Is it ok to brew beer if I don't have a beard ??

[tonyc318]

I shaved my beard down to a goatee once because I work one shift at a gym where the owner doesn't like beards. Needless to say I felt like a part of me was missing. My beard is currently growing back.

 

[Wynne-R]

Wow. If Yooper is doin’ the Groucho thing there might be something to it. If a fake moustache works as well as a beard that certainly opens things up.

More research is required.

 

[jamboparty]

Chris Rock had a skit where he mentioned something that could be applied to brewing without a beard...

"You can drive a car with your feet if you want to, but that don't make it a good f__kin' idea!"

 

[sarsnavy05]

I knew I was doing something wrong... Not shaving only two days out of the week has been throwing things just slightly off

 

[cheezydemon3]

Yeah, it is such a given that it has somehow gotten overlooked.

On the first page of Papazian's Book, before the table of contents, it says "If you don't have a beard don't even freaking read this""

 

[JankoDawg86]

I haven't brewed without a beard yet and all my brews have turned out great! Coincidence? I don't think so!

 

[cheezydemon3]

I haven't brewed without a beard yet and all my brews have turned out great! Coincidence? I don't think so!

Me neither!



(sorry just saw a noob with a title for every post, I LOVE it I further thought that a contradictory title would be neato!)

 

[eanmcnulty]

Being a blonde, nearly hairless freak I was able to eek out about 12 hairs to form a soul patch. I wasn't sure it it was enough, but the beer is getting better, so I think I'm safe.

 

[Slowfro]

I'm much too pretty to cover my beautiful face with a beard. Maybe some scruff for brew day but that's it.

 

[cheezydemon3]

I'm much too pretty to cover my beautiful face with a beard. Maybe some scruff for brew day but that's it.

I work at a bank and they absolutely want me bearded or shaven. No scruff, no shadow.

I alternate every few months.

never fails that when I shave off my beard lots of ladies bother to tell me I look sooooooomuch better without the beard.

DAMMIT! hate shaving.

 

[DDQ]

This explains a lot! I haven't had a beard in years, and started brewing about a month ago. I haven't shaved in 3 weeks. Couldn't tell ya why I suddenly decided to stop shaving. Why grow a beard when it's 105 in the shade?? Because I'm a freakin home brewer!

 

[thepartsmancometh]

I haven't been clean shaven since...2004 or 2005 I think (ever since I've been able to grow one)

I haven't shaved at all for at least 4 years now.
My beard has increased, and my brewing has improved

More beard = better beer!

 

[daksin]

Man, I hate my beard- it's patchy and disgusting. My face looks like the top of Jeremy Clarkson's head. On a diet and have promised myself that I'll get rid of the damn thing once I lose X number of pounds, but I'm concerned that my brewing will suffer. The moustache stays, though. What say you all?

 

[GarageDweller]

focus on the art of brewing, cast out thoughts of grooming. grooming is the path to the dark side.

"There is no try, or try-not. There is only brew and brew-not.."
-Yoda

 

[MicroBrewMaster]

Add me to the beard brewer list

 

[tre9er]

I don't know that I'd ever be able to grow a respectable beard, but I rarely shave nonetheless. I work in an office, so from time to time I have to at least trim the scruff...I mean, I wore a 3-piece suit to the interview, fresh with a $20 haircut and EVERYTHING! After 2-3 years of service I plan to fully let myself go.

 

[FirstStateBrewer]

I think people with large beards are just compensating for other deficiencies in their lives! Perhaps that's why they have more time to brew. ;-)

 

[Wynne-R]

La Barbe-

A group of French feminists has found a new way to fight inequality - with sarcastic humour and fake beards. Only rarely is there a violent response...

The name comes from the group's pantomime style of protest. Its members infiltrate high-level, male-dominated meetings. In due course they get to their feet and silently don false beards before one of them reads out an ironic statement congratulating the men on their supremacy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18497881

 

[0202]

The french loooooooove a good protest

 

[edroberts]

Apparently Rogue says a beard may be needed. They plan to brew a beer from yeast found their brewmaster's beard.

http://beerpulse.com/2012/06/rogue-ales-to-create-beer-using-yeast-from-brewmasters-beard-follicles/

 

[cheezydemon3]

Apparently Rogue says a beard may be needed. They plan to brew a beer from yeast found their brewmaster's beard.

http://beerpulse.com/2012/06/rogue-ales-to-create-beer-using-yeast-from-brewmasters-beard-follicles/

Yep, puked.

 

[H-ost]

I recently got a second job that requires me to be clean shaven. My beers have since become less and less incredible. My theory is that I had one for so long that some of it is carrying over but I fear I am "running on fumes". Maybe I need to take a 3 week hiatus from working and over fill my pipeline....

 

[buzzkill]

this is the first I have heard of this.. but I have had a beard since before I started to brew. I have never got a stuck mash,infection or had a bad beer. so it must be true.

 

[slatkin]

I tried to brew without a beard once. It was BAD. For the love of good beer grow a beard. Please. Dont make bad beer,Dont tempt the beer gods.

 

[texasbrewer73]

I think this should be a sticky under "General Techniques"

 

[SledgeH]

My first batch was 2 years ago, a simple Mr Beer kit, and I was beardless. It was less than stellar, but drinkable due to the goatee I was sporting. I used the birth of my daughter this year as an excuse to stop shaving. Thankfully the SWMBO was so exhausted that there were no voiced complaints. Three months later and I'm up to 60 gallons of brewed goodness. Do not underestimate the power of the beard.

 

[sweetcell]

the first time i hit the homebrew shop to buy all my initial supplies i told SWMBO: "based on what i've just witnessed, looks like i'm going to have to grow a beard". that almost put an end to my hobby before i had even started.

i do need to shave for work but i tend to shave as little as possible. by the time brew-day (aka saturday or sunday) rolls around i have a decent scruff going (work from home on fridays). i think it's been sufficient to fool the yeast into thinking i have a beard - or that i am on my way to growing one. while hard-working, yeast can be gullible at times.

 

[thepartsmancometh]

If a job required me to shave, it had better pay over 100k per year!

 

[nightcelt]

My German's pretty rusty but flipping through my copy of the Reinheitsgebot just now, it looks like there's something about going gebearden un der brewday. Looks like the beard and brewing thing, it goes waaaaaay back.

 

[generalzod4791]

Beards never live up to one's expectations