The stupidest comment on your beer

[bottlebomber]

Alright, so my buddies wife is out of town for a few weeks, it's rainy, and we decided to have him over for supper to get him out of the house. This guys favorite beers are Racer 5 and Hop Stoopid. He brews with me! He has two kits sitting in my garage! I had bottled some of my Citra pale ale into some Corona Especial 32's, and I got one out and poured us each a pint from it. He takes a pungent, palate obliterating sip from his glass and says "I love this Corona! I used to get these all the time!". My wife caught on real quick and we exchanged a glance. Neither of us said a word. Now I am wondering if it's just the power of the placebo, or if I've been wasting really good beer on this guy!

 

[estricklin]

I handed someone a Canadian Pale Ale once and she said "sorry I don't like dark beer", I replied that it was "ok".

 

[emjay]

Alright, so my buddies wife is out of town for a few weeks, it's rainy, and we decided to have him over for supper to get him out of the house. This guys favorite beers are Racer 5 and Hop Stoopid. He brews with me! He has two kits sitting in my garage! I had bottled some of my Citra pale ale into some Corona Especial 32's, and I got one out and poured us each a pint from it. He takes a pungent, palate obliterating sip from his glass and says "I love this Corona! I used to get these all the time!". My wife caught on real quick and we exchanged a glance. Neither of us said a word. Now I am wondering if it's just the power of the placebo, or if I've been wasting really good beer on this guy!

Sounds like he just likes the beer and doesn't quite remember what Corona actually tastes like.

 

[bottlebomber]

Sounds like he just likes the beer and doesn't quite remember what Corona actually tastes like.

I'm hoping you're right. It was still funny though. For 2.99 a quart I'd be buying it all day long if it tasted like that.

 

[Whattawort]

Alright, so my buddies wife is out of town for a few weeks, it's rainy, and we decided to have him over for supper to get him out of the house. This guys favorite beers are Racer 5 and Hop Stoopid. He brews with me! He has two kits sitting in my garage! I had bottled some of my Citra pale ale into some Corona Especial 32's, and I got one out and poured us each a pint from it. He takes a pungent, palate obliterating sip from his glass and says "I love this Corona! I used to get these all the time!". My wife caught on real quick and we exchanged a glance. Neither of us said a word. Now I am wondering if it's just the power of the placebo, or if I've been wasting really good beer on this guy!

It's the power of suggestion taking part on an open mind.

 

[Husher]

It's the power of suggestion taking part on an open mind.

I'm not so certain it works on everyone. When I was a kid I used to work at a coffee shop (damn seniors always in a rush to sit and do nothing in the food court). anyways.

Sometimes things would get busy and you've give someone Irish cream instead of whatever flavoured coffee they ordered. They'd come back in 5 minutes swearing that you put drain-o in their coffee. There was nothing wrong with the coffee, it's just they completely rejected it because it was inconsistent with what they were expecting. And thus, they freaked.

 

[caioz1jp]

My favorite is when people say, "Its like a *insert beer description*-er New Castle."

Also I love when peoole say they can really taste something that just isn't there.

Finally I just love telling people the wrong ABV% and watch them "frunk" the whole night. Frunk was our high school term for people who would exagerate being hammered.

 

[bottlebomber]

Finally I just love telling people the wrong ABV% and watch them "frunk" the whole night. Frunk was our high school term for people who would exagerate being hammered.

Huh.. Reminds me of the "Pretendica" that some of the freshmen kids thought they got high off of.

 

[lumpher]

Finally I just love telling people the wrong ABV% and watch them "frunk" the whole night.

my neighbor loves my brew, and especially dark brews. i usually have jamil's dark mild (3.7%) on tap. i mess with his head every time telling him it's strong and to be careful. he usually drinks shiner bock when not drinking mine. i always laugh when he staggers off after drinking 3 or 4 of mine he can drink shiner bock nonstop for hours

 

[EineProsit]

Today I allowed my boss to sample an Apple pie ale today.
After he drank a small cup of the stuff he said " That's really good but I'm mosrly into lagers and ales".

 

[mattd2]

Today I allowed my boss to sample an Apple pie ale today.
After he drank a small cup of the stuff he said " That's really good but I'm mosrly into lagers and ales".

Did you tell him it was an Apple Pie Ale? how fruity was it? sure he didn't say "... lagers than ales"?

 

[Pommy]

Maybe he was just quick witted and isn't a fan of fruit beers...

 

[EineProsit]

Did you tell him it was an Apple Pie Ale? how fruity was it? sure he didn't say "... lagers than ales"?

Ok maybe he did say that but he also has 2 pitbulls and a rock welder

 

[eulipion2]

On a judging sheet for my ROSEMARY siason: "It has an herbal quality." No, really?

 

[ArcticBear]

had a party this weekend for my upcoming birthday and had a few friends over.

needless to say there was a multitude of drinks served, we finished off 4 kegs in my kegerator and did damaged to 2 cases of swill (for drinking games) and a case of sams...

the next morning my old friend asked me if i had ever "cleaned out my taps or lines" and i said i do on a regular basis. He then proceeded to tell me that he felt sick because i "obviously had bacteria and mold growing in my draft setup"

yes... it wasn't the 15+ beers you had the night before, it was my dirty lines.. of which i clean and drink from just about every night and never have any issues...

(the taps are all perlick forward sealing faucets, i could be wrong but i believe these style faucets do also aid in inhibiting bacteria due to the way they close, but that could be a misconception, regardless i do clean them)

 

[iambeer]

The stupidest comment I have ever received in the last 24 hours for my beer is:

She: It's very professional!

Me: (pause for shock) ...No, it tastes like absolutely ****. Your taste buds are completely invalid. Seriously, it's like asking the def dumb and blind for an opinion.

She: No, really it's not bad!

Me: (Please.. just leave... )

I have no idea what's wrong with these people.

 

[emjay]

The stupidest comment I have ever received in the last 24 hours for my beer is:

She: It's very professional!

Me: (pause for shock) ...No, it tastes like absolutely ****. Your taste buds are completely invalid. Seriously, it's like asking the def dumb and blind for an opinion.

She: No, really it's not bad!

Me: (Please.. just leave... )

I have no idea what's wrong with these people.

I really hope you're just mocking people.

 

[iambeer]

I really hope you're just mocking people.

Hmmm... What are the other alternatives?

 

[Fizzycist]

I have no idea what's wrong with these people.

I'm guessing they hate you and just want to mess with your head.

 

[iambeer]

I'm guessing they hate you and just want to mess with your head.

Thoughtful fare. What if they were being nice but don't actually care, like 95% of malt beverage consumers in the US?

 

[Pappers_]

Yesterday, I had to close a light-hearted, humorous thread because posters started bickering and fighting. I'm not going to take the time to edit a thread like this, if personal insults and sniping happen, we'll close it.

Please stay away from the back-and-forth little insults and sniping. Thanks!

 

[Getzinator]

had a party this weekend for my upcoming birthday and had a few friends over.

needless to say there was a multitude of drinks served, we finished off 4 kegs in my kegerator and did damaged to 2 cases of swill (for drinking games) and a case of sams...

the next morning my old friend asked me if i had ever "cleaned out my taps or lines" and i said i do on a regular basis. He then proceeded to tell me that he felt sick because i "obviously had bacteria and mold growing in my draft setup"

yes... it wasn't the 15+ beers you had the night before, it was my dirty lines.. of which i clean and drink from just about every night and never have any issues...

(the taps are all perlick forward sealing faucets, i could be wrong but i believe these style faucets do also aid in inhibiting bacteria due to the way they close, but that could be a misconception, regardless i do clean them)

I've had a friend say about the same thing to me before. It's the best when it's someone who has never once owned or operated any keg tapping/dispensing equipment of their own. I followed his accusation up with "Oh well how would you suggest I clean them in the future?"
Him-

Stop complaining about free beer, people!

 

[ArcticBear]

I've had a friend say about the same thing to me before. It's the best when it's someone who has never once owned or operated any keg tapping/dispensing equipment of their own. I followed his accusation up with "Oh well how would you suggest I clean them in the future?"
Him-

Stop complaining about free beer, people!

one of the friends in the peanut gallery has owned a little mini kegerator setup (the kind you would buy from home depot etc...) and his comments were "well when i finally got around to cleaning out my taps i had a lot of nasty crap in there, so i think he's got a point"

yeah thats why i have perlicks, so they don;t have nasty **** in them... they are cleaner and dont stick and dont accumulate (as much) bacteria in them... that and i do clean them somewhat regularly

 

[Getzinator]

one of the friends in the peanut gallery has owned a little mini kegerator setup (the kind you would buy from home depot etc...) and his comments were "well when i finally got around to cleaning out my taps i had a lot of nasty crap in there, so i think he's got a point"

yeah thats why i have perlicks, so they don;t have nasty **** in them... they are cleaner and dont stick and dont accumulate (as much) bacteria in them... that and i do clean them somewhat regularly

Generally, I don't give very much weight to ridiculous comments, because people really don't know. $50 says most people who complain about "dirty lines" have no idea what that really means, or how they would even clean them.

 

[newb]

I usually get good feedback, but a lot of that comes by not serving a beer I know a person probably won't like. For example RIS and IPA, I also usually warn people that these can be acquired tastes they might not like, so let me give you a little sample first. this way if you dont like it you don't have to feel like you should finish it and I wont feel insulted if you don't. That being said I have an easy drinking 5%abv wheat beer. It is mostly like a belgian wit but I use a little breiss midnight wheat to make it dark and so call it a Dunkel. I keep a lot of this brewed and kegged, and introduce most people to this even if they aren't big into beer (most "non-beer drinkers" it seems just don't realize beer can taste good. Someone gave them a bud once and they were like wow beer tastes like crap) so I get the "I like this and I don't like beer" a lot haha

Now on to the good stuff - my wife's cousin
came over to learn to brew one day, tries my dunklen and almost broke my heart.

Him: wow it's dark I probably won't like it
Me: just taste it, it's not like you would expect (I imagine he sees dark and thinks Guinness I don't know)
Him: sips right from the bottle oh wow it's good
Me: ahhh let me get you a glass
Him: nah man I'm good like this, who drinks from a glass
Me: shakes my head
Him: you know what beer I love, Amstel light. I'm buying this guy at work's kegerator for 400 what a deal. I will probably keep either Amstel light or blue moon in there
Me: oh I can show you how to make a kegerator way cheaper then that
Him: ya know this tastes a lot like Amstel light I could keep a keg of this in there that would be great
Me: in my head(amstel light???? I should quit brewing)

I have never had Amstel light, but I assume I do not want my beer to taste like it haha

End of the day cleaning up I notice he didn't even make it half way through the beer...

I probably would have quit brewing. Amsetl light????
But the next day my BIL and his girlfriend came over. They tried it and both say things like "oh wow, good job." "Ya know it is kind of like hoegarten, a little different, but similar and very good"

I was happy with this review. It seems they have had more then just BMC apparently and even approximated the right style with little information on what ingredients I used. Then I told them what their cousin had said about Amstel light and they said "he is an idiot who drinks fruit loop flavored vodka what does he know"

 

[progmac]

Amstel light is a pretty decent beer. But it is nothing like a dark belgian

 

[newb]

Well at least it's decent, I will have to try some sometime, I hear light and assume its like BL or CL etc. I guess my own ignorance is partially responsible for the offense taken then haha

 

[newb]

Amstel light is a pretty decent beer. But it is nothing like a dark belgian

Do you think Belgian dark is a better category to call this? I am afraid to say that its a belgian dark because i just use a few ounces of breiss midnight wheat and it imparts almost no flavor, i am not using anything like crystal/caramel or special b, I thought Belgian dark had more of those flavors this really tastes like a wit and is just dark colored, (I just did that to be different I guess)

 

[progmac]

Do you think Belgian dark is a better category to call this? I am afraid to say that its a belgian dark because i just use a few ounces of breiss midnight wheat and it imparts almost no flavor, i am not using anything like crystal/caramel or special b, I thought Belgian dark had more of those flavors this really tastes like a wit and is just dark colored, (I just did that to be different I guess)

Unless you're using belgian yeast, Dunkel weizen is probably the appropriate moniker (literally "Dark wheat")

 

[newb]

That was my thoughts on it, but I use the "Belgian wit" spices ya know coriander orange peel etc. and you said Belgian dark so it got me thinking, but no I used Wb yeast so I will stick with dunkel, you have inspired me however to do the same recipe maybe a slightly higher grav. Split the batch in half and use Belgian yeast in one half, so thank you for my next experiment haha