Biggest beer pet peeves

When someone asks me if I want a beer, and then they offer Coors Light or Bud Light.

Not that I'm a big beer snob, but I have my limits.

 

Agreed, unless it's in a box (ie Sculpin cans), then put all of that on the box ALSO!

 

No ABV listed on the bottle

 

Belgian Quad in a pilsner glass

 

When people describe beer as "strong". Chances are they mean something totally different when they say it than what it means. It's like saying food is "distinct".

 

No bottle date or cryptic coding of such date.

 

I agree the consistency is amazing. But BMC which that could apply to doesn't take as much skill. Everything is so automated there.

 

They're just keepin' it real...it's part of the charm

 

Exception: in the Breaking Bad series, Walter White specifically ordered a Fat Tire.

 

No date on IPAs especially. The wax seal without a tab to open is super frustrating. Also...beer snobs.

 

definitely hoarders and pretentious beer snobs

 

Agreed, but it's Hollywood. You can't expect too much. I can count on one hand the number of times I've been able to find a parking spot RIGHT in front of a restaurant, like you see in TV shows and movies. I'm impressed when I see a sign for a craft beer in the background, on TV. The show Grimm has had quite a few "craft beer sign in the background" scenes.

 

Or they could be asking for one of these:

 

Also in "Better Call Saul" he specifically asks for an Old Style.

 

My biggest peeve is that my favorite vacation spot, Gulf Shores/Orange Beach, Alabama hasn't scored hardly any state beers. Please Mr Distributor ( grumble grumble ) help us out! Oh how I hate a 3 tiered system.

 

BA's who simultaneously complain about no dates on bottles and call Enjoy By a gimmick.

 

metric sizing on American beer. I don't know what the hell a ml is... I just hate metric in general, I know it's easier but damn!

 

Beer hobbyists, geeks, etc. People who are into beer because it's "in" at the moment. People who are over a particular style because they've had it three or four times. People who complain because something hasn't been "updated" in the last five minutes. Beer, like a breath of mountain air, the taste of a good cheese, the instantaneous rush of a fine piece of chocolate or the warmth of the kiss of the woman you've been married too for decades, is something that competes a good life; not something to be logged, charted and enumerated. Don't talk to me about the 1,500 beers you've had in the last three years; tell me about the wonderful evening you had with friends having beer, shooting the breeze, at your local. Tell me about the beer that reminds you of the time your spent a lovely evening under the stars with the person you loved.

 

same. the wife and i just toured dogfish head on thursday and they had piles of it going out. when questioned, we were told that it is their 3rd most popular beer and in order to keep up the demand they start brewing in summer. guess that kinda makes sense now.

 

...for an entire style of beer!? Holy crap. Sometimes I only feel like I'm starting to "get" a style after having three or four different beers from that style...