Personality types

[stosh]

I'm curious what kinds of personalities we home brewers have in our midst.

Before I first started brewing on 11/4/17 I did a ton of reading. One of the more common denominators I noticed was that everyone (maybe not everyone but the vast majority) wanted to help. So many people offering their experience so we can turn out a better batch.

What I mean by personalities is this: I brewed yesterday and this morning went downstairs to do a visual check. Everything is copasetic.

Then I sat down and did some reloading. I love the shooting sports so I reload my own ammo and given the fact that I live walking distance to the shooting range this suits me all the better. If you don't like firearms or the people that own them I'm okay with that but please don't lambaste me over it. I respect your view regardless.

Your personal preferences in music, politics, domestic v. imported (anything),
chevy v. ford, roe v. wade, how you like your hair cut, etc simply doesn't matter to me. I have friends who couldn't be more opposite of me on politics for example but I love them all the same.

I find it fascinating how brewing brings people together.

What's your personality?

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

What's your personality?

INTJ

 

[triethylborane]

MBTI tested INTJ. Several times from HS, college, military. Seems to stick. Only perception (intuition - sensing) was close.

Then I sat down and did some reloading. I love the shooting sports so I reload my own ammo and given the fact that I live walking distance to the shooting range this suits me all the better. If you don't like firearms or the people that own them I'm okay with that but please don't lambaste me over it. I respect your view regardless.

My political views overlap with Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell; economic right, social libertarian (slight).

 

[MaxStout]

I'm curious what kinds of personalities we home brewers have in our midst.

Before I first started brewing on 11/4/17 I did a ton of reading. One of the more common denominators I noticed was that everyone (maybe not everyone but the vast majority) wanted to help. So many people offering their experience so we can turn out a better batch.

What I mean by personalities is this: I brewed yesterday and this morning went downstairs to do a visual check. Everything is copasetic.

Then I sat down and did some reloading. I love the shooting sports so I reload my own ammo and given the fact that I live walking distance to the shooting range this suits me all the better. If you don't like firearms or the people that own them I'm okay with that but please don't lambaste me over it. I respect your view regardless.

Your personal preferences in music, politics, domestic v. imported (anything),
chevy v. ford, roe v. wade, how you like your hair cut, etc simply doesn't matter to me. I have friends who couldn't be more opposite of me on politics for example but I love them all the same.

I find it fascinating how brewing brings people together.

What's your personality?

Another INTJ. It was a good fit for my careers in engineering, and later, law. As it applies to brewing, I enjoy the science of it as much as the social aspects.

Politics/social views: social progressive, economic libertarian. I often question authority. Just because you've always done something a certain way doesn't mean it's not incredibly stupid.
Guns: Not into them, but I'm OK if you are.
Music: Progressive rock, blues rock, some electronica/ambient. Don't like cloying pop songs. Rap is not music, it's just talking in rhythm.
Domestic/imported: I am a consumerist. I simply ask for the best value for my money, regardless of where it's made. I have no loyalty to brands, countries of origin, etc. It's nothing more than a practical decision to me.

 

[Owly055]

Political discussion has no place in this forum, however this is NOT political discussion in the real sense. We are not discussing issues, or politicians, etc, merely discovering where we as individuals stand. With that in mind I encourage everybody to go to Politicalcompass.org and take the test there: https://www.politicalcompass.org/ They identify where you stand on a two dimensional scale instead of the typically mindless "left/right" scale. It's a rather more accurate depiction of where you really stand with regard to consequential people of the present and past. My results always seem to place me right next to Gandhi, and I'm very comfortable with that.

H.W.

 

[MaxStout]

Political discussion has no place in this forum, however this is NOT political discussion in the real sense. We are not discussing issues, or politicians, etc, merely discovering where we as individuals stand. With that in mind I encourage everybody to go to Politicalcompass.org and take the test there: https://www.politicalcompass.org/ They identify where you stand on a two dimensional scale instead of the typically mindless "left/right" scale. It's a rather more accurate depiction of where you really stand with regard to consequential people of the present and past. My results always seem to place me right next to Gandhi, and I'm very comfortable with that.

H.W.

I'm about halfway between Gandhi and Friedman in that test.

 

[mongoose33]

According to this: https://www.16personalities.com./ I'm an ENTP-A personality type. Reading through the descriptions of various areas, I'd say that's mostly correct. The label for that type is "Debater."

I'm a scientist by training and inclination so much of what that personality type suggests is consistent with that.

I like figuring things out; the more complicated, the more delicious the journey. Brewing can be done simply, but IMO it's not necessarily a simplistic exercise. Lots to learn to try to "master" it, knowing I'll never reach that goal. But the fun is in the journey, and the beauty of brewing is there are lots of intermediate "destinations." Read: beers! I get feedback all the time, good or bad. I like that.

I've been delving into Low Oxygen brewing lately. Complicated stuff, and I wouldn't say I've completely mastered regular brewing. But what the hey! I'm 47 batches in, enough that I have a fair amount of experience, but not so much that there aren't still exciting discoveries.

I also am in to shooting sports, trap shooting, IDPA, some other things. Also I reload. I find there are many similarities between reloading/shooting and brewing. Making up recipes, seeing how things work, altering variables to see how outcomes change--very similar in my mind. I also teach shooting, am a scholastic coach. There are few things I enjoy more than introducing someone who has never shot a gun to shooting a pistol. The look on their face when they've done it is priceless.

I'm pro-firearms obviously, but didn't used to be. I simply discovered along the way that what I had been led to believe about guns and gun control was mostly wrong, and often rooted in emotion, not logic or facts. I don't have a problem changing my position if the facts warrant. I wish more people were like that.

Because I'm a scientist I'm analytical; that works pretty well with brewing and now with trying to figure out LODO brewing. Part of my personality is that I need to see if something is better or not. I originally bought a pistol because I realized I couldn't have an informed opinion about guns if I didn't know anything about them. One thing led to another, learning to disassemble and reaassemble them, do trigger jobs on guns, learn to reload, learn to shoot better.....all because I chose to challenge my beliefs.

Same with brewing. I was doing just fine with traditional mash tun brewing, but chose to give BIAB a try. I know why many are resistant to trying that, because I felt it too: I'd invested a certain amount of time and effort and learning into making that work, and to switch to BIAB was to make that knowledge useless from a practical point of view. But I couldn't hold an opinion about BIAB if I hadn't done it. For me, I like it.

Same with LODO brewing. Only way to have an informed opinion is to try to make it work. Complicated stuff, actually, and not without some cost to do it. But I'm getting there, and have had enough success with it to continue pursuing it. I have more places I can improve.

Music: my tastes are very eclectic; I like Nightwish (Gothic Metal Opera), Classic Rock, Neil Diamond, Trans-Siberian Orchestra. If it's good, I like it.

Politics: mostly Libertarian in outlook, progressive socially, conservative economically. Not a lot of places for someone like me. Vote for Gary Johnson because voting for either of the major candidates was voting for the lesser of two evils, and a lesser evil is still evil.

Beer: In almost every case, whenever I'm out in a bar or taproom, I find myself wishing they had my beer on tap. I tend to like malty beers, can like an IPA if it's focus is on flavor and aroma and not bitterness, don't care for Stouts. I've tried to like Guiness, I really have, but I just can't.

And I do agree with you about this place: homebrewtalk is a place where people are willing to share their experience, and help with problems. That, IMO, is a true definition of community.

 

[grampamark]

I'm an ESTJ. I'm also a cynical, skeptical, apolitical, unchurched heathen. I don't really believe in anything except taking care of my family, being a good neighbor, and the laws of physics (as we currently understand them). Everything else depends on the situation.

I like all kinds of music, prefer non-fiction to fiction, am bemused by sc-fi and fantasy, and would much rather read the book than watch the movie.

I was involved with advocacy politics for 18 years at the state and national levels (agriculture; I was basically a lobbyist). Out of that experience came my jaded cynicism about the political process. Politicians, their public personae notwithstanding, are cynical, egotistical, opportunistic, easily corrupted, and far more interested in remaining in office than in faithfully discharging the obligations of elected office. I wish that were only my opinion but, having spent many years working closely with elected officials from all parts of the political spectrum, I can say without reservation that the above pretty well describes every member of Congress or state legislator. (I know, I know, your favorite ones are different! Trust me. They're not.)

I was also an emergency services volunteer for 40 years. I retired from that gig earlier this year. I'm too damn old to run into burning buildings or extricate people from wrecked cars any more. I saw a lot of the best and worst of human nature in the course of responding to emergencies. I observed that most people can do the right thing in a bad situation, even if doing so puts them way out of their comfort zones.

I'm more interested in fact than opinion. I don't generally offer opinions unless I have enough knowledge of the topic at hand to have a well informed opinion; even then I tend not to speak up unless specifically asked.

If the reader thinks I sound like a grumpy old man, he/she would be half right. I am getting old.

Mark

 

[JimRausch]

Where are people getting these designations (INTJ,ESTJ) ? I must have been asleep for that test .......... snore.....

 

[mongoose33]

Where are people getting these designations (INTJ,ESTJ) ? I must have been asleep for that test .......... snore.....

Not sure how you could have missed it as it is in the first line of my post: https://www.16personalities.com./

 

[TBC]

ISTJ-A

 

[ancientmariner52]

My personality is none of your gol-durned business. That tells you all you need to know about my personality. [emoji14]

 

[PADave]

Logistician Personality (ISTJ, -A/-T)

 

[TBC]

My personality is none of your gol-durned business. That tells you all you need to know about my personality. [emoji14]

Your avatar should be the 2 old guys in the balcony!!

 

[ancientmariner52]

Your avatar should be the 2 old guys in the balcony!!

It's Sam the eagle. I'm often wrong, but never uncertain.

 

[aggieflyboy]

ENTP...military pilot, electronics geek, guitar player, outdoorsman

I like making things from scratch and almost any kind of music

 

[triethylborane]

They identify where you stand on a two dimensional scale instead of the typically mindless "left/right" scale. It's a rather more accurate depiction of where you really stand with regard to consequential people of the present and past.

Should be noted the economic axis on that site is actually identified as "left" and "right." They have a section discussing L/R in both economic and social aspects, as well.

My results always seem to place me right next to Gandhi, and I'm very comfortable with that.

H.W.

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