I tell my friends my beer is an IPA even when it's not

[nollie11]

My friends are all into the IPA craze. The hoppier, the better. If my beer's IBU's are way up there, but the style is an Amber, a Brown, or an APA, my friends automatically get some sort of bias and will say "it's ok, but how about you brew an IPA!". Well, I've had it. My favorite style is APA, then amber ale, so I've now resorted to just simply telling them it's an IPA. Before the first sip: "Hope you like my new IPA!". Sip goes down: "wow, this is great!" Me (thinking): it's the same damn batch as last time :smack:

Oh well. Cheers to beer

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Mark Twain says it best, and while this quote pertains to cigars this mindset is equally relevant to beer.

"As concerns tobacco, there are many superstitions. And the chiefest is this--that there is a STANDARD governing the matter,
whereas there is nothing of the kind. Each man's own preference is the only standard for him, the only one which he can accept,
the only one which can command him. A congress of all the tobacco-lovers in the world could not elect a standard which
would be binding upon you or me, or would even much influence us.

The next superstition is that a man has a standard of his own. He hasn't. He thinks he has, but he hasn't. He thinks he can
tell what he regards as a good cigar from what he regards as a bad one--but he can't. He goes by the brand, yet imagines he goes
by the flavor. One may palm off the worst counterfeit upon him; if it bears his brand he will smoke it contentedly and never suspect."

And I have experienced this superstition first hand, both with cigars and with beer. "We" once tried to teach a lesson in a homebrew club. We passed off draft Budweiser as a craft Pilsner. Everyone LOVED it, "could take best of show in a competition" they said, even certified judges. Society on the whole is inexplicably biased by what they "know". Even when they don't know anything.

Like with children' Give them something to eat without telling them what is in it and more often them not they will eat it, and love it. But tell them it has some obscure ingredient before hand and they'll insist it makes them sick.

 

[Homercidal]

My friend doesn't like bitter beer. But he loves brewing a Witbier with me. A beer is ok for him if it's got a touch of orange peel and coriander.

 

[ericbw]

Mark Twain says it best, and while this quote pertains to cigars this mindset is equally relevant to beer.

"As concerns tobacco, there are many superstitions. And the chiefest is this--that there is a STANDARD governing the matter,
whereas there is nothing of the kind. Each man's own preference is the only standard for him, the only one which he can accept,
the only one which can command him. A congress of all the tobacco-lovers in the world could not elect a standard which
would be binding upon you or me, or would even much influence us.

The next superstition is that a man has a standard of his own. He hasn't. He thinks he has, but he hasn't. He thinks he can
tell what he regards as a good cigar from what he regards as a bad one--but he can't. He goes by the brand, yet imagines he goes
by the flavor. One may palm off the worst counterfeit upon him; if it bears his brand he will smoke it contentedly and never suspect."

And I have experienced this superstition first hand, both with cigars and with beer. "We" once tried to teach a lesson in a homebrew club. We passed off draft Budweiser as a craft Pilsner. Everyone LOVED it, "could take best of show in a competition" they said, even certified judges. Society on the whole is inexplicably biased by what they "know". Even when they don't know anything.

Like with children' Give them something to eat without telling them what is in it and more often them not they will eat it, and love it. But tell them it has some obscure ingredient before hand and they'll insist it makes them sick.

I think you're right. People assume they like something (or don't) even if they can't tell the difference.

I also think it varies from time to time. Hot weather and cold weather mean different beers to me. Or if you're going to drink just one. Or the company you're with.

 

[CGVT]

I don't know art, but I know what I like...

 

[jammin]

You're friends either have chit taste in IPA or don't respect you enough to tell you they taste like crap

 

[Zuljin]

You're friends either have chit taste in IPA or don't respect you enough to tell you they taste like crap

Somewhere on the internet there's a forum for people who just drink other people's homebrew, and on that forum, his friends are posting about this guy who thinks all his beers are IPAs, even when they're not.