average age of a home brewer

[MrFeltimo]

I will be turning 38 on 4/29/14, been brewing since Fathers Day 2013.

 

[Greyhound]

I didn't answer the poll because I don't consider myself 40+; more like 50+.

 

[unionrdr]

Yeah,I'm 58 so I'm def on the high side of 50+...

 

[chicken]

Anyone over the age of 40 already has one foot in the grave. Literally moments from death. Hence, why they are all lumped into one category.

You'll all be stone-dead in a minute.


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Then I guess I need to get busy and brew some more so that there's enough beer for my funeral!

 

[unionrdr]

Well,neither of my parents made it past 69,but I'm hoping to break that tradition...

 

[Rudy1964]

49 and started brewing in Jan.


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[Hopper5000]

I have found that there is a huge mix of folks in my HBC. I would say if we took a pole and averaged it out it would probably somewhere in the upper 30's that would be the average age. I starter 3 or 4 years ago when I was in my mid 20's and I am 28 now. I wish I would have known that I could have bought all the ingredients for this before I was actually 21. Cost was an inhibitor for me, however. I didn't really have the 100ish bucks for the starter kit until a few years ago. Glad I got into the hobby though.

 

[electrolight]

Didn't see voting bar at the top... Idk how to delete messages.

 

[electrolight]

I think ending at "40 +" leaves alot of differentiation out.

 

[dsaavedra]

21 reporting in

 

[EoinMag]

How do you average a pole? Do you cut it into pieces the same size?

 

[SudsyPaul]

I'm 31... Only been at this for 1.5years.

You'll get a skewed view on the age of brewers by poling here, as the use of technology favors the younger generation(s). I'd say the # of > 40 is equal to the total < 40, though. The homebrew stigma is quickly fading away, so more and more people are getting into it.... on both sides of the age bracket.

I really hope life doesn't end at 40, though... I'm yet to have my mid-life crisis, so I think I'm safe to last a while longer.

 

[BlueHouseBrewhaus]

Granted that the sample is small but it is interesting that the poll results show a steady increase with age except for the dip at 35-40. Kids?

Of course, I'm 55 with a 5- and 6-year old at home. Go figure. Brewing helps maintain my sanity!

 

[GuldTuborg]

I'm 35. Which category do I vote in? Why is broken poll broken?

 

[boydster]

I'm 35. Which category do I vote in? Why is broken poll broken?

Are you an old 35, or just a middle-aged 35? ipe:

 

[jeff13]

24

 

[balrog]

54. Just stacked green firewood so I feel 75. Got together with brother in law over some homebrew and our wives said we acted 12. Just started brewing last year.

 

[GuldTuborg]

Are you an old 35, or just a middle-aged 35? ipe:

I voted 20-25.

 

[atoughram]

The big FIVE OH in a few months here...

 

[unionrdr]

Def shoulda been a over 50 group for us old farts. From a time when the only brewers that existed were troglodytes. Cave brewers,cave men,cave women ...Neanderthal!
Sudbuster when we were out chasin' cave chicks after much cactus juice one day...

 

[franknorris18]

20 but il be 21 in two days. Been brewing for about a year now. Gotta start early


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[Setesh]

I'm 37, which was a pleasant surprise cause I thought I was 38 until I did the math :smack:

 

[tmetz]

I'm 23 and just starting to get into home brew.


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[hindey19]

27 now, been brewing for a couple years, but dabbled a bit (poorly) in college - around 21-22.

 

[kenoglass]

I am 41 but did my first attempt when I was 26. I think it was too much for me then. I did 2 batches then and wasnt happy with either gave it up and started again about to bottle my first batch tonight!

 

[BrewerJack]

I am 41 but did my first attempt when I was 26. I think it was too much for me then. I did 2 batches then and wasnt happy with either gave it up and started again about to bottle my first batch tonight!

Welcome back!

 

[budonze]

I'm 32


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[andy6026]

I think ending at "40 +" leaves alot of differentiation out.

I'm 38 and I agree entirely. 100+ I can understand, but really... 40+

 

[Bradthoc]

Started at 26, I'm now 28


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[Heavywalker]

I'm 32 started brewing beer about3 years ago and started making wine when I was 26

 

[MagooBrew]

46 with about five years in.

 

[Butchv12]

Age 52 === started around age 30 = 22 years brewing +/-

I have brewed something every year and went all grain around my 3rd year brewing - went all electric 3 batches ago.

I will never use propane again.....

 

[Eucrid]

33 and just getting started.

 

[Heavywalker]

I didn't think people over 40 knew how to use the internet.

 

[firerat]

31. Been brewing for around 7 years-ish.

 

[unionrdr]

I didn't think people over 40 knew how to use the internet.

Well,actually...it depends on whether they had kids in the last 30 years or not. I'm pretty good at it,but my older brother isn't. So you're partly right. ...this coming from one who's started on his first beer of the afternoon...

 

[ChelisHubby]

Just starting and 55 .

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

Started Just before my 22nd birthday, Now Approaching 25.

 

[unionrdr]

Ah,25. I was married with a couple kids by then & making wine...

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

Ah,25. I was married with a couple kids by then & making wine...

Just married, no kids though