For some reason, a lot of the ones I get seem to involve my bathtub?
One day, I'm going to build a manifold to fit my tub and actually mash a batch in it, just for these folks!
hoppedup75 said:One of SWMBO's friends made the comment this weekend that people die all the time from HB..... Great.... just flippen great!
I got this from SWMBO when we met 3 years ago (we were just friends at this point). In one of my rare moments where I wasn't a half brain dead gorilla I said, "I can change that" (this is before I had any interestin homebrewing).
Went and bought some Franzikaner, some Leinenkugels (honestly, Leinenkugels I've found to be the best way to get the "I don't like beer" people to start to open up to the idea of beer since its a good cross-roads between beer and juice), some Hinterlands (I really like their Luna Coffee Stout), as well as some New Glarus Spotted Cow. If there's one thing I know, its how to turn a "I don't like beer" person into "You should buy two 6-packs of that beer, one for you and one for me" person.:rockin:
Addendum: Also the same person after receiving a Kitchen Aid mixer as a Christmas present made me some from scratch brownies using BORIS the Crusher in the mix, then making a (still very boozy) chocolate glaze with the BORIS. They were like a mix between fudge, brownies, and coffee, with a slight hint of booze from the glaze, and a deep chocolatyness, consumed the brownies with a large glass of nearly room temp BORIS. Wow...
I need to try this with mine. I don't like the idea of homebrew going twice as fast though.
A friend of my girlfriend's exclaimed to me a couple weeks ago "eww, beer is gross-- it has yeast in it."-- as she held a glass of vodka.
A friend of my girlfriend's exclaimed to me a couple weeks ago "eww, beer is gross-- it has yeast in it."-- as she held a glass of vodka.
"What kind of beer do you brew?"
"I like light beers, like a pilsner, or an ale."
"Well I make all types of beers really, you name it. Most recently I made a Belgian Saison"
-blinking pause-
"Yeah, I tried that Blue Moon stuff once.....it was pretty good."
--end conversation--
Can you make a keystone light?? I dont even reply.
Last night my father-in-law gave me the "Why would I want to make it when Mr Yuengling does all the work for me?"
The most annoying comment I have gotten so far is, "why would you brew your own beer if you can go to the corner and just buy a six pack?"
Why would you make your own burgers when you can just go to McDonalds?
Why would you grow a vegetable garden when you can just go to the store?
Why would you bake cookies when you can just buy some Chips Ahoy?
What gets me are the people who tell me they'd love to try my beer but just not now because they don't want to get drunk. I try to explain they don't have to drink that much to "taste" the beer but they don't understand the concept... They automatically think home brew gets you wasted.
"Won't that make you go blind?"
"Oh, I bet you like DARK beer, huh?"
Or i get is this a stout
This weekend I was brewing a second batch of Oktoberfest new neighbor walking by "Cooking a turkey?"
me: No, making beer.
neighbor: Why?
me: Because it's what I do.
neighbor: Oh ok, see ya.
Wasn't sure how to take this one a few hours ago. My son & I went to Artisian Springs to get 7 gallons of spring water for my next brew. Went from 70c to $1.75...gee,thanks Obama! Anyway,I had to loose the last quart+ of water,as I'd filled the last jug to the top. Boy,that stuff is cold comin outta the bedrock. So this woman to my left says,"well,it looks like you got your shower for today!". "Yeah,or I just got my feet washed". "But it's good for home brewing,the yeast seems to love it". Gives me the face & says "oh really?"! The next couple seconds were just a blank poker face like she really wasn't sure what to think,much less say. Oh well,no chance to preach the gospel here. So I loaded up & split.
It was bad enough the bridge was close for repairs that would've taken us the last half mile or so there. Naaah...too easy that. We had to go around a country block,& got stopped by a double train crossing.
After all that trying to get there,preaching the home brew gospel would've been some small reward. At least a what are you brewing?...
passedpawn said:"What if the warden finds out"
"What if the warden finds out"
Monster Mash said:I get that a lot. I hand someone a Pale Ale and they tell me it tastes like guinness.
paulster2626 said:Why would you make your own burgers when you can just go to McDonalds?
Why would you grow a vegetable garden when you can just go to the store?
Why would you bake cookies when you can just buy some Chips Ahoy?
Larzean said:My first beer was an Irish Red, I gave it to a supervisor at work and he compared it to Guinness... He never got beer again.
Yesterday while carrying my full kettle to the bathtub for an ice after boil. The wife: "that looks heavy". That was pretty annoying
Every time my father inlaw comes over he sees my keggles in the garage and says that just looks wrong. What? Your making moonshine. Dude wtf! He said that again on Saturday when he saw my IC sitting on e counter in my garage. Irritates the crap out of me.
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