Age of Homebrewers & Years of Experience

[Greyhound]

49. I brewed my first beer in the late 1970's then took 30 years off & started again 1.5 years ago.

 

[Hammy71]

39 and been brewing for 2 years or so......

 

[Seabee John]

37 and 4.... but I should be docked for my poor performance this year... only 30 gallons since January.... life has a knack for getting in the way of brewdays

 

[Malticulous]

Started in 95 but I didn't brew for most years since, I didn't even drink for many of them. I'm 39. Doesn't matter cuz I've brewed enough the last three years to make up for it.

 

[Runyanka]

27 and 2

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

29 and just under a year.

 

[largegiant04]

21 and at it for almost a year. started a couple months before I turned 21

 

[eanmcnulty]

I am 46, and I have been brewing since April 2009. I brewed back in 89'-90' about 5 or 6 times. All I had back then was the Papazian book and the LHBS owner for guidance. With this new fangled internet device, home brewing is a completely different activity. The beer is actually good! I am on batch 23.

 

[daddarioc]

This is my 2nd (moving on 3) year, 27 currently.

 

[FiddleTilDeath]

24 and 2. There's no turning back, this vortex does not let go, my palate is ruined forever!

 

[sp1365]

Week shy of my 22nd birthday and been brewing for about a year now.

 

[a10t2]

26, first brewed at 19 but went AG and started brewing regularly about four years ago.

I have no idea how you guys did it before the internet...

 

[SourHopHead]

35 on and off for 7yrs.

 

[Brad]

Turning 22 next Thursday Started brewing with friends around senior year of high school a few times. Got really into it last year!

 

[wildwest450]

40 and 40, I was born with a golden hydrometer in my hand. Yes, my mom screamed.


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[Marshdaddy]

27 and brewing for the last year and a half

 

[MirImage]

24 y.o. August will be two years but that only consists of 8 beers and 2 Apfelweins.

 

[johnmcc]

47 , been brewing for 1 yr now

 

[artyboy]

30. brewing for 4 or 5 years now

 

[shecky]

41, closer to 42, and 2.5 years.

 

[cruelkix]

I am 28 and have been brewing (on and off) for about 4 years. Have been doing it steadily for about 2 years.

Same as bknifefight.

 

[TotemWolf]

43, 4 years

 

[Whut]

46, 2 years.

 

[Olddog]

40 and 2 years brewing total.

 

[MattHollingsworth]

41. Brewing for 13 years but with a 7 year hiatus, so effectively 6 years. 112 batches.

 

[Mateo]

39 and have been at it for 21 or 22 years

 

[Bopper]

27. First batch was brewed in Jan. 2006

 

[BrewSpook]

30 and I have been brewing about 5 years on my own now, 7 if you count helping a friend brew his.

 

[ndsgr]

27 and only about a year and a half. Went to AG about 2 months ago.

 

[Homercidal]

41 Started brewing about 20 years ago, but only really did it regularly about 2-3 years ago.

 

[Mose]

24 and 5 years.

Seriously, I was thinking why didn't we know about this in college, or why didn't I think about it. I guess we were just blind to the ways of the world.

I'm 35 and have been at it for about 2.5yrs. Finally starting the move to AG.

 

[Egghead]

39. 8 months for beer, 2 years for mead.

 

[SeaBass512]

28, brewing about 6 months. Many more to come!

 

[pjk49202]

30-2.5 yrs brewing

 

[BmillaTheBrewzilla]

29. Four months (and many more to come) of brewing.

 

[onemanlan]

22 and +3 months of experience

Seriously, I was thinking why didn't we know about this in college, or why didn't I think about it. I guess we were just blind to the ways of the world.

Im in college and its actually how I found out about it. I was in a microbial physiology class going over fermentation! I was sold from that point on! Admittedly though I found it as a senior. Now I'm looking at the ideas of possibly making a microbrewery in the future. I've just been hounding business and entrepreneur majors for all the angles to consider.

 

[HairyDogBrewing]

Age 44 with 3.5 years brewing - about 50 batches.
Luckily, I have the full support of SWMBO.
In fact, she is the VP of Quality Control and Inventory Reduction.

 

[Tanagra]

I am 32 and just started brewing about 6 months ago. I must say this is one of my better hobbies, as I can share my concoctions with friends and family.

Thus far I have brewed 3 nitro-stouts, 1 blue moon clone, 1 oktoberfest, and 1 nitrogenized reddish ale (no name yet). All have turned out to be rather good, and the stouts were fantastic.

All recipes were all-grain using 5 gallon water coolers and a 7.5 gallon brewpot on my stove. I have yet to brew an extract batch. I have 3 years of wine-making experience using grapes from my yard, and I feel that helped greatly in my swing to brewing beer.

 

[wscott823]

26 and brewing consistently now for a little over a year.

 

[AiredAle]

I'm 58, been brewing regularly since 1982, so 28 years. Very first brew was in '73 or '74, but that one doesn't count.