The stupidest comment on your beer

[thos]

Well this wasn't a comment on my beer but I just had to quote this chick in this restaurant/bar we go to.

While drinking a pilsner urqell at the end of the night: "I like real pilsner better."

Me walking by and had to say: "Uh, that IS a real pilsner. It's actually thought to be the FIRST pilsner and has been around for almost 200 years."

Her: "Well, they sure improved it a lot since then." (meaning Budweiser as the "improvement").

I would have smashed him in the head with the bottle

 

[Brewmex41]

Swmbo said my bavarian hef tasted like "party beer" implying BMC.
Uhhh... No?

 

[Haputanlas]

Someone just recently told me my beer was awesome

No it's not you moron! My beer sucks!

 

[boydster]

From the same family member, on the same day...

After smelling some Columbus hops and Cascade hops that I had in the freezer: "Oh yeah, I used to drive by the Budweiser brewery in Los Angeles all the time and you could really smell the hops. They probably use a lot, huh?"

Upon trying a DIPA that I made: "Wow, that's pretty intense. Will that mellow out?"

Loved my pale ale though, said it was "stupid good"

 

[CreamyGoodness]

From the same family member, on the same day...

After smelling some Columbus hops and Cascade hops that I had in the freezer: "Oh yeah, I used to drive by the Budweiser brewery in Los Angeles all the time and you could really smell the hops. They probably use a lot, huh?"

Upon trying a DIPA that I made: "Wow, that's pretty intense. Will that mellow out?"

Loved my pale ale though, said it was "stupid good"

What you seem to be describing is rampant enthusiasm. "Beer is important to you so beer hell yah!"

Guy got it wrong, but I'm smiling at the lengths he was going to let you know he cares.

 

[boydster]

He's a good dude, for sure, and not a big beer drinker so I thought it was cool that he wanted to try it at all. Especially with the DIPA I was prepared for him to spit it out but he gave it a fair shake. His wife is into wine, and she ended up really liking the DIPA, went so far as to finish the rest of his glass.

 

[wailingguitar]

From the same family member, on the same day...

After smelling some Columbus hops and Cascade hops that I had in the freezer: "Oh yeah, I used to drive by the Budweiser brewery in Los Angeles all the time and you could really smell the hops. They probably use a lot, huh?"

Upon trying a DIPA that I made: "Wow, that's pretty intense. Will that mellow out?"

Loved my pale ale though, said it was "stupid good"

They do use tremendous amounts of hops, just not relative to the volume of beer they are making! I remember seeing multiple Rubbermaid trash cans on dollys being rolled into the brewhouse in Tampa...beautiful, whole-cone hops... watched the brewers dump these into the massive kettle. There was a distinct hop aroma in the air at Busch Gardens at certain times of the day Quite lovely, really... problem was that the beer in the hospitality room was dreadful and gave me an instant headache!

 

[Grimster]

I hate when people (apparently) are incapable of truly giving feedback on my beers. Black IPA I let languish in primary (yep primary) for 14 months (long story short: I was waiting on Alabama to legalize homebrewing before I build a keezer and I wasn't bottling another ****ing brew, so it waited). Bro in law and a friend taste it "oh this is good I like it", I'm like dude, it's supposed to be an IPA, it has lost every trace of hops character and now it's kind of a watered down wanna be stout with some major off flavors from being on the yeast cake so long and in a plastic fermenter, it's drinkable, at best but not good".

Now my white house honey porter I put in the keg next, that was a good brew.

 

[m3n00b]

Man I'm surprised it was still drinkable. That gives me new confidence to primary for a couple months.

 

[m3n00b]

Someone just recently told me my beer was awesome

No it's not you moron! My beer sucks!

Why would you think your beer sucks? I think my beer is awesome! Its pretty much all I drink. My IPAs and vanilla bean smoked porter are the best I've had. When I get an IPA while I'm out I'm almost always disappointed.

 

[Grimster]

Man I'm surprised it was still drinkable. That gives me new confidence to primary for a couple months.

It was drinkable, that's about the only word I'd describe it as, drinkable.

 

[Haputanlas]

Why would you think your beer sucks? I think my beer is awesome! Its pretty much all I drink. My IPAs and vanilla bean smoked porter are the best I've had. When I get an IPA while I'm out I'm almost always disappointed.

Because I spend almost 8 -16 hours a week on crap I don't really think is very good. It's for my own sanity.

It's fantastic to spend all of my time on making crappy beer.

 

[Soldevi]

I too have yet to make something I believe is better than store bought beer. I have fermentation temp control, a stir plate and have played with my water chemistry. My friends like most of my stuff and say I'm too picky.

 

[Trail]

I've made several awful batches, and several batches better than middle of the road microbrew, but only one was so great that I stopped buying other beer while it lasted. Now that I've got temp control and I (seem to have) straightened out my efficiency issues I think that'll improve.

That said, let's talk about dumb crap people said about our beers again. This is getting too mopey-drunk, and not enough buddy-drunk.

*Clears throat*

Not a great story, but the third time my brother tried my homebrew he suddenly became anxious, looked over his shoulder, and waited until my wife went back into the kitchen. We were alone. "Hey, man," he asked.

"Yo," I replied.

"Like... you know." Long pause. "Is it 'hoppy' or 'hopsy' when a beer is like this?"

Longer pause, and I raise an eyebrow.

"It's hoppy, dude."

"Alright, great." He relaxed immediately. Takes all sorts, I guess.

 

[kaconga]

I've made several awful batches, and several batches better than middle of the road microbrew, but only one was so great that I stopped buying other beer while it lasted. Now that I've got temp control and I (seem to have) straightened out my efficiency issues I think that'll improve.

That said, let's talk about dumb crap people said about our beers again. This is getting too mopey-drunk, and not enough buddy-drunk.

*Clears throat*

Not a great story, but the third time my brother tried my homebrew he suddenly became anxious, looked over his shoulder, and waited until my wife went back into the kitchen. We were alone. "Hey, man," he asked.

"Yo," I replied.

"Like... you know." Long pause. "Is it 'hoppy' or 'hopsy' when a beer is like this?"

Longer pause, and I raise an eyebrow.

"It's hoppy, dude."

"Alright, great." He relaxed immediately. Takes all sorts, I guess.

I wish more people would ask questions! That is an awesome funny story.

 

[estricklin]

I got the "Is that for your still" thing when I took my wort chiller into the hardware store today to get a new copper fitting, and when the woman at the counter said the same thing, the guy that had helped me said, "oh no you have to SAY it's for beer". I just grunted and snatched up my bag on my way out.

 

[Black Island Brewer]

I had neighbors call the cops after driving by my open garage door while I was brewing. They saw my immersion chiller and propane bottles and reported I was cooking meth.

 

[estricklin]

I had neighbors call the cops after driving by my open garage door while I was brewing. They saw my immersion chiller and propane bottles and reported I was cooking meth.

Did they show up?

 

[Black Island Brewer]

Did they show up?

Indeed - that's how I found out the call had been made!

 

[gimmejava]

Did you offer them(the cops) a beer for their trouble?

 

[Warthaug]

Not so much a stupid comment as a fun story, but...

Our across-the-street neighbour is a fireman. He noticed me brewing in the garage one day (I use a turkey fryer) and came running across the street in a near-panic. He was about half way through a really good lecture on why using a turkey fryer inside was a bad idea ('fountains of flame' came up a few times), when I cut him off to point out I was boiling water for the sparge. Laughter ensued, I introduced him to hot scotchies, and now he shows up at the garage everytime he sees me brewing.

At least he doesn't drink beer - & he brings the scotch!

Bryan

 

[Dave37]

Not so much a stupid comment as a fun story, but...

Our across-the-street neighbour is a fireman. He noticed me brewing in the garage one day (I use a turkey fryer) and came running across the street in a near-panic. He was about half way through a really good lecture on why using a turkey fryer inside was a bad idea ('fountains of flame' came up a few times), when I cut him off to point out I was boiling water for the sparge. Laughter ensued, I introduced him to hot scotchies, and now he shows up at the garage everytime he sees me brewing.

At least he doesn't drink beer - & he brings the scotch!

Bryan

Haha hope he was cool about it. I boil in my garage as well but still have a 2 and a half gallon extinguisher at the ready at all times during brewday. Us firemen i guess are always on the lookout for stuff like that.

And a fireman who doesnt drink beer? Never heard of one of those. Didnt know they existed.

 

[Warthaug]

Haha hope he was cool about it. I boil in my garage as well but still have a 2 and a half gallon extinguisher at the ready at all times during brewday. Us firemen i guess are always on the lookout for stuff like that.

And a fireman who doesnt drink beer? Never heard of one of those. Didnt know they existed.

Well, he doesn't drink real beer. Coors is about as strong as his tastes go.

Bryan

 

[estricklin]

Indeed - that's how I found out the call had been made!

I'd like to hear how that conversation went down....

 

[dwart]

I was brewing a beer a couple of days ago and had a couple of people over. As were waiting for the sparge to finish my pumkin beer gets noticed. This beer is a spice bomb that i dont believe will mellow out. I enform everyone if the like it they can take a case home. I open a botle and everyone tries. My brother in law says its not bad. He says we all dont like it because we can propaly taste the alchool.
He took a case home.

 

[shelly_belly]

I just finished a decoction brew day and my wife said, "I don't understand why you put yourself through that. Wouldn't it be easier to just run down to the store and buy some beer?"

 

[beaksnbeer]

I just finished a decoction brew day and my wife said, "I don't understand why you put yourself through that. Wouldn't it be easier to just run down to the store and buy some beer?"

No, no it wouldn't, thank you though. (mine said the same thing years ago)

 

[estricklin]

No, no it wouldn't, thank you though. (mine said the same thing years ago)

Makes horse sound.

At least mine hasn't asked that question, I mean our liquor stores consider Amber Bock to be a craft beer.

 

[beaksnbeer]

Makes horse sound.

At least mine hasn't asked that question, I mean our liquor stores consider Amber Bock to be a craft beer.

We were still living in Wisconsin and planned weekends and vacations to all the small breweries throughout the state. We had a small liquor that had 30+ craft beers. (almost 20 years ago)

 

[Black Island Brewer]

I'd like to hear how that conversation went down....

LOL! Less exciting that you might think. One had a brother-in-law who was a homebrewer, and recognized my 3 tier setup for what it was. They had a good laugh.