Beer Rants

[Homegrown Hops]

Do you know what I hate. Well I'll tell you. I hate all these style nazis cramping my style. I work hard brewing beer that I think it tastes great. My friends come over and they love it. I think it is good, they love the hooch. But then I bring it to my local beer club meeting to share with my friends who know about beer the evil style nazis put on their SS caps and start to destroy the uniqueness of my beer.

One or two people who always sit at the same table start to comment about how this beer is not to style. Oxidation this or diacytel that. They start in all nice, with that I just want to help you out attitue, but end up bad mouthing my beer and swaying the whole beer club to into thinking that my beer sucks. I can see that the rest of the club may have loved it at first, but were easily convinced otherwise once the "experts" spoke up. I then feel all put out after the 6 hours of brewing, keg time, and great comments from my friends and all that. I hate those style nazis.

Not to style. What the crap? It’s beer man. Drink it and be merry.
Now I know how all the dogs at the dog show feel that aren’t to style. They try so hard to be like the rest of the dogs. Put up with the cropping of ears and tails. Get haircuts that all the other dogs make fun of. All for the sake of style. What makes a dog or beer good? Is it the straight back, strong hindquarters or the color of the coat? I am from America, the land of diversity. How dare you say that my beer isn’t good because it is different. I want a dog that is ugly as sin, has a huge overbite and a belly that drags on the ground (I know mine does). I don’t care. What really matters to me is that the dog can bring me a beer from the fridge, find me a date online and file my taxes for me. So what makes a beer good? A beer that gets the job done. And what’s the job of beer? To get me and my buddies drunk! New BJCP rules. Fill a room full of 5-gallon kegs and a butt load of people with cups. Which ever keg gets emptied first is the best beer. Simple and to the point.

Don’t let the style nazis trick you into beer genocide. Don’t let them tell you to choose the blond ale, blue moon clone. Choose the caramel colored raspberry, peanut, peppermint stout. Freedom for beer and freedom for America. Remember every time a beer is ridiculed Osama Bin Laden smiles.

Brian is that you?

[Chris Vejnovich]

Bob,

Ya know, some people have to find faults in other's beer or what ever to make themselves feel better about themselves. Many people are also just too damn arrogant to realize that they too can screw up a beer. But, in the mean time stick with it and maybe enter a beer into a high lever comp to see how it does. If it does well, then you will know for sure that your brew club mates are just sticking it to you because you have not paid your social dues yet. If you don't care to enter a comp and don't care what anyone else thinks about your beer as long as it tastes good to you then I would suggest finding a more loose minded brew crew with members who appreciate beer the same way you do.

[Brewbear]

Hey Bob,
The way I see it, if they don't like it....F&*(k them! The real honest judges of your beer are the friends and family that enjoy it. If your friends told you the beer sucked, then I'd reconsider! I had a beer judge sample my stout and the first thing he said was: it's not to style!!!! He continued to say that the beer was brewed well, no faults, no off flavors and he had no problem enjoying it for the rest of the day! He was right that I altered the hops and it was maltier than a stout should be, the again, that's what I was going for. I like it, my friends - who hate dark beers- love it and ask for more. That's all I need, we like it and that's what counts!
Keep brewing your beer to your taste and when one of these arse holes comment on it tell them it is brewed to YOUR STYLE!!!!

Cheers,
Brewbear