Funny things you've overheard about beer

[jrgtr42]

At a brewpub I go to fairly often,
customer: Can I get a Coors Light.
bartender: no, we only serve our own beers here.
Cust: What kind of place doesn't have Coors?
bt: The kind of place that brews their own beer, like it says in our name. We have a pale ale you can try if you want.
cust: ...

I hear a variation on that conversation EVERY SINGLE TIME I go there, and the place has been there for 25 years now.

 

[jonny24]

At rugby practice: "Coors isn't beer... they make it so fast that it isn't done yet when they put it in the cans, so it's not technically beer when it leaves the brewery"

I have to imagine someone tried explaining bottle carbonation to him at some point. I didn't feel like explaining...

 

[bleme]

We went out to pizza the other night. All they had were macro lagers so I ordered a water. My wife ordered a Coors Light, to which the cashier replied, "So two waters. What else can I get you?".

 

[Trail]

We went out to pizza the other night. All they had were macro lagers so I ordered a water. My wife ordered a Coors Light, to which the cashier replied, "So two waters. What else can I get you?".

Saucy. Must not have been Pizza Hut, they barely use any sauce.

 

[mglicini]

Yes they do use it for bittering only. There are still the other two steps of their "triple hops" process that can't and don't use tetrahop lol.

Ohhhh yeah, I never even thought about that!.. then what's the point of making sure your extract is treated this way if you hop three times! Haha

 

[mglicini]

Yes they do use it for bittering only. There are still the other two steps of their "triple hops" process that can't and don't use tetrahop lol.

Ohhhh yeah, I never even thought about that!.. then what's the point of making sure your extract is treated this way if you hop three times! Haha

 

[catdaddy66]

Saw this today... I chuckled.

 

[biochemedic]

WTF....they actually still make that?!

 

[catdaddy66]

WTF....they actually still make that?!

It's actually making quite the comeback. I laughed at calling it 'beer'...

Zima is a lot of things but it ain't beer!

 

[GrogNerd]

"Malternative" beverage

 

[mongoose33]

It's a limited release, and they only want $6.99 per CASE?

Looks more like someone found a pallet of this back in the warehouse behind the fresh beer and decided to move it.

 

[Jwin]

No, it's legit
Bud rep told be it will be around for ~6 months

 

[DoctorMemory]

LOL, they may distribute it for six months, but something tells me it'll be around for a lot longer.

 

[pepindavid]

At the best craft beer store in my city (Aylmer, Qc), I was looking for a specific brand of Gluten-free beer for my celiac girlfriend. The salesman asks me: "Is she celiac, or intelorant? If she's only intolerant, she can have Sapporo. It's brewed with rice. There's no barley in it, so there is no gluten". I kind of stared weirdly at him, before deciding not to get into a brewing discussion.

 

[jack13]

Saw this today... I chuckled.

Kudos to Zima for sticking with the same graphics! If it was good enough for the 90's...

 

[Jwin]

Kudos to Zima for sticking with the same graphics! If it was good enough for the 90's...

No high​ grav zima though

5.9%!

 

[Wolfdust]

Wasn't there a lime Zima at one time?

 

[Mainer]

It's a limited release, and they only want $6.99 per CASE?

Looks more like someone found a pallet of this back in the warehouse behind the fresh beer and decided to move it.

The case is marked 4x6-packs. I'm assuming the cases on top are opened, and it's $6.99 a six-pack. Otherwise, I'm going to go out and buy myself a couple cases of Zima and distill a Zima brandy. Who's in?

 

[DoctorMemory]

Wasn't there a lime Zima at one time?

I remember a Zima Dark, not a lime, though. Although I suppose they could have released one regionally, for test-marketing.

 

[Jwin]

Wasn't there a lime Zima at one time?

It was Zima citrus iirc

 

[Mainer]

I remember a Zima Dark, not a lime, though. Although I suppose they could have released one regionally, for test-marketing.

I don't remember Zima with Lime, but I remember Coke with Lime. Their marketing slogan was, "Coke With Lime: it's Coke... with lime!"

Original.

 

[Jwin]

I don't remember Zima with Lime, but I remember Coke with Lime. Their marketing slogan was, "Coke With Lime: it's Coke... with lime!"

Original.

Whilst researching...

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[nmfree]

I remember a Zima Dark, not a lime, though.

Zima Dark? What was it, 1 SRM?

 

[dawn_kiebawls]

I must have been about 8 or 9. I was walking around the College World Series with my family. We walked past a Zima trailer which was handing out samples. They looked at me, didn't think twice and handed a sample to me and my other 4 siblings who were all CLEARLY underage. The times have changed

On another note, I walked into a new beer store the other day. I've seen it several times before but never stopped. It looked like it may carry some good stuff, so I ask the two ladies working there if they had any sour beers. They looked confused and asked if I meant 'like, beer that has gone bad??', then one of them has an 'ah-ha' moment, runs to the back and rushes out with Lime-arita and Straw-berita..Yes, in their defense, they are sour. I bought a sixer of Deschutes Pinedrops IPA and never looked back

 

[ericbw]

Whilst researching...

To cause it or cure it?

 

[DoctorMemory]

Zima Dark? What was it, 1 SRM?

It was nasty, is what it was. My wife liked Zima, and I had a couple at a party and thought they were OK, so we went to pick some up. All we could find was this Zima Gold, and of course we had to buy a case (thanks PA!). I think that case lasted a good six months, in a house where we normally went through a couple cases a week.

 

[Anon111]

With regards to that earlier part of the thread about how drinking different beverages would lead to bad hangovers and worse drunkiness, as a rule of thumb we (me and my mates) had (back in the 80's) "you had enough if you either could not recall how much you had of one drink, or how much you had of different drinks".
Because 4 beer, 2 white and 1 red wine would be more difficult to remember than just 9 beers. And 'having enough' meant 'not getting any more' so we were pretty conscious about our intakes!

 

[mesooohoppy]

I must have been about 8 or 9. I was walking around the College World Series with my family. We walked past a Zima trailer which was handing out samples. They looked at me, didn't think twice and handed a sample to me and my other 4 siblings who were all CLEARLY underage. The times have changed

On another note, I walked into a new beer store the other day. I've seen it several times before but never stopped. It looked like it may carry some good stuff, so I ask the two ladies working there if they had any sour beers. They looked confused and asked if I meant 'like, beer that has gone bad??', then one of them has an 'ah-ha' moment, runs to the back and rushes out with Lime-arita and Straw-berita..Yes, in their defense, they are sour. I bought a sixer of Deschutes Pinedrops IPA and never looked back

Hopefully i havent already told this story in this thread. oh well, here goes:

I have a semi-local taphouse that carries sours regularly. I was drinking a sour that I had never heard of before, I could clearly tell it wasn't a kettle sour and was curious if the lady knew off the top of her head (or had a info card or something) what bugs were in the sour.

She looks at me weird and walks over to another server, I can hear her whisper 'he just asked if there are bugs in that beer'. She comes back, 'you mean like bugs BUGS?'

I had to explain it to her, she said 'oh okay' and walks away. I never got my answer.

 

[bleme]

Hopefully i havent already told this story in this thread. oh well, here goes:

I have a semi-local taphouse that carries sours regularly. I was drinking a sour that I had never heard of before, I could clearly tell it wasn't a kettle sour and was curious if the lady knew off the top of her head (or had a info card or something) what bugs were in the sour.

She looks at me weird and walks over to another server, I can hear her whisper 'he just asked if there are bugs in that beer'. She comes back, 'you mean like bugs BUGS?'

I had to explain it to her, she said 'oh okay' and walks away. I never got my answer.

Word is going to get around that you make your beer with bugs and nobody will want to try it, LOL! Hmmm...maybe I should try that...more for me!

 

[Murphys_Law]

Hopefully i havent already told this story in this thread. oh well, here goes:

I have a semi-local taphouse that carries sours regularly. I was drinking a sour that I had never heard of before, I could clearly tell it wasn't a kettle sour and was curious if the lady knew off the top of her head (or had a info card or something) what bugs were in the sour.

She looks at me weird and walks over to another server, I can hear her whisper 'he just asked if there are bugs in that beer'. She comes back, 'you mean like bugs BUGS?'

I had to explain it to her, she said 'oh okay' and walks away. I never got my answer.

I am pretty sure I did post this here but it kinda applies...

I was at a local place and the bartender was telling some guest that they used "sour hops" to make the sours. Same thing, I took him aside and explained how sours are made and asked him to chat with the brewer so he could get a better understanding and explain it better. He was actually appreciative that I helped him not make the same mistake again.