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

[Schlenkerla]

"Hey I know a guy who works at a bar, maybe he can convince them to carry your beer!"

You roll your eyes not wanting to explain liquor licenses legal bull and how impossible that would be.

He should start a hotdog stand because he has a grill in his backyard. LOL

 

[Schlenkerla]

You roll your eyes not wanting to explain liquor licenses legal bull and how impossible that would be.

He should start a hotdog stand because he has a grill in his backyard. LOL

@Jayjay1976

My luck, if I did that, brewing on my 10 capacity... I'd have to brew so often that it'd be drudgery.

I picture my wife saying to me... (In a nagging voice)

"If you really cared for this family you'd get off your lazy a$$, stop watching football, and get in the garage and start brewing for Christ's sake!"

I'd move the large TV to garage along with the spare bed.

I'd still be that Dunking Donuts guy...

...but with beer!

 

[bleme]

"Hey I know a guy who works at a bar, maybe he can convince them to carry your beer!"

I actually had a liquor store owner tell me that if I brought him 6-packs, he'd stock them behind the counter to sell to his regulars that wanted something special. It was definitely flattering, but I have no desire to get into that mess....

 

[BarleyStanding]

i honestly only have short bursts of fun with it anymore, like the new pale malt out of the kiln. But really just making my own is more like cooking dinner at night and washing the dishes. I do it because i can't afford to eat at a restaurant every day....it's actually a little easier to brew my own beer, only have to spend about 3 days a month, and i have to cook dinner everyday!

maybe that should be my go to response when people ask me if i sell it. "What did you cook for dinner last night?", "Oh, my god! when are you opening a restaurant?"

+1

 

[BarleyStanding]

Get this all too often. I’ve replied with, “Never, because I don’t want it to lose its fun.”, but I may start using the cooking dinner opening a restaurant line. Although it’s a little snarky...

The other day I when messaging an old friend (beer snob) and talking about beer, I said, “I don’t know, I’ve been spoiled by good homebrew lately and now I don’t really like a lot of craft or commercial beers any longer.” His response was, “I know you’ve got good flavor but there’s no way you get the purity and consistency of the big guys.”

I didn’t even know what to say. The purity???

That's awesome! I think I'll give that a test drive: "I don't have the purity" Love to see their expression as they take the next sip of my brew.

 

[NitrogenWidget]

Upon hearing that I'm on my 26th batch since last November: "What the hell are you doing with all that beer?!?" Asked my brother.

The guy has a keggle-based RIMS setup and a kegerator, who got me started in brewing AG in the first place, yet no longer brews himself. The same guy who has just finished building a 15 gallon reflux still and only just this week tested her out distilling 5 gallons of old leftover homebrew. He's a member here though he's no longer active. And a complete ******** to boot.

My response? "I give a lot of beer away, and I bring alot to neighborhood parties, etc..." the truth? I drink most of it myself. In my underpants. Life is good.

so did I over the summer after dark.
Had to be dark since keggerator is on back deck.
can't be walking around in broad daylight in my boxers.

Also when clothed my friends stop by and drink.
They like my beer.

 

[BenniferBropez]

"Oh, I don't like chunky style beer. "

 

[Unicorn_Platypus]

Two most common and annoying responses:

1) Do you brew in the bathtub?
2) How do you get the caps on the bottles?

 

[bracconiere]

Two most common and annoying responses:

1) Do you brew in the bathtub?

Yes! My Maltin Tub.

2) How do you get the caps on the bottles?

They gave me sh!t for telling them, "if you want to try it, just buy a 2 liter of soda. Drink it. i'll fill it up with beer!"

 

[bleme]

2) How do you get the caps on the bottles?

I've always thought it was funny that with all the magic involved to turn grain into a drink worthy of royalty, it is the caps that so often fascinates them.

 

[Unicorn_Platypus]

I've always thought it was funny that with all the magic involved to turn grain into a drink worthy of royalty, it is the caps that so often fascinates them.

Thats why I stopped bottling. Now they ask "how do you get the beer in the kegs?"

 

[SEndorf]

"So.... is this safe to drink? I mean like.... is it sterile?"

 

[NGD]

Two most common and annoying responses:

1) Do you brew in the bathtub?
2) How do you get the caps on the bottles?

No.1 seems somewhat legit. Before I did my first brew I was fretting how to keep temps in check after reading Palmers book. Buddy of mine who went pro suggested using a spare bathtub filled with water and a few ice packs. Made total sense after he explained it. Although I’m sure most people are thinking of prison style hooch.

No.2 lets face it, you feel pretty good when you hand someone a bottle of your homebrew and watch their reaction. Right up until the point where they pour like some uncultured heathen and comment on how hazy it is. It wasn’t before you poured it buddy!

 

[Murphys_Law]

No.2 lets face it, you feel pretty good when you hand someone a bottle of your homebrew and watch their reaction. Right up until the point where they pour like some uncultured heathen and comment on how hazy it is. It wasn’t before you poured it buddy!

Or when their “response” is to open the bottle and take a big swig!

 

[davidabcd]

I'm not annoyed by "you should open a brewery." I also get, every time I cook for relatives, "You should really open a restaurant." Maybe I should. I don't know. I do know that it's a ridiculous amount of work for the first five years or whatever.
But it's an innocent comment without awareness of logistics.
People are fascinated, I've found, that you can actually make beer. They're interested in that and like to learn the very basics.

 

[NGD]

Or when their “response” is to open the bottle and take a big swig!

Just reading that made me wince

 

[SEndorf]

I'm not annoyed by "you should open a brewery." I also get, every time I cook for relatives, "You should really open a restaurant." Maybe I should. I don't know. I do know that it's a ridiculous amount of work for the first five years or whatever.
But it's an innocent comment without awareness of logistics.
People are fascinated, I've found, that you can actually make beer. They're interested in that and like to learn the very basics.

It's really a compliment.
My response: "It's my hobby. Why take all the fun out of it?"

 

[schematix]

I just got the "have you ever considered opening a brewery" AGAIN this morning.

 

[bleme]

"I have a brewery, it's just very exclusive..."

 

[tll77]

"I have a brewery, it's just very exclusive..."

VERY in fact its invite only.
But the beer is free.

 

[davidabcd]

Why take all the fun out of it?

That's a nice way to put it.

 

[ancientmariner52]

It occurs to me that when I say, "You should maybe open a ____ whatever!", I intend it as a compliment rather than actual career advice. In future, when somebody says something in that vein to me, I believe I'll just say "Thank you." and take it as such.

 

[Schlenkerla]

It's really a compliment.
My response: "It's my hobby. Why take all the fun out of it?"

Hopefully the person in South Carolina who won the $1.6B in the lottery is a homebrewer.......

He can open a brewery. [emoji16]

He can make recipes, brew, taste-test and have somebody else lug bags a of grain about and clean.

Starting with hiring the person who said, "You should open a brewery!" to do the grunt work.

As you do product testing and supervise.

"Ah, you missed a spot there.... LOL"

 

[GPP33]

Hopefully the person in South Carolina who won the $1.6B in the lottery is a homebrewer.......

He can open a brewery. [emoji16]

He can make recipes, brew, taste-test and have somebody else lug bags a of grain about and clean.

Starting with hiring the person who said, "You should open a brewery!" to do the grunt work.

As you do product testing and supervise.

"Ah, you missed a spot there.... LOL"





View attachment 594368

If I won 1.6bil I’d totally open a brewery. A free brewery where everyone who’s cool can come drink for free. There would have to be some paid staff to do things like cleaning and serving but when I become a billionaire I’ll work those details out. Maybe make a mandatory $5 donation every time a political statement is made.

 

[jack13]

It occurs to me that when I say, "You should maybe open a ____ whatever!", I intend it as a compliment rather than actual career advice. In future, when somebody says something in that vein to me, I believe I'll just say "Thank you." and take it as such.

That's how I take it. And even if it's the Nth time I've heard it, it's the first time the person in front of me at the time is saying it to me. So I too say thanks and take it as a compliment. Same if they say I should sell it. I appreciate the sentiment, but of course explain that I can't.

It only gets annoying for me if they argue that I CAN sell it. I usually just say that if homebrewers could sell their beer you'd see it sold all over the place, because there are plenty of homebrewers who would like to do that.

 

[ancientmariner52]

That's how I take it. And even if it's the Nth time I've heard it, it's the first time the person in front of me at the time is saying it to me. So I too say thanks and take it as a compliment. Same if they say I should sell it. I appreciate the sentiment, but of course explain that I can't.

It only gets annoying for me if they argue that I CAN sell it. I usually just say that if homebrewers could sell their beer you'd see it sold all over the place, because there are plenty of homebrewers who would like to do that.

At that point in the conversation, I just have them read my label. "Government Warning - Beware of the Government". That either enlightens, frightens, or confuses. In any case it changes the subject.

 

[Inkleg]

A free brewery where everyone who’s cool can come drink for free.

I already have a place like this.

 

[bendog15]

“Oh! When are you going to open your own brewery?”
“What are you making in there? Moonshine?”
“Can you make bud light?”
“You know, meth is illegal”
“Why would you make beer when you can buy it at the store?”
“How long does it take? Oh that’s too long.”

 

[Schlenkerla]

1)“Oh! When are you going to open your own brewery?”

2) “What are you making in there? Moonshine?”

3) “Can you make bud light?”

4)“You know, meth is illegal”

5) “Why would you make beer when you can buy it at the store?”

6) “How long does it take? Oh that’s too long.”

This list above, is 6 reasons to keep home brewing a secret.

Did you pull a muscle in your eyes from the eye rolling?

[emoji12]

 

[NitrogenWidget]

“Can you make bud light?”

I have thought of making clone before a few times for some of my friends.
But then I look at the quickie mart literally 2 houses down and decide they can just go over there if they don't like what I have on tap.