New Beer Rule #9: Shut up and drink your beer
NEW BEER RULE #9: You cannot know all there is to know about beer.
It’s fine to give it a shot. But no matter how positive you are about what you think you know there’s always a chance that Martyn Cornell or Ron Pattinson is going to dig up incontestable proof you are totally wrong.
Remain humble when talking about beer.
Posted: October 20th, 2009 under New Beer Rules.
October 20th, 2009 at 8:14 am
I think your conclusion is actually your rule and not “shut up and drink your beer.”
If not, are you actually giving up your profession?
October 20th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Good point, Alan. I meant the rule to be you can never know all there is to know about beer. I’d prefer the person on the bar stool next to me remember that.
Maybe I should put a new headline on the top.
But . . . profession? What profession?
October 20th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Hey, you profess your faith in good beer. I have seen it!
You know, it has been one of the happy upsides for me that most of my good beer fan boy experiences have not been in company of other nerds. I like to share with non-nerd pals but never get into debates that could lead to “shut up” other than in the small circle of the key clicking classes.
October 20th, 2009 at 10:49 am
I think with the amount of beer you would need to drink to learn everything there is to know about beer, you wouldn’t be able to remember it in the morning.
A wise person or two in the industry have told me “I’ve forgotten more about brewing than you will ever know.”
October 20th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
I am constantly learning how much I don’t know (or thought I knew) about beer.
But it’s the journey, right?
October 20th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Call me ignant, but I have no idea how your post relates to the book. Do you regard it as superfluous?
October 20th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Jeff – it didn’t relate. The book post isn’t written. I just dropped the photo in for when I write the post. Phone rang, it autosaved and I didn’t notice.
October 21st, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Ah, good. The older I get, the more things don’t make sense. Usually they do, but my brain is scrambled. Whenever I discover I was not confused but rather perceptive is a fine day indeed.
July 28th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
Amen!!!
Enough said….
Ilya