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My mom at Christmas, "why would you want to brew your own beer?"
My mom at Christmas, "why would you want to brew your own beer?"
My buddies say "I hope your beer isn't a disappointment like your life has been" my beer is good, but my life..........
That is about what I get. Here is something that happended to me:
A friend of the wife's was being supportive. Her (friend) hubby and son drink beer, so I should let them try it. So, I give them two nice smooth porters. I get the bottles back in about two days. I asked what they thought. They said they just poured it out and did not drink it. I said, "What?" They said, well, that was not approved by the FDA, so we do not think it is something you should drink!!!!
So, I said, if someone baked you a cake, you would just throw it out, right? They did not get it.
I'm normally a pretty calm person but in this case I would not have been able to...
I also enjoy a good fist fight now and again this is a perfect time IMO.
My mom at Christmas, "why would you want to brew your own beer?"
A very good buddy of mine ONLY drinks Bud Light. He always at least tries a sample of my homebrews but just doesn't have the taste for craft brews. I take it as a personal challenge to create a craft beer that he will actually finish! I came close with a Peach & Tea brew last summer...
I don't care how many batches I'll have to make (and drink), but 2014 will be the year I get him!
A very good buddy of mine ONLY drinks Bud Light. He always at least tries a sample of my homebrews but just doesn't have the taste for craft brews. I take it as a personal challenge to create a craft beer that he will actually finish! I came close with a Peach & Tea brew last summer...
I don't care how many batches I'll have to make (and drink), but 2014 will be the year I get him!
No sense trying,you can't fix stupid.
You can with a swift kick to the groin, or punch to the nose.
My guess on what happened? Porters, even smooth ones, are outside the comfort zone of the average BMC drinker. I'll bet they opened the bottles intending to drink them, and discovered they were 'dark beer.' The FDA thing is probably just a cover story for the fact that they couldn't handle the stuff, after looking at at and maybe taking a tentative sip.That is about what I get. Here is something that happended to me:
A friend of the wife's was being supportive. Her (friend) hubby and son drink beer, so I should let them try it. So, I give them two nice smooth porters. I get the bottles back in about two days. I asked what they thought. They said they just poured it out and did not drink it. I said, "What?" They said, well, that was not approved by the FDA, so we do not think it is something you should drink!!!!
So, I said, if someone baked you a cake, you would just throw it out, right? They did not get it.
An old high school flame I still keep in touch with occasionally sent me a text today while I was getting ready to bottle, wishing me a Happy New Year and asking what I was up to. So I sent her a pic of everything laid out and ready to go. She replied, "if you can spare it, might I humbly ask for a taste when it's ready?"I'd say the most annoying thing to me, is when I let somebody have a bottle of beer and they just assume they can come by and fill up a growler as if it took me no time to brew this beer. I understand that it is quite a bit cheaper than purchasing from a store but the amount of time I put into it is much more valuable.
My guess on what happened? Porters, even smooth ones, are outside the comfort zone of the average BMC drinker. I'll bet they opened the bottles intending to drink them, and discovered they were 'dark beer.' The FDA thing is probably just a cover story for the fact that they couldn't handle the stuff, after looking at at and maybe taking a tentative sip.
As stupid as it sounds, I think the gal worked at coming up with an explanation she hoped would cover her menfolk without insulting you personally. At least she was honest enough to admit they didn't drink them... pity her for getting stuck between you and them, and move on.
scottyg354 said:For me, when I tell someone I homebrew and the respond "Moonshinin' Nice!", makes me want to slap the **** out of someone. This is why only my good friends get to try my whiskey.
" I don't like dark beer. It makes me burp and fart."
Really? You're a man. We love to burp and fart.
Wow yes you are so right.
Roger
" I don't like dark beer. It makes me burp and fart."
Really? You're a man. We love to burp and fart.
Yeah, and drinking BMC or Rolling Rock (Rolling Rock is NOT beer. ) instead won't make you burp or fart...??
One of my friends coined the term "Mud butt" from drinking too much BMC one morning.
Farting is nothing.
We called them "hershey squirts",but sooner or later you wind up with a shart the next morning. Sometimes what you think is a fart with that morning burp is a whole new,rather sudden experience.
An interesting one from just a few days ago because I mentioned to a coworker that I was planning and building an immersion wort chiller:
"awesome! so that means you can do cold brewing like Budweiser does?"
I like this coworker, but I nearly slapped him.
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."
Maybe you should've just explained to him that Bud & the like are lagers & brewed at lower temps then ales?...
I remember a guy asking me if I would teach him to brew and I said "yeah sure what kind of beer do you want to make?" and he says, no joke, "oh I don't know something like Bud Light." I told him he'd be better off buying bud light than trying to make it.
I probably would have introduced him to the cream ale. It runs $9/case but I haven't met anyone yet who didn't prefer it over Bud.
As with a lot of these stories there's more to it. The guy was a meatball and I knew he wasn't seriously trying to get me to teach him. It was one of those situations where it went like this about 3 or 4 times: "I'd like to learn... OK come over saturday I'll show you... I can't do it saturday man I have stuff to do."
+1 on the cream ale suggestion though. That's a good idea for converting BMC folks.
Well, I'm breaking tradition here a bit in this thread and posting a very positive experience. We were invited to a neighborhood holiday party the week before Christmas, so, back in early November, I brewed up 5 gallons of my House Amber that I brew. It's a little hoppy, a little malty, but over all a pretty good beer to introduce someone into homebrew. The hose had been to my house a couple of times and it was his suggestion that I bring some homebrew.
So, I split the batch between my two 2.5 gallong kegs I have. The one I put on gas and got it carbed up for the party. Initially I was a little nervous bringing a whole 2.5 gallons to the party. It was a weeknight, family oriented, so I wasn't sure if that was going to be too much for this situation.
Turns out, my fears were unfounded. I was really kind of surprised. Everyone who came to the party was anxious to try it. Most responses were, "wow, this is homebrew, this is really good." Now, it could have easily been the convenience of the mini keg, with the tap just sticking out of it, but when another good friend from the neighborhood finally arrived about an hour after I did, he couldn't wait to try the homebrew. He got one glass, then it kicked.
Everyone kept coming up to me the rest of the night asking if I had another keg of that beer, it was really good. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm really not trying to brag about my beer. It's more that I'm just so used to the majority of people I meet being BMC drinkers, that usually you get the obligatory, "Um, yeah, it's OK, I like my light beer though." It was a really nice change of pace to see people enjoying a beer that wasn't your typical mass appeal party beer.
May have to share the recipe I like balanced beers and that sounds like it may be a good one
Well, I'm breaking tradition here a bit in this thread and posting a very positive experience. We were invited to a neighborhood holiday party the week before Christmas, so, back in early November, I brewed up 5 gallons of my House Amber that I brew. It's a little hoppy, a little malty, but over all a pretty good beer to introduce someone into homebrew. The hose had been to my house a couple of times and it was his suggestion that I bring some homebrew.
So, I split the batch between my two 2.5 gallong kegs I have. The one I put on gas and got it carbed up for the party. Initially I was a little nervous bringing a whole 2.5 gallons to the party. It was a weeknight, family oriented, so I wasn't sure if that was going to be too much for this situation.
Turns out, my fears were unfounded. I was really kind of surprised. Everyone who came to the party was anxious to try it. Most responses were, "wow, this is homebrew, this is really good." Now, it could have easily been the convenience of the mini keg, with the tap just sticking out of it, but when another good friend from the neighborhood finally arrived about an hour after I did, he couldn't wait to try the homebrew. He got one glass, then it kicked.
Everyone kept coming up to me the rest of the night asking if I had another keg of that beer, it was really good. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm really not trying to brag about my beer. It's more that I'm just so used to the majority of people I meet being BMC drinkers, that usually you get the obligatory, "Um, yeah, it's OK, I like my light beer though." It was a really nice change of pace to see people enjoying a beer that wasn't your typical mass appeal party beer.
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