Most annoying response when you tell someone you're a homebrewer?

[Fordmi]

Most annoying I have heard is:

"I would never drink something somebody made in their garage."

Good. More for me.

 

[inflictor-of-grimness]

LOL. I can cook, should I open a restaurant?

Exactly! I also lift weights, but I'm not planning on becoming a professional body builder!

 

[STEVESKI]

What I wouldn't give for a bottle of some old Carolina hillbilly's moonshine.

Your eyesight?

 

[DrunkleJon]

Your eyesight?

Meh, if people were going blind from it as much as people suspect they would not be making money off of it. I have had good old 'shine plenty of times and I can still see good.

 

[Rivenin]

Being a home brewer in Portland is kind of anticlimactic, so they just say "cool" and move on.

Haha so true

 

[brewguyver]

Umm, so do you drink it?

"Nope - butt chug. Malt enema - way of the future."

Here's your sign.

 

[afalapo]

You brew, what do you know about making whiskey?

 

[jtratcliff]

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Yeah, I hate it when I get asked to take an online survey, too.

 

[afalapo]

Yeah, I hate it when I get asked to take an online survey, too.

Me too.

 

[Brigadoon]

Here's mine: "Oh! That's nice. So when are going to make wine?"

I reply: "Just after I'm done brewing beer..."

 

[mattd2]

Here's mine: "Oh! That's nice. So when are going to make wine?"

I reply: "Just after I'm done brewing beer..."

My response to that would be "pouring juice into a carboy/bucket and leaving it to ferment for months, then transferring it from bucket to bucket every month for another couple of months just doesn't seem as interesting as the mashing/boiling/recipe creation aspects of beer"
Personally it seems like I get that from people who think wine is much more "sophisticated" than beer

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I can still see good.

You shore do speek good too!

 

[unionrdr]

Aw,c'mon,you can do gooder than that!...& since them old corn squeezins git plenty of spark...you kin go on down the road,both you & the car carryin a load!:rockin:

 

[BrasseurGeorges]

Personally it seems like I get that from people who think wine is much more "sophisticated" than beer

It's a strange notion, but as a brewer the other disciplines are of interest to me, because I've taken something from each.

 

[SPR-GRN]

It's a strange notion, but as a brewer the other disciplines are of interest to me, because I've taken something from each.

I've done the same thing.. I started doing 5 gallon batches of beer, then started making 6 gallon batches of wine. Then I realized, why the heck don't I just make 6 gallon batches of beer? so I do that now.

Now there pretty much isn't anything I won't try to ferment. Beer, cider, wine, barleywine, mead, braggot, "2 buck chuck" made from welches concentrate; if it has starches or sugars in it I'll give it a whirl.

I love it when people ask me "can't you just buy beer in the store?" if I don't feel like dealing with their crap I typical respond with "I sure could, but I try to control how much of my life is outsourced"

 

[Bostonbrewin63]

"You brew beer? Are you a alcoholic?" I don't understand why they think this.. Im far far from it. Maybe this is the first sign? Denial ? Lol

 

[BrasseurGeorges]

"You brew beer? Are you a alcoholic?" I don't understand why they think this.. Im far far from it. Maybe this is the first sign? Denial ? Lol

Invite them to join you on brew day, they can see if that's the quickest/cheapest way to not feel like crap. The worst of them, it's a shameful thing. Multiple trips to the store each day, half pint of vodka bottle of juice, half pint of vodka bottle of juice...

...but rare is the brewer that doesn't enjoy the fruits of their labor.

 

[MaxStout]

Nine times out of ten, their response will be of genuine curiosity and they will inquire about difficulty, equipment needed, etc. Some will ask if I do it to "save money on beer."

The other 10 percent will respond with one or more of the following:
Is that legal?
Is that safe?
Does your HOA allow it?
Do you have a still in your garage? (No kidding, I've been asked that more than once)
Can you make beer that's as good as Bud/Miller/Coors, etc.?
My grandpa used to make bathtub gin back in the twenties....
Isn't it easier to just go buy some beer?

 

[tikiwargod]

Living in Seattle it seems like everyone knows someone who brews, or I am just hanging out with the right people.

What has gotten weird reactions is when I tell people I make bacon.

people seem more surprised that I make my own bread than beer which when you think about it is pretty odd because bread is a heck of a lot easier.

 

[paulster2626]

I love it when people ask me "can't you just buy beer in the store?" if I don't feel like dealing with their crap I typical respond with "I sure could, but I try to control how much of my life is outsourced"

I say "not during the zombie apocalypse". They ask no further questions.

 

[sweetcell]

one question i get a lot, a genuine one, is "how do you know (or control) how much alcohol it contains?". it's a good launching pad for explaining fermentation.

i guess this doesn't belong in this thread, since i don't find it annoying at all.

 

[beaksnbeer]

My neighbor who has called the county on me numerous times was talking to the neighbor that gets along with everyone and he explained that "I'm not running a still the copper coil is used to cool down the beer,"
I started to point out that it's not beer til it ferments but I just let it go.

 

[DrunkleJon]

You shore do speek good too!

I bet you say that to all the girls.

 

[unionrdr]

I bet you say that to all the girls.

Would you offer your throut to the wolf with the red roses?

 

[Subsailor]

Would you offer your throut to the wolf with the red roses?

MMMMMMMM Meatloaf!

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I love it when people ask me "can't you just buy beer in the store?" if I don't feel like dealing with their crap I typical respond with "I sure could, but I try to control how much of my life is outsourced"

I get that a lot too. they always have some smart mouthy look on their face like they really showed everyone my stupidity. I like to respond with, "I sure can. Just like you can stop sucking my grandma's d$^#." then they get angry. people are so fickle with their reactions.

 

[beaksnbeer]

I get that a lot too. they always have some smart mouthy look on their face like they really showed everyone my stupidity. I like to respond with, "I sure can. Just like you can stop sucking my grandma's d$^#." then they get angry. people are so fickle with their reactions.

Some just don't like the attention they get with what goes on between them and grandma I guess

 

[TangoHotel]

Obligatory "can you make a Bud/Miller/Coors clone?" My rwsponse is usually "why the hell would I want to do that?"

My favorite so far was from a buddy of mine during a brew day. "This isn't as much fun as I thought it would be. Were just sitting and watching water boil."

I told him he hasn't had enough to drink. After another 2 or 3 he was into it.

Happy to say that after he tried a sample once it was finished and bottled, he changed his mind. "I helped make this?! Lets make more!" Watching water boil...yeesh.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

My favorite so far was from a buddy of mine during a brew day. "This isn't as much fun as I thought it would be. Were just sitting and watching water boil."

I told him he hasn't had enough to drink. After another 2 or 3 he was into it.

If he was that bored, I'm sure there was something that needed to be scrubbed or sanitized ;-)

 

[ArkotRamathorn]

Obligatory "can you make a Bud/Miller/Coors clone?" My rwsponse is usually "why the hell would I want to do that?"

My favorite so far was from a buddy of mine during a brew day. "This isn't as much fun as I thought it would be. Were just sitting and watching water boil."

I told him he hasn't had enough to drink. After another 2 or 3 he was into it.

Happy to say that after he tried a sample once it was finished and bottled, he changed his mind. "I helped make this?! Lets make more!" Watching water boil...yeesh.

I've found that this almost always works. SWMBO wants to go to TJ Maxx, and look at every single thing possible? It's always less boring when I've been drinking.

This is the "Doing something boring? Apply beer until it is no longer boring" principle. (Not that brewing is boring, but like in all things everything is more fun drunk)

Addendum: Other than getting arrested.