Funny things you've overheard about beer

[rlmiller10]

When I buy hops, the alpha acid %, etc. seem to be a pretty wide range. Couldn't the same recipe create very different beers from year to year?

I really mean this as a question, and not a smart remark.

Brewers adjust amounts to maintain the same IBU.

 

[AkTom]

Last night SWMBO is asking me questions about my 3 rd batch of Graff. She asks" how long will it be in the hibernation chamber ". I didn't laugh immediately.

 

[slym2none]

Just mumble something about carbonite and be about making her drink!

 

[ThirstyChap]

A guy at work...."yeah man, those European beers average 20%".......

It took great effort on my part not to correct everything he'd been talking about.

 

[ericbw]

Like a kombucha SCOBY?

I don't know for sure about SCOBY, but not really. Ginger bug is mostly grated ginger and some liquid. It doesn't gel like a SCOBY.

It is also a very slow fermenter compared to fresh yeast.

That book sounds so stupid, BTW!

 

[DrunkleJon]

Ginger Beer Plant is made up of the yeast Saccharomyces florentinus (Saccharomyces pyriformis), and the bacterium Lactobacillus hilgardii (Brevibacterium vermiforme) plus more. The ginger beer plant is kind of a beach ball type of mass rather than a scoby, though it looks like something scobylike can form towards the end of production. Kind of interesting actually.

 

[ericbw]

Ginger Beer Plant is made up of the yeast Saccharomyces florentinus (Saccharomyces pyriformis), and the bacterium Lactobacillus hilgardii (Brevibacterium vermiforme) plus more. The ginger beer plant is kind of a beach ball type of mass rather than a scoby, though it looks like something scobylike can form towards the end of production. Kind of interesting actually.

Oh, that's different from a ginger bug, then.

 

[Kee]

A guy at work...."yeah man, those European beers average 20%".......

It took great effort on my part not to correct everything he'd been talking about.

Sounds like he was wrong about a lot of things.

 

[mcspanner]

Just read this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34268632

Doesn't "China Resources Enterprise" sound like a brewery passionate about making the best beer it can?

 

[TheCADJockey]

Just read this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34268632

Doesn't "China Resources Enterprise" sound like a brewery passionate about making the best beer it can?

I can't read

 

[hunter_le five]

I can't read

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKbZEzDlZZ0[/ame]

 

[fuzzy2133]

Doesn't "China Resources Enterprise" sound like a brewery passionate about making the best beer it can?

I thought they just copy the top selling thing and sell it half off.

 

[losMythos]

Anyone ever Racked onto an actual "Horse Blanket".....Might be tough to stuff that into the secondary....

 

[Wolfdust]

Just read this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34268632

Doesn't "China Resources Enterprise" sound like a brewery passionate about making the best beer it can?

Great, macro beer becomes mega beer.

 

[Black Island Brewer]

Like a kombucha SCOBY?

I'm guessing more like kefir grains, but same concept.

 

[phug]

Anyone ever Racked onto an actual "Horse Blanket".....Might be tough to stuff that into the secondary....

Just rack into a second bucket before you hit final gravity. Dry blanket for 4-7 days

 

[tennesseean_87]

http://imgur.com/gallery/pnnSM

 

[Brewernaut51]

Just read this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34268632

Doesn't "China Resources Enterprise" sound like a brewery passionate about making the best beer it can?

Sounds like it should come in a white can with BEER in bold black block lettering.

 

[unionrdr]

Ha! I remember that. It actually wasn't too bad for cheap beer. They also used it as " human sign" in the computer game, " Deer Avenger"...

 

[RM-MN]

Sounds like it should come in a white can with BEER in bold black block lettering.

Yes, but it should be misspelled. It seems like a lot of the instructions that come with anything made in China will have at least one word misspelled.

 

[erick0619]

Can anyone explain to me why miller tried to buy out Heineken to avoid an offer from AB? Couldnt they just say no to the offer? I feel like when it is Put like that, it feels like AB is punking miller into selling.

 

[cyanmonkey]

Because they can buy the shares and do a hostile takeover. By buying Heineken they could avoid it by claiming antitrust, I imagine.

 

[thatjonguy]

In that case they could just buy up shares to hold as treasury stock. If they have the cash to by Heineken, they should have enough to own 51% of their own company. (In theory)

 

[fuzzy2133]

In that case they could just buy up shares to hold as treasury stock. If they have the cash to by Heineken, they should have enough to own 51% of their own company. (In theory)

I am no expert however some corporations can only have so much stock in the treasury or can only hold the stock for a set time before putting the excess up for sale.

 

[thatjonguy]

Probably depends on their charter/by laws and the laws in the jurisdiction in which they are incorporated.

I don't recall from business law class that there was a limitation that we spoke of. But anything is sure possible.

Even in a hostile take over, a purchase of Heineken wouldn't sway AB, they would just sell of underperforming segments until it met DOJ approval for the merger.

 

[CGVT]

None of this is funny

 

[hunter_le five]

None of this is funny

You new here?

 

[slym2none]

None of this is funny

Welcome to my life.

 

[thatjonguy]

None of this is funny

I think it's funny that one conglomerate buys another conglomerate just to sell it off to buy more only to sell it so they can get approval to buy basically what they just sold.

 

[slym2none]

My head exploded.