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

[normonster]

What the triple post hell?

 

[Fionnbharr]

My mom asking my GF if what I do is any good....

That's more than I'd want my mother knowing. It's just wrong on so many levels.

 

[rlmiller10]

That's more than I'd want my mother knowing. It's just wrong on so many levels.

Maybe the mother-in-law is hot?

 

[DrunkleJon]

Sounds like the plotline to an adult film. I think I have seen this one before... Let me guess. She said no, right?

 

[Peyope]

An annoying repose I got was "can I try your beer ". I love sharing and explained it's a very bitter ipa (maybe 70 ibu-not that bitter). Everyone still seemed enthused so I poured a few pints. After taking a sip they all admitted to not liking IPAs as a style. I said they didn't need to finish it if they didn't like it. They didn't drink much more of it. It was a good beer and ended up with a few pints dumped.

I now make sure people like the style before being generous.

 

[StonesBally]

How about asking to try a brew because everyone else is having one even though they don't like beer. My mother in law has done this numerous times. Then she has a few sips and wastes a whole pint or bottle very annoying. The other is when people drink your beer and immediately ask when you are opening a brewery.

 

[rlmiller10]

How about asking to try a brew because everyone else is having one even though they don't like beer. My mother in law has done this numerous times. Then she has a few sips and wastes a whole pint or bottle very annoying. The other is when people drink your beer and immediately ask when you are opening a brewery.

Answer: "When you come up with the capital to finance it"

 

[Hamaki]

To me the whole idea of taking your passion and trying to make a living out of it seems like the best way to ruin the joy. Suddenly you're no longer doing what you want, you have to do what's profitable. I've heard the same problem exists for those who decide to become hunting or fishing guides...or gigolos.

 

[krackin]

I'm going to have to go ahead and call this a stupid post.

LOL. You voted for Zero twice. You just seem to lose something with that going for you. Anyway, it isn't important. It is Election Day!

 

[JohnSand]

When sharing beers with BMC drinkers or other unknown quantities, I split the brews up, usually about three pours per 12oz bottle. That way it's not wasted.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

LOL. You voted for Zero twice. You just seem to lose something with that going for you. Anyway, it isn't important. It is Election Day!

Seems like you know more about me than anyone is willing to find out about you. I guess you're at an "advantage".

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

The other is when people drink your beer and immediately ask when you are opening a brewery.

"When I win the lottery so I can afford the pay cut."

 

[pumahunter]

Definitely the "when are you opening a brewery?" line...like it's so easy to transition from hb set-ups to the big time equipment, and of course wouldn't be expensive or anything...:smack:

 

[BreezyBrew]

Yeah, it's like if I were to cook a nice steak for some guests and they ask "So when are you opening a steakhouse"

 

[SmCranf]

I always say "Im a homebrewer!" and they say "so you do that in your bath tub?!"

 

[Rys06Tbss]

I always say "Im a homebrewer!" and they say "so you do that in your bath tub?!"

Na I prefer the toilet

 

[tmendick]

I always say "Im a homebrewer!" and they say "so you do that in your bath tub?!"

Tell them "yeah, but it's a f**kin sweet tub though."

 

[wtaylor3]

Tell them "yeah, but it's a f**kin sweet tub though."

Probably laughed alittle too hard at this

 

[GrogNerd]

only because I also bathe in my 70-quart Coleman cooler mash tun

 

[ABVIBUSRM]

one response i hate when someone learns im a homebrewer is they automatically assume i am an alcoholic....i mean i am but still they dont know that i make better beer then they buy

 

[MaxStout]

one response i hate when someone learns im a homebrewer is they automatically assume i am an alcoholic....i mean i am but still they dont know that i make better beer then they buy

I usually get that once I tell them I brew 5 gallons at a time. The response is something like, "What on earth do you do with five gallons of beer?"

So yeah, they think I'm a raging alcoholic. :cross:

 

[DrunkleJon]

I usually get that once I tell them I brew 5 gallons at a time. The response is something like, "What on earth do you do with five gallons of beer?"

So yeah, they think I'm a raging alcoholic. :cross:

When people say that I remind them that 5 gallons is about 2 cases. 2 cases made over the course of about a month will potentially put it in perspective for them.

 

[paulster2626]

When people say that I remind them that 5 gallons is about 2 cases. 2 cases made over the course of about a month will potentially put it in perspective for them.

But then what about when you've got a pipeline and have 20+ gallons in some form of fermentation process at any given time?

 

[rlmiller10]

But then what about when you've got a pipeline and have 20+ gallons in some form of fermentation process at any given time?

That means you have a lot of friends to drink with you, or you really are a drunk (alcoholics go to meetings and I assume you don't)

 

[Hamaki]

That means you have a lot of friends to drink with you, or you really are a drunk (alcoholics go to meetings and I assume you don't)

I'll have to remember that distinction in the event I'm accused of being an alcoholic

 

[Jsamp]

The term alcoholic gets thrown around way to loosely. If you ask somebody who doesn't drink we're all alcoholics. But in all reality there's a huge difference between someone who likes to have a couple beers and someone who gets **** faced drunk everyday.

 

[lhommedieu]

Most annoying response:

"I tried making beer once and it was terrible."

Really? Did you try again?

 

[lookwow]

The term alcoholic gets thrown around way to loosely. If you ask somebody who doesn't drink we're all alcoholics. But in all reality there's a huge difference between someone who likes to have a couple beers and someone who gets **** faced drunk everyday.

I wouldn't say you need to get destroyed everyday to be an alcoholic. I look at it more from a need standpoint. If you have to have your 2-4 beers every single day and cant go without them i would saw you are still an alcoholic.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I wouldn't say you need to get destroyed everyday to be an alcoholic. I look at it more from a need standpoint. If you have to have your 2-4 beers every single day and cant go without them i would saw you are still an alcoholic.

that is the distinction, not the quantity.

 

[Jsamp]

I wouldn't say you need to get destroyed everyday to be an alcoholic. I look at it more from a need standpoint. If you have to have your 2-4 beers every single day and cant go without them i would saw you are still an alcoholic.

I wasn't implying that someone has to be a drunk to be an alcoholic. I get the addiction of it. Not every alcoholic is a drunk though. In this kind of community we all can differentiate between what is and what's not an alcoholic. I know people that think if you tie one on at all your a drunk, or if you drink a couple times a week, or a couple times a year that you're an alcoholic. That's what I meant by it gets thrown around loosely by people.