gone awaaaay...

Sing it, Jim!!

 

[unionrdr]

I was wondering if anybody'd get that one...:rockin:

 

[catdaddy66]

Hop me three times, I've gone awaaaay...

Jim! You've been homebrewing all this time...

The original hipster.

 

[unionrdr]

Dang, now that the words out, everybody'll want some...

 

[wailingguitar]

Here's a good one from history I found in my research- Jacob BEST started a brewery in MILWAUKEE that became PABST. Now you know...

What's funny about that? It's true

 

[unionrdr]

What's funny about that? It's true

MILWAUKEE'S BEST. Now owned by miller.

 

[biochemedic]

I have lived less than a hour form the Genny Brewery all my life, and have never heard of Genny Red. When and where did you get that?

Funny...I Googled Genny Red after your reply, and I see it's not that common...doesn't seem to be a core product on the Genny website bit I see a few scattered Web references.

My roommate and I'm used to get Red by the 30 pack in cans in NJ when I was last in school (~2002-2003). It was our go to beer...pretty cheap (on par with any of the BMCs) but still with some actual flavor and character.

EDIT: I had also noted that a lot of the Google references I saw was for a bottled product, but as I noted, we were way more familiar with cans...this is what I fondly recall:

 

[wailingguitar]

MILWAUKEE'S BEST. Now owned by miller.

Milwaukee's Best was brewed by Gettleman, not the Jacob Best brewery which became Pabst.

 

[unionrdr]

I know, but the reference is funnily interesting. That's the goof...

 

[lumpher]

Also Negra Modelo was the bomb, and thought I was drinking the best kind of beers.

yummy.. good stuff

 

[GrogNerd]

funny thing overheard about beer:

apparently, it's indistinguishable from Red Bull

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/0...les-red-bull-in-name-logo-lawsuit-111329.html

 

[DrunkleJon]

While I was at the bottle shop the other day one of the guys who worked there was telling me about a new IPA that is coming out. Apparently according to him it is going to be a limited quantity release though it is going to be a year around beer. The kicker that makes it so amazing is that the company has "figured out how to really extract the hoppiness out of the hops and it takes a long time".

 

[ericbw]

While I was at the bottle shop the other day one of the guys who worked there was telling me about a new IPA that is coming out. Apparently according to him it is going to be a limited quantity release though it is going to be a year around beer. The kicker that makes it so amazing is that the company has "figured out how to really extract the hoppiness out of the hops and it takes a long time".

This is the result of names like 60 Minute IPA or All Day IPA. Blame the breweries. So in a way, he's right. It takes longer to extract more bitterness?

 

[Baja_Brewer]

funny thing overheard about beer:

apparently, it's indistinguishable from Red Bull

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/0...les-red-bull-in-name-logo-lawsuit-111329.html

Its like Monster going after VT brewery Rock Art for the barleywine they make called Vermonster. The owner of the brewery took the suit to the press and a ton of VT stores started threatening to pull their product. It got national media attention for a few weeks. Monster "settled" by agreeing they could "have" the name if they promised not to go into the energy drink market.

 

[GrogNerd]

Its like Monster going after VT brewery Rock Art for the barleywine they make called Vermonster. The owner of the brewery took the suit to the press and a ton of VT stores started threatening to pull their product. It got national media attention for a few weeks. Monster "settled" by agreeing they could "have" the name if they promised not to go into the energy drink market.

which Old Ox has promised, from the beginning. But Red Bull has claimed rights to non-alcoholic beverages, parts of the color spectrum and all things bovine

 

[WesleyS]

funny thing overheard about beer:

apparently, it's indistinguishable from Red Bull

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/0...les-red-bull-in-name-logo-lawsuit-111329.html

What a big load of bull crap

 

[kombat]

funny thing overheard about beer:

apparently, it's indistinguishable from Red Bull

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/0...les-red-bull-in-name-logo-lawsuit-111329.html

Wow, that's pretty douchey. Let's all get the word out about this on social media (Facebook it, Twitter it, whatever) and see if we can't pressure this bully to back off.

 

[GrogNerd]

Wow, that's pretty douchey. Let's all get the word out about this on social media (Facebook it, Twitter it, whatever) and see if we can't pressure this bully to back off.

#redbully

and THANK YOU!

on behalf of those of us who enjoy Old Ox, we appreciate it

not only do they make great beer, they're doing a lot for the community. Just this past weekend, they hosted a Dog Rescue event, Pups in the Pub.

& Chris is kind enough to open his tasting room on his day off to allow our local brewclub to have meetings there. Once in a while, we get to sample new offerings before they're available to the public.

I once joked with him that breweries make beer, not money, but to have to spend hard earned revenue on lawsuits like this is just REDBULLSH*T

 

[drainbamage]

funny thing overheard about beer:

apparently, it's indistinguishable from Red Bull

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/0...les-red-bull-in-name-logo-lawsuit-111329.html

Dafuq?

They don't even feature a picture of an ox/bull on their logo. I'd say Red Bull would have a hard time winning that one.

 

[Black Island Brewer]

They don't have to win. They only have to stay lawyered up and outspend Old Ox. The longer the better for RedBullsh*t. I agree with @kombat, hashtag redbully could gain a lot of traction and get them to settle.

 

[cannman]

I was at a bar in Las Vegas last year (Hogs and Heifers Saloon) where a couple was deciding what to order (they happen to be standing next to me). The wife eyes Samuel Adams original on the counter and asks her man-friend what that tastes like, and he says "Oh, that's sour like Sierra Nevada, you won't like it..."