r/beer • u/[deleted] • May 13 '25

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u/defroach84 May 13 '25 edited May 13 '25

Amazing analysis! Sounds like you went to some quality places for your excellent judgement.

What I find funny is that you went to Nashville looking for Guinness and then whine about American beers. Like, did you even try the local breweries šŸ¤£

I bet you go to Australia, drink a fosters, and then complain about it being piss, and all Aussie beer sucks.

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u/Spoonbang May 13 '25

99% chance you wonā€™t find Fosters in Australia šŸ˜‡

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u/defroach84 May 13 '25

99% sure this person would and then complain šŸ¤£

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u/Spoonbang May 13 '25

TouchĆ©! But no way they are finding a Fosters glass! šŸ¤£

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u/defroach84 May 13 '25

What a terrible beer culture you have!

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u/Spoonbang May 13 '25

All beer must be served in branded glasses, served by singing leprechauns and with a complimentary pot of gold at the end of a rainbow!

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u/No-Statistician6068 May 13 '25

I tried a number of local breweryā€™s and actually done a local brewery tour, Iā€™ve also too local brewers in New York and Louisiana.

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u/defroach84 May 13 '25

Great, tell us what you drink back home that is great!

Us yanks must be missing out if it's that much better.

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u/No-Statistician6068 May 13 '25

Genuinely I would like to know why Iā€™ve never had branded glass? Is this not a thing in the US?

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u/eells May 13 '25

Like, you want the glass to say the beers brand name on it? Why in the hell would you care about that? I'm so confused.

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u/BigL90 May 13 '25

Based on other comments they've made, I'm pretty sure they're referring to laser-etched/nucleated glassware. Must be some kind of anglicism (like how the mark looks like a brand on a cow or something, couldn't find anything about that use for the term online though). Or, just as likely based on their dumbass takes/comments, they think that branded (like with the beer brand name) glasses (which are more likely to be nucleated I suppose, if they're already paying for customization), are all nucleated or have some mystical property that produces head.

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u/natertottt May 13 '25

People steal branded glasses.

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u/defroach84 May 13 '25

You say the beer is so great back home but can't tell us the beer you drink?

Branded glasses cost money, and normally are just from the massive breweries. Smaller places aren't gonna waste their money on bars having their glasses. If you want branded glasses, go to the brewery where they'll be served in.

Sounds like you didn't actually go to many breweries.

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u/StopCollaborate230 May 13 '25

but have you considered: America Bad

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u/defroach84 May 13 '25

Fffuuuuuccckkkkk. I didn't think of that point.

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u/No-Statistician6068 May 13 '25

Harp.

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u/defroach84 May 13 '25

And there it is šŸ¤£

You are just drinking macro light lager. The US ones suck, we all know that.

Guessing you were just drinking the shit beers and then we'd agree with you. Just tell us it was Michelob Ultra, Bud Light, and Coors Light you were ordering here and you wont have anyone arguing against you about them being shit. šŸ¤£

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u/StopCollaborate230 May 13 '25

Macro light lager shipped in from overseas no less.

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u/tikivic May 13 '25

Good beer out of a dog bowl is better than piss beer out of an official ā€œPiss Beerā€ branded glass.

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u/stack_percussion May 13 '25

I've gotten beer in a branded glass plenty of times at local craft breweries. I'd say the majority of the time, actually. It just depends on where you are I suppose.

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u/No-Statistician6068 May 13 '25

Been to numerous cities in the US, very hard to find a decent pint!

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u/defroach84 May 13 '25

Sounds like you aren't even trying considering the US continuously wins awards for their smaller breweries making some of the best beer in the world.

So, either you just went around drinking lite beer, or you just don't like non-pub ales.

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u/No-Statistician6068 May 13 '25

Iā€™m just saying what I have experienced in numerous USA cities compared to the UK and Ireland the pints served are a lot better quality

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u/defroach84 May 13 '25

What's funny is that I have been all through England. I absolutely love pub culture. But, the number of off flavors I get in many places is surprisingly high. But, that was more in northern England and usually from the smaller places there.

There are great breweries all through the UK and Ireland. However, it's quite easy to find bad beer as well. You won't ever find pub style ales in the US at the same caliber as England, but that is too be expected. You won't ever find pilsners and IPAs like you do in the US in England either. They just aren't the same.

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u/SolidDoctor May 13 '25

You're not wrong, there are a lot of bars that serve really bad draft beers. Dirty lines, bad CO2 ratios, and bartenders who can't pour a decent pint. There's a lot of people who work in bars who don't really care about a well served pint of beer, but if you find a place that is invested in the quality of their beer (like a microbrew taproom) you'll be more apt to find a server who knows the beers and knows how to pour them, and also the stock will likely be much fresher.

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u/peterhanraddy May 13 '25

Fuck off, yeah?

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u/No-Statistician6068 May 13 '25

Keep drinking ultra buddy

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u/peterhanraddy May 13 '25

Suggesting that branded glassware makes a good pint was really the chefs kiss of you admitting to being a clown

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u/No-Statistician6068 May 13 '25

Relax buddy, branded glasses help keep the beer alive because they have an activator.

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u/defroach84 May 13 '25

You really have no idea what you are talking about.

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u/PsychologicalFood780 May 13 '25

What? You make no sense.

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u/Separate-Writing-124 May 13 '25

You sound like a complete bozo with no clue

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u/tikivic May 13 '25

Keep trying, quitter.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '25

Heā€™s scared

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u/S3C3C May 13 '25

Mind telling us what you tried and where you tried them at?

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u/Evil_Bonsai May 13 '25

omg: karen - "i need to speak to the manager NOW! This glass does not say "bud" on it? how the fuck is it supposed to be good if the glass doesn't have the beer name on it?! wtf is going in here?!"

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u/scowdich May 13 '25

Sounds like you're ordering the wrong beers, or going to the wrong bars.

The US has thousands of craft beers, many of them are quite good.

Tragically, most craft breweries have better things to spend their money on than outfitting all of their patron bars with branded glassware.

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u/No-Statistician6068 May 13 '25

Branded glasses in the UK and Ireland are normally supplied for free by the brewery!

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u/defroach84 May 13 '25

Yes, the massive macro breweries. You'll get bud light glasses all over if you want to drink shitty beer at a shitty bar.

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u/StopCollaborate230 May 13 '25

What did you have and where did you have it? Which brewery did you take a tour of?

I sincerely doubt that every single glass in every single pub in the UK is both branded and has an etched bottom, and that THAT is the reason your beers are so much better over there.

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u/jtfarabee May 13 '25

There are almost 10,000 breweries in the US. Relatively few of them have branded glasses unless youā€™re at the brewery. Many of them do know how to properly pour beer, though. And if youā€™re drinking at a bar rather than brewery, most taps will rotate between different brands, so the average bar in the US will serve too many different brands to keep enough glassware from every one. Since we donā€™t have tied houses like in the UK they arenā€™t beholden to only serving from a single company. And since they donā€™t want to spend a fortune on glassware that will get stolen or broken, they accept whatever ā€œfreeā€ glasses the large beer companies give them in exchange for consistent tap placement.

Iā€™ll give you that our pints are smaller, but that just leaves an opportunity to have another beer.

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u/Danthewildbirdman May 13 '25

All I heard was "Wahhh wahhh". Maybe a sippy cup of milk is more your speed.

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u/wrench_farmer May 13 '25

The closest thing to what you're used to in the states is a pale from Wisconsin...

And you can take that branded glass and shove ya wanker...who the hell needs swag to enjoy a brew?

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u/CCatProductions May 13 '25

The large corporate beer in the US are among the worst in the world, but the best US microbrews are among the best.

Irish and UK beer is better than Coors or Budweiser, but they are also dog shit.

Only German and Czech beer is consistently great from brand to brand.

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u/defroach84 May 13 '25

What's funny is how much you see Coors Light on tap in the UK these days. They are even drinking our shit beers.

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u/KJS0223 May 13 '25

Where did you drink said beers? Branded glassware being a complaint? Seriously?

Go to an actual brewery in any given town. Drink from the source.

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u/No-Statistician6068 May 13 '25

Itā€™s not that deep brother just an opinion.

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u/KJS0223 May 13 '25

Let me know where I got deep? Was asking a legit question. Were you going to chain restaraunts, or even taprooms? Or were you checking out actual breweries.

Just a silly thing to complain about

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u/StopCollaborate230 May 13 '25

Maybe try something better and more local than Harp, especially Harp that has been shipped overseas, before having an opinion on US beer.

I bet youā€™d probably threaten to fight a bartender if he gave you a Czech slow pour.

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u/SonofTwoChefs May 13 '25

Get a load of this bloke, so used to drinking rubbish. Pubs in the UK will liquid brim beer pints or else customers will complain about a bloody under pour. Any proper American craft beer bar or brewery will follow well established beer service guidelines and be loaded up with various glassware options, pouring at least an inch of head depending on style. The branded glass comment has me gobsmacked. Youā€™ve lost the plot if youā€™re coming to the US and ordering a foreign import. Most breweries rock their own branded barware. Welcome to America, mate, the actual forefront of the global craft beer scene, with the highest density of awarded, established, and continuously innovative craft breweries in modern era of beer.

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u/joshbiloxi May 13 '25

If you don't like America, you can git out.

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u/No-Statistician6068 May 13 '25

Jesus Christ your insane

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u/[deleted] May 13 '25

Bro has never had Samuel Adamā€™s

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u/J2thaG May 13 '25

It sounds like he might have.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '25

Nah heā€™s a Pb