5 Brewery Red Flags, According to Reddit

I wonder what a "classic" is in the Redditverse.

 

I prefer to use my previously used glass..but not allowed in Oregon

 

#2 & #3 seems to be most places

 

What's the reasoning for this?

 

Here’s one, every time you visit the taproom, the same couple of locals are there and hardly anyone else. That doesn’t seem like a sustainable business to me. There is a brewery I visit maybe once every few months and I noticed this. They make darn good beer and have a nice variety of styles as well. But little foot traffic, but it could be the day/time I visit as well. Seems a lot of taprooms I visit don’t bring in much weekday traffic (exception trivia nights) but heavy volume on Friday evenings and Saturday/Sunday daytime.

 

Because of the state’s health & safety regulations, a cross-contamination issue.

An explanation I found via a web search:

“By putting your lips to the glass you have contaminated it with your bacteria. When that used glass is refilled, say with lager, the nozzle from the lager pump is immersed in the lager filling your contaminated glass. The glass contaminates the lager, the lager contaminates the pump, and therefore potentially the next person who has a lager from that pump.”

Needless to say but this applies to serving draft beer. If you are drinking bottled/canned beer then reusing the same glass is OK. But this doesn’t apply to you since you prefer to drink directly from the can.

Cheers!

 

#1 and #4 are the most annoying to me.

If the place doesn't serve what I like (either be it classics or IPAs), then I'll just move on elsewhere. On the other hand, it's incredibly annoying and sometimes disappointing if they provide the variety & options I desire, but serve it in dirty glasses or hire bar service that can't provide reasonable service times.

 

I was actually asking why it bothers him to not get a new glass each pour.

 

Learned in the late 60s when turned 21. Beer glasses cannot be refilled from a tap. It is a health rule to avoid back contamination from glass to tap. No problem topping up from a bottle or pitcher, though, . Apparently "conservative" Oregon hasn't loosened health laws. In Portland the pitchers were smaller too, because rules limited the amount that couId be served to a small group at one time.

 

Aren't all glasses at a bar/brewery previously used? Unless you get there just after they've entered a new case into the system?

 

I'm kinda torn. Mostly I hate bartenders that talk too much, ask questions, and get nosey than I do the ones who pour me my beer and then ignore me.

 

I think the point is the bartender who ignores you when you need that refill. But maybe that's just what I expect in my bar experience.

 

I am quite capable of getting attention when I want it. Not a shy flower am I.

 

Sounds like we'd get along fairly well.

 

Sounds more like you'd get an ejection, not a second beer.

 

I've never had a problem stopping at the bar on my way back from the pisser for a beer if I'm thirsty.