Greatest Compliment EVER!!

[Hockeyhunter99]

so i am a bit of a hockey nut and SWMBO and i have tickets to the last home game to the UND Fighting Sioux hockey last night.

we are in-line at the beer stand and get a Leinie's Honeyweisse on tap.

SWMBO takes a drink and gets this sour expression on her face and asks if i brought any homebrews. SWMBO perfers my homebrew to commercial beer. :rockin: :rockin:


Must be doing something right!!

 

[Yooper]

Well, yes. I'm sure your homebrew is better than many of the commercial offerings we see at sporting events.


But Leine's is the suckiest of the beers anyway. Every single one of them is a lager (even the nut brown) and they are among the worst offerings I see. I'd take a Miller way before a Leine's!

 

[donjonson]

Well, yes. I'm sure your homebrew is better than many of the commercial offerings we see at sporting events.


But Leine's is the suckiest of the beers anyway. Every single one of them is a lager (even the nut brown) and they are among the worst offerings I see. I'd take a Miller way before a Leine's!

so what you are saying is that hockeyhunter sucks at brewing?

 

[bovineblitz]

so what you are saying is that hockeyhunter sucks at brewing?

Take an elementary logic course, plz.

 

[Yooper]

so what you are saying is that hockeyhunter sucks at brewing?

LOL. Nope. I'm sure it's better than most commercial offerings. I'm sure it's very good, and if I was offered one I'd be honored to have one. I find that many of the homebrews I've had over the years are quite good, and I would always pick one over most commercial beers. I bet hockeyhunter's beers are quite good!




But I have a special dislike for Leine's.

 

[Hockeyhunter99]

But I have a special dislike for Leine's.

is this a Michigan/Wisconsin thing????

and thanks for the complement.

 

[motobrewer]

could be.

or they could just really really blow. i'm going with really, really blowing.

 

[nos33]

I brewed an Irish Stout and gave one to a friend. He says he hates dark beer but the one I gave him was better than anything else he has drank.

 

[unionrdr]

IDK,i think Leinenkugel's is way better than BMC. But that's me. That said,yes,HB's should be better. Otherwise,why would we obsess so much?lolz

 

[mdstrobe]

so one of the worst compliments I can make is that you aren't a very good speller, OG. It's okay. Not trying to start anything (my attempt at humor)

 

[McGarnigle]

so one of the worst compliments I can make is that you aren't a very good speller, OG. It's okay. Not trying to start anything (my attempt at humor)

And I thought this was going to be a thread about beer and food pairings.

 

[mattymatt79]

IDK,i think Leinenkugel's is way better than BMC. But that's me. That said,yes,HB's should be better. Otherwise,why would we obsess so much?lolz

Very valid point... I think we do obsess over it so much because it does taste WAY better

 

[motobrewer]

leine's is bmc.

 

[Rivenin]

Leinenkugel's i really do enjoy, i do miss their summer wheat. it's not the easiest thing to find on the west coast since i moved though but personally, i've never had a bad one (but then again, i've only had like 2 haha)

 

[unionrdr]

so one of the worst compliments I can make is that you aren't a very good speller, OG. It's okay. Not trying to start anything (my attempt at humor)

Are you talkin to me? Eh,i don't see anybody behind me,so ya gotta be talkin to me.lolz HB's referred to Home Brewers.:cross:

 

[boostsr20]

is this a Michigan/Wisconsin thing????

and thanks for the complement.

No, she's almost more of a Wisconsin advocate than most Wisconsin people. LOL. She hooked me up with a few beers and they were all Wisconsin and awesome.

 

[Hockeyhunter99]

so one of the worst compliments I can make is that you aren't a very good speller, OG. It's okay. Not trying to start anything (my attempt at humor)

yeah, yeah, yeah. i am a mediocre spellre. good thing science is my thing and not lanuage arts.

 

[MeatyPortion]

I think the more important point is that OP's wife tasted a beer I'm guessing she sort of liked or tolerated previously and now, after having drunk OP's beer, realizes what good beer actually tastes like.

 

[passedpawn]

"Greatest compliments" usually start with clothes flying off.

But I'd take the one you got. My wife doesn't even drink beer.

And Leiny Sunset Wheat is one of the worst beers. We can get it down here in the corner of the country, and I cannot explain why. Not a fan.

 

[malweth]

+1 for wife not drinking beer.
Or wine for that matter... She wants to know why I can't make something she likes. Amaretto is out, and she can't have ANY of that stuff right now, anyway!

 

[Yooper]

No, she's almost more of a Wisconsin advocate than most Wisconsin people. LOL. She hooked me up with a few beers and they were all Wisconsin and awesome.

I guess that is why I'm so down on Leinie's. Dick Leinenkugel is a decent guy, and I would really like to enjoy their beers. BUT they advertise as this "craft brewery" in a small town and talk about their ownership of this "family brewery". Well, it's all a lie. The sold to Miller back in the 80s, and are wholly owned by Miller, no matter what spin Dick puts on it in his appearances. And the beers are not that good- all lagers, made to be just like the other Miller offerings (notably Coors) to grab a bigger market share. If the beers were great, that would be one thing. But they are macroswill for people who don't know the difference.

There are MANY great Wisconsin beers, and I did send some to Boostr a while back. There are really some wonderful offerings, and it bugs me that people think Leinie's is a Wisconsin beer.

 

[MeatyPortion]

I guess that is why I'm so down on Leinie's. Dick Leinenkugel is a decent guy, and I would really like to enjoy their beers. BUT they advertise as this "craft brewery" in a small town and talk about their ownership of this "family brewery". Well, it's all a lie. The sold to Miller back in the 80s, and are wholly owned by Miller, no matter what spin Dick puts on it in his appearances. And the beers are not that good- all lagers, made to be just like the other Miller offerings (notably Coors) to grab a bigger market share. If the beers were great, that would be one thing. But they are macroswill for people who don't know the difference.

There are MANY great Wisconsin beers, and I did send some to Boostr a while back. There are really some wonderful offerings, and it bugs me that people think Leinie's is a Wisconsin beer.

This just in: Yooper Offended By Dick

 

[Rivenin]

Lol

 

[lou2row]

One prop to Leiney that is also for Sam Adams is they are a gateway beer. It is the first non BMC (even though it is a BMC owned beer) that many people try, myself included. As you move up the beer food chain and develop your palate, you realize how "thin" they are flavorwise. But they give people a start in finding out about more flavorful beers.

I still enjoy Leiney's red, creamy dark, and 1888 bock. Their nut brown is nasty, as well as the summer offerings. IMO.

 

[Yooper]

This just in: Yooper Offended By Dick

Normally, that's not true. I really like Dick.

 

[boostsr20]

Tmi

 

[Rockape66]

My father in law's name is Dick. Took me a long time to call him by his name. Just, Sir'. By the way, my wife's maiden name is Longfellow. Put that one together for a laugh.

 

[Rivenin]

I did.. and I laughed!

 

[clayroc]

Me too

 

[unionrdr]

Dito this morning...fire in the hole!!