You're not a beer geek unless...

Unless you post on a thread like this.

 

you refuse to drink beer out of the bottle and insist it is poured into a glass.

 

you searched and bought an '09 Abyss just to make sure it was infected

 

your significant other makes you start going to a relationship counselor because she just won't try another freaking beer, goddamit!

 

You've gone on a ten day beercation from Providence, RI to San Francisco, CA.

 

You go out to a bar with friends and you have to order their beers for them.

 

That would be a beer snob ... geeks at least know how to have fun and kick back.

 

Until you start drinking new beers not only to try something new, but for new ticks.

 

You enjoy the knowledge of possessing rare, "whale" beers as much as you enjoy drinking them....

 

When you know all the spices they use in Celebration every year...

 

you have dreams where you lecture/inform your friends about the history of various beer styles.

 

I say that mainly because you get the most of the flavors and are able to enjoy it the most.

 

Your friends start listing your tasting event on their calendar simply with your name and "beer" - i.e. Matt Beer

....true story.

 

When playing Gestures with your family, your dad just points at you and the rest of the family guesses 'beer!'

 

You wait in line for 8 hours just for a chance to get a beer.

 

You bought a $500 smartphone and the first thing you did was download the Untappd app.

 

What about my not a beer geek?

 

...you go on BA and start a thread by misspelling the first word you type.

 

I downloaded that app also on my $500+ SmartPhone, didn't really do it for me.