Are PNW brewpubs the new "local"?

Well, up here in the hinterlands, the brewpubs and breweries tend to draw from all demographics. Only a couple of the breweries are 21+, so you see families, and folks from all angles of the public circle. And remember, folks who were attracted to "good beer" during the first microbrew boom in the 80s, are 30+ years older, and likely still love good beer.

 

I seem to think that it's fairly broad in general. I think the "beer bar" scene is probably more a "scenester" thing than the breweries are.

 

I feel like an outlier. Very few people my age share my tastes in beer and I sometimes feel like an outsider among the younger crowd even though I've met some very nice people over a beer. (you know who you are )

 

Do you know how old I am? Looking forward to the bottleshare next time I'm down that way. I have some great stuff.

 

My mom is 60 and my dad is 63. They're always at a brewery drinking something new and hyped.

You guys aren't alone.

 

I have never felt like an outsider drinking beer with others. Wine, yes, whiskey, yes, scotch, yes. Beer I get and beer gets me. To a point, I get to control the people I share that relationship with.

Couple of things that I have figured out. The newer and hipper the place, the younger the clientele. Works when I want to meet younger people or want to be a spectator ( I would gladly pay extra for some of the stuff I have seen at Apex). If I want to hang with people my age, the dirtier or grimier the better. Dark woods, something frying in the back, proximity to bait or fuel, shady people hanging in the parking lot or out front trying to sell you a VCR, etc....

Started this relationship a long time ago and by taking care of it and respecting it, I get to continue where others had to stop or realign. It's a pretty cool hobby when others my age have moved on to wine, corvettes, breeding hunting dogs, etc...

 

Sounds like you're describing the Beer Authority in Lake City, one of my favorite places to just sit and have a beer.

 

My favorite brewpub has ages all over the place. Seems to be the norm in my neck of the woods (among brewpubs/taprooms, anyway). The only demographic missing is the "I just turned 21 - where's the Jager Bombs?" crowd, whose absence I do not lament at all.

 

My local haunts are Latona Pub and Toronado. They're both all over the place in terms of age. Latona has lots of people who live in the neighborhood and have been going there for 25 years, which is really cool, but also a good number of people in their 20s and 30s.

Maybe not so much on bottle release days, but I regularly see a good number of older (ie. 50+) dudes and couples at Holy Mountain.

 

My Dad say stuff similar to that all the time. Oh the life of the retired Boeing machinist. They're off to Oahu and Maui for two weeks, home for a bit and then off to Nashville. I just make the list of places they should hit up. And they bring me beer. So it works.

 

I'm neither geezer nor hipster, but whereas I agree that you older folks tend to have "lots better taste"--and, for that matter, lots better perspective (on most things)--no abundance of today's hipsters, flush with their tech money, seems to be suffering from a shortage of disposable income. You might have to disabuse yourself of the notion that the casually clad youngster next to you at the bar is probably wanting for cash. Something very different is just as likely to be true.

As the anecdotal evidence provided on this thread suggests, the popularity of craft beer is limited to no one demographic, at least in our region. Which is wonderful for so many reasons, just one being that it should help to fuel even more growth in the industry in the years to come. But, according to my anecdotal perspective, it is especially popular with yuppies. As others have indicated, that appears to be even more true when we start talking about the newer and trendier places, and the more limited and hyped offerings. Then I think their predominance really comes to the fore.

That, however, just takes us back to the matter of your generally better perspectives. @chinochino's lovely post was a case-in-point. Would that such attitudes were even more common, but I am at least grateful that they are in such relatively high percentage here in this forum. I personally still have a lot to learn from these folks, but they--you--all taught me a lot quickly, and helped me avoid some of the growing pains...

 

Nailed it. Kids, house, cars, bought and paid for. Don't try to out spend us, kiddos

 

I wish I was a geezer. I am at CRS which stands for 'can't remember, uh, stuff'.

Now, a geezer.....that person has graduated to DRC which stands for 'don't really care'

Now that is ballin' Raise the rooooooof!!!!! Holla!!!!! Can you dig it!!!!!! Whoop Whoop!!!!

**** unsuccesfully tries to dab. looks it up on YouTube instead******

 

Well, at least you didn't try to do The Dougie.

 

Now that I had to Google.