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

[rented_mule73]

I have seen numerous posts of brew days and noticed that even though only a small portion of the general population has beards it seems to be a mandate for home brewers ....... Any theories on this ?

 

[MyNameIsPaul]

You need to have at least a goatee, that way when you stick your head in the bucket to smell your beer, you'll catch a little krausen in it. Chicks dog krausen, man....

 

[Robin0782]

No it is not. Begin growing one immediately, and in the meantime be sure to buy a fake beard to get you by.

 

[beowulf]

Sure you can brew beer without a beard....but I wouldn't recommend it

 

[MaddBaggins]

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that it is required to have some kind of facial hair to homebrew. If you don't, you are tempting the fates and could end up with skunked, zombie inducing swill that even your old Uncle Phil wouldn't drink. I hear even yooper wears a fake mustache on brew day.

Tread carefully man.

 

[jma99]

No,

But you can't ride a recumbent bicycle without one!

 

[rented_mule73]

I am bald and wonder if a toupee would satisfy the hair requirement for homebrew..... guess I could strap it to my chin during the brew session.....

 

[cheezydemon3]

Like so many things, the answer is not so simple.

The beard is only useful for attracting brew fairies, without which, you can only Lager.

So if you are making an ale, a beard is necessary, unless you want gnomes stealing your bear, of course.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/apparently-i-have-evil-gnomes-stealing-bear-out-my-primary-187905/

 

[PondScum]

Buy this now! We'd hate to see you get fined for brewing without the beard.

 

[NoRoom4Error]

Ya GOatee or GO home...

 

[MaddBaggins]

Buy this now! We'd hate to see you get fined for brewing without the beard.

Looks more like a bootlegger beard

 

[Proboscidea]

Very few women can grow copious quantities of facial hair, and, in general, those who can choose to remove it. However, brewing is a strong beard-attractant, and bearded gentleman-specimens can be spotted flocking around brew days, even if they are not brewing themselves, and at social events where the home brewed beer is being consumed, in larger proportions than one would expect with the general population.

 

[jimmayhugh]

you can use a merkin in a pinch...

 

[0202]

Its a quantum physics thing and as long as no one observes you without the beard, there is still some inherent probability that you have one.

So be secretive or be bearded.

 

[edroberts]

Its a quantum physics thing and as long as no one observes you without the beard, there is still some inherent probability that you have one.

So be secretive or be bearded.

Is that like, "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?"... Instead "If a person boils and ferments wort and does not have a beard, is it actually beer?"

 

[DobrePivo]

Shaved head and no facial hair, save for the two-days' growth as I brew on the weekend. My beer is coveted by those around me. I do fine without and don't plan on changing a thing.

 

[Hammy71]

You need to have some sort of facial hair to make beer. Well.....unless your a girl person like Yooper or something. I guess I can make an exception for that.

 

[Jakeintoledo]

This has never occurred to me....having facial hair remarkably like Doc Holliday from Tombstone, I reckon that's good enough.

 

[Bithead]

It's about people not beards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_e8pppLwYAA

 

[neosapien]

but the AHA hates on beards now. remember, brewers are supposed to present a cleancut image to the world

 

[Stauffbier]

You need to have a beard! If not, how will you get good wild yeast to ferment with?!
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/beard-yeast-beer-338192/

 

[texasbrewer73]

The beard is a filter. That's the secret

 

[biochemedic]

It's about people not beards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_e8pppLwYAA

Damn, even the lady bartender has one! Perhaps Yooper *does* need to "man up"...

 

[arturo7]

Don't shave on brewday.

 

[hansen_sh]

Shaved head and no facial hair, save for the two-days' growth as I brew on the weekend. My beer is coveted by those around me. I do fine without and don't plan on changing a thing.

So the merkin is workin it appears.

Good to know in case I singe all of my hair in a hop addition accident

you can use a merkin in a pinch...

 

[Yooper]

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that it is required to have some kind of facial hair to homebrew. If you don't, you are tempting the fates and could end up with skunked, zombie inducing swill that even your old Uncle Phil wouldn't drink. I hear even yooper wears a fake mustache on brew day.

Tread carefully man.

You need to have some sort of facial hair to make beer. Well.....unless your a girl person like Yooper or something. I guess I can make an exception for that.

Yes, I have to wear my Groucho nose and fake moustache on brewday, so I fit in.

 

[Micha]

I naturaly grew a beard starting from my 3rd batch. Not sure why; I just feeled compeled to do so.

 

[william_shakes_beer]

Of course, technically if you are male and shave periodically, you have a beard. You just need a microscope to see it. That's my story and I'm stickin to it.

 

[BrotherGrim]

It is not optional, you must have a beard. Facial hair, chest hair, back hair, errr.... well you know. No manscaping round the brew pot.

 

[grimstuff]

I can't be bothered with shaving all the time. Once a week, max. Anyone who brews isn't going to be your straight-laced clean-shaven pansy, in any case. That's for wine drinkers.