Funny things you've overheard about beer

[Cheesy_Goodness]

Mildly amusing story. Someone was drinking a Shock Top pretzel beer around the poker table the other night.

Me: Hey how is that beer? I've never had it before.
Drinker: Actually it isn't too bad
Other guy: Pretzel beer? I bet they added all kinds of crap to that stuff
Drinker: (reading label) Belgian style wheat ale brewed with spices and caramel malt and w-
Other Guy: Caramel Malt huh? Yup, thought so.

To be fair, they almost certainly added all kinds of crap, but caramel malt =/= odd addition.
You may now begin the "well actuallys"

 

[joshesmusica]

Mildly amusing story. Someone was drinking a Shock Top pretzel beer around the poker table the other night.

Me: Hey how is that beer? I've never had it before.
Drinker: Actually it isn't too bad
Other guy: Pretzel beer? I bet they added all kinds of crap to that stuff
Drinker: (reading label) Belgian style wheat ale brewed with spices and caramel malt and w-
Other Guy: Caramel Malt huh? Yup, thought so.

To be fair, they almost certainly added all kinds of crap, but caramel malt =/= odd addition.
You may now begin the "well actuallys"

Did you taste it? It sounds pretty interesting.

 

[GrogNerd]

Mildly amusing story. Someone was drinking a Shock Top pretzel beer around the poker table the other night.

Me: Hey how is that beer? I've never had it before.
Drinker: Actually it isn't too bad
Other guy: Pretzel beer? I bet they added all kinds of crap to that stuff
Drinker: (reading label) Belgian style wheat ale brewed with spices and caramel malt and w-
Other Guy: Caramel Malt huh? Yup, thought so.

To be fair, they almost certainly added all kinds of crap, but caramel malt =/= odd addition.
You may now begin the "well actuallys"

not a "well actually..." but an "also funny..."

idiot foodbabe freaks out because she thinks "caramel/crystal for coloring" equals "caramel coloring" and causes cancer

 

[Venari]

not a "well actually..." but an "also funny..."

idiot foodbabe freaks out because she thinks "caramel/crystal for coloring" equals "caramel coloring" and causes cancer

I don't know much about caramel/crystal for colouring, but I have heard that the caramel colouring in Pepsi/Coke/all dark pop does cause pancreas cancer.

 

[GrogNerd]

I don't know much about caramel/crystal for colouring, but I have heard that the caramel colouring in Pepsi/Coke/all dark pop does cause pancreas cancer.

Life causes cancer

 

[Venari]

Life causes cancer

Last time I checked, nobody made it out alive, so may as well enjoy it while you got it!

 

[GrogNerd]

Last time I checked, nobody made it out alive, so may as well enjoy it while you got it!

Which is why I never listen to what the nutrition clowns say is good or bad for us

 

[bleme]

Which is why I never listen to what the nutrition clowns say is good or bad for us

Except the ones that say that beer is good for you...

 

[user 163849]

Life causes cancer

Well, I have experienced life with and without cancer. I much prefer without. But I am thoroughly convinced that health food nuts are out to starve us all to death, therefore I eat and drink what I want. I prefer to enjoy my life and would prefer to die of cancer than starvation out of a fear of cancer.

The same goes for a heart healthy diet. It is guaranteed that, if you stick to a heart healthy diet, you will starve to death before your next heart attack!

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

Did you taste it? It sounds pretty interesting.

Can't say I did but it's on my list. What I gathered from the reviews say it smells like pretzel but the taste misses the mark.

 

[cyanmonkey]

Can't say I did but it's on my list. What I gathered from the reviews say it smells like pretzel but the taste misses the mark.

You could just eat a pretzel?

 

[GrogNerd]

pretzel + beer > pretzel beer

 

[GilSwillBasementBrews]

Can't say I did but it's on my list. What I gathered from the reviews say it smells like pretzel but the taste misses the mark.

I'd have to disagree. I know taste is subjective to the individual but I've tried it and thought it tasted like the brown crunchy part of a hard pretzel. Again your results may vary.

 

[wburns]

Did you taste it? It sounds pretty interesting.

I've admittedly gone through 2 six packs of the pretzel stuff. Tastiest shock top I ever had. Mild sweetness going down a light salty finish. They did good with it...

 

[slym2none]

I don't know much about caramel/crystal for colouring, but I have heard that the caramel colouring in Pepsi/Coke/all dark pop does cause pancreas cancer.

It can cause kidney stones.

 

[slym2none]

Tonight, I heard a few people say a ShockTop beer is pretty good.

I find that funny.

 

[Schol-R-LEA]

Life causes cancer

This is truer than you probably think; current theories hold that in a given year, in the absence of an major carcinogens, the average individual develops between 2 and 5 neoplastic cells a year. It's only when the immune system is unable to find and eliminate them that they develop into a life-threatening disease.

In fact, the rise in cancer deaths is mainly due to improved medicine, hygiene, and nutrition. Throughout most of history, most people susceptible to cancers would die of some infectious disease long before cancer would have time to become lethal. Similarly, the increased number of people living with diabetes and asthma is mainly a reflection of them not dying from them in early childhood. Autism? We literally don't have a clue as to how prevelent it was before the 1980s, because hardly any psychologists were aware of it until then - people with the more serious form of the condition were simply considered 'mentally deficient' with no further clarification, while those on the less severe part of the autistic spectrum were just considered weird or insane.

Anyway, this definitely isn't funny, so moving on...

 

[GrogNerd]

This is truer than you probably think

quite aware how true it is, agree with everything you've said

wondering if, living in Norcross, you've ever eaten at The Bleu House Cafe?

used to live in Chamblee & worked for the owner when she owned Mo's Pizza years ago

just drummin' up business for her

oh, and funny overheard about beer: some idiot in this thread called it "Goose Island Bourbon County BREAKFAST Stout"

 

[NickTheGreat]

Life causes cancer

I read once where anyone who's ever drank water has died or is slowly dying.

 

[dkwolf]

I read once where anyone who's ever drank water has died or is slowly dying.

"Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die"

 

[cyanmonkey]

quite aware how true it is, agree with everything you've said

oh, and funny overheard about beer: some idiot in this thread called it "Goose Island Bourbon County BREAKFAST Stout"

Well, I'm sure he won't be dumb enough to show his face 'round here, again.

 

[GrogNerd]

I read once where anyone who's ever drank water has died or is slowly dying.

Marriage is the #1 cause of divorce

 

[drainbamage]

Tonight, I heard a few people say a ShockTop beer is pretty good.

I find that funny.

I can't touch any more of those since trying the honey bourbon whatever flavor. It smelled like a candle...like someone actually threw a bunch of beeswax in the fermenter.

 

[kp10281]

My aunt tasted my Vandal Eyes PA this Thanksgiving and described in detail how it reminded her of the taste you get in your mouth after you have vomited recently.

In other news, everyone else, even non-IPA or hoppy beer lovers, have really enjoyed it.

 

[Bosh]

Me: I'm going to bottle the red beer tomorrow morning so the closet will be free.
SWMBO: so, can I serve any tonight to the guests?
Me: No, no you cannot.

 

[Venari]

Me: I'm going to bottle the red beer tomorrow morning so the closet will be free.
SWMBO: so, can I serve any tonight to the guests?
Me: No, no you cannot.

The appropriate response should have been "Do they like flat beer?"

 

[BreezyBrew]

Watch these two idiots review Dos Perros brown ale as an an IPA:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONY81qKf7ow[/ame]

You can't make this stuff up.

 

[BigMack]

Watch these two idiots review Dos Perros brown ale as an an IPA:


You can't make this stuff up.

Did... did I just get trolled? I sincerely hope that wasn't real.

 

[BreezyBrew]

On Saturday I brewed a clone of this beer so I was looking for information on in. Happened to come across this video. Could not believe what I was hearing.

 

[1977Brewer]

Watch these two idiots review Dos Perros brown ale as an an IPA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONY81qKf7ow

You can't make this stuff up.

I got to "caramelized hop" and hit close. Goodness.

 

[Jwin]

As a nashvillian, I'm double disappointed. By both the review and yazoo. Though, thier limited releases can be quite good and gerst is my go to lawn work beer, if it's fresh. But I don't doubt that was anything but genuine ignorance.

 

[BreezyBrew]

I got to "caramelized hop" and hit close. Goodness.

I've heard it's the shizz to caramelize all of your hops before they go into the boil.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

I've heard it's the shizz to caramelize all of your hops before they go into the boil.

How else are you going to get the brown color in your IPA without caramelizing your hops?! Classic noob mistake there...

 

[GuldTuborg]

How else are you going to get the brown color in your IPA without caramelizing your hops?! Classic noob mistake there...

Duh. Caramelize your yeast before you add it to the boil. Classic noob oversight there.

 

[cyanmonkey]

I caramelize my kettle before I brew. It saves a lot of time so I don't have caramelize my hops or yeast.

 

[Psylocide]

Maybe they were referring to dry caramelizing?

I dump Werther's originals directly into the FV around the end of primary fermentation. I find they hold together better than soft caramels and don't plug up my autosiphon.

 

[unionrdr]

I like using Kraft royals myself...:rockin:

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I dip my berries in caramel.



we are taking about dipping berries into things, right? maybe I'm confused...

 

[Elkobrewer]

The I only drink light beer because it has less calories people. All I can say is Are You Fu~~in with me.

 

[cyanmonkey]

The I only drink light beer because it has less calories people. All I can say is Are You Fu~~in with me.

Sounds like time for a "well actually."