"Oh, I don't like dark beer"

[JordanThomas]

i'm planning to make a beer so dark that when you stare into it, it stares into you. It will be the color of loneliness and taste like dread.

lol

 

[Wirk]

Thank god this stereotype barely exist in Chile, most people I know like "dark beer", even the local equivalents of BMC from time to time make dark beers.

 

[gcdowd]

My first few sips of beer period tasted absolutely revolting.

Beer period? Sounds nasty, was it red?

 

[cheezydemon3]

Beer period? Sounds nasty, was it red?

Keystone when I was 15. Still gross, but not like what I thought of it then!!

 

[malweth]

Keystone when I was 15. Still gross, but not like what I thought of it then!!

That's more like a beer hymen. A beer period would be cyclical.

 

[cheezydemon3]

That's more like a beer hymen. A beer period would be cyclical.

LOL, guess that is my point. Dark beer is different enough to have it's own hymen for BMC'ers. Try one and give up on dark beer, and you are a fool.

 

[andycr]

I'm thankful that I was introduced to beer at a local microbrewery, and my first beer was a great milk stout. The only beer I tried that night I didn't like was a hefeweizen, which I can't stand to this day. I think it gave me a more open mind about beer styles.

I find the aversion to dark beer more amusing than frustrating. "You're drinking Guinness with a meal? That's like 2 meals!" Sure...

 

[jpc]

You left out Seamus.

No, no, no...

It was a quote (or near-quote, as well as I can remember) from a TV spot for Michelob Dark from the late 1970s/early 1980s.

 

[corkybstewart]

My wife is one of those who doesn't like dark beer. Many years ago she fell in love with Shiner Bock from the bottle. When she got a pint of it at a bar she quit drinking it because she doesn't like dark beer. She used to love my oatmeal stout, but only if I served it in a German krug so she couldn't see the color. It's a purely psychological reaction, not something I've ever even attempted to make her understand. She drinks what she likes, period.

 

[bigbeergeek]

Sarcasm really doesn't come through well

I got it too...

 

[Xpertskir]

My wife is one of those who doesn't like dark beer. Many years ago she fell in love with Shiner Bock from the bottle. When she got a pint of it at a bar she quit drinking it because she doesn't like dark beer. She used to love my oatmeal stout, but only if I served it in a German krug so she couldn't see the color. It's a purely psychological reaction, not something I've ever even attempted to make her understand. She drinks what she likes, period.

Apparently she drinks what she thinks she likes...not what she actually likes.

Feel bad for you...I'm sure this is the tip of the iceberg as far as irrational BS this woman puts you through.

 

[mhuntwork]

Apparently she drinks what she thinks she likes...not what she actually likes.

Feel bad for you...I'm sure this is the tip of the iceberg as far as irrational BS this woman puts you through.

LOL. That is funny as hell!

 

[jwwbrennan]

Apparently she drinks what she thinks she likes...not what she actually likes.

Feel bad for you...I'm sure this is the tip of the iceberg as far as irrational BS this woman puts you through.

If my wife was rational I'd be single and then who would I blame? She has the unique talent of doing nothing and still making all the mistakes.

 

[malweth]

If my wife was rational I'd be single and then who would I blame? She has the unique talent of doing nothing and still making all the mistakes.

Wow! I thought us husbands were the ones [blamed for] making all the mistakes.

My wife won't drink beer at all. It's uncommon that I can even get her to take a sip.... she doesn't seem to understand that there are thousands of different kinds of beer. Maybe I need to get her to try a Framboise.

 

[rawkstar320]

The point of leaving it in a bottle is a good one. I'm not usually a fan of "dark" (I had the guinness experience) but I've pleasantly surprised myself on several occasions my leaving it bottled.

 

[cheezydemon3]

My wife is one of those who doesn't like dark beer. Many years ago she fell in love with Shiner Bock from the bottle. When she got a pint of it at a bar she quit drinking it because she doesn't like dark beer. She used to love my oatmeal stout, but only if I served it in a German krug so she couldn't see the color. It's a purely psychological reaction, not something I've ever even attempted to make her understand. She drinks what she likes, period.

That is perfectly understandable!!!!!......If you are 4.

 

[Whattawort]

What's wrong with not liking dark beers?
I'm still extrememly new to drinking beer. But I've had 4 dark beers now and hated each one. The bitterness from the roasted grain was very off-putting.
Will I ever have a dark beer I like? Maybe, but I'm doubting it.

Have you tried a milk stout? Pick up a Left Hand Milk Stout and give that a try if you haven't already. Not bitter at all to me.

 

[Halbrust]

Haven't had a milk stout yet. But it's on my list of beers to try.

 

[Croat]

Why do you even try to please BMC drinkers. They eventually find out what crap have they been drinking all their lives. Those who don't die unhappy and sad without knowing how good a homebrew can taste:rockin:

 

[malweth]

Why do you even try to please BMC drinkers. They eventually find out what crap have they been drinking all their lives. Those who don't die unhappy and sad without knowing how good a homebrew can taste:rockin:

I find most BMC drinkers to be blissfully ignorant, not unhappy.

Though maybe that's not true... many of them drink to be drunk - which doesn't exactly shout "happy."

Personally, I've got an "untappd" drive to try many new and interesting beers . . . which isn't the cheapest hobby - so I can't entirely blame the BMCers for being cheap.

 

[JordanThomas]

I don't try to please those who drink BMC. I let them drink their BMC and make silly comments about how "DARK" or "BITTER" my craft brews are.

Same as when I am eating my delicious Indian food and have to listen to people comment on how "SPICY" it is and how bad my stomach is going to hurt afterwards.

Ignorance is bliss, to some.

 

[corkybstewart]

Apparently she drinks what she thinks she likes...not what she actually likes.

Feel bad for you...I'm sure this is the tip of the iceberg as far as irrational BS this woman puts you through.

Actually that's the extent of her irrationality. She's the one that bought me my 12 gallon stainless conical, put together a 10 day beer vacation to Belgium and 2 longer trips to Germany. By next summer she'll have given me the money for a 30' X 50' brewshed/man cave. I thinks she's actually pretty rational except that she has a visual hangup with the color of beer. I can live with that.

 

[Whattawort]

I don't try to please those who drink BMC. I let them drink their BMC and make silly comments about how "DARK" or "BITTER" my craft brews are.

Same as when I am eating my delicious Indian food and have to listen to people comment on how "SPICY" it is and how bad my stomach is going to hurt afterwards.

Ignorance is bliss, to some.

So, what's the best beer to accompany Indian food? I'm a huge fan of lamb vindaloo and chicken biryani and I'm still floundering to find the perfect match. Guiness had a "dead" feel, Two-Hearted was close but the hops aroma and the spices didn't mingle well. The place I go to has slim pickings on beer varieties, so it's turning out to be a challenge. Maybe an ESB?

 

[malweth]

Actually that's the extent of her irrationality. She's the one that bought me my 12 gallon stainless conical, put together a 10 day beer vacation to Belgium and 2 longer trips to Germany. By next summer she'll have given me the money for a 30' X 50' brewshed/man cave. I thinks she's actually pretty rational except that she has a visual hangup with the color of beer. I can live with that.

All of that sounds pretty irrational to me. Good job!!! Keep her!

 

[JordanThomas]

So, what's the best beer to accompany Indian food? I'm a huge fan of lamb vindaloo and chicken biryani and I'm still floundering to find the perfect match. Guiness had a "dead" feel, Two-Hearted was close but the hops aroma and the spices didn't mingle well. The place I go to has slim pickings on beer varieties, so it's turning out to be a challenge. Maybe an ESB?

I personally enjoy high IBU IPA's with my Indian food. Next time I get it, I'm going to get a CDA/Black IPA to try out with it. You were close with the Two-Hearted if you ask me, but that's a sweet IPA. Try a really dry, bitter IPA instead. MMM!

ESB wouldn't be a bad choice, but the robust spices in your food might overwhelm anything you get out of your beer. Who knows! Never tried myself.

 

[Wirk]

Maybe BMC drinkers are not the people we should aim to convert. In my experience they are too used to what in their opinion beer should taste like. So far the only people I've 'convert' are chaps who claimed that they didn't like beer at all. For example a friend of mine when he discovered that I make beer told me that "Your equipment looks cool but I don't like any beer and I've tried at least 15" after that I gave him an IPA. His face changed when he was drinking it and then said "wow I didn't know that beer could taste like this, let me buy you a 4 pack".

I love when something like this happens to me, I feel proud

 

[Whattawort]

I personally enjoy high IBU IPA's with my Indian food. Next time I get it, I'm going to get a CDA/Black IPA to try out with it. You were close with the Two-Hearted if you ask me, but that's a sweet IPA. Try a really dry, bitter IPA instead. MMM!

ESB wouldn't be a bad choice, but the robust spices in your food might overwhelm anything you get out of your beer. Who knows! Never tried myself.

STA Monkeynaut IPA would probably be a good one then. Hopefully they'll have it available.

 

[Xpertskir]

Maybe BMC drinkers are not the people we should aim to convert. In my experience they are too used to what in their opinion beer should taste like. So far the only people I've 'convert' are chaps who claimed that they didn't like beer at all. For example a friend of mine when he discovered that I make beer told me that "Your equipment looks cool but I don't like any beer and I've tried at least 15" after that I gave him an IPA. His face changed when he was drinking it and then said "wow I didn't know that beer could taste like this, let me buy you a 4 pack".

I love when something like this happens to me, I feel proud

There is some truth in this.

My dad is ridiculous about wine, maybe more ridiculous than me about beer(but probably not).
He would drink a little beer, the occasional blue moon and shock top. I used gumballhead for his gateway beer and lately I have been blowing his mind with some of the hop bombs I have been brewing. Every time he tastes a beer of mine he says "you have really changed my beer tastes"

 

[Croat]

I actually started homebrewing because I thought those commercial light lager that I used to drink in my country (the same crap as BMC) was to bitter. When I started brewing my own beers I realized that the bitterness was not the case but that ****ty aftertaste these commercial lagers leave in your mouth. After some two years of brewing I'm simply crazy about hops (Cascade , for example). I brew beers with at least 35 to 45 IBUs for everyday drinking. My palate has changed a lot and I simply can't drink commercial beers anymore except for some Belgians and Chech beer (Urquell or Kozel for example) and the beers of my fellow homebrewers.

 

[aubiecat]

I quit drinking beer for years because I didn't like what BMC was selling.
After I tried some of "those dark beers" I started drinking beer again.