Funny things you've overheard about beer

[landonrone]

I like to butt chug Coors.

 

[Black Island Brewer]

I like to butt chug Coors.

I think you posted on the wrong thread. This sounds more like "Confession Time".

 

[lowtones84]

I like to butt chug Coors.

I think you're on to something.

 

[mattd2]

Yeah an old classmate of mine volunteered after Katrina and brought back some canned water. I don't think it even had a liner so it tasted like metal. Worse than any iron infested well water I mean, it was bad.

AB can't even get water to taste good

 

[PhinneyWoodBrews]

This nitro beer is flat.

 

[C-Rider]

"Bock beer is the darker beer that they take from the bottom of the barrel"

Spoken by CGVT sometime around 1980...

My Papa grew up in Munich and that's what he always said. Guess he didn't know his bier as much as he thought.

 

[C-Rider]

I don't get the hatred for Shocktop and Blue Moon. I'm quite fond of both of them, despite knowing that they're owned by the big international conglomerates so often called "BMC"...
It doesn't change the fact that they are easy drinking beers with some actual flavor- the fact that they're offered in so many bars and restaurants now does amazing things for "real" craft beer.

If you don't care for them, that's your opinion and prerogative, but that doesn't make them foul just because you say so, no matter how loudly or often.
Hell, I drank Blue Moon for a while as I was dipping my toes into craft beer, and it's what gave me the confidence to try imported belgians and other superficially similar beers like hefe's- cloudy beer is almost scary when all you've been exposed to is fizzy yellow water.

I'm by no means an expert, but I know a lot more now because I was introduced to the rest of the beer world.

I don't like most of the "craft" wheats that I've tasted, but I do like Blue Moon. Go figure.

 

[C-Rider]

Well, it wasnt really overheard but I read it on an internet message board. Some guy who was making fun of uneducated beer drinkers said Sierra Nevada was made in Colorado.

Shoots, I always thought it was made in Navada. Says so right on the label in big letters. LOL

 

[DoctorMemory]

"What kind of beer do you have other than BMC?"
His reply was "Oh, we got everything"

" We got both kinds of beer, pilsner AND lager!"

 

[ericbw]

I don't like most of the "craft" wheats that I've tasted, but I do like Blue Moon. Go figure.

That's because American wheats often taste like... American beers. Hop forward, sour, bitter, nasty. I like shocktop better than blue moon.

 

[Zinc_Saucier]

That's because American wheats often taste like... American beers. Hop forward, sour, bitter, nasty. I like shocktop better than blue moon.

Can I quote this as a funny thing I heard about beer?

 

[ericbw]

Can I quote this as a funny thing I heard about beer?

No, but you can quote it as something that's true.

 

[Gameface]

I once heard a guy stereotype all American beer as hop forward, sour, bitter, nasty. Then he said he liked shocktop.

 

[Subdivisions]

Then he admitted to drinking blue moon

 

[lowtones84]

I once heard a bunch of people on a beer forum say that they're not beer snobs or judgmental. Good one

Cheers fellas!

 

[Black Island Brewer]

I once violated Wheaton's Law by pointing out that criticizing people and following it with a wink is also a violation of Wheaton's Law. Crap.

 

[ericbw]

I once heard a guy stereotype all American beer as hop forward, sour, bitter, nasty. Then he said he liked shocktop.

Or was he talking about American WHEAT beers, and did he say "often" or "all?"

 

[noquarter]

I have a semi regular customer who used to drink a lot of DIPA's. One day he carries a 6 pack of some BMC up to the register instead.

"What's with the beer?" Says I.

"Someone told me that hoppy beer raises your estrogen levels, so I can't drink it any more."

I choked down a laugh and informed him that I've never heard of anything like that before and that I think he must be mistaken.

He went a good span before he comes back one day and carries a 4 pack of Victory Dirt Wolf up to the counter.

"I thought you weren't drinking DIPA's anymore?"

He alludes to the fact that he was rethinking what he was told and he cant stand having to drink a whole 6 pack to catch a buzz.

At this moment the devil on my shoulder whispered "Dirt Wolf is a fantastic brew, made with only the finest dirt."

Customer responds "They put dirt in this?"

"Yeah, Victory is an innovative brewery, I think they're on to something"

He walked the 4 pack back to the walk in and grabbed a different DIPA.

I didn't have the heart to tell him I was just ****ing with him because he was just that gullible.

 

[lowtones84]

Everyone else was being a dick, so I just figured it was my turn! There's a reason I come here instead of places like beeradvocate, but this kind of thread action makes me think twice.

I'll offer this to get on track (hopefully) from a friend of mine the other night. "No way, Coors light is better than Bud! It's crisper!"

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

Sure, I can do a brew with you, what are some styles you like. "Pilsner, Lager, Saison, Tripel etc."

 

[hunter_le five]

Or was he talking about American WHEAT beers, and did he say "often" or "all?"

Perhaps your statement should be worded differently then. As it stands, it sure as hell sounds like you are implying that American beers are all hop forward, sour bitter, and nasty.

That's because American wheats often taste like... American beers. Hop forward, sour, bitter, nasty. I like shocktop better than blue moon.

 

[ericbw]

Perhaps your statement should be worded differently then. As it stands, it sure as hell sounds like you are implying that American beers are all hop forward, sour bitter, and nasty.

My bad. What I meant was that the reason people dislike American wheat beers is because they fall into the American style of wheat beers, rather than European styles. American *style* ales are more hop forward, with more complex flavors that can come across as sour, astringent, and/or bitter. European styles of wheat beers are generally more malt-forward and often yeast-driven. (This does not include saisons, of course, which are not necessarily wheat beers.)

So, because of the mix of flavors that are often found in American *style* wheat beers, those beers tend to be nasty. The bottom line, though, is that beers that are hop forward and overly bitter (i.e. quintessential "craft" beer in America) are nasty.

Is that better?

 

[ericbw]

Everyone else was being a dick, so I just figured it was my turn! There's a reason I come here instead of places like beeradvocate, but this kind of thread action makes me think twice.

I'll offer this to get on track (hopefully) from a friend of mine the other night. "No way, Coors light is better than Bud! It's crisper!"

This thread is the worst for dick behavior! Someone offers up something "funny," and someone else shoots it down. (Guilty as charged.)

 

[Oberon67]

The bottom line, though, is that beers that are hop forward and overly bitter (i.e. quintessential "craft" beer in America) are nasty.

Fair enough... more for me.

 

[smizak]

Guy I work with, big beer geek, has a friend who is a beer poser. This friend fancies himself as some sort of foodie/hipster but won't eat a bunch of stuff (meat with bones in it, seafood) and doesn't like beer.

However, that doesn't stop him from pretending that he does.

He'll do things like say he's on a list at the local bottle shop for the KBS release (bullsh!t, I know the buyer for the store, would never happen), or bring a six pack of Enjoy By, fill a glass, and let it die untouched on the table next to him. This "beer is cool" thing is getting annoying, I can't deal with people like that, battling obnoxious hipsters at the bar who actually drink it is bad enough!

 

[Hamaki]

...won't eat a bunch of stuff (meat with bones in it...

Struck me as very odd and funny.

 

[Yesfan]

Not about beer, but about rum........

A friend and two of our co-workers were sitting around at this restaurant talking about different beers. I was drinking a Dogfish Head 60 IPA, and one of the ladies was asking me more about the episode of Brewmasters where they were making the Chichna, or "spit" beer.

They found the story somewhat gross but interesting after I (to the best of my ability) explained why they did this, but then my friend had to up the ante and tell them rum makers in the Caribbean back in the 1700s-1800s also did the same thing with sugar cane.

I just looked at him in disbelief..........

 

[TheCADJockey]

I just looked at him in disbelief..........

I just wasted ten minutes of my life watching your gif avatar

 

[Kirkwooder]

I pulled this from another thread....

"I drink Busch Light because I drink 5-6 a night and it doesn't wreck my budget.

And it's delicious."

This struck me as funny, not because it's Busch Light but because my buddy said the same thing about my spent grain dog treats!

 

[uatuba]

Not about beer, but about rum........



A friend and two of our co-workers were sitting around at this restaurant talking about different beers. I was drinking a Dogfish Head 60 IPA, and one of the ladies was asking me more about the episode of Brewmasters where they were making the Chichna, or "spit" beer.



They found the story somewhat gross but interesting after I (to the best of my ability) explained why they did this, but then my friend had to up the ante and tell them rum makers in the Caribbean back in the 1700s-1800s also did the same thing with sugar cane.



I just looked at him in disbelief..........

Chicha.