Worst Beer Protips?

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  1. officerbill

    officerbill Pooh-Bah (2,228) Feb 9, 2019 New York
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    I'm on an email list for a company that just introduced some new glassware
    [​IMG] (ale glass? :thinking_face:)
    tells me this is an “ale glass” four times then adds


    Looking through my favorite beers there isn't a single one I would pour into a frozen can shaped glass. This is just awful advice.

    What is the worst beer related “pro tip” you've received?
     
  2. slander

    slander Pooh-Bah (2,568) Nov 5, 2001 New York
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    To be fair(ish), if the brewery is only making flavorless lawnmower beers, it fits.
     
  3. ManBearPat

    ManBearPat Pooh-Bah (1,813) Dec 2, 2014 Colorado
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    I personally love that shape of glass; seems to hold the beer’s aroma as well as it is stable on many surfaces (I’m a little clumsy)…

    But, OP, there’s absolutely nothing PRO about a frozen glass.
     
  4. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,145) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    "Pro" in that case short for "PROblematic", perhaps? But I guess it is Texas where it gets hot so maybe a beer poured into a frozen glass in the kitchen and carried out back to the deck might be 40-45° soon enough?

    Those can-shaped glasses are cute novelties, but I wouldn't want to drink out one. (Own a couple - one's got pens and pencils in it out in the garage - but never poured a beer into one.)

    And I see people call certain glasses "ale glasses" on here, I guess they're talking about one of those weird shaped ones that looks like the Samuel Adams "perfect pint" with a ribbed bottom half? :rolling_eyes: Not sure how one glass might work better than another based on the yeast used to ferment the beer.
     
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  5. jageraholic

    jageraholic Pooh-Bah (1,632) Sep 16, 2009 Massachusetts
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    Worst pro-tip I heard was roll the can for a NEIPA. Or for that matter, drink from the can for a NEIPA. That sludge is the worst and can ruin the whole experience.
     
  6. BigIronH

    BigIronH Grand Pooh-Bah (3,762) Oct 31, 2019 Michigan
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    I like the sludge.
     
  7. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    I agree with you here!

    I choose to use my can shaped glass for a number of beer styles: my homebrewed Bitter Ale, Oatmeal Stout, Porters,...

    Cheers!
     
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  8. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    And now apparently there is a lawnmower ale?

    There can't be too many beer styles/types! :wink:

    Cheers!
     
  9. jageraholic

    jageraholic Pooh-Bah (1,632) Sep 16, 2009 Massachusetts
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    To each their own my friend, I find it astringent as all hell and it ruins my throat and the whole drinking experience for me.
     
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  10. Rug

    Rug Grand Pooh-Bah (3,454) Aug 20, 2018 Massachusetts
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    Pro tip? Leave your smoothie sours out in the warm, no way they'll explode!
     
  11. Providence

    Providence Pooh-Bah (2,652) Feb 24, 2010 Rhode Island
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    There are other things about this glass that suggests to me these people aren't that bright.
     
  12. Rug

    Rug Grand Pooh-Bah (3,454) Aug 20, 2018 Massachusetts
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    There's not even one thing about this glass that shows an ounce of intelligence
     
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  13. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,145) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    Was gonna say, "Well, everything is at least spelled correctly..." and then I noticed the missing apostrophe in "DONT".:grin:
     
  14. maximum12

    maximum12 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,686) Jan 21, 2008 Minnesota
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    Worst protip I've heard: drink a can of NE IPA. :slight_smile:
     
  15. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,145) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    So do roll the can, just roll it to the next guy and let him drink it.
     
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  16. ZebulonXZogg

    ZebulonXZogg Grand Pooh-Bah (3,142) May 5, 2015 Illinois
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    I hate NEIPA's
     
  17. rodbeermunch

    rodbeermunch Grand Pooh-Bah (3,900) Sep 30, 2015 Nevada
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    Don't store your beer horizontally/vertically instantly came to mind.

    Pretty much any opinion presented as fact.

    Its also weird when someone dislikes CA/TX beer bc thinly veiled politics. Keep crying. I'll be here drinking Russian River and Live Oak not GAF.
     
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  18. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    A couple breweries around here serve in the can glass. They're better than shakers, but not by a lot.
     
  19. SILVER

    SILVER Zealot (668) Jan 3, 2007 Florida

    What do people in Kiribati know about proper beer drinking?!?
     
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  20. Squire

    Squire Grand Pooh-Bah (4,385) Jul 16, 2015 Mississippi
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    A bartender telling me their draft beer was so cold "it has ice crystals in it".
     
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