Does your Brother brew too?

[Beerbeque]

My older Brother is thinking of starting a brewing hobby. He knows I've enjoyed the hobby and been successful at it so I was wondering if any of you guys have a Brother that brews and if so, is he your older brother or younger Brother?

 

[Hellfish76]

One of my older brothers brews but not the other one. He started about 3 years before me and has been a good sounding board to bounce ideas off of.

I think we bore our family when we get together because we basically only talk about beer.

 

[volsfan5012]

My little brother lives in Michigan, I live in Tennessee. When He came to TN and got his first taste of homebrew...he was hooked. So now he spends a fortune on equipment and brewing, just like his big brother...

 

[LVBen]

No. I have two brothers. Neither of them brew. They don't even particularly like beer, but at least my younger brother is open to trying a wide variety of different beers.

 

[Demon]

My older brother brews with me.

 

[Mustangfreak]

No, my little brother is an alcoholic.

 

[sketerbuck]

I brew with my brother and my dad.

 

[PantherCity]

My older brother(+8yrs) brews and he got me started. He has brewed for ~6 years and I had brewed with him a hand full of times. When I got a real job and a house where I could brew, I started up. He introduced me to this forum and helped me decide on all my initial equipment.
Since then (~1.5yrs) I I have really gotten into it and have even gotten him to adopt some of my techniques. In some ways the student has become the master. Because he has 6 kids, I have alot more time and less responsibilities than him so I brew alot more often. We collaborate on brews and we talking about ideas and techniques.
It is awesome, and it has really helped us re-connect. With the large age gap between us we had not been that close in the past. We were living apart for so long at college and for work. We are closer now than ever before.

If your brother is interested I suggest you have him over for a brew day and really walk him through every step. If he wants to start that is great, it could be something you could really bond over. Brewing is such a big part of my life and it is nice to share that with my brother. We are so different and don't see eye to eye on much but it has been great for us.

 

[the_bird]

Just talking to my brother about this the other day. Said he always wanted to brew, but never could find the time. He's got a new house that doesn't need as much work as the old one, so maybe I can get him to start.

 

[Bulls Beers]

No, my sister doesn't brew...

 

[Vance71975]

My older Brother is thinking of starting a brewing hobby. He knows I've enjoyed the hobby and been successful at it so I was wondering if any of you guys have a Brother that brews and if so, is he your older brother or younger Brother?

Nope dont have a brother

 

[JoeyChopps]

Nope my older brother doesn't even drink good beer mostly natty

 

[wildwest450]

My little brother lives in Michigan, I live in Tennessee. When He came to TN and got his first taste of homebrew...he was hooked. So now he spends a fortune on equipment and brewing, just like his big brother...

We know which brother is cooler, at least until he moves down here.


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[Beezy]

My little bro passed away 3 years ago. He was starting to make wine. My dad makes wine as well. I am certain he would be brewing beer if he were still alive :-(

 

[Mustangfreak]

My little bro passed away 3 years ago. He was starting to make wine. My dad makes wine as well. I am certain he would be brewing beer if he were still alive :-(

Sorry to hear man

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

Neither of my brothers brew but my younger brother, who is 22, has been exploring beer so I think at some point in the future he might try it.

 

[Turner5]

Growing up my dad homebrewed for a little while and then quit doing it. A few years ago my sister and law bought my brother and I homebrew kits for Christmas and we've been doing it ever since. All of our talk into homebrewing got my dad back into it so now all three of us homebrew.

I recently saw my dad and brother and we were talking about brewing. My dad mentioned my grandfather actually homebrewed too. So I'm a third generation homebrewer!

 

[Bradinator]

My brother doesn't brew. Actually he hates the smell of homebrewing and generally dislikes the taste of homebrew. Of course he also doesn't like IPA's, stouts, wheat ales, etc.

He always asks "Why doesn't your beer taste like 'INSERT BMC HERE'?"

Isn't it obvious? So you don't drink it.

 

[heywolfie1015]

I've tried to get my little brother into it. He likes the process, but isn't much of a beer drinker, so doesn't do it himself. However, he's always happy to help out, and he lives and dies by my witbier and Oktoberfest.

 

[biochemedic]

One of the closest things I have to a brother (only child here) is a good friend from school...we were always very into craft beer and wanted to start brewing, but I preceeded him by a few years...I just got to the life situation that was conducive to it before him.
He finally started being able to brew a few months back, and I can't wait to try some of his brews when I can eventually get back out to visit him...

 

[danorocks17]

no brothers :-(

 

[jafo28]

Brother in-law started brewing in January, after having some of my brews and hearing me talk about the hobby. He is now doing all-grain, and has a three keg kegerator. He usually send me texts asking for advice and stuff. I've tried to get him to come to this site, but as far as I know he hasn't ended up here. I'll keep trying.

 

[mthompson]

My youngest brother is interested....he is mostly a rum drinker, but a few bad nights of that landed him on probation for a year.

Once that's done he'll maybe start. He already has an antique 3-burner natural gas burner in his basement....gas still hooked up, too!

 

[aycockbrews]

my older brother and I both enjoy a good beer. He recently did a ale im not sure which one. and i decided i wanted to do it also. i had been thinking about it for several years but i didnt know there was others who home brewed. So here i am still a noob at homebrew. im ready to start my first soon in the next few weeks. he does all grain. Im starting with a bitter ipa pre-hopped extract. maybe a stout or porter next. he will prob come over and help me brew it if he has time.

 

[dannypo]

I've been brewing for about 8 years. About 5 years ago I got my older brother hooked on good beer and he started brewing 2 years ago. My younger brother always resisted until this past winter when he started buying Bells, Dark Horse and Founders out of the blue. I helped him brew his second beer yesterday. Now it's time to go to work on Dad.

 

[BeerBDrew]

I have two brothers (+3 years and -2). My dad's cousin has been a homebrewer for between 15 and 20 years and would occasionally bring a jockey box or a kegerator to family events (my fam is irish catholic/german...uh yeah, we're beer drinkers ) and we used to talk about wanting to homebrew too. We're 32 and 30 now, and finally started out one year ago. We made 6 extract batches and went straight into all-grain, which wasn't as scary as it would have been had we not helped my dad's cousin a bit before. We're both really into it, but he has to brew at my house cuz he lives in an apartment. It's awesome to hang with him and help him design beer recipes and stuff.

Our older brother isn't too interested in brewing, but he's plenty interested in drinking it. In a good way, not a mooch way.

 

[yummybeer]

hate to say it, sad to say it, but i only see my brother (6 yrs younger) maybe once a year and maybe for only about 24-48 hrs at a time. as far as i gather, he wouldn't be the kind of guy who'd want to homebrew beer.

 

[JacksSpleen]

Yup, my older brother got me hooked on homebrew.
He lives about 4 hours away and we brew together every now and again. But we pass recipes and techniques back and forth on a weekly sometime daily basis.
Even brewed the same beer simultaneously once. :rockin:

 

[elpenoso]

My younger brother got me started in this even though Ive been thinking about it for years. I have now surpassed him in quality and quantity.

 

[SkyHighBrew88]

My brother is younger by 2 years & also got into brewing. He made a pretty awesome expresso stout I had last night. Never thought I'd enjoy multiple beers of that style but it proved me wrong.