Overused terms/words in craft beer

Take the final step and give the user we're both thinking of some deserved ribbing.

Well GreesyFizeek you've clearly never sampled Beer X from Brewery Y, and overall I think your beer knowledge is pretty subpar

Cheers!

 

price point, for fucks sake just say price, just adding an unnecessary word for the sake of trying to sound like you know more than other people.

 

Playing devil's beer advocate I would love to hear people's explanations of certain beers without using these key words.

Example: All Day IPA is a great example of a beer you can drink a lot of in a single setting. It is designed to drink more than one if you are having a good time out camping, boating, at a picnic, etc. and not be completely wrecked after you drink 3 of them. It is not not heavy on flavors and is easy to swallow. However it does have some nice hop characteristics and good flavoring for a beer that is so light.

Or All Day IPA is a session IPA.

Boom. Done. Description over. Beer enthusiasts know what that means. It tells me all I need to know if I've never had it. I won't be expecting a malt bomb, a boozy mess, a barrel bomb, or many other things. Descriptors like session really cut out explaining what a beer is. I'll be expecting a light IPA that has some nice hop characteristics, that is not heavy on alcohol, and I know I can safely drink a couple of them and not fall down the stairs. It won't be too malty or boozy and I can share with my buddies who only dabble in craft because it won't be a hop monster that makes them spit out beer if they are not used to hoppy beers.

It's the world we live in. We're talking about beer and descriptive words of beer. Do you think wine enthusiasts get tired of other wine people using their key words like oaky, cedary, course, bright, dry, fat, fruity, grapey? No. It helps them define what they are drinking. Just like malty, hoppy, boozy, etc helps us understand what a beer is.

It's an internet forum that's hopefully a little fun. I understand if you're tired non-descriptive words, but more tired of silly terms used on here like whalez bro, shelf turd, hype, hype slam, etc. But, it's all in good fun. I agree with y'all that the non-descriptive words are absurd and about stupid most of the time. But, I just smile and go on. Some people lurk all day waiting for the moment when they can type hype or whalez, etc. Bless their hearts.

 

Session

 

This one has been bothering me lately: "Jammy" in reference to fruited lambic / fruit beers.

 

"hoppy"

 

Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

this one ruined me. there was another thread that I thought was identical to this one, somebody mentioned price point. Until then was a happy, oblivious, simple minded man wandering down the road. Now I can't help to see everyone write "price point" over and over again.

 

Actually, it's pretty easy to tell hay that's just been cut from hay that's been laying around for a few hours. There is definitely a difference.

 

i've scrolled through this thread pretty carefully, and forgive me if i missed it but, i haven't seen anyone mention the word "cloying" yet.

cloying. rhymes with annoying. which is what you are when you use that word.

 

In recent threads....BBQ CornNuts

 

That goes with my horrible 4-D day when its miserable outside: Dreary, Dark, Dismal & Dank, Day

 

the word mouthfeel always brings out the latent pervert in me

 

Dank = smelling like a fresh sack of some high-quality Mary Jane.

 

Dank

 

This thread is like a microcosm of living in America these days. You really can't do anything that doesn't offend at least a person or two.

 

That's not at all true.

 

Astringent

 

Balanced...I picture like people pouring little bits of different beers into a scale with pipettes and comparing them or drinking on a seesaw...bizarre I know...plus I also say it...arrrgggghhh!!!...

 

"Fresh," as in "fresh Heady" or "fresh Sculpin" (oxymoron?). Of course the IPA needs to be fresh. No need to qualify it every time.