So, you are at a non-craft beer place... What do you order?

[david_42]

Not the EAC again!

Personally, I'll drink water, iced tea or a soda, if there isn't anything on the beer menu that I like and will go with my meal. And that includes craft beers.

 

[motobrewer]

good lord, people whining about finding what EAC means is worse than the EAC!!

fwiw, i found out what it meant long before i was a member. search harder.

 

[WhiskeyR]

good lord, people whining about finding what EAC means is worse than the EAC!!

fwiw, i found out what it meant long before i was a member. search harder.

I seriously doubt someone whining about not knowing what EAC means is as annoying a people constantly using the acronym like they're in some sort of secret club, then challenging everyone else to hone their Internet searching skills enough to be initiated.

If I did spend enough time searching to find the answer, the first thing I'd do is start a thread giving the answer to everyone else.

 

[Pappers_]

If I did spend enough time searching to find the answer, the first thing I'd do is start a thread giving the answer to everyone else.

How very EACish of you

 

[evanmars]

They were close to being correct.

It is a secret club and only those of us who are in it are good enough to be in it!

 

[Denny]

They were close to being correct.

It is a secret club and only those of us who are in it are good enough to be in it!

I don't want to be in any club that would have ME for a member....

 

[evanmars]

To be on topic:

If I am at an establishment that only serves beer that I personally don't care for, but feel like drinking, I'll have a bourbon & cola.

 

[motobrewer]

I seriously doubt someone whining about not knowing what EAC means is as annoying a people constantly using the acronym like they're in some sort of secret club, then challenging everyone else to hone their Internet searching skills enough to be initiated.

If I did spend enough time searching to find the answer, the first thing I'd do is start a thread giving the answer to everyone else.

do it, then. and stop whining about it.

 

[the_trout]

If I can't satisfy my pallete, I'll go with my wallet and order whatever is on special. If nothing is on special, go with a Labbatt Blue. In upstate NY everybody has it and "Blue" is easy to order in a loud, crowded bar.

 

[Boleslaus]

If Guinness is on tap I will get that, I still love it. Even if people yell at me that its not craft or not real draft Guinness or its chaned, blah, blah. It tastes great to me.

If its only bottles, then I'll either get a Newcastle or a Yuengling.

 

[motobrewer]

Wow, Someone has a bit of sand in their...well you know

baahhh hahaha!

 

[Germelli1]

If Guinness is on tap I will get that, I still love it. Even if people yell at me that its not craft or not real draft Guinness or its chaned, blah, blah. It tastes great to me.

If its only bottles, then I'll either get a Newcastle or a Yuengling.

I used to be one of those people that made fun of those who drank guiness to just be hip and show they are above light beers. I used to think it just tasted like creamy water haha. But once I learned the trick of cupping my hands around it to warm it up past sub zero serving temps, I really enjoy it.

Although I will still argue with people when they say it is heavy...less alcohol than Budweiser and 6 more calories haha.

To keep the thread on topic, I will usually order a PBR if availible. That is the one light lager I LOOOOOOOVE. I am definitely not above drinking BMC (and I would really enjoy it), and I don't look down on others for either extreme of drinking it (ONLY drinking it, or REFUSING to drink it), as long as they don't press their opinions on me.

 

[bob1852]

sorry people, i had to post this original thread. it was just too funny. it's long, but pour yourself a pint, or a glass of wine if no one other boys are watching, and read the whole damn thing.

boo.

EAC is a right of passage for HBT and now you've ruined it.

But alas, our good friend olllllo usually has tricks up his sleeve.

 

[Boleslaus]

Although I will still argue with people when they say it is heavy...less alcohol than Budweiser and 6 more calories haha.

I love when people say, I can't drink Guinness its so dark and thick. Then I ask if they've tried it and they can't answer. Its not thick or heavy at all. It really is just a light ale with some roast, which is great to me!

It is funny to give people who drink Guinness to be hip because its dark (like you said) a RIS or something along those lines and watch them struggle.

 

[Germelli1]

I love when people say, I can't drink Guinness its so dark and thick. Then I ask if they've tried it and they can't answer. Its not thick or heavy at all. It really is just a light ale with some roast, which is great to me!

It is funny to give people who drink Guinness to be hip because its dark (like you said) a RIS or something along those lines and watch them struggle.

Funny hipster story coming to you in a PM to avoid more off topic

 

[WhiskeyR]

Wow, Someone has a bit of sand in their...well you know

I fight over some pretty reivial things (as witnessed earlier in this thread), but this baffles me

Not really. I thought it was stupid. Nothing to do with sand in anything. But I'm sure you're just intentionally trying to ruffle my feathers so you can get this thread closed.

 

[JoeyChopps]

Funny hipster story coming to you in a PM to avoid more off topic

Start a new thread on it i want to read stupid hipster stories!

On-topic I am an anti-beer snob too. I will drink whatever is special or wait for it whatever everyone else is drinking to make it easier on the bartender cuz I'm a easy date like that.
Chopps

 

[Germelli1]

Not really. I thought it was stupid. Nothing to do with sand in anything. But I'm sure you're just intentionally trying to ruffle my feathers so you can get this thread closed.

Nah, not this time. At least I have contributed on topic things to this thread in at least ONE of my posts...

Start a new thread on it i want to read stupid hipster stories!

On-topic I am an anti-beer snob too. I will drink whatever is special or wait for it whatever everyone else is drinking to make it easier on the bartender cuz I'm a easy date like that.
Chopps

PM coming your way. I am anti snob, but I don't want another thread like THIS one haha

 

[NTabb]

I'll drink a Coors only when both mountains are blue. If they're not blue then it taste like carbonated cat piss.

On a side note, there's quite a few Devious Intelligent Conscientious Kind Scholars in this thread.

On a serious note, its threads like this that will drive people to other sites.

 

[frydogbrews]

boo.

EAC is a right of passage for HBT and now you've ruined it.

But alas, our good friend olllllo usually has tricks up his sleeve.

so, not to be a penis, but i'm not sure if you know what "right of passage" means.
this one obscure thread where a guy asks some simple (and strange) questions and is then kind of ripped on, then he takes it waaaaaay to far commenting back to everyone, is not a right of passage. neither is trying to find out what EAC means, since a bunch of people on here couldn't possibly find it.
it kind of elevates the generally happy place of homebrewtalk to something different, dare i say...slightly elitist.

i posted that link because i thought it was simply a hilarious thread,

 

[frydogbrews]

now this is odd....when i try to go back to laugh at some of the stuff that was said in that thread, i can't view it. it says this:
frydogbrews, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

You are trying to access a webpage that is only accessible to Premium Members.
You trying to edit someone else's post or access administrative features
You did not activate your account. To do so please follow the instructions at the following webpage; Request Activation E-mail

now, best as i can tell, i am a premium member, i'm not trying to edit anything and i certainly activated my account. so here's another acronym for ya, WTF?

 

[Germelli1]

Go look that where you posted the link

I honestly had a blast finding it and that is why I don't come out and tell people. It was well before I was a member since I wasn't 21 at the time and hadn't made an account on here due to site policy

 

[frydogbrews]

yeah, i saw muncher took it down before i posted my other comment to you.
i would just think some rites of passage in the homebrewtalk world would be...you know....mastering lagers......learning to be patient with a barleywine....stuff like that, not finding some obscure thread. that's all.

 

[bob1852]

so, not to be a penis, but i'm not sure if you know what "right of passage" means.
this one obscure thread where a guy asks some simple (and strange) questions and is then kind of ripped on, then he takes it waaaaaay to far commenting back to everyone, is not a right of passage. neither is trying to find out what EAC means, since a bunch of people on here couldn't possibly find it.
it kind of elevates the generally happy place of homebrewtalk to something different, dare i say...slightly elitist.

i posted that link because i thought it was simply a hilarious thread,

Possibly, but it's also tradition. Kinda like when someone asks what SWMBO means....

Stick around. You'll see how it's part of the HBT culture.

 

[Germelli1]

yeah, i saw muncher took it down before i posted my other comment to you.
i would just think some rites of passage in the homebrewtalk world would be...you know....mastering lagers......learning to be patient with a barleywine....stuff like that, not finding some obscure thread. that's all.

I understand exactly where you are coming from! I am just not emotionally invested enough in the issue to fight one way or another

 

[frydogbrews]

still curious why i still can't access that thread all of a sudden. skullduggery afoot! (isn't that a word?)

 

[waveslider44]

On topic: I will drink whatever sounds good to ME.

Off topic: It may be beer, food, cars, any subject. A holes will always be A holes. At the end of the day someone that chooses to be an A hole will still be missing something. Choose your own path and those you walk the path with wisely.

I will learn from someone with more knowledge about beer making. I will teach someone with less knowledge about beer making.

 

[bob1852]

still curious why i still can't access that thread all of a sudden. skullduggery afoot! (isn't that a word?)

perhaps it never existed in the first place?

 

[Beerrific]

So what do you order?

Iced tea.

If there isn't a beer that I want, I don't order beer. My preference, my business. I order iced tea a lot.

 

[Germelli1]

OP- I am saying this for discussion, not to butt heads

I am actually the opposite of the OP. The bar I frequent at school has a happy hour running daily until 9. It is $2 for a 32 oz mug of all the light beers, blue moon, yuengling, etc and $3 for 32 oz of everything else on tap. They carry about 4 or 5 taps of local craft beer, plus SNPA and some SA.

I usually order 1 or 2 32 oz craft beers (Highland mocha stout or kashmir IPA, Legend Brown Ale, Starr Hill Northern Lights) during happy hour. After 9 I switch to any light lager even with craft beers on tap since it is a little cheaper, and I enjoy them just as much! $3.50 for 32 oz of PBR is still not that expensive for a beer at a bar opposed to the $5 for 32 oz of Starr hill Amber Ale!