Has brewing changed your drinking habits at all?

[bleme]

This my brother's main reason not to keg his beer. If he could just pull a pint whenever he wanted, raging alcoholism would not be far behind! Lol

This was my wife's argument against me getting a keg system for many years. In my case, it might have increased consumption by 6% so all that worrying was for nothing.

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

I have a 4 tap system and full most days, you would think I would drink more but I actually drink less just more often, a couple every night and I'm good

 

[BrewZer]

I'd say it's the other way 'round... drinking has changed my brewing habits... the more I drink, the more I brew, the more I drink...

It's a vicious, delicious cycle.

 

[treacheroustexan]

I used to drink a lot of craft, now I still drink a lot of craft but even more homebrew. I also consume double IPA's and labatt blues at the same pace. Doesn't usually work out in my favor.

 

[jstringer1983]

I am truly in love with beer haha, i drink a lot of it. Its one of my favorite things about brewing. I drink the same amount, but i appreciate every nuance because i built it for me. My beers are tailored to my tastes from extensive r&d and recipe development lol. Itd be a waste not to consume it fast while its still fresh.

 

[Jtk78]

I do drink more, especially since kegging. Before I brewed, I didn't drink at all during the week, or at least very rarely. When I bottled, I may have 1-3 during the week. Now I'm up to 3-5 during the week, though usually 10oz pours. Weekend consumption has stayed about the same.

Having one beer a night I don't see as trying to catch a buzz, I view it as selecting the beverage currently available that taste the best to me. No different than selecting a can of soda over ice tea. Doctors may disagree with me.

 

[TGFV]

Drink more beer but better beer.

I had just finished a 2 year sober period (nothing wrong, just busy with my first born) and when I ended up drinking again was mostly crap adjunct lagers which didn't cut it for me. Started home brewing to save money while drinking beer and from there started drinking craft beer and branching out to styles I never would have tried otherwise.

Though I have had to switch to counting my beer drinking by the gallon so it doesn't sound bad to some of my co-workers and family.

 

[brewcat]

A boot is only one glass.

 

[grampamark]

I gave up drinking for a month. Wait-punctuation matters.

I gave up. Drinking for a month.

 

[DownstairsBrewing]

Biggest difference for me is that my beer taste has gone haywire. I still like all the beers I used to, but now I have a new appreciation for all sorts that I never liked before. I have become brew-promiscuous.