Wheres all the young BAs at?

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by mindfuldave, Mar 31, 2012.

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  1. jds8411

    jds8411 Initiate (0) Oct 12, 2008 California

    I didn't have my first drink until after High School (18 years old). Was never a big fan of beer until about a couple of years ago (cheap stuff). I will be 29 this year and didn't get hooked on craft beer until about a year or two ago.
     
  2. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    26 here and I have gone over 1300 in 2 years. Haha! :wink:
     
  3. FreshHawk

    FreshHawk Initiate (0) Nov 24, 2009 Illinois

    Well it depends. When I drank with my family when I was under 21, I would usually drink Sam Adams or Blue Moon or something similar. I always preferred them to the BMC I would drink with friends. When I say I started drinking craft beers at 20 I mean that it was then that I started making decision to seek out and get craft options.
     
  4. SimonS

    SimonS Initiate (0) Apr 7, 2010 Belgium

    26 here! Legaly drinking since ten years here in Belgium :slight_smile:
     
  5. BrianTheBrewer30

    BrianTheBrewer30 Initiate (0) Nov 17, 2009 Massachusetts

    30...I feel older though.
     
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  6. Chadbrochill

    Chadbrochill Initiate (0) Mar 21, 2012

    22 gonna be 23 this thurday. I've been into craft beer about a year now and i can never look back. It was way easier when I turned 21 and saw that I can actually have a choice instead of having people buy me some swell. Most my friends drink shitty beers but i have turned a couple of them on to craft beers. I'm glad that there's a trend for these beers now and I can't wait to see the day when craft beer is 20% of the market if that day ever comes.
     
  7. caguiar

    caguiar Initiate (0) Jul 5, 2011 New Hampshire

    I'm 22 turning 23 at the end of the month, I'v been drinking craft well before it was legal and also have tried 593 unique beers since...
     
  8. drh88

    drh88 Pundit (810) Dec 21, 2005 Pennsylvania

    I'm old and I go to bed early.
     
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  9. Marty30

    Marty30 Zealot (671) Jun 10, 2010 Pennsylvania

    I'm 33, I got in the game late about 3 years ago and never looked back. Now if only I can just find away to get more damn money!!!!!!!!
     
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  10. RunnerHigh

    RunnerHigh Initiate (0) Jul 9, 2011 Oregon

    21 years old; in a good spot between college drunking and geek drinking. Had a friends fake ID a few months before I turned 20, and scaled myself into craft brews since then. Right now though big parts of my life conflict with being the BA I want to be, but can I find nights to drink the craft brews I'd like, before grabbing 40's or a solo cup and heading to a house party or two.
     
  11. Sneers

    Sneers Initiate (0) Dec 27, 2009 Pennsylvania

    Is this a typo?
     
  12. ant880

    ant880 Savant (1,179) Nov 7, 2010 New York
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    How dare you...Depeche Mode has done more for shitty music in this country and overseas than Bieber and Britney Spears combined
     
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  13. BigPlay1824

    BigPlay1824 Initiate (0) Oct 13, 2010 New York

    im 23 and began searching out craft beer once i turned 21, i had about 300 in my first year, which, regreatfully, was before i found BA so i didnt review any of them which kind stinks. many of my friends now have what i would call an "appreciation" for craft beer but only a select few are as deep into it as iam. i think that since weve all graduated college and most of us now have real jobs with decent pay checks it helps us to be able to justify the expense.
     
  14. buddyvelt

    buddyvelt Initiate (0) Aug 9, 2011 Michigan

    24 and in med school. Major in debt but that doesn't stop me from spending way too much on craft beer. Its all about priorities.
     
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  15. JoeyGoose

    JoeyGoose Initiate (0) Feb 24, 2012 North Carolina

    24 years young over here. I help run a really nice bottle shop in charlotte nc and have a nice collection myself ( or atleast I think so) I have the luxury of getting all the east coast beers from where I live, and then the whales in the midwest due to where my parents live in chicago. It's good that younger people are very into this movement. it's only getting better. cheers
     
  16. RunnerHigh

    RunnerHigh Initiate (0) Jul 9, 2011 Oregon

    No, its, deliberate. I think it captures the essence of a lot of college drinking
     
  17. Genuine

    Genuine Maven (1,347) May 7, 2009 Connecticut

    26 here too. My 2nd beer was 90 min ipa and haven't looked back since.
     
  18. sportscrazed2

    sportscrazed2 Pooh-Bah (2,360) Mar 29, 2010 American Samoa
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  19. lsummers

    lsummers Maven (1,275) Jun 21, 2010 California

    I'm 23, Been into craft since I was 21.5 :slight_smile:. I'm so glad I got introduced this early!
     
  20. IceAce

    IceAce Pooh-Bah (2,274) Jan 8, 2004 California
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    The TRS-80? I think I still have that Star Trek cassette somewhere...
     
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