You're not a beer geek unless...

You're*

Oh, and you promise to lick a beer manager's taint for allotments.

 

When your work posts a new National Accounts position and you want the job because well.....(Yes I got the job. Start in April)

Cheers!

 

You double the speed-limit on the highway to get to the liqour store that just got a shipment of your favorite/rare beer.

 

you take a day out of work to stand in the freezing cold for 5hrs to drink a rare beer on tap and then you purchase 11.2oz of said beer for what ulimately equaled $128. (1/60 on scratch tickets...Kate Day was good times, though!)

 

I second this one!! People who drink beer out of a bottle or can without pouring it into proper glassware just don't understand. (puts pinky out)

 

unless you disown your entire family across the country because they won't go to beers releases for you.

 

You're not a beer geek unless you find yourself drinking a world class stout and you spend most of the time lamenting about how much better it could be if they would put it in a barrel.

 

Dedicated sponge.

 

not only do you bring beer/homebrew to parties, you also bring a glass.

Also, when at a beer bar you help explain the style or specific beer to a customer because the bar tender is not sure.

 

You know the names of more than one type of Hop and its characteristics. When someone says Michael Jackson in a conversation you start to talk about beer. You have more than one brewery t-shirt in your wardrobe. You know the names of some of the best bourbons and scotches even though you don't drink bourbon or scotch. You weigh at least 10lbs overweight and have some sort of facial hair (neck beard, etc.).

 

I forgot one...if you catalog all of your glassware, in alphabetical order, with pictures: http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Rifugium/glassware_collection and if you get your husband custom made pints as gifts for every occasion, including homebrew logo pints.

 

how about when the wife complains that all you wear are beer related shirts?

my wife may complain, but I catch her wearing them as PJ shirts because some of them are very comfortable.

 

A few things that come to mind in no particular order (sorry if some of these were previously mentioned):
1. You own and drink from proper glassware and ask for a glass when you're out
2. You are a member of a beer website or blog
3. You keep a beer journal, spreadsheet, notes or rate online
4. When you vacation or travel you immediately check to see what breweries are near you
5. Before you go out to eat you check the beer list at the restaurant you have chosen or you choose the restaurant based on the beer available
6. Non-craft/import beer drinking friends/relatives refer to you as "the beer guy" or a "beer snob"
7. You like to argue the difference or similarity between porter and stout or if "sour" is actually a style or a descriptor for several different styles
8. You attend beer festivals and gatherings and will wait overnight for a special release
9. You drink to enjoy the beer and not for the sole purpose of getting wasted
10. You see a good beer at a store/bar priced over $6 and you say "That's a good price" or you don't even look at the price when you're buying the beer

 

Date night no longer entails a romantic dinner and wine. It means meeting up with bearded men in hoodies and discussing how awesome Upland Lambics are.

 

All 10 work for me.

 

You spend more time surfing Beeradvocate.com than you do surfing **** sites.
You feel like a trip to the grocery store/liquor store/beer warehouse is wasted unless you at least buy 1 beer

 

...if you pray to God to actually make it "Chocolate Rain" outside.
...you convince your wife to let you join the Bruery RS by telling her that you'll go to Disneyland with her during the RS Inititation weekend.
I'm going to Disneyland next weekend

 

....unless you burp up hops and fart out barley.

 

People who work at your favorite watering holes ask you for advice in selecting a beer for a customer

 

Hipsters suck.