Funny things you've overheard about beer

[Vamptrump]

Funniest thing recently. Founders relabeling Breakfast Stout because of law regarding the use of images of minors on alcoholic beverage labels. The funny part is the phone number on the fridge actually is a recorded message and you can leave a voicemail. I'll let you call the number for the message.

 

[unionrdr]

Yeah, everything's a bit too PC these days.

 

[GrogNerd]

at a chain steakhouse, celebrating the end of the BigHair's unemployment

DC Brau's The Public is an American Pale Ale, their IPA is called The Corruption

I didn't say anything because I was enjoying my imperial pint and didn't want to be the know-it-all beer snob.

I did rat them out to the brewers

 

[NickTheGreat]

“For their own good, vegetarians should never be allowed near fine beers and ales. It will only make them loud and belligerent, and they lack the physical strength and aggressive nature to back up any drunken assertions.” -A. Bourdain.

That, and the fact that yeasties are living creatures, and you'd be a MONSTER to kill them. :fro:

 

[Billy-Klubb]

That, and the fact that yeasties are living creatures, and you'd be a MONSTER to kill them. :fro:

all fungus needs to be punished.

 

[The_Dog_42]

Funniest thing recently. Founders relabeling Breakfast Stout because of law regarding the use of images of minors on alcoholic beverage labels. The funny part is the phone number on the fridge actually is a recorded message and you can leave a voicemail. I'll let you call the number for the message.

Ha! If you call it, you literally overhear something funny about beer. Awesome.

 

[OswaldvW]

At a grocery store in NY state, looking at the craft brew single bottles. An older couple was looking for a bottle of beer for a friend. They ask me, a fellow customer, for suggestions.

Me: "Well, what kind of beer does your friend like?"
Couple: "He likes dark beers. He drinks Molson."
Me: "Well, then I wouldn't recommend that bottle of English IPA you are holding."

 

[mozart4898]

I once heard someone who should have known better say that mash temperatures don't make a bit of difference to how fermentable the wort is - i.e. as long as you're between 146 and 160 (or something like that), it won't matter if you "mash low or mash high." F.G. in other words is a crapshoot that's only affected by the yeast variety.

 

[masonsjax]

Well actually...
Mash temp is not much of a factor anymore with the modern highly modified grains. There's a thread about it here somewhere. Someone documented some tests they ran, maybe it was Kai? With certain malts it didn't much matter what temp you use, it always comes out the same.

 

[hunter_le five]

Well actually...
Mash temp is not much of a factor anymore with the modern highly modified grains. There's a thread about it here somewhere. Someone documented some tests they ran, maybe it was Kai? With certain malts it didn't much matter what temp you use, it always comes out the same.

You got a link?

 

[masonsjax]

http://www.woodlandbrew.com/2013/01/measured-mash-temperature-effects.html

Kai's data is linked at the bottom, as is Greg Doss from Wyeast. I can't seem to find the thread I'm thinking about though. I'm too busy to look right now.

 

[joshesmusica]

Well actually...
Mash temp is not much of a factor anymore with the modern highly modified grains. There's a thread about it here somewhere. Someone documented some tests they ran, maybe it was Kai? With certain malts it didn't much matter what temp you use, it always comes out the same.

http://www.woodlandbrew.com/2013/01/measured-mash-temperature-effects.html

Kai's data is linked at the bottom, as is Greg Doss from Wyeast. I can't seem to find the thread I'm thinking about though. I'm too busy to look right now.

according to the link you posted there is a difference though... a 9% difference between 150 and 160.

OG 1.050 - 85% ADT - 1.007 FG - 5.6% ABV
OG 1.050 - 77% ADT - 1.011 FG - 4.9% ABV (77 because 76 is between 1.011 and 1.012)

OG 1.070 - 85% ADT - 1.010 FG - 7.9% ABV
OG 1.070 - 76% ADT - 1.016 FG - 7.1% ABV

OG 1.090 - 85% ADT - 1.013 FG - 10.1% ABV
OG 1.090 - 76% ADT - 1.020 FG - 9.2% ABV

that's a pretty significant difference in my book.

 

[masonsjax]

Yeah there's a lot more data available and it seems the sensitivity is nearly zero with certain grains from certain vendors. When I get a chance I'll look for the thread where all the discussion took place.

 

[Minky]

I don't know if we're still doing "Funny Things...", but how about the title of the book, "Ale, Beer and Brewsters in England", featured in the latest Homebrewtalk article. So, ale and beer are two different things, huh?

 

[Iseneye]

I don't know if we're still doing "Funny Things...", but how about the title of the book, "Ale, Beer and Brewsters in England", featured in the latest Homebrewtalk article. So, ale and beer are two different things, huh?

I read the article and thought that they differentiated between ale (no hops) and later beer (hopped). It's in the article unless my memory is failing.

Did a quick wiki and yep

Historically the terms beer and ale respectively referred to drinks brewed with and without hops.

 

[cyanmonkey]

I read the article and thought that they differentiated between ale (no hops) and later beer (hopped). It's in the article unless my memory is failing.



Did a quick wiki and yep

Unless it's a reference to "real ale". England has this weird thing with cask conditioning.

 

[hunter_le five]

While visiting my brother last weekend in a little redneck town in East Texas, we went to the the store to go buy beer. We were trying to decide what to get, when an old guy, obviously already drunk, ambled over to us and said "they sure do have a lot of choices here... but I know what I'm getting." He smiled and held up a pack of Keystone Ice. Then, "What I'd really like is some Miller Gen-Yoo-Ine Draft. Yessir, that right there's the good stuff. But I can't afford that no more." Then he stumbled off with his pisswater, crying, probably.

Poor guy. I almost wanted to buy him some.

But before I get too all high-and-mighty, we left with a 30-pack of Miller Lite.

 

[unionrdr]

It's definitely referring to real ales, including that CAMRA stuff with cask ales. Any hops in it & it's " beer". I think that's inaccurate, but that's what they claim. So by that line of reasoning, they have no lagers...just "ale" & " beer"?

 

[SupervisingChildren]

So I looked up keggles on Google and only came up with kegel information.

 

[BBQB]

While visiting my brother last weekend in a little redneck town in East Texas, we went to the the store to go buy beer. We were trying to decide what to get, when an old guy, obviously already drunk, ambled over to us and said "they sure do have a lot of choices here... but I know what I'm getting." He smiled and held up a pack of Keystone Ice. Then, "What I'd really like is some Miller Gen-Yoo-Ine Draft. Yessir, that right there's the good stuff. But I can't afford that no more." Then he stumbled off with his pisswater, crying, probably.

Poor guy. I almost wanted to buy him some.

But before I get too all high-and-mighty, we left with a 30-pack of Miller Lite.

That was one of the better recent posts!

 

[1977Brewer]

That was one of the better recent posts!

Shhh, you'll inflate his ego. There's barely room for the rest of us as it is.

 

[Michigan_Wolfman]

"That's pretty good stuff! How'd you get the recipe for Stroh's?!" My burnout uncle, who makes Tommy Chong look like a MENSA genius, actually said this about my 2nd batch of beer ever, which was brewed from one can of Cooper's Lager hopped liquid extract with a pound of Munton's extra light DME. Don't get me wrong, Stroh's is OK, but I never actually set out to recreate it at home. :smack:

 

[slym2none]

I had an acquaintence try one of my Helluva IPAs - he's more of a liquor/spirits guy - and he took a first sip, looked surprised, then took another one. He said "I didn't expect it to taste like Guinness at first, but that's pretty good!"

I just nodded my head and was happy he liked it.

 

[1977Brewer]

I had an acquaintence try one of my Helluva IPAs - he's more of a liquor/spirits guy - and he took a first sip, looked surprised, then took another one. He said "I didn't expect it to taste like Guinness at first, but that's pretty good!"

I just nodded my head and was happy he liked it.

Why is Guinness the baseline for all of craft beer? I mean, I love the chit, but there's really only a couple of styles that even bear comparison.

 

[Sammy86]

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[slym2none]

Why is Guinness the baseline for all of craft beer? I mean, I love the chit, but there's really only a couple of styles that even bear comparison.

My guess is he meant it was strong (it was a 7.5% ABV brew) even though Guinness isn't that heavy. It's amazing what some people's thought processes are.

 

[Snowden]

Friend on Untappd raving about a new beer he tried with "...added Saison hops!".

I need to get my hands on some of those!

 

[beergolf]

It's definitely referring to real ales, including that CAMRA stuff with cask ales. Any hops in it & it's " beer". I think that's inaccurate, but that's what they claim. So by that line of reasoning, they have no lagers...just "ale" & " beer"?

Wow ,, how do you come up with this stuff..Now that is downright funny... CAMRA says nothing at all about hops or no hops..

From CAMRA website..

Ales, which includes bitters, milds, stouts, porters, barley wines, golden ales and old ales, use top-fermenting yeast. The yeast forms a thick head on the top of the fermenting vessel and the process is shorter, more vigorous and carried out at higher temperatures than lager. This is the traditional method of brewing British beer.

All of these ales have hops in them....Also notice that it calls the ales, beer.

There are a huge range of different beer styles, each with different qualities, tastes and strengths, but each falls into one of two main categories; ale or lager. The key difference between ales and lagers is the type of fermentation.

Again not mention of hops or no hops being the difference...And they do recognize ales and lagers, both of which are reffered to as beers....

Here is the CAMRA website. http://www.camra.org.uk/about-real-ale

 

[masonsjax]

I got comments that my nitro oatmeal stout "tastes exactly like Guinness!!" last week. Well I get what they mean, it's about the same color, and has some roastiness, but it's really not very close if you ask me. Close enough I guess

 

[day_trippr]

Jeeze, it was a friggin' stout.

When you have someone tell you your award winning ESB reminds them of Guinness - that would be interesting...

Cheers!