Biggest beer pet peeves

Okay, I'll bite. I'm racking my brain trying to come up with who did this. Who did this?

 

weasels that only buy the the whales.

 

Decent beer served in frosted glassware. Ahhhhh!

 

RLM15 4/18/15
4 packs


This and bombers

 

Bass Ale (NY?), Red Strip (PA), Becks (MO), Fosters (GA & TX), and Guinness Extra Stout comes from Canada, not St James Gate as the label and carton would have you believe. The Red Stripe from Latrobe, PA is just not the same beer as it was when it came from Jamaica. Becks is being pre-skunked from St Louis, MO. I would look for the 12 packs that were light tight when the stuff came from Bremen, Germany that was not light struck, but when I picked up a 12 pack that came out of MO, there was that skunk again, disgusting.

 

jjboesen 4/19/15
Decent beer served in frosted glassware. Ahhhhh!


Exactly why if I'm at a place and feel the bartender doesn't give 2 sh*&s I always ask for a room temperature glass

 

Oooh, I was thinking too small for the brewery size. Thanks.

 

I agree. Not just beer. Cars on craigslist, hammers at Lowe's, Cheerios. From experience, I've learned, no listed price means I don't want it.

I also hate 4 packs. And bombers.

So, to reflect, I don't buy anything:

In a 4 pack
In a bomber
without a price on it.

I have better things to concern myself with. Hell, my wife is still hot. I should take advantage of THAT!

 

Not using bottled on dating and not making it clear on the label what style the beer is.

 

Nothing says I wanna screw you over more than an extremely lowball offer.

 

$10 beers at sporting events. Source: live in Boston.

 

trijanus, cant stand it

 

It's already been stated multiple times - no "bottled on" dating or dating that is in some sort of indecipherable code.

 

Agreed !!!!!!!!

 

There should be a special like button just for this.

 

Hard to read or nonexistent bottle dating. And sometimes other beer drinkers.

 

Lift Bridge. Barrel-Aged Silhouette and a pile of meh.

 

When i get a flight at a bar and the beers are not labeled i always forget which one is which within 5 mins

 

I'm sure to offend a few people here, but, one of my pet peeves about the whole craft beer thing is people who are maybe not that even into the beer so much, as they are trying to be in a perceived "inner sanctum" of beer snobs, and yes, I know several of these people. I got hired at a bottle shop because of my appreciation and knowledge of wine. I don't judge customers on their choices, I just try to point them in the right direction based on their personal taste. When I started, my knowledge of beer was near to none. After a lot of tasting and sampling, it's a tough job, I have grown to appreciate beer as much as wine, actually maybe more so, and I am obsessed with trading and collecting. I can't stand when someone is excited because they just tried Pliny (insert whatever beer here), and someone says, "Yeah, it's ok, I guess, have you had Heady (insert whatever beer here), that's waaay better, though". Ugh, rant over.

 

Fwiw- those types are pretty much broadcasting their insecurities. It's just too bad that the people who they will discourage won't tend to see it that way.