You're not a beer geek unless...

you're not a beer geek unless...

...it takes you a month and a half to come up with an un-posted reason why "you're not a beer geek unless"

(ps. 10%, that's all? cheers!)

 

Instead of buying beer to go to bring to your boys house you bring your home brew.

 

you trade a shit ton of off the shelf local beers that you have available to you to get some nice limited beers thats not available to you, then to turn around, and trade all those nice limited beers that you just got before you ever even got to try them for a few rarer beers, to only turn around again, and trade those few rarer beers to get one super rare beer that you end up sitting on for soo long just knowing that you have this one super rare beer, and waiting for the perfect time to open it, to only find out that the beer had became past its prime.

^someone has had a few beers^

 

You think double IPAs will eventually turn into barleywines. - seen this posted here far to often

You think all beer styles are equal

You think America have never innovated with craft beer

You think stouts should taste like bourbon instead of like a stout

You don't think 10% abv is high for a beer

You won't even list beers you don't like in a hypothetical thread on this forum because you are too afraid of beer karma

You think that waiting in line for a beer release will be worth it

You think its the consumers fault that an IPA isn't bottle dated

You think all beer gets better with age, especially Pliny.

You think stouts should be more viscous than frozen icecream and taste more like chocolate than frozen icecream

 

You catch yourself swirling your glass of water and holding it up to the light

 

You see out of state license plates and immediately think of what beers they might have access to.

 

You have a hard time not just going and getting a six pack of a fav, instead of having to endure some macro pale ales at a small party.

 

You go beer shopping to your favorite bottle shops a few times a week (sometimes) with no intention of actually buying anything because you have no more room in your beer fridge (or basement) to fit anything else.

 

When your two year old daughter points at your beer glass and says, "Dada's coffee."

 

You find yourself smelling your glass of water out of habit, then catch yourself reminded that there's not beer in there...

 

It's only snobbery if one exudes a condescending attitude.
The next time I'm at a tasting I'll suggest we all just take turns swigging from the bottle...more "fun" that way.

 

traveling the world, being canada, north america and europe over 3 years to learn about beer, drink as much of it as you can and meet some more beer geeks

 

Your phone autocorrects 'virus' to 'vitus'

 

your phone autocorrects the spelling of hoptimum, PtE, and hopslam

 

when one of the reasons you're looking forward to joining the Navy is traveling and gaining access to all the beers you've never had before

 

When ever you go visit friends or family you find out what beer you can get from there. Also when they come visit you. Hey bring me Surly!

 

...and then you actually end up buying something anyway and just find a new place to put more beer.

 

When you start spewing knowledge to an 18 year old server at your local watering hole about why having a limited beer on tap is a big deal while they are rolling their eyes any trying to just get away from the table.

 

you think "YOUR" is a contraction.

 

You're absolutely correct...