The stupidest comment on your beer

[hercher]

When I first started homebrewing, I proudly took a few bottles out west to visit and share with my family. As my parents and brother raved (or politely complimented -- I don't recall which) about the beer, my grandmother, who was never bashful with her opinions, shrugged her shoulders and asked, "Isn't all beer just beer?"

 

[hercher]

Other favorite comments I used to get at the brewpub, where I had the pleasure of sharing beer with thousands of people over the years:

"I don't like this. I just like beer." (This is beer, you moron!)

"Do you brew any beer, or just ales?" (Umm, ale is a style of beer.)

"I don't want any of the homemade stuff." (Well, I use the same kind of equipment as BMC, just a lot smaller. And would you say the same about apple pie? Or do you really prefer the kind that comes out of a vending machine?)

The parenthetical remarks were the ones that I wanted say, by the way. Fortunately I was always slightly more diplomatic. My favorite response, which I did use frequently, to most of these kinds of remarks was: "Your glass is empty. Would you like another?"

 

[BrewMeister49]

Not totally appropriate, but since we're talking about commercial beer too... I was in line at the grocery with a sampler case of Goose Island, and some dude behind me was like, is that actually good? I'm like, yah. He's like, well, I only buy American-made beer, like Bud. And I go, well, this is from Chicago. Illinois.

I think there is this stereotype that the only "good" beers must be imports.

And as far as my own beer, I've definitely had people mistake "malty" for "hoppy" as well.

ummm..... well..... bud is now brewed over seas. too bad you didnt educate them on that minor detail about "american made". You should have told him, that the reason you are buying craft brewed is because you are supporting the american made beer tradition (that and that you actually like flavor)

 

[Baja_Brewer]

ummm..... well..... bud is now brewed over seas. too bad you didnt educate them on that minor detail about "american made". You should have told him, that the reason you are buying craft brewed is because you are supporting the american made beer tradition (that and that you actually like flavor)

WTF are you talking about? InBev is a Belgian/Brazilian company that owns Bud but the beer is still brewed here it would be insane to try and ship in that much beer from a profit based perspective. Yes it is also made internationally, but it is sold internationally too. They have a very large market share all over the world.

 

[dataz722]

WTF are you talking about? InBev is a Belgian/Brazilian company that owns Bud but the beer is still brewed here it would be insane to try and ship in that much beer from a profit based perspective.

Well that is like saying that toyota is american made since they have factories here.

 

[Baja_Brewer]

Well that is like saying that toyota is american made since they have factories here.

I guess if you put it that way, we're looking at different definitions of 'made.'

So up until the day that money and management changed hand AB products were American, the next day they are instantly Belgian/Brazilian?

 

[dataz722]

I guess if you put it that way, we're looking at different definitions of 'made.'

So up until the day that money and management changed hand AB products were American, the next day they are instantly Belgian/Brazilian?

I am not saying I agree with one or the other just that I can see both sides of the argument. They are both true. It all depends on what your definition of "buy american" is.

 

[Baja_Brewer]

I am not saying I agree with one or the other just that I can see both sides of the argument. They are both true. It all depends on what your definition of "buy american" is.

Right, that makes sense.

I was just going for the fact that, while it is brewed "overseas" it's not "imported", its brewed in the US for US consumers.

 

[JohnnyO]

People, people, please. Have some decorum.

 

[forcera]

What a great read for a really slow friday at work.

 

[DrinksWellWithOthers]

- Next door girl: No, seriously, How do you get it?

- Me: I've got a bubble maker machine.

Bwahaha! I'm stealing that and using it next time someone asks me the same thing.

 

[porter]

Took my family to a local microbrew. At some point I grabbed a pitcher of IPA. Very hoppy IPA. The parents wanted to try it, so I poured them a little bit. My dad's comment was "I could make that with some grass clippings in that porta-potty." Needless to say, they didn't like it. I then made the mistake (the second of the day) explaining that it's hops they taste. Now every time I offer my mom a beer she questions whether or not it contains hops.

 

[ODP]

Just smile and say "nope!"

 

[imaguitargod]

my grandmother, who was never bashful with her opinions, shrugged her shoulders and asked, "Isn't all beer just beer?"

The literalist in me wants to say she's absolutely correct

 

[Schlenkerla]

The literalist in me wants to say she's absolutely correct

Yah, its all in the minutia......beer to beer.

 

[hexmonkey]

not exactly my homebrew, but something I thought was disturbingly stupid at the time considering where I was when I heard it.
SWMBO and I were visiting the Anchor Brewing Company on my honeymoon last year, and during the tasting portion, we were given some of their porter. At this point, we had all had about 3-4 ~8oz taster pours, so everyone was chatting with each other. A girl in the group we were talking to was handed her glass of porter, she took a sip, then said to everyone in a slightly lowered voice:

"Guinness is better."

In my head I was like, WTF? it's not even the same type of beer!

 

[xcap]

Today I got my first "It tasted dark" comment Then found & reqd this entire thread. That coment froma friend who has been considering taking up brewing. Actually liked the brew & the "dark" taste of my Vanilla Cream Ale. It was amusing & a bit ironic to me when T\this thread turned up.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Today I got my first "It tasted dark" comment Then found & reqd this entire thread. That coment froma friend who has been considering taking up brewing. Actually liked the brew & the "dark" taste of my Vanilla Cream Ale. It was amusing & a bit ironic to me when T\this thread turned up.

That's cool! People who don't know beer and are daring enough to start brewing eventually open up to new beers that they would have never like before. I'm a hophead now. When I started I didn't like hoppy, bitter beers but now they can't ever be too hoppy. :rockin:

 

[imaguitargod]

Today I got my first "It tasted dark" comment Then found & reqd this entire thread. That coment froma friend who has been considering taking up brewing. Actually liked the brew & the "dark" taste of my Vanilla Cream Ale. It was amusing & a bit ironic to me when T\this thread turned up.

Ya, I've gotten that "dark beer" thing throw at me more than a few times.

 

[Pivot]

oh my, is that bud and bud light in the background ?!

 

[jhonda00]

I ONCE told my girlfriend that my Belgian White tasted yeasty (banana, clove, etc...) and now every time she tastes a beer, she says it tastes like yeast.

It's pretty hilarious!

 

[Pivot]

I think one of my personal favourites, which surprisingly I havent seen here yet, was when I heard an aquantiance talking about beer being unhealthy.
He was trying to tell me that its all the yeast in beer that is bad for you...

 

[Brew Runner]

Any explanation as to why the consumption of yeast would be unhealthy? By the same argument, I guess bread is unhealthy...and how long has mankind been eating bread risen by yeast? I would say maybe almost as long as mankind has been consuming beer.

On an antithetical side note, my primarily Heineken-drinking father said in the last week(more than once and with no probing on my part) that he enjoyed my 18-month-old Belgian triple(enough to get seconds) and "beers with flavor" in general. As my own alleged worst critic, even I thought the aged triple was my best batch to date. Today I also introduced him to Sapporo(which is a much better macro than I remember) with success. Small steps are still progress in the right direction.

 

[MBasile]

I think one of my personal favourites, which surprisingly I havent seen here yet, was when I heard an aquantiance talking about beer being unhealthy.
He was trying to tell me that its all the yeast in beer that is bad for you...

But no mention of the alcohol being bad? Hmm, good to know

 

[IrregularPulse]

A girl in the group we were talking to was handed her glass of porter, she took a sip, then said to everyone in a slightly lowered voice:

"Guinness is better."

In my head I was like, WTF? it's not even the same type of beer!

Sure it is. They're both dark! That's one of the two types. Dark and Bud.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

I love how a lot of people equate "dark" with "bitter". My brother is like this. I should just serve beer in steel cups in a dark room.

 

[MBasile]

Sure it is. They're both dark! That's one of the two types. Dark and Bud.

hahaha, thanks for that one! That line will be getting me through today

 

[forcera]

I got "WOW, it taste like beer" this weekend. It was a Duvel clone that is nothing like Duvel, but I dont really care because its really good.

 

[brewthunda]

My dad has periodically lectured us on how the term "ale" means beer with 3% or less alcohol . . and that the term "ale" was originally coined to identify which beer British sailors were allowed to drink. Who knows, maybe there was some English law governing the use of those words on ships 200 years ago . . but he's convinced that that's the only definition in effect today. He had to stop me when I told him my souped-up Dead Guy clone was a 7.4% ale and tell me that it must be a "beer" instead of an "ale" because of the alcohol content.

He's pretty funny when it comes to alcohol. He used to drink and my parents had some wicked parties when I was a kid (like we had the firewalkers and torch jugglers from that movie "Jewel of the Nile" in our living room!), but then he stopped completely when I was 12 when he was piloting a rental cabin cruiser for 2 weeks. He said he realized that he wasn't missing anything. The funny part is that he's now lost every single iota of alcohol knowledge he once had. If I'm halfway through my first beer, he'll ask me, "so, are you feeling pretty zonked yet?" Who talks like that? Half a beer? My wife thought he was accusing her of being an alcoholic when he did that to her the first few times.

 

[humann_brewing]

I love how a lot of people equate "dark" with "bitter". My brother is like this. I should just serve beer in steel cups in a dark room.

I don't get a lot of association of dark = bitter but more dark = strong and a co-worker that thinks if it is bitter that is strong.

Most brown and even robust porters are not bitter same with the mild stouts.