You're not a beer geek unless...

You sneak craft beer into a bar that doesn't have any good options. Thing is, if its a crowded bar and tear off the label, nobody would know the difference. Providing its a 12 ounce bottle. Which will limit your options.

 

when an employee at your local Total Wine asks YOU about release dates

 

You have special beer glasses for each of your favorite beer styles, and if anything else were to get into that glass, say juice or soda, you would have to buy a new glass.

 

When your gym t-shirts include: Stone Ruination, Arrogant Bastard, Weyerbacher Blithering Idiot, Founders Brewing, Hop Head, Hops flowers, ACBF Staff 2011, EatGoodFoodDrinkBetterBeer...

 

You start laughing when you read a thread titled "Your not a beer geek unless" because you are looking forward to the responses.

 

you order a Sculpin on tap, having looked at the beer menu before the food. waiter brings something that looks too murky.

you ask, "are you sure that's a sculpin?"
waiter, "yes"

you take a sip and its super sweet.
call back waiter.
hear a woman's voice at the next table exclaim, "Ugh, Blue Moon is bitter"
waiter looks at her, looks at me, and says "oops".

 

You hoard bubble wrap and packing peanuts.

 

The employee at Binny's refers a customer to you to help find a suitable beer for them.

 

You die a little inside after your buddy tries a can of your heady topper and asks if you have ever tried blue moon.

 

you sit at your office desk endlessly trying to think of something clever and funny to write in the "your(e) not a beer geek unless..." thread. You then think you have something that will certainly receive a lot of likes, and then to your dismay, you receive no 'likes' and decide that you would be better off thinking of something clever and funny to write on BA while enjoying some west coast IPA at home.

 

You're not a beer beer geek unless...

The urine you produce after drinking one of your beers tastes better than a Budweiser.

 

You go to a party and refuse to drink FREE beer in a keg, and you major accomplishiment in life is you have a tried a Pliny the Elder.

 

You're happy to see this thread star up again.


Umm. You watch YouTube beer reviews on your way to work

 

Your not a beer geek unless....you have selective cabinets for your beer glasses, only drink beer from the appropriate glassware that suits the style, and have a fridge designated only for beer

 

You actually try to help folks out when they ask questions like this!

When you know that a true belgain beer is NOT MADE here.
When you have more beer books than any other kind.
When you actually read and remember the same beer books.
When you know there is no such thing as styles and than MJ just made it up to sell his books!
You know your really a geek when you actually know Americans did not invent BEER!
You know that you will never know everything about beer.
You actually travel.
You can except that the English define session ale and Not Americans. (just for you Ding)!

and the number 1 answer is, your know your a beer geek, when you read these boards, and you still want to learn more about beer...

HAHA just being silly.

 

You're brother-in-law introduces you to his friends and says "he is studying for his Cicerone" as if anyone knows what the fuck that is.

 

Or when you read this post and go download the application.
Then go to total wine and buy beers that are top rated and cross check your ipad to the beers on the shelves.

 

You read through 9 pages of comments to post on a thread like this.

 

The first rule of BangAdvocate is: You do not talk about BangAdvocate. The second rule of BangAdvocate is: You do not talk about BangAdvocate.

 

When your wife tells you you should keep more "regular beer" in your beer fridge.