Murphys_Law
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I started brewing after my step dad passed. He loved beer and Id give anything to sit down and share one of my home brews with him now!!
What annoys me is when I see someone drink a homebrew (even a comm. craft brew) right from the bottle. Which is why when serving someone one of mine, I always pour it into a glass for them, leaving them no option but to admire the color, the head, the lacing, and the aroma. And obviously, the taste. A homebrew is IMO much tastier from a glass. Much.
I have gotten to point that drinking a 1 - 2oz, isn't enough to pass judgement. (Unless it's got a really bad flaw.) Having it in the right glass and at least 6 to 8 ounces. The head needs to die down, the gases bubble out, and the beer to warm slightly. Not to mention ponder several tastes that you get as you drink the beer casually over the next 10-20 minutes.This is one of my biggest pet-peeves when I share beer. I always say to pour it out and when they ask why, I simply say, "it's just the chemistry." Have had to explain this so many times that I just avoid the long-winded rant.
Trust is, most people don't care about drinking something properly or if it tastes wrong due to that fact. They just want to drink the damn beer.
What annoys me is when I see someone drink a homebrew (even a comm. craft brew) right from the bottle. Which is why when serving someone one of mine, I always pour it into a glass for them, leaving them no option but to admire the color, the head, the lacing, and the aroma. And obviously, the taste. A homebrew is IMO much tastier from a glass. Much.
This is one of my biggest pet-peeves when I share beer. I always say to pour it out and when they ask why, I simply say, "it's just the chemistry." Have had to explain this so many times that I just avoid the long-winded rant.
Trust is, most people don't care about drinking something properly or if it tastes wrong due to that fact. They just want to drink the damn beer.
I have gotten to point that drinking a 1 - 2oz, isn't enough to pass judgement. (Unless it's got a really bad flaw.) Having it in the right class and at least 6 to 8 ounces. The head needs to die down, the gases bubble out, and the beer to warm slightly. Not to mention ponder several tastes that you get as you drink the beer casually over the next 10-20 minutes.
I have gotten to point that drinking a 1 - 2oz, isn't enough to pass judgement. (Unless it's got a really bad flaw.) Having it in the right class and at least 6 to 8 ounces. The head needs to die down, the gases bubble out, and the beer to warm slightly. Not to mention ponder several tastes that you get as you drink the beer casually over the next 10-20 minutes.
I'm so glad to hear someone say this. To me, I need to have a whole big swallow for me to get a sense of how a beer is. Is it satisfying to take a big good drink? Do I want to do it again?
This sip and swish around the mouth stuff has never worked for me. For others, maybe it does.
This depends a lot on the beer for me. There have been many brewfests where I was glad to only have a 2oz pour...
I'm so glad to hear someone say this. To me, I need to have a whole big swallow for me to get a sense of how a beer is. Is it satisfying to take a big good drink? Do I want to do it again?
This sip and swish around the mouth stuff has never worked for me. For others, maybe it does.
This depends a lot on the beer for me. There have been many brewfests where I was glad to only have a 2oz pour...
I've poured 2oz samples out.
not going to choke down substandard beer when I can be spending my waning sobriety on things that actually taste good.
I get the usual "instant beer" comments. My favorite however, and one that for some reason I get quite a bit, is:
"Oh, you homebrew? Do you let it age real long and get nice and alcoholic?" <Insert some story about someone they knew who homebrewed and you could get drunk on one bottle of that stuff>
I'm to the point that I don't even tell them. I've heard every annoying idiotic comment and don't want to hear it anymore. I hang at a local micro-brewery that has either beer geeks or home brewers so this is rarely an issue now.
Next time this question pops up during an interview, ask them if they would also automatically be suspicious if you got an eating disorder when you told them you like to cook.When interviewing, one of the questions that I was asked was the normal "tell me about your hobbies" and I mentioned that I homebrew. The response by the interviewer was along the lines of "a few years ago we had someone who we terminated for an alcohol problem, how do we know you don't have a similar problem if you brew beer?" I did not end up working at that place.
When interviewing, one of the questions that I was asked was the normal "tell me about your hobbies" and I mentioned that I homebrew. The response by the interviewer was along the lines of "a few years ago we had someone who we terminated for an alcohol problem, how do we know you don't have a similar problem if you brew beer?" I did not end up working at that place.
When interviewing, one of the questions that I was asked was the normal "tell me about your hobbies" and I mentioned that I homebrew. The response by the interviewer was along the lines of "a few years ago we had someone who we terminated for an alcohol problem, how do we know you don't have a similar problem if you brew beer?" I did not end up working at that place.
In explaining things...
Makes it sound like none of us really knows what we're doing. But, to my point, you could have an exactly equivalent conversation about virtually anything *cooking*-related.
What annoys me is when I see someone drink a homebrew (even a comm. craft brew) right from the bottle. Which is why when serving someone one of mine, I always pour it into a glass for them, leaving them no option but to admire the color, the head, the lacing, and the aroma. And obviously, the taste. A homebrew is IMO much tastier from a glass. Much.
When interviewing, one of the questions that I was asked was the normal "tell me about your hobbies" and I mentioned that I homebrew. The response by the interviewer was along the lines of "a few years ago we had someone who we terminated for an alcohol problem, how do we know you don't have a similar problem if you brew beer?" I did not end up working at that place.
My patience tires of people not understanding, or being judgemental. If somebody was really interested I'd take the time to explain this to them.Problem is that it’s typically family members or coworkers who tend to be myopic; both groups require respectful responses—best thing IMHO is to encourage them to change their thinking about beer and/or homebrew, that mastering it is an art to be respecting like cooking or baking. And that craft beer in general supports hundreds of thousands of local, small businesses. What’s better than manufacturing a foodstuff people love with your hands?
[emoji482]"Sire, I brought you a rauchbier."
"Thank you. Nice. You brought me a rauchbier... What's a rauchbier?"
"Well Sire its a smokey beer made with Beechwood Smoked Barley."
"Take him to pit of misery.... Dilly, dilly"
"Yeah, dilly dilly"
"Dilly dilly"
What, like in the bathtub? It always reminds me of "Water? Like from the Toilet?"
Or,
You must really like to get drunk since you make hooch?
[emoji482]
Exactly the reason I F'n hate those commercials. As if I didn't already have a sour taste when it comes to Bud (pun intended [emoji16]) in all its iterations, let's market directly to people who think that this thing someone spent a great deal of time, passion, and energy on is worthy of torture while we drink our swill. Dilly motherf%@kin Dilly a$$hole.
I've gotten away from drinking beer in a bottle. I love my 1L Paulaner mug so much, I got two of them.
There are beer styles that have to be appreciated for their special qualities at different serving temperatures. Some are better with certain types of food. Others fill you up and another leaves you wanting more. If it's good, two ounces is never enough.
I mock those kinds of people
I catch their attention, then put my glass up to my EAR and LISTEN to my beer before I take a sip
look down my nose at them, give a snort of arrogance and tell them they don't know **** about craft beer
HaHa. I just smile and nod and order another.
I did once mock a good friend of mine who loved to throw around his BJCP certification. He ordered some obscure craft concoction and dove in on his analytic dissertation of it. I mocked him by doing the same to a Budweiser when he thought I had ordered a Craft Pilsner.
That's not nearly as bad as having to listen to a BMC drinker shame you about your choice of beer.
“Well, let’s see...I spent 100’s (if not 1000’s) on equipment, a brew day is 6 hours, and it takes 10 days to a few weeks, or maybe several months even before I can drink my beer...”
Seems like a lot of work to get drunk! [emoji1]
I'm sure it's been said umpteen times in the previous pages but I always tire of being asked how much money it saves me.
UGH! I don't do it to save money, I do it to be able to make whatever I want and have the proud feeling of having made it myself. It's the same reason I grow my own veggies and flowers and cure meats. I'm certainly not saving money but I have a smile on my face.
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