Funny things you've overheard about beer

[HObrew]

"Guinness is a meal."

Maybe for a 5 year old?

To be fair, Guinness is deceptively dark and "fluffy".

I bet if you did a blind taste test of flat Guinness, people would say it's light beer.

 

[TexasDroughtBrewery]

They sure did!
Here's another link to the same video (Bo Burnham country song):
https://youtu.be/MPTKR12cUqc

Thanks for the new link, ive seen some of his comedy before its always funny. Good video.

 

[mattd2]

Oh good god! http://i.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/88159379/region-brewing-up-a-revolution#comments

 

[Geneticjim]

I saw this on a tour today. Got so scared I almost left.
Be careful drinking beer in Cali. You may end up with cancer!

I am more afraid to breathe the air in Cali than drinking beer...

 

[Patrick87]

I brought a growler of German Pilsner I made to work with me. One of my coworkers who never had homebrew before remarked "Wow, it tastes just like beer! I figured it would taste like Sake or something."

That's a compliment, right?

In my defense, the Pilsner was really good. Everyone seemed to enjoy it.

 

[Dan_K]

"I like beer that tastes like beer"

 

[jimdkc]

"I like beer that tastes like beer"

Lemme guess... Said by somebody with a Bud Light in hand?

 

[NickTheGreat]

"I like beer that tastes like beer"

That's one thing we all agree on!

 

[DoctorMemory]

Lemme guess... Said by somebody with a Bud Light in hand?

Somebody with a Bud Light in their hand who "doesn't like lagers".

 

[Dan_K]

That's one thing we all agree on!

Actually no. I would say I don't agree with that.

When someone says this, what they mean is:

"I like light lagers made from adjunct grains that tastes faintly of noble hops and is produced in massive quantities and heavily marketed to reinforce my self-esteem for liking such generic weak beer."

To a majority of people, a porter, heffe, stout, IPA, or even Amber ale doesn't "taste like beer".

 

[Redlantern]

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[GrogNerd]

Actually no. I would say I don't agree with that.

When someone says this, what they mean is:

"I like light lagers made from adjunct grains that tastes faintly of noble hops and is produced in massive quantities and heavily marketed to reinforce my self-esteem for liking such generic weak beer."

To a majority of people, a porter, heffe, stout, IPA, or even Amber ale doesn't "taste like beer".

Only presuming he was referring to the collective "we" here on HBT

To us, porters, heffes, stouts, IPAs and ambers are all beers & taste like beer.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Only presuming he was referring to the collective "we" here on HBT

To us, porters, heffes, stouts, IPAs and ambers are all beers & taste like beer.

THIS. As in, I like beer that tastes like beer and so does Grognerd.

Bill in the beer doesn't mean what he says. But it's still a true statement

 

[exc503]

Once had a guy at the bar in a brewpub add salt to a beer...because it adds to the bubbles. Then proceeded to tell us that German dark beers are that way because they stay in the fermenter longer, and the lighter beers are in for shorter time.

 

[benco]

Once had a guy at the bar in a brewpub add salt to a beer...because it adds to the bubbles. Then proceeded to tell us that German dark beers are that way because they stay in the fermenter longer, and the lighter beers are in for shorter time.

He sounds like a real beer snob. I like to talk to people like that and see how far they go with it.

 

[exc503]

He sounds like a real beer snob. I like to talk to people like that and see how far they go with it.

He went pretty far before the bartender looked at him and went WTF are you talking about.

 

[Trippel-A]

This kinda makes me want to head to the nearest good bar and start spouting all the nonsense that gets quoted here.

 

[Murphys_Law]

This kinda makes me want to head to the nearest good bar and start spouting all the nonsense that gets quoted here.

That would be a good experiment! Head to the nearest micro and spout all kinds of BS and see if it shows up here!

 

[Murphys_Law]

Double post

 

[Black Island Brewer]

That would be a good experiment! Head to the nearest micro and spout all kinds of BS and see if it shows up here!

When you do that, be sure to add them here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=510992

 

[Murphys_Law]

When you do that, be sure to add them here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=510992

I'm going to steal a few of those! Hell, I could toss out most of those and my buddies would think I'm some type of beer savant!

 

[csurowiec]

Was talking to a work associate yesterday about a small brewery with a nice taproom in our area. He said "Yeah my son used to drink that weird micro crap but he came to his senses and drinks real beer now".

 

[NickTheGreat]

Was talking to a work associate yesterday about a small brewery with a nice taproom in our area. He said "Yeah my son used to drink that weird micro crap but he came to his senses and drinks real beer now".

How could anyone "go back" to macro beer?

 

[andrewmaixner]

How could anyone "go back" to macro beer?

eh, I like american adjunct lagers more now than before I got into craft beer. I still don't actually drink them unless it's free, but I like them more than before.

 

[csurowiec]

How could anyone "go back" to macro beer?

I think with some people, it's not about the beer. It's about the camaraderie, the location, the sports on the tv. The beer is just a small part of it for them. I've met many people over the twenty something years I've been a beer nerd who for them it's just beer. No more no less. These same people generally are the ones who view food the same way. They eat so they can live, they don't live to eat.

 

[bleme]

I was looking at Maltodextrine at WilliamsBrewing.com and one of the reviewers says he uses it for all his yeast starters! I had to wonder if he is trying to punk someone or if he was serious...

 

[cyanmonkey]

I was looking at Maltodextrine at WilliamsBrewing.com and one of the reviewers says he uses it for all his yeast starters! I had to wonder if he is trying to punk someone or if he was serious...

Some sour brewers will use maltodextrin in starters to get the bugs goin'.

 

[HoosteezMorgan]

My uncle love him to death he gave me my first beer when I was a boy always drinks budweiser and is a legit alcoholic like drinks a case of bottles only( he will give away canned budweiser ) won't drink any other beer including goodies like Guinness and such won't touch a light beer either won't even try any craft beer because in his words " anything other than budweiser in a bottle is either to close to water to dark to sweet or doesn't taste good in general and I can't believe people actually drink it like depraved animals" this is a man when I was a teenager living at his house he put his girlfriend's head through the wall while ****ing she said hi to me while I was laying on the couch with her head less than a foot from my feet and he kept ****ing her , but people who drink ales and guinness and craft beer are depraved animals I can agree light beer is like water but yeah also this is a man who considers himself a beer connoisseur though as I've clearly stated before he will only drink bottled budweiser he even looks down on cans of budweiser .

 

[Kee]

My uncle love him to death he gave me my first beer when I was a boy always drinks budweiser and is a legit alcoholic like drinks a case of bottles only( he will give away canned budweiser ) won't drink any other beer including goodies like Guinness and such won't touch a light beer either won't even try any craft beer because in his words " anything other than budweiser in a bottle is either to close to water to dark to sweet or doesn't taste good in general and I can't believe people actually drink it like depraved animals" this is a man when I was a teenager living at his house he put his girlfriend's head through the wall while ****ing she said hi to me while I was laying on the couch with her head less than a foot from my feet and he kept ****ing her , but people who drink ales and guinness and craft beer are depraved animals I can agree light beer is like water but yeah also this is a man who considers himself a beer connoisseur though as I've clearly stated before he will only drink bottled budweiser he even looks down on cans of budweiser .

That scene with the girlfriend ought to be in a movie.

 

[GrogNerd]

I'd like to buy a punctuation mark, please.