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

[Larzean]

I get that a lot. I hand someone a Pale Ale and they tell me it tastes like guinness.

My first beer was an Irish Red, I gave it to a supervisor at work and he compared it to Guinness... He never got beer again.

 

[okkiedokki]

Why would you make your own burgers when you can just go to McDonalds?
Why would you grow a vegetable garden when you can just go to the store?
Why would you bake cookies when you can just buy some Chips Ahoy?

You know after reading through this thread I wish I would have thought of this at the time. Great response.

 

[TangoHotel]

My neighbor got a bottle of my hb razweizen. He tried a sip and said "this tastes like it has mustard seeds in it." In a panic I snatched the bottle and tried it myself, fearing some heinous infection. Thankfully, It tasted like a raspberry wheat. No infection. I called him an idiot. He later apologized. That annoyed me.

 

[andvari7]

No annoying responses, mostly requests. However, I can't offer any right now, because it's not finished.

Next batch is a red. 5 gallons. There shall be distribution.

 

[hehawbrew]

Not as much as response, but lack of appreciation!

A lady at work is always asking for my homebrew, so each batch, I'll give her one or two. I've been making cider and beer almost every weekend since February with all my brew crew, so I've given her lots to drink! Since February, she's only drank two!

She still wants them but "hasn't had time to drink them"!!!

If she wasn't smoking hot, I'd go take back all that delicious beer!!!!

 

[ericbw]

My first beer was an Irish Red, I gave it to a supervisor at work and he compared it to Guinness... He never got beer again.

They do both have that roasted barley bitterness to them (if it's a good *Irish* red). So maybe he picked up on that. Maybe his palate is more sensitive than you're giving credit.

 

[russrob81]

Yesterday while carrying my full kettle to the bathtub for an ice after boil. The wife: "that looks heavy". That was pretty annoying

 

[Rys06Tbss]

Every time my father inlaw comes over he sees my keggles in the garage and says that just looks wrong. What? Your making moonshine. Dude wtf! He said that again on Saturday when he saw my IC sitting on e counter in my garage. Irritates the crap out of me.

 

[Rys06Tbss]

Yesterday while carrying my full kettle to the bathtub for an ice after boil. The wife: "that looks heavy". That was pretty annoying

I feel ya there. I used to lift my keggle mash tun onto my counter in my garage to sparge... The last time before I bought a pump I had 23lbs of grain in it. My wife just got home with the kids and said "don't throw your back out again" I then said well why don't you grab a handle and help me.

 

[plumber_bob]

Every time my father inlaw comes over he sees my keggles in the garage and says that just looks wrong. What? Your making moonshine. Dude wtf! He said that again on Saturday when he saw my IC sitting on e counter in my garage. Irritates the crap out of me.

I'm always getting that too.
Everybody claims a cop is gonna bust me one day.

What ever!

pb

 

[BinghamtonEd]

I was sitting on my deck bottling, and my neighbor (who I really don't care for, and is standing there with his shirt off drinking a can of miller lite) sees the buckets and the bottle tree full of empty beer bottles and here's the conversation

"Whatcha doin?"
"Making beer." (It took every ounce of control not to spew some smartass response)
"How's that workin out for ya?"
"Good."
"Hm." (Sips beer, walks away)

He had this smirk on his face like he thought he was being clever and was proud of himself.

 

[TangoHotel]

I'm always getting that too.
Everybody claims a cop is gonna bust me one day.

What ever!

pb

My neighbor is a county sheriff. He loves my brews.:-D

 

[KoskelaofFinland]

People always ask if it's like the Buffalo Wild Wings' commercial where the guy serves his "homebrew" that has like chunks of sausage floating in it.

 

[unionrdr]

That kinda thing just makes me wanna give them the super pimp slap. Theirs always one that may actually believe that commercial. Or at least use it to poke fun at what they know little or nothing about.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

More and more I am feeling lucky in this regard. Two of my legion of bosses got bottles of my smoked wheat, because I was kissing up shamelessly. I got questions on the size of my batches and how many bottles I can put out in a batch, how I got them carbed, and how I know for sure when I told them the ABV. Intelligent questions that showed true interest.

My one boss, who I like an aweful lot, I offered to point him towards some resources if he was interested in brewing himself. "No, you did it right, first you get the hobby and THEN you have the kids. Grandfather your hobby in." Sage advice, I thought.

 

[geoffm33]

This weekend I was brewing a second batch of Oktoberfest new neighbor walking by "Cooking a turkey?"
me: No, making beer.
neighbor: Why?
me: Because it's what I do.
neighbor: Oh ok, see ya.

I'll have to steal that one. Great answer for any question that starts with:

Why are you...
Why do you...

Because it's what I do.

 

[Bostonbrewin63]

"Dude when's ur pale ale gonna be rdy? Or ur blackout IPA or ur hefen? "

Every time I see family an friends.... Don't get me wrong i love the fact they like my beer and give me a lil cash for me to make more... But they ask me every other day! I simply say "brewing takes time" but I guess I need to think of something else to shut them up!

 

[Malty_Dog]

I was sitting on my deck bottling, and my neighbor (who I really don't care for, and is standing there with his shirt off drinking a can of miller lite) sees the buckets and the bottle tree full of empty beer bottles and here's the conversation

"Whatcha doin?"
"Making beer." (It took every ounce of control not to spew some smartass response)
"How's that workin out for ya?"
"Good."
"Hm." (Sips beer, walks away)

He had this smirk on his face like he thought he was being clever and was proud of himself.

Man, that annoyed me just reading it.

 

[Bookworm]

I have a friend who calls my homebrew (and all craft beer) "Yuppie Beer". I find that humorous because I picture most of you guys on this site as being Harley riding guys with beards, who make a living making stuff with your hands and enjoy fabricating brew stands in your garages, etc.

The irony is that I'm sure you Harley riding guys would consider me to be a "Yuppie".

Good points. But in reality a large percentage of your modern Harley riding crowd might not be particularly young anymore but come from a very yuppie background. That biker looking person you see on the weekend often goes to work at their law, medical practice or something equivalent during the week.

 

[unionrdr]

Like my yuppie neighbors. Weekend wannabe's.

 

[reinstone]

Does it have all that yeast crap at the bottom? It's like drinking dirt.

My sisters husband cannot stop bitching about this. He will not even try a sip of homebrew.

He's probably a wine fanatic. He explores all avenuesof wine and sips them like he's in a French movie, but there's only 1 way a beer should taste. Noticed you don't refer to him as brother in law, I love it. Cheers.

 

[reinstone]

A friend of my girlfriend's exclaimed to me a couple weeks ago "eww, beer is gross-- it has yeast in it."-- as she held a glass of vodka.

Ha, beer has yeast in it? That's the pot calling the kettle black! The friend has yeast in it!

 

[LovesIPA]

I got this one the other day - "Is it any good?"

 

[podz]

That stuff will give you one helluva hangover!

 

[Bookworm]

Originally Posted by McBrewskie View Post
What I wouldn't give for a bottle of some old Carolina hillbilly's moonshine.

Your eyesight?

Those kinds of responses are annoying when given to people that actually know how to do it right.

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

asked my step sister if she wanted to try some homebrew....

So its beer then?....i hate beer...
Well try it and tell me if you like it, its a coffee IPA
*smells it* YUK!! Smells like a budweiser.

Took every ounce (get it!?!?) of me not to slap her right then and there!!

 

[MaxStout]

I'll have to steal that one. Great answer for any question that starts with:

Why are you...
Why do you...

Because it's what I do.

Skydivers have a term for people who are not into the sport: "Whuffos."
As in "you jump out of airplanes? Whuffo?"

If people are interested in my brewing, great. I'm happy to share with them.
If they aren't, that's fine, too. They're whuffos.

 

[mh-brews]

One of he annoying things i hear is "what are you gonna do with 5 gallons of beer?" I procede to tell them that it is about 50 beers and it will last me about a month or so.

Another funny thing to talk to people about is kegerators:

it seems that not many people know what it is.

All the BMC people think you are a god and then get pissed because you don't have any "normal" beer for them to drink when they come over to check it out.

everyone else (excluding homebrewers) thinks you are an Alcoholic untill you explain about the cost savings and the fact you do't have to deal with the bottles.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

A lady at work is always asking for my homebrew, so each batch, I'll give her one or two. I've been making cider and beer almost every weekend since February with all my brew crew, so I've given her lots to drink! Since February, she's only drank two!

She still wants them but "hasn't had time to drink them"!!!

If she wasn't smoking hot, I'd go take back all that delicious beer!!!!

You know, it's been so long, she might not remember what each batch is... I think you should "make time" to go over to her place and help her taste each batch so she knows what she likes and so you know what to brew next to send her way

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Assuming you are single... and that she is single... I cant think of a better ploy than "a bunch of us are brewing this weekend in fact... care to come over?"