Random Beer Thoughts

[jmgrub]

So why is this guy a part of your tasting group? Why invite him? It seems like all of these "beer etiquette" faux paus could be avoided if you just stopped inviting idiots to your house.

Oh, he got the axe from shares hosted by me like 2 years ago.

 

[litheum94]

Oh, he got the axe from shares hosted by me like 2 years ago.

Ok. You're cool then.

Other people, if you don't have the balls to call out people who you feel abuse the bottle share etiquette, shut the **** up.

 

[JonathanAmes]

So why is this guy a part of your tasting group? Why invite him? It seems like all of these "beer etiquette" faux paus could be avoided if you just stopped inviting idiots to your house.

From my experience those guys are almost always a brother, brother-in-law or good buddy from work of someone in the group.

 

[sacrelicio]

On the topic of poor bottle share etiquette, there is a guy who used to be in our "tasting group". He was/is an obsessive ticker - he sits at shares tasting every beer while simultaneously typing reviews into his phone and conversing with absolutely no one. Besides offering little to nothing as a person, he also went to minimal (if any) effort to bring beers that anyone would enjoy and actually bragged that he was bringing "****** shelf turds" to one of the guy's birthday shares. Not only that, but he would specifically request that other people bring their most prized, rare bottles so that he could tick them.

His only redeeming quality was that he had a strong liver and was therefore a good "mop", thus helping us feel less bad about wasting so much great beer.

Local guy who is just like this. Also known for walking up to people at Darkness Eve "WHAT AM I DRINKING NEXT"

 

[sacrelicio]

From my experience those guys are almost always a brother, brother-in-law or good buddy from work of someone in the group.

Or they trade, which means that guy is the equivalent of that horrible girl your buddy brings around because they're banging.

 

[litheum94]

Or they trade

If this isn't qualifying factor for inviting people to your tastings, you're doing beer wrong.

I'm finding more and more that I don't fit into the beer landscape these days. See you all some other time.

 

[sacrelicio]

If this isn't qualifying factor for inviting people to your tastings, you're doing beer wrong.

I'm finding more and more that I don't fit into the beer landscape these days. See you all some other time.

no I mean the guy who brings the ****** guy (girl) trades with (bangs) him (her)

 

[litheum94]

no I mean the guy who brings the ****** guy (girl) trades with (bangs) him (her)

Wat

 

[ficklenicholas]

On the topic of poor bottle share etiquette, there is a guy who used to be in our "tasting group". He was/is an obsessive ticker - he sits at shares tasting every beer while simultaneously typing reviews into his phone and conversing with absolutely no one. Besides offering little to nothing as a person, he also went to minimal (if any) effort to bring beers that anyone would enjoy and actually bragged that he was bringing "****** shelf turds" to one of the guy's birthday shares. Not only that, but he would specifically request that other people bring their most prized, rare bottles so that he could tick them.

His only redeeming quality was that he had a strong liver and was therefore a good "mop", thus helping us feel less bad about wasting so much great beer.

Let's see, I have been to three or four shares with you and I know precisely who you are referring to. Is he persona non grata?

 

[tosh1]

Never been to a share in my life( well not alcohol related anyway)...sniff.


They sound boss. SOON.

 

[sacrelicio]

Wat

 

[seedavid]

Never been to a share in my life( well not alcohol related anyway)

 

[Juice1]

no I mean the guy who brings the ****** guy (girl) trades with (bangs) him (her)

This is like one of those millenial self identity tongue twisters isnt it. Damn these kids and their non gendered pronouns!

 

[jmgrub]

Let's see, I have been to three or four shares with you and I know precisely who you are referring to. Is he persona non grata?

To me, yes. Others still invite him though.

 

[Der Fuchs]

We have one guy here who posts up on his laptop/phone and pretty much just cranks out reviews during tastings. Thing is he always brings 50ish bottles and lets just about everything go free range. He even sends his cellar doc out to a few of us and takes special requests. It's actually pretty awesome, and he is a great guy to boot.

 

[arren]

Never been to a share in my life( well not alcohol related anyway)...sniff.


They sound boss. SOON.

What the ****, are we popping your cherry on Tuesday?

 

[sacrelicio]

Never been to a share in my life( well not alcohol related anyway)...sniff.


They sound boss. SOON.

It's a thing where people drink

 

[falc0n26001]

I was staying at a friend's house when we had an impromptu bottle share with a few friends, one or two who weren't into beer as us. Some of the beer was 12 oz bottles and one guy who had never been to a share opened a bottle and proceeded to pour the entire beer into his glass... We asked "So you're gonna be the only one drinking that beer, then?"

His reply was "I guess?"

Nope! We gave him a fair 2 oz pour of Gumballhead. Midwest beer for Midwest pours, yo!

 

[furley]

really should have jumped on this Liliko'i Kepolo train a bit sooner

 

[jivex5k1]

really should have jumped on this Liliko'i Kepolo train a bit sooner

Just drank one out of the can. It's not too shabby.

 

[sacrelicio]

I didn't like Night Shift Whirlpool the first couples times I had it. Then in got one in a box this week and damn, that beer has it going on.

 

[Wino1]

In 1999 I saw Bicentennial Man in theaters- it made a lasting impression on me. I'm rewatching it for the first tine in 17 years. This is mind blowing.

 

[quirk6]

I didn't like Night Shift Whirlpool the first couples times I had it. Then in got one in a box this week and damn, that beer has it going on.

Oh, so I send you Whirlpool and you don't like it. Someone else sends it to you and it's delicious. I see how it is.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

Heard some rumblings on the interwebs regarding infection / acetaldehyde on the newest batch of Hunahpu, I cracked one with family today that was as good as ever.

 

[masterovkhaos]

Heard some rumblings on the interwebs regarding infection / acetaldehyde on the newest batch of Hunahpu, I cracked one with family today that was as good as ever.

From what I heard, some of the draft lines at Huna day seemed dirty based on the taste of Hunahpu and other CCB beers. Had it on draft yesterday at an event and it was great though.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

From what I heard, some of the draft lines at Huna day seemed dirty based on the taste of Hunahpu and other CCB beers. Had it on draft yesterday at an event and it was great though.

I'm pretty sensitive to dirty draft lines (usually it has an acetaldehyde / diacetyl thing going on, but if bad can be much worse), and I didn't get anything off. I can see those issues if they were definitely retapping kegs on lines that probably shouldn't (ie putting on Hunahpu on the line that just had Skittles Berliner Weiss in it), but I didn't taste it that day.

Regardless glad to report that Hunahpu released at the day has tasted good for all the bottles I've consumed / been a part of so far.

 

[Jaminjohnson]

Now that you mention it, I might be thinking of imperialking. My posts still stand.

You know you liked it, shirtless men holding a pick axe is your fantasy

 

[Jaminjohnson]

Bottle shares seem like something I'd never want to attend. They actually sound downright miserable.

Ride up with me this year, it's messy

 

[jdd419]

I have had one bottle so far and it was great once it warmed up. I thought huna tasted awesome at huna day. Got 14, 15, 16 and all were great in their own ways.

I can see where people thought new huna was a little green when it's cold, when it warmed up its as good as always. Maybe they just were expecting it to be the best beer in the world and when it wasn't they needed an excuse?

 

[Gonzoillini1]

Ride up with me this year, it's messy

FTowne is definitely invited and it might even get MordorMongo to wander up which the IN folks (claaark13 and backfat).