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

[GuldTuborg]

I'm kind of partial to the Oxford comma.

I haven't seen that comic before. I approve.

 

[MaxStout]

A few classics...

/getting wayyyyy off-topic.

 

[knyland]

I catch a bunch of crap at work for home brewing. Being Coast Guard they frown upon heavy drinking. Funny thing is now that I have been home brewing for over a year. I find that a drink a whole lot less than I used to. Funny though they don't seem to mind asking for some when they are over to the house.

 

[unionrdr]

They give you crap about drinking,but let those ski-doo bumbs race all around inside the swimming area? Buzzin up & down close to the pears where we're all fishing? I think they need to get their priorities straight. Those fools with the ski-doo's are getting to be like sea-going biker gangs!...

 

[knyland]

They give you crap about drinking,but let those ski-doo bumbs race all around inside the swimming area? Buzzin up & down close to the pears where we're all fishing? I think they need to get their priorities straight. Those fools with the ski-doo's are getting to be like sea-going biker gangs!...

Just call your local CG Station if its on Erie or the local marine patrol. That is actually up to a 10k fine.

 

[masteraviator]

pronunciation & punctuation can save lives and embarrassment.

A native German speaker would pronounce them identically.

 

[MaxStout]

A native German speaker would pronounce them identically.

And it means "bowling pin" in German. I don't even want to THINK about how that would work with a pelvic muscle exercise regimen. :cross:

 

[GuldTuborg]

And it means "bowling pin" in German. I don't even want to THINK about how that would work with a pelvic muscle exercise regimen. :cross:

Sounds kinky.

 

[masteraviator]

And it means "bowling pin" in German. I don't even want to THINK about how that would work with a pelvic muscle exercise regimen. :cross:

And the game itself.

 

[Black Island Brewer]

Maybe not the "Most annoying response when you tell someone you're a homebrewer?", but I think I earned "Most annoying homebrewer" when something stupid popped out of my mouth before I could even censor it: I was at a dinner party, where two of us are homebrewers, and we were first sampling some plum wine, and then cracked open my Rye IPA. I rinsed out my wine glass to drink from, as there were no beer glasses present, and the shape of the wine glass is great for the aromas of the Rye. The hostess, seeing me starting to pour, said "No, wait, we've got beer mugs in the freezer, let me get you one", and before I could even stop myself, I replied "Oh, no, I'd never serve a good beer that cold". The look of shock on her face was as bad as if I hit her.

Crap. I was that a$$hole. I still wouldn't drink it that cold, but I think I could find my way to being more tactful...

 

[Homercidal]

Maybe not the "Most annoying response when you tell someone you're a homebrewer?", but I think I earned "Most annoying homebrewer" when something stupid popped out of my mouth before I could even censor it: I was at a dinner party, where two of us are homebrewers, and we were first sampling some plum wine, and then cracked open my Rye IPA. I rinsed out my wine glass to drink from, as there were no beer glasses present, and the shape of the wine glass is great for the aromas of the Rye. The hostess, seeing me starting to pour, said "No, wait, we've got beer mugs in the freezer, let me get you one", and before I could even stop myself, I replied "Oh, no, I'd never serve a good beer that cold". The look of shock on her face was as bad as if I hit her.

Crap. I was that a$$hole. I still wouldn't drink it that cold, but I think I could find my way to being more tactful...

Wow. Dude.

He he. I've been there.

 

[unionrdr]

Hey,we all have a Froidian slip sooner or later!...

 

[TrustyOlJohnson]

Maybe not the "Most annoying response when you tell someone you're a homebrewer?", but I think I earned "Most annoying homebrewer" when something stupid popped out of my mouth before I could even censor it: I was at a dinner party, where two of us are homebrewers, and we were first sampling some plum wine, and then cracked open my Rye IPA. I rinsed out my wine glass to drink from, as there were no beer glasses present, and the shape of the wine glass is great for the aromas of the Rye. The hostess, seeing me starting to pour, said "No, wait, we've got beer mugs in the freezer, let me get you one", and before I could even stop myself, I replied "Oh, no, I'd never serve a good beer that cold". The look of shock on her face was as bad as if I hit her.

Crap. I was that a$$hole. I still wouldn't drink it that cold, but I think I could find my way to being more tactful...

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[masteraviator]

The hostess, seeing me starting to pour, said "No, wait, we've got beer mugs in the freezer, let me get you one", and before I could even stop myself, I replied "Oh, no, I'd never serve a good beer that cold". The look of shock on her face was as bad as if I hit her.

Crap. I was that a$$hole. I still wouldn't drink it that cold, but I think I could find my way to being more tactful...

We now have a Carolina Ale House here in Killeen, Texas. A small, but by far the best in Killeen, tap list. Buddy Dutch and I go there once a week or so and drink G'Knight, Old Chub, and Dirty Bastards until we're content. But we're still trying to convince the bar staff to stop pulling mugs out of the freezer to serve to us. We've taken to handing them our empty mug and saying "another in THIS mug please."

 

[mattd2]

...I replied "Oh, no, I'd never serve a good beer that cold". The look of shock on her face was as bad as if I hit her.

Crap. I was that a$$hole. I still wouldn't drink it that cold, but I think I could find my way to being more tactful...

I must be a bit of an a$$hole too then because I can't see anything wrong with you response (maybe could have include a "thanks" in there somewhere?) - unless it was the way you said it... It's always not what you said but the way you say it that gets you in trouble

 

[bleme]

I rinsed out my wine glass to drink from, as there were no beer glasses present, and the shape of the wine glass is great for the aromas of the Rye. The hostess, seeing me starting to pour, said "No, wait, we've got beer mugs in the freezer, let me get you one", and before I could even stop myself, I replied "Oh, no, I'd never serve a good beer that cold". The look of shock on her face was as bad as if I hit her.

Crap. I was that a$$hole. I still wouldn't drink it that cold, but I think I could find my way to being more tactful...

I have a speech 'problem' where I have to hear it in my head a few times before I can get it to come out of my mouth. Sometimes it bounces in there for a while before I can spit it out. It is frustrating when someone who isn't familiar with my idiosyncrasy is standing there, waiting for an answer, and thinks that I am ignoring them.

Then I hear stuff like this and am glad because that probably would have been the first version to pop in my head. By the time it got the OK to head to my mouth it would have been more like "Thanks, but I like the way a wine glass holds aromas".

 

[Barley_Bob]

I catch a bunch of crap at work for home brewing. Being Coast Guard they frown upon heavy drinking. Funny thing is now that I have been home brewing for over a year. I find that a drink a whole lot less than I used to. Funny though they don't seem to mind asking for some when they are over to the house.

Really? I like to say I was a professional alcoholic in the Army. Heavy drinking, heavily encouraged. But, hey, I found some great beers that way!

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I have a speech 'problem' where I have to hear it in my head a few times before I can get it to come out of my mouth. Sometimes it bounces in there for a while before I can spit it out. It is frustrating when someone who isn't familiar with my idiosyncrasy is standing there, waiting for an answer, and thinks that I am ignoring them.

Then I hear stuff like this and am glad because that probably would have been the first version to pop in my head. By the time it got the OK to head to my mouth it would have been more like "Thanks, but I like the way a wine glass holds aromas".

my MIL has the opposite problem: social mouth diarrhea. words just start shooting out uncontrollably before her brain even thinks them. one of my favorites:
MIL: I wish they would invent some kind of machine to keep things cold.
my wife: uhhh, mom? it's called a fridge.

 

[Subsailor]

my MIL has the opposite problem: social mouth diarrhea. words just start shooting out uncontrollably before her brain even thinks them. one of my favorites:
MIL: I wish they would invent some kind of machine to keep things cold.
my wife: uhhh, mom? it's called a fridge.

I understand this. My children have done the same thing and I teased them about 'uncontrollable sudden massive vowel movements'!

 

[troy2000]

Maybe not the "Most annoying response when you tell someone you're a homebrewer?", but I think I earned "Most annoying homebrewer" when something stupid popped out of my mouth before I could even censor it: I was at a dinner party, where two of us are homebrewers, and we were first sampling some plum wine, and then cracked open my Rye IPA. I rinsed out my wine glass to drink from, as there were no beer glasses present, and the shape of the wine glass is great for the aromas of the Rye. The hostess, seeing me starting to pour, said "No, wait, we've got beer mugs in the freezer, let me get you one", and before I could even stop myself, I replied "Oh, no, I'd never serve a good beer that cold". The look of shock on her face was as bad as if I hit her.

Crap. I was that a$$hole. I still wouldn't drink it that cold, but I think I could find my way to being more tactful...

At my nephew's wedding last month, I fished a couple of Belgian ale homebrews out of my ice chest for the best man to take home. I started to tell him, "when you're getting ready to drink them, take them out of the refrigerator and..." He interrupted with, "yeah, yeah, I know. Let them set until they're room temperature, before we drink them."

I was so startled by that one that I think I actually stuttered a bit when I finished, "no, nothing like that. Just let them set for a few minutes, so they aren't ice cold anymore."

 

[unionrdr]

Some of these comments go along with the lil sign mom used to have over the phone on the wall,"Be sure brain is engaged before puting mouth in gear!"...'nuff said...

 

[estricklin]

At my nephew's wedding last month, I fished a couple of Belgian ale homebrews out of my ice chest for the best man to take home. I started to tell him, "when you're getting ready to drink them, take them out of the refrigerator and..." He interrupted with, "yeah, yeah, I know. Let them set until they're room temperature, before we drink them."

I was so startled by that one that I think I actually stuttered a bit when I finished, "no, nothing like that. Just let them set for a few minutes, so they aren't ice cold anymore."

I REALLY love cold beer and hot women.

 

[dstranger99]

Loooooong thread, but I still think "What do you need 5 gallons of beer for" is a common response. We see 5 gallons as a drop in the bucket, they see it as a massive amount of alcohol.....

 

[troy2000]

Loooooong thread, but I still think "What do you need 5 gallons of beer for" is a common response. We see 5 gallons as a drop in the bucket, they see it as a massive amount of alcohol.....

I do get tired of explaining to people that I brew once a month, and five gallons breaks down to less than two beers a day for a month...

 

[knyland]

When i tell people 5 gal is only two cases. They dont believe me so we sit down and do the fifth grade math to show them thier mom should have smothered them at birth. Some peoples kids....

 

[jcutch82]

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".

Have we met haha

 

[hedge_87]

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".

I Build and maintain power line (lineman) and ride a harley. does that fit your stereotype lol. I do NOT touch my facial hair from october thru the end of April. also if that don't fit I also spend my free time traveling to bbq competitions. lol Just giving you a bad time the yuppie beer stigma makes me laugh too. I don't see anything yuppie about consuming something you have made.

P.S. just to secure my status as non-yuppie I heat my house with wood that I split manually lol

 

[tjmac5071]

The what do you need 5 gallons for or 5 gallons is a lot of beer drives me crazy. Especially since now I typically keg three and give away two. I've also explained it using two beers a night as the standard but it still doesn't work... I was also asked last week if being a hber means I am a beer snob, my response was no. If I'm at a bar with nice beers I appreciate it but I am not crazy picky if not. Didnt say this part but for me If I am at someone's house and they have Miller lite it's not like I will refuse or try to convert them, I will drink it for what it is. Personally I enjoy a bmc from time to time, I get a little taste fatigue and don't buy that stuff for myself.

 

[dstranger99]

I do get tired of explaining to people that I brew once a month, and five gallons breaks down to less than two beers a day for a month...

I think I've been overdoing it, 4-5 a night - ABV around 4.5%

I have a real lite Scotty in my keg still carbing, only 2.88%. Maybe 4-5 of them would be better on the liver ??.........

 

[Temptd2]

I love this thread! Has kept me in giggles for quite a while!

I get a lot of very surprised looks, since I be female-type. Mostly I get, "Wow, that's so cool, how do you do that?"

My Dad is classic though - "I just go to the store and buy beer."

He also tells me he "only drinks two beers a year" but interestingly, since we've been homebrewing, he's gone through considerably more than that of what we take to him! He doesn't like our pepper beer though. Of course - did he drink it WITH FOOD like I told him to do? NOOOOOOOOO!