What if I do? 
Maybe you do, maybe you don’t. But you shouldn’t try to show off your knowledge to the head brewer. It gets old and boring. Remember that brewers have their own reasons for doing things. Maybe they don’t want to stick to the syle guides 110%! Maybe they don’t own a copy of “Brewing Classic Styles”. As a for instance. I made a stout that I posted here a while back with Dark german munich. It was really, really tasty. Guy comes up to me and tries to tell me “this isn;t a “traditional” Irish Stout.”
Yeah, maybe not. I also used German ale yeast. To me it was better than a traditional Irish stout. So STFU homebrew nazi!
UGH. SAME.
There is one guy in KC who refuses to correct this. I hear the description getting made fun of at every competition in the area by the judges in Belgian Specialties. Sorry, Belgium Specialties. :
I’m a naturalized Belgium with a Belgium wife, who’s now going to hit himself in the head with a hammer.
Makes you want a pint of England Bitter. Definitely no Canada Lager, though.
Or a Germany Pilsner.
Sounds similar to mine, which is evaluating beer (usually of a commercial beer) starting with “Is this what I think I should be drinking” vs “Is this tasty beer”
maybe we can retitle this topic “Barley whiners”
Add bad puns to the list. ;D
If it is any consolation, that guy has already annoyed everybody else in the room before he got to you.
I make an effort not to be “that guy”.
+1 Same here. I go to a brewpub where I know the brewer, and he’ll often ask my impression of a beer, and I give it when asked. But I wouldn’t march in and presume to second guess a guy, or feel I needed to pepper him with half a$$ed questions, like some. When I go to a brewpub for the first time, I get the sampler flight of whatever is offered. Tells me everything I need to know about the place (and the guy).
+1.060 x 2!
Ummm. I was just picking on you, Keith! But yeah, I get that, and I try not to be THAT guy! And the beer sound delicious, BTW.
I’ve noticed this and have mentioned it before. The default seems to be tge style guide, and some take it one step farther. It has to be within a percent or two of the Brewing Clasic Styles recipe. News flash, less than 1% of beer drinkers know about the styles.
I experienced what I would say is an exception. I visited a local brewery last year for dinner. After perusing their beer list I selected one (don’t remember which, but it was a fairly common style like a Brown Ale or something). When it came it was a sour whatever. No mention in the beer list about it being a sour beer. I did tell the server that it probably should have been noted in the description. She, like she should have, offered to replace the beer so all was made right but I think that is a legit complaint.
Yeah. I know buddy! But you’re stepping on my pet peeves. What do you expect?
This. I pointed out at a local that the English style “pint” was a 12 oz glass, so to prove me wrong the bartender filled one with water and poured it into the 12 oz shaker glass. I told her she only proved to me that all their glasses are 12 oz and she got pissed.
Wonder what they would do if you walked in with a Pyrex measuring cup?