average age of a home brewer

[donovanmaxwell]

31 here. Just started brewing about 6 months ago.

 

[SpottedDogBrewing]

'Cause from the OP's perspective there's old (30-35), very old (35-40), and the rest is ancient. Or he's just polite.



57 next month. Sad to say only started home brewing less than 5 years ago, and only very seriously for a bit over a year.

Wow! Never thought of being put into the VERY OLD category!




Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

 

[fuelish]

Perhaps the question might've been better asked "At what age did you start homebrewing?" I'm 56, started in my 30's...

 

[DrunkleJon]

33, started 3 years ago. Dont plan on stopping.

 

[finsfan]

Chef is probably going to yell again, but Im 22 and started about exactly 1 year ago.

 

[NickTheGreat]

I'm 30 but started 2 or 3 years ago.

 

[Mike_kever_kombi]

Perhaps the question might've been better asked "At what age did you start homebrewing?" I'm 56, started in my 30's...

+1

Currently 38, started 15 years ago with a Mr. Beer kit

 

[Vetter]

At 40 I was still too young and wild to slow down enough to start home brewing. Now I'm 49, and finally growing up, just started home brewing two months ago.:rockin:

 

[TheCanisDirus]

30 with 10 years under my belt.

 

[Yooper]

I started making wine in the 1980s. I didn't make my first beer until 2000.

I've been making wine for 25+ years, and so, sure, I'm over 40. I've been on this forum for 8 years!

 

[iRebound]

I'm 30 and just started in January. Loving it so far and I don't see myself stopping.

 

[boydster]

I'm 30 and I can't select both options that my age group straddles. Am I 25-30, or 30-35? Based on the groupings, it would seem as though 30-35 is middle-aged, so I'm going to select the younger grouping I think. I don't feel like one of those old fogies in the 30-35 group.

 

[Yooper]

I'm 30 and I can't select both options that my age group straddles. Am I 25-30, or 30-35? Based on the groupings, it would seem as though 30-35 is middle-aged, so I'm going to select the younger grouping I think. I don't feel like one of those old fogies in the 30-35 group.

I think that a young person, in their 20s sees a big difference in 25 or 30, but nothing different about 40, 50, 60, 70+, as that's all "old".

I'm the other way- I see very little difference in 20, 23, 25, 28- except the 28 year old might have a better job!

Some of us (like Sudsbuster and myself) have been in this hobby 25+ years while craft brewing really just starting getting popular in the last 5-8 years. I'm glad to see so many new people coming into the hobby!

 

[rman18]

Just turned 33 and started a few months ago.

At least I'm not 40+ that's like endlessly old.

 

[steveoatley]

48

brewing for 10 yrs

 

[j1n]

Turning 30 in a couple weeks. Just started brewing this year.

 

[unionrdr]

Just turned 58 last month. Looking back 30 or 40 isn't "really old". I had to laugh when I was 23 & the older teens thought that was really old. Don't worry,your turn is coming,just like it did for us.

 

[smcinco]

I never thought about this but it's true. My driver's license says I am 41 but in reality, I've been miraculously stuck at 39 for 2 years in a row. Anyways, it was in the mid to late 90's when I discovered microbreweries and brewpubs and began brewing in 2003. Coincidentally, most established microbreweries date back to the 80's and 90's, which, as Paul said, puts us in the 40-50 range.

Now cut your hair and get a job!

Dare we say greatest beer generation lol? 45 going on 18, brewing since 95.

 

[Gar]

Im 44 but i did start brewing in my early 20s.

 

[MindenMan]

I'm 54, started brewing 2-1/2 years ago, and I don't see an end to it. My LHBS always had different beers on tap to give away that he had brewed. I tasted an Oatmeal Stout
and wondered where this nectar of the gods had been hiding all my life. I was in my early 30's then, and couldn't brew where I lived. So I basically forgot about it. I remember a couple that I worked with were making some kind of a cherry holiday beer, and thought they were nuts. This was in 1993 or so.

 

[Bobb25]

I received the home brewing kit for my birthday #67 from SWMBO, and my second batch is now in the fermentor. I am grateful for the knowledge shared by all of you whipper-snappers.
Bob

 

[badlee]

I am 35,started about 5 years ago.

 

[seniorgreenpants]

Im 29. Start of my 6th season of making my homebrew.

 

[cruizer8]

I am 28. Started brewing almost 3 years ago.

 

[Pilgarlic]

57 here, and a relative rookie with three+ years of experience. The poll's upper bracket of "40+" evidences some pollster bias.

 

[TheCanisDirus]

57 here, and a relative rookie with three+ years of experience. The poll's upper bracket of "40+" evidences some pollster bias.

My thoughts exactly. Why not a few more groupings after?

 

[wildman128]

I'm 34 and just started in September but I think it's already turned into a lifetime obsession!

 

[Spartan1979]

Old guys rule!

57 here. Started in 91 and basically stopped about 2000. Started up again about 4 years ago and I am enjoying it much more than I used to.

 

[Daphne-weizen]

I'm 48 and started brewing a little less than a year ago. All you young whippersnappers out there(20-30)laugh all you want at us "old foggies", but just remember this: Your time is coming!

 

[sfish]

I am 56 my brew friend 58...

You should redo the poll to show 40-50 50-60 60-70