You're not a beer geek unless...

your skin color has a yellowish tint.

 

Jaundice?

 

I have 7 or 8 beers per week, so I am right in line with you. I was just beginning to worry that I think about what beer to open after work before I go to work. Hopefully I am just a beer geek.

 

No, its just the beer geek gene. I find a pint more refreshing after a long hectic day from work than on my day off.

 

You stop buying groceries all together to buy beer....I'm in college, and nothing goes better with a rare barrel aged stout than ramen noodles.

 

Biggest one for me. Or:

You try to take notes on beers 80 samples into the Great American Beer Festival, despite the fact that you're lost in a building with a single room.

You spend more money on beer than on groceries.

You run 60+ miles/week and still have a slight beer gut.

 

You don't have kids, right? That display would last 10 seconds in my house

 

Snob, yes...geek no.

 

You my friend are the winner, IMHO...by a mile. To seek out something YOU KNOW is bad, just to find out for yourself...

 

You specifically tell your non geek friends they don't need to bring any beer when you are having people over for fear of Bud and Tecate polluting your main fridge. You also have to caveat main fridge, because you have at least one separate fridge for beer.

 

I still don't even know what a "tick" is, but ever since I discovered "hads" I actually take into consideration trying a new beer over a repeat because I can pad my hads! That is sad.

 

There's nothing sad about it. You've gotta yet new things. How else would you know whether or not you're missing out?

 

You are ticking another beer of your list or adding a tick to your ever growing body of beers reviewed.

 

Haha no kids, I'm 22.

 

You're supposed to drink whales?

 

You've memorized the Julian date calendar so you can tell your beer is fresh.

 

When you have friends over and don't offer them a beer because you know they won't appreciate it.

 

So I'm in the car right now and every time I see a CR county road sign I can't stop thinking about Chocolate Rain....

 

You get mad at the liquor store when you find pliny and blind pig bottled on dates from 3 weeks ago and go to a different store to get a fresher date.

 

"Fresh Beer Only" is a bookmarked tab on the top of your browser.