Biggest beer pet peeves

Beer forum pet peeve; folks who helpfully respond on a forum by posting just the link to the BA review for the beer being suggested. Usually, just posting the name will suffice and save everyone time. If someone feels the need to post the link, at least tell us the name too so we can understand your suggestion and can optionally follow the link.

 

There are so many beer styles out there, but 90% of beers are IPAs. You go to a bar or brewery it's all IPAs. IPAs are great and all, but so are many other styles.

 

Very glad to be able to say that is not the situation around these parts. Here is a typical draft list
Black Hog THC Denali Pale Ale
American Pale Ale · 5.5%
13oz Draft $7
Burial Shadowclock
Pilsner · 5.9% · Asheville, NC
13oz Draft $7
Half Acre Navaja
Double IPA · 9.5% · Chicago, IL
13oz Draft $8
Hill Farmstead Society & Solitude # 8
Double IPA · 8.0% · Greensboro Bend, VT
13oz Draft $8
Rushing Duck Beanhead Coffee Porter
Porter · 5.7% · Chester, NY
13oz Draft $8
Sixpoint Galacto
Saison · 5.3% · Brooklyn, NY
13oz Draft $8
Stone Arrogant Bastard
American Strong Ale · 7.2% · Escondido, CA
13oz Draft $7
The Bruery Share This: OC
Imperial Stout · 11.0% · Placentia, CA
13oz Draft $8
Urban Family Heart of Stone
Sour Ale · 5.5% · Seattle, WA
13oz Draft $8

 

Glad to say that's not the case here. We have a pretty good mix most places.

I'm originally from the midwest and travel back there 1-2x a year to visit family. You guys could really use more breweries doing sours.

 

It doesn't help it's getting warm out, so they're more in season.

 

Pet peeves? Big Corporate brewers who either buy up small craft brewers or launch their own "craft" brands to pretend to be something other than what they are. Like:

10 Barrel Brewing — Anheuser-Busch InBev
Ballast Point Brewing — Constellation Brands
Birra Del Borgo (Italy) — Anheuser-Busch InBev
Blue Moon Brewing — MillerCoors
Blue Point Brewing — Anheuser-Busch InBev
Breckenridge Brewery — Anheuser-Busch InBev
Camden Town Brewery (U.K.) — Anheuser-Busch InBev
Cervejaria Colorado (Brazil) — Anheuser-Busch InBev
Devils Backbone Brewing — Anheuser-Busch InBev
Dundee Brewing — North American Breweries
Elysian Brewing — Anheuser-Busch InBev
Fordham and Dominion Brewing — 40 percent owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Founders Brewing — 30 percent owned by Mahou-San Miguel
Four Peaks Brewing — Anheuser-Busch InBev
Golden Road Brewing — Anheuser-Busch InBev
Goose Island Beer Company — Anheuser-Busch InBev
Hop Valley Brewing — MillerCoors
Kona Brewing — 32 percent owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Lagunitas Brewing — 50 percent owned by Heineken International
Leinenkugel's Brewery — MillerCoors
Magic Hat Brewing — North American Breweries
Meantime Brewing (U.K.) — SABMiller
Mendocino Brewing — United Breweries Group
Olde Saratoga Brewing — United Breweries Group
Portland Brewing Company (formerly MacTarnahan's) — North American Breweries
Pyramid Breweries — North American Breweries
Redhook Brewery — 32 percent owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Revolver Brewing — MillerCoors
Saint Archer Brewing — MillerCoors
Shock Top Brewing — Anheuser-Busch InBev
Terrapin Beer Company — MillerCoors
Wicked Weed Brewing - Anheuser-Busch
Widmer Brewing — 32 percent owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev

 

Do you really feel this way about the magic fridge?

I didn't drink when I saw that Super Bowl commercial, but it's the first time I've ever wanted to donate money to a company based on a commercial. I still didn't want their product, but I figured I should buy a 6 pack just so they could make a little money off me.

 

That's classic. Tell him "roll the tape" like they would in a casino or bank.

 

People still do that?? I don't see a boss pour much, if at all and it wouldn't bother too much. But a frozen glass, I would definitely and respectively send that back

 

I don't remember seeing it. I'm not your standard Super Bowl commercial target market because I find almost all of them irritating. Unless Bud Lite had a different ad agency than the one they've previously used, it's highly unlikely that I would have liked it.

 

You know some of those brands were started by the corporate brewers to look like craft from their launch.

 

Absolutely I do. There is a dark side to business that assumes if you can't beat them - rip them off!

I would argue that is why everyone sticks an "IPA" label on their craft beer nowadays - even if they aren't an IPA. Black IPA's, wheat IPA's, doesn't matter. Call your beer an "IPA" and you will sell 50% more than if it doesn't have that label.

I am frankly waiting for the first IPA lager. Just a matter of time.

 

ZOMG I am 3 years behind the stupidity / greed curve!

India Pale Lager

 

I used to watch the Super Bowl just for the ads around the time the ad I referenced aired. Ever since, I think the ads have declined in quality. Less humor, blah. I don't watch the Super Bowl anymore.

But here's the ad in question:

 

Triple IPAs because it's not a style, and the minute they make it one people will start brewing quadruple IPAs (if they haven't already).

 

My apologies, apparently I lost my ability to comprehend written words for a while.

 

I drink quite a bit from the can, I think the lack of oxygen interaction and the not having a pour retains a bit more of the Aroma and doesn't flatten out the beer quite so much.

I probably stated this elsewhere in this thread, but my dislike of shaker pints is quite profound.

 

Thanks for taking the time to find it. Still don't like it.

 

Too late, it's already here. IPL. India Pale Lager. Jacks Abby and a few others. Actually quite good. Hoppy goodness, more smooth lager, less bitter bite sometimes.

 

All these damned hard sodas taking up space in the beer aisle. I am definitely seeing spots that once held craft options being taken up by this crap. It makes me die a little inside.

Also going to a restaurant that is supposed to be high end, but the only good beer on the menu is Guinness and they bring it to me in a chilled glass...grrrrr