How old are you? (Poll)

[LVBen]

I'm curious about the distribution in age of us homebrewers. At 30, my body is falling apart, and I'm pretty sure some of the more difficult tasks in homebrewing will eventually keep me from brewing or force me to upgrade to a much more expensive system. I'm also curious at what age homebrewers stop homebrewing altogether. There was a previous age poll. It is a few years old, and I'd rather get new numbers from current homebrewers, so I made this new one!

 

[ElevenBrewCo]

Ha! Your still young! I plan on brewing when im in a scooter!

 

[pdxkale]

I'm not that much older than you, Ben, but I'm with Eleven. They can have my BK when they pry it from my cold, dead hands!

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Buy the expensive system now and get ahead of the statistics.

 

[ElevenBrewCo]

I can see it now il have pully systems all over my garage. Massive thermometers and gauges. Its gonna be great

 

[DeafSmith]

65 here - still able to lift a 6 gallon Better Bottle full to the brim with cleaning solution (in a milk crate) from the floor to the counter top. :rockin:

 

[LVBen]

Buy the expensive system now and get ahead of the statistics.

I'm just not quite quite ready to spend $1500 on a brewing system. My next big purchase will probably be a real brewing kettle in the $200-$300 range. I'm currently using a 10 gal stock pot.

 

[AnOldUR]

. . . My next big purchase will probably be a real brewing kettle in the $200-$300 range.

Not only am I one of only a few old f**ks on HBT, but now I find out that my hundred dollar 62qt stainless Bayou brew pot isn't even real.

Damn, might as well give up brewing.

 

[FromZwolle]

Ha! Your still young! I plan on brewing when im in a scooter!

i'm 30 and i ride a scooter.

 

[LVBen]

Not only am I one of only a few old f**ks on HBT, but now I find out that my hundred dollar 62qt stainless Bayou brew pot isn't even real.

Damn, might as well give up brewing.

I have a 40-quart pot. It works, but I'd prefer something with a built-in thermometer, ball valve, and a false bottom.

 

[LVBen]

i'm 30 and i ride a scooter.

Hopefully, by the time I am in a scooter, we'll have some anti-gravity technology, and we'll be able to carry around buckets, carboys, and kegs of beer as if they were blocks of Styrofoam.

 

[iaefebs]

59 here, I have to move my 250# ferment chamber from the garage to the basement. I will do it Monday when it warms up. I plan things now, it used to be I just did it.

 

[thedartedash]

you also must consider the age of people who use the internet in general.

 

[Pappers_]

you also must consider the age of people who use the internet in general.

Yes, at 49, I'm in the middle of the age spectrum of my home brew club (www.bossbeer.org). My sense is the average user here is a little younger, perhaps. That's just my sense, not scientific.

 

[FromZwolle]

Yes, at 49, I'm in the middle of the age spectrum of my home brew club (www.bossbeer.org). My sense is the average user here is a little younger, perhaps. That's just my sense, not scientific.

you're in boss? now i really have to attend a meeting. i'm still kicking myself for missing the september meeting. it was literally 2 minutes from my house.

 

[bottlebomber]

Im 31. My dad is 70 and can chop through a cord of oak with a splitting maul while my mom who is only a few years behind him stacks it, and I feel im at my peak physically now, and think ill stay here for about 5-8 more years. I attribute the youthfulness to a lifelong vegetarian diet that my parents passed down to me. I have friends that are my age, and ive been watching them eat burgers and fries every day for lunch for the last 10 years and they are finished, physically. I will stop brewing never, ill just buy a system with a pump or make some of my bastard grandchildren lift whatever is heavy.

 

[Airborneguy]

About to turn 33 and hitting my second peak of fitness (I went on a tear in 2007). I'm in better shape now than when I was in the Army, seriously. I do it for the brew! I want my lower back to stay strong until I'm at least 70.

 

[bottlebomber]

About to turn 33 and hitting my second peak of fitness (I went on a tear in 2007). I'm in better shape now than when I was in the Army, seriously. I do it for the brew! I want my lower back to stay strong until I'm at least 70.

Brewing helps me to stay fit as well, mostly because since I've been brewing I drink WAY more beer than I used to, and im not even remotely interested in picking up one of these:

 

[jonmohno]

The more brews i drink the more miles i go.Will work for beer.

 

[Pappers_]

you're in boss? now i really have to attend a meeting. i'm still kicking myself for missing the september meeting. it was literally 2 minutes from my house.

The next meeting is next Friday, in Kankakee, I think. If you go to the website www.bossbeer.org and look at the current month's newsletter, you'll find all the info.

 

[By-Tor]

65 here - still able to lift a 6 gallon Better Bottle full to the brim with cleaning solution (in a milk crate) from the floor to the counter top. :rockin:

Your a beast!!!!!

 

[Billybob7]

Looks like I'm the only one under 21 so far.

Before anyone starts worrying about me being underage, I'm in the UK. We can brew and drink from 18, so I might have been the youngest person legally on the site when I joined at 19 to get advice on how to brew in my university halls of residence.

 

[FromZwolle]

Looks like I'm the only one under 21 so far.

Before anyone starts worrying about me being underage, I'm in the UK. We can brew and drink from 18, so I might have been the youngest person legally on the site when I joined at 19 to get advice on how to brew in my university halls of residence.

nope. we had an 18 year old from canada(i think). it caused a little bit of a ruckus.

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Just turned 26. I've been homebrewing pretty much since I turned 21

 

[glenn514]

I'll celebrate the 36th anniversary of my 29th birthday in about two weeks. I'm in better shape now than I was ten years ago [I pedal my stationary bike over seven miles a day, and do a upper body workout while pedaling], and I have no problem moving a full Better Bottle...either a 5 gallon or a 6 gallon...from the floor to the kitchen counter. I plan to keep on brewing until I fall over dead!

glenn514

 

[biggben]

Just turned 30 a couple months ago

 

[WineChief]

I'm 47 and am just starting up again after a 25 year hiatus.

 

[pablo1337]

I'm 21, almost 22 and I have only been brewing for 11 months, however I had made barley and hop drinks which were contaminated with yeast, which then made me feel funny No clue what that could have been....

 

[scrambledegg81]

Just turned 30 a couple months ago

About to hit 3-0 in December...wondering what the hell to do with myself (both that night and in the long run).