BeerAdvocate Age Ranges Broken Down (2019)

Welcome to category 4! I’ve been in here for a while, it’s not so bad once you get used to it...

 

I was already in category 5 when I joined 4 years ago. Looks like my category won't ever change :-)

 

I'm getting ready to move into the oldest category, 65+, "oh no!" Says Mister Bill.
In all my years beer drinking, I think the best time is now. Local Craft.
I just hope that," these are not the good old days."
And beer continues to become greater and greater, despite cider, and seltzer.

 

I always figured I'd be the odd one out seeing as I'm just past legal drinking age in the US.

 

I actually seriously considered posting a blind survey thread to determine the age group percentiles of BeerAdvocate (decided against this, because the idea seemed dicey regarding the rules) but I'm so glad someone else did it. It always seemed I may have been the youngest person on BA, but evidently this is not the case, and my age group makes up the greatest bracket. I am genuinely surprised by these results. I honestly was under the impression the 40-50 year old age range would dominate those stats. Very interesting.

 

Old people probably are less likely to enter their year of birth.

 

Why? We're too old to look for partners :-)

 

Sounds about right. I'm 33. Older millennials are prime craft beer drinkers.

 

What? That's one side of the keyboard* to the other. 11-11-1911 here.
(*I guess using a "keyboard" already dates me, huh?)

The other day I visited a brewery's website that asked:
"ARE YOU 21?"

Without thinking, I hit "NO" - ya know, 'cause I haven't been 21 in, uh...(pause for math. Give up)... a long time.

"Damn, why'd they lock me out? --- Oh, yeah. Shit!"

Reminds me of a conversation with some 50-something in-laws - they were having an argument about Social Security and I interjected with a good, detailed answer about something.

"Jess, you're not 62, are you?"
"Umm....Not anymore..."

 

Welcome to Cat 4!

 

Not sure the first to Cats know who Mr. Bill is . . .

 

Hopefully, this means that the young uns will be with BA for a long time!

 

I'd be curious if there was a shift in these demos towards younger as craft beer popularity grew. Or even pre- and post- NEIPA/Pastry Stout times.

 

Hey, I know that dude.

 

Yes it does! I've become a very good friend with Mr. Art Ritis, but he runs in the family.

 

Or the $1,000,000 question is whether @Todd can pull the age demographics from the BA members who rate/review the NEIPAs now. That might be interesting.

 

LOL yeah, I'm not moving into any new categories either.

 

Yay to us oldies but goodies!

 

I was waiting for you to break out into a Bob Seger song

 

Happy to be representing that slim 1.02% lmao