Bug Flies In Your Beer ... What Do YOU Do?!

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by topofthehops, May 7, 2016.

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  1. gatornation

    gatornation Grand High Pooh-Bah (10,388) Apr 18, 2007 Arizona
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    Pinky finger pull out usually works for me.
     
  2. SomethingClever

    SomethingClever Grand Pooh-Bah (4,871) Feb 22, 2013 Ohio
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    I am still trying to figure out what fucking glass you are drinking out of that you can't get a finger in it :confused:
     
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  3. teromous

    teromous Grand Pooh-Bah (3,180) Mar 21, 2010 Virginia
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    Maybe he just has Vienna Sausages for fingers.
     
  4. seakayak

    seakayak Pooh-Bah (1,823) May 20, 2007 Massachusetts
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    Swirl the beer until he sticks to the rim. Then pluck a hair and lay it in, allowing him to climb to safety!

    Thank you for your service.
     
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  5. lester619

    lester619 Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2009 Wisconsin

    I had the same thought. Just figure out a way to get in there.
     
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  6. JuicesFlowing

    JuicesFlowing Initiate (0) Jul 5, 2009 Kansas

    I'll be reading this thread. A lot of people on here like to pour perfectly good beers down the drain without flies in them, and then brag about it. Can't imagine what they'd do with an insect in the beer. My honest answer, if I can scoop it out of the foamy head, keep drinking. If it's floating on top of the beer with no head as a barrier, dump it.
     
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  7. IceAce

    IceAce Pooh-Bah (2,274) Jan 8, 2004 California
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    While I would just dispose of the little bugger and drink up...

    ....I cannot help but think that some of the current crop of Southern California Millennials that I work with would need to seek a safe space', find adequate counseling, procure a cleanse and receive a participation trophy before continuing on.
     
  8. SomethingClever

    SomethingClever Grand Pooh-Bah (4,871) Feb 22, 2013 Ohio
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    Unless he meant it sunk to the bottom if so that fly has had its fucking fill and if so I am like @JackHorzempa give me that beer back goddamnit
     
  9. lester619

    lester619 Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2009 Wisconsin

    I agree with the school of thought that says just overlook it and keep drinking. That's certainly not the worst thing I've had to put out of my mind.
     
  10. scxcrunner

    scxcrunner Maven (1,442) Aug 24, 2013 Massachusetts
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    I was wondering the same thing. If i tilt the glass i can get a bug out of any of the glasses i own. That being said if for some reason i was drinking out of an erlenmeyer flask and couldn't reach it with my finger id just drink the bug
     
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  11. Brolo75

    Brolo75 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,134) Aug 10, 2013 California
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    I was going to post something regarding this as I've noticed that when drinking sour beers, these little gnats appear out of nowhere and land in my beer. I fetch them out and keep on drinking.
     
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  12. Squire

    Squire Grand Pooh-Bah (4,385) Jul 16, 2015 Mississippi
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    If the flies are large enough you could strain them through your teeth then spit them out.
     
  13. The_Kriek_Freak

    The_Kriek_Freak Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,217) Aug 18, 2014 Greenland
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    It depends on the bug and the beer. A gnat, small fly or bee are OK. Anything larger and the beers gets drain poured. Unless the beer is a good sour or saison. In that case, I pretend the bug never happened.
     
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  14. Angerhaus

    Angerhaus Pooh-Bah (2,020) Oct 1, 2015 Rhode Island
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    Well, there are bugs, and then there are BUGS...
    [​IMG]
     
  15. DrinkDrankDrunkGames

    DrinkDrankDrunkGames Initiate (0) May 2, 2016 Arizona

    Drink to him because he's got the right idea. Drown me in suds baby!
     
  16. laketang

    laketang Grand Pooh-Bah (3,017) Mar 22, 2015 Arizona
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    participation trophy! that cracks me up.
     
  17. laketang

    laketang Grand Pooh-Bah (3,017) Mar 22, 2015 Arizona
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    insects in my beer! now that really bugs me
     
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  18. brocktune

    brocktune Initiate (0) Nov 3, 2013 Virginia

    Pluck it out, send it on its way, and enjoy my beer.
     
  19. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    I do what I do!:wink:

    Cheers!
     
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  20. DVMin98

    DVMin98 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,125) Nov 1, 2010 North Carolina
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    Opened a bottle of Raised Eyebrows from Highland Park. Dead fly pours out of bottle...no, seriously. We picked out the fly and drank it. Had to because I was dying to trying that beer. Good beer, but the wings were a bit tough to swallow
     
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