jmiracle
Well-Known Member
I've been having a small problem with my buddies since I started this hobby, and I was wondering if you folks ever ran into this and might have any suggestions.
I have NEVER had them drink one of my beers without some argument over the way to drink it. I'm down with letting people do what they want, but I'd really like to see them at least try it the way I'm suggesting.
I had a party where I'd made a brown ale. I took some out of the fridge and set them on the counter to warm up a bit. I pointed them out to people and recommended that they drink those first and replace from the fridge. Well sure enough several folks just grabbed from the fridge and said "I like my beer cold." Refused to try to serving temp. Several people wanted to drink out of the bottle. When I explained about sediment, some actually stopped drinking the beer and others poured into glasses leaving about two to three inches of beer behind.
I brought a hefe to my buddy in Chicago, I told him about the whole mit hefe thing, he refused to even try a sip of mine that way and poured his again with the last two inches of beer remaining. He said "I just don't like the idea of drinking yeast." I told him in that case he should put the beer down because it contains tons of live yeast cells. He said "yeah well I don't want to taste it." I briefly tried to explain that he WAS tasting it and that it wouldn't taste like raw bread dough or anything but it went nowhere.
It's not a big deal or anything, but it gets me a little frustrated. Anybody else run into this? Any tips? I'm not trying to force BMC drinkers to drink double IPAs or anything, but maybe they could take some serving suggestions? To me it's like serving someone a pie and having them grab it with their hands and stuff it down because "that's how I like my McDonald's pies" or dumping ketchup all over a steak you made because "beef is good with ketchup" or whatever. Anyway, end rant.
I have NEVER had them drink one of my beers without some argument over the way to drink it. I'm down with letting people do what they want, but I'd really like to see them at least try it the way I'm suggesting.
I had a party where I'd made a brown ale. I took some out of the fridge and set them on the counter to warm up a bit. I pointed them out to people and recommended that they drink those first and replace from the fridge. Well sure enough several folks just grabbed from the fridge and said "I like my beer cold." Refused to try to serving temp. Several people wanted to drink out of the bottle. When I explained about sediment, some actually stopped drinking the beer and others poured into glasses leaving about two to three inches of beer behind.
I brought a hefe to my buddy in Chicago, I told him about the whole mit hefe thing, he refused to even try a sip of mine that way and poured his again with the last two inches of beer remaining. He said "I just don't like the idea of drinking yeast." I told him in that case he should put the beer down because it contains tons of live yeast cells. He said "yeah well I don't want to taste it." I briefly tried to explain that he WAS tasting it and that it wouldn't taste like raw bread dough or anything but it went nowhere.
It's not a big deal or anything, but it gets me a little frustrated. Anybody else run into this? Any tips? I'm not trying to force BMC drinkers to drink double IPAs or anything, but maybe they could take some serving suggestions? To me it's like serving someone a pie and having them grab it with their hands and stuff it down because "that's how I like my McDonald's pies" or dumping ketchup all over a steak you made because "beef is good with ketchup" or whatever. Anyway, end rant.