How old were you when you began this journey?

[Col_klink]

I was 20 when I got my first kit from my brother for my birthday. Brewed 5 or 6 batches and then stopped for reasons I can't remember. Just picked it up again last year at 39 years old. Now I have a garage and plenty of space to work with; in my twenties I was mostly in apartments. Plus now I have the money to spend on the equipment to do it right. Like you guys, my money went other places in my 20's :fro:

-Klink

 

[mr_rogers]

The first thing I ever made was closet wine when I was 19. Started brewing at 20 and now I'm almost 23. I doubt I'll ever stop, It's just way too fun!


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[mr_rogers]

I brewed my first batch this past year. I'm 55, however I can read at the level of a 56 year old, so I've got that going for me...

Just thought this was an awesome post. Haha thumbs up for being hilarious!


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[StLouBrew]

Just thought this was an awesome post. Haha thumbs up for being hilarious!

Thanks, and I hope it's another wonderful day in your neighborhood!

 

[wiggybrewer]

34. Started in 97.

 

[MarcusKillion]

I was just a wee lad barely big enough to hold up a beer can . hey they were not aluminum back then . After my big brother showed me the hole that was broken in the wall at the back of the grocery store , just about on brick wide , right where the beer was stored ! , I discovered the great taste of beer . Now at 5 years old I did not really have any other beers in my life to compare this one to so I thought all beers were great . I quickly became a lush and had to join the junior alcoholics anonymous group . got my first TWI when I was 6 . tricycling while intoxicated.
actually I did steal the beer through the hole when i was 5 . Did it several times before they caught on and blocked the hole . I do not have any idea what kind of beer it was

 

[Rhumbline]

52 here.

I don't know why I didn't start earlier.

 

[akillys]

I started when I was 17. I had a job at a kitchen ware store. My manager let me buy a Mr.beer kit. I brewed the American ale they had at the time. My parents didn't mind as long as I only drank while around them so they could supervise me. Made my first batch and realized I didn't like the taste of beer yet. I would then make prison wines with Apple juice and yeast every once in a while up until I turned 21. I'm 27 now and have just started brewing with more serious equipment and enjoy the taste of beer.

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[hamburgerfan]

Just started (3rd batch is fermenting right now) at age 22.

 

[nvious23]

I started at 35 around last christmas. Just getting ready to register for my first competition, super excited.

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[krduckman]

36 or so


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[willy_mugobeer]

First time, I did a couple batches in college -- was probably 19 or 20. Got back into it with a vengeance at 43.

 

[njs170]

29

 

[goodyx7]

Started making wine at 22 didn't brew beer until I was 34.

 

[Black Island Brewer]

30 when I started, 49 now...so many wasted years...

 

[BrewerinBR]

Brewed batch #0001 on Wednesday 27 December 2010 at age 54.
I will brew batch 0100 on Sunday 09 March 2014.

 

[brewbama]

I started when I was 29, brewed for 3 yrs, took almost 20 yrs off, I'm 51 now. I have no idea how many batches I've brewed total but I think I've brewed over a dozen batches since starting up again when AL made it legal.


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[bhanson]

17. Parents were away on vacation and I stayed home 'earning money for college'. Made a hideous trash can brew from a kit. Drank it all. That was 30 years ago.

 

[khallene]

Started at 18 in college...sold some for money to make more, drank the rest. Took a few years off, started again, took another year off, now back at it with no plans to stop anytime soon.

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[MarcusKillion]

17. Parents were away on vacation and I stayed home 'earning money for college'. Made a hideous trash can brew from a kit. Drank it all. That was 30 years ago.

do you still have that hang over ?

 

[ChefRex]

I brewed a couple of batches 20 some odd years ago but didn't keep up with it till I picked it up again a little over a year ago at 51, I'm hooked!

 

[IvanBrew]

I brewed my 1st batch at a buddy's place in college. I was 19, lol.

 

[glick]

I started at 29

 

[mtnagel]

33. It was over 2 years ago. My friend got me into doing extract batches and we started out doing 10 gal batches that we spilt or 2 different 5 gal batches. Now I brew without him.

 

[Illuveatar]

I started making wine when I was 14 and started brewing beer at 18 because I couldn't buy it legally.


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[Hammy71]

37

 

[MT_Keg]

Started making wine and beer at 25.

 

[i4ourgot]

19 but than at that age quality was not as big a concern as getting hammered. Definitely had some foamy crappy beer.

 

[knyland]

34 have a couple dozen batches under my belt!

 

[LabRatBrewer]

16, I found a copy of the Charlie Papazian's The Complete Joy of Home Brewing in a park. This was in 1984 or 85, the book was new. Greatest stroke of luck in my life.