Bite Your Tongue!

ALL-THE-FUCKING-TIME

 

I was at a Texas Roadhouse recently and took a seat at the bar to wait on some family members. I ordered a Zeigenbock (hey...best I could do) in an unfrosted mug. They didn't have any. Would have to wash a dirty mug. I said they could rinse out one of the frosted mugs. By now I have two bartenders working the problem. So I bit my tongue and ...... lied. I told them my teeth were too sensitive to drink their beer properly frozen as it should be. After compassionate looks, they gladly finished their task.

 

Many, Many times and usually I keep my mouth shut for the most part

 

Recently talking to a self-described foodie who upon learning I was really into beer said she liked beer too and was particularly into full-bodied beers like Stella and Guinness...

 

If I'm going to drink a bud, it might as well be in a frosted glass.

It goes well enough with dive bar food.

I think it is all about calibrating your expectations. I mean I love a big juicy DIPA, but I don't need it with greasy pizza or hot wings.

 

If you go to a "divey" place, don't expect great beer. I suppose it's especially difficult to hold your tongue when people/servers are wrong but there's a time and place for everything (unless your a blatant asshole ).

Thankfully, the beer bar I often frequent has a great selection of quality beer and knowledgeable staff.

Cheers!

 

I hear Guinness being described as a "full-bodied" beer way too often. In my opinion, it's just as watery as a Bud Light.

Guinness Extra-Stout (or Foreign Extra Stout) is where it's at

 

+1. Middle of nowhere or dive bar ---> Dewar's or Johnnie Black. Neither of those on hand? Maker's.

 

I learned a long time ago that biting my tongue left a bad taste in my mouth.
Besides, I have never been very good at it.

 

Methinks I know why your service "got shitty".

That's a very, very, very broad brush.

 

Many times I've made a choice between a DIPA or Gose. A barleywine or a lager. Doesn't seem so far off.

 

Damn broads...

 

Wow! You get Johnnie Black at your dive bars? We're lucky (?) if we get Lauder's.

 

Kind of in between. I was in Big Bear and found a bar that had bombers of Bear Republics' stout. I was relatively stoked because I hadn't had a decent beer all weekend.

So the guy just hands me the bomber and walks away. I waited until he came back and asked for a glass and he says, "you're from down the mountain ain't ya?" What, do real mountain men drink from their bombers? I get a 12 Oz because it fits in one's hand, but Christ, what a dumb thing to say. He did get me a glass though.

So I just enjoyed my beer in my glass. Didn't see any need to take it further.

 

I never bite my tongue - it hurts

 

Used to have an old Scotsman customer when I worked a different recycling facility some years back. For two years I heard him talking about how much he loved Bock beer and how it was made with stuff from when they cleaned the fermenters. I bit my tongue for a looooong time but finally could hold it no more.

 

every time I go to bars that have a decent list only to pull a glass from the cooler...

 

It depends on the situation. Most of the time its difficult to say something without coming across as a beer snob.

 

Now Dude, I believe the proper nomenclature is "skirts", or even "dames".

 

Always. No one cares about petty beer things except for us. I think we should respect that by being mercifully silent around the 99.9% of the population that doesn't care.