Unappreciated Homebrew!

[Whippy]

I shared some Alt with a friend from PA recently and he loved it. He shared with his 2 sons, one of which (the Sam Adams drinker) liked it, the other (the Bud Lite drinker) did not. I had a good laugh and took that as a compliment!.

 

[RJS]

Recently been giving beers to friends of the monastery after a long break. The last two people gave a beer to a bar owner and one gave to a brewer. Both asked if i could sell kegs for their taps.

I took that as a compliment.

 

[madscientist451]

Craft beer is 20% of the US beer market. That means 80% of the drinkers you may encounter prefer But light, miller, coors or something similar. Break that down and only one in 5 people you may meet are craft beer drinkers. OK, those numbers don' really pan out , but I'm just trying to make a point: most people like beer that has very little flavor and they really don't even want to think about it.
So if some people don't like your beer, don't worry about it. For better feedback, enter some brews in a competition.

 

[JohnSand]

That's great RJS. Thanks for updating the thread, I enjoyed reading it. While I still occasionally get a "good" or "okay" response to my brews, I share them with a bar owner and bartender and sometimes get very good reviews. There is nothing more rewarding to me as a homebrewer than making someone happy with my beer.

 

[RJS]

lol its been awhile since coming to HBT, ive been super busy in the brewhouse, renovations, new equipment, 3 bbl capacity now, yeast slanting, lots of fun.

 

[chawn]

I've found that most light beer drinkers don't really like beer much and are a lost cause, so I simply don't offer them any. There's no sense in wasting good beer on someone who won't appreciate it.