Generated Mon Apr 03 14:16:13 EDT 1995
Total responses: 368
What are your top 3 reasons for brewing?
Enjoy finished product 1st 2nd 3rd
149 91 45
Enjoy the brewing process 1st 2nd 3rd
90 105 61
Save money 1st 2nd 3rd
9 24 37
Enter/win competitions 1st 2nd 3rd
14 3 12
Share beer with friends 1st 2nd 3rd
27 47 84
Brew non-commercial styles 1st 2nd 3rd
24 33 54
Prefer homebrew 1st 2nd 3rd
39 43 52
Socialize with other homebrewers (they tend to be good folks).
1st 2nd 3rd
0 0 1
Its fun 1st 2nd 3rd
0 0 1
To learn more about beer, so I can better appreciate the commercial product.
1st 2nd 3rd
0 0 1
disgusted with american brewing systems
1st 2nd 3rd
1 0 0
cost of real beer in Utah 1st 2nd 3rd
0 0 1
curious 1st 2nd 3rd
0 0 1
I like the company 1st 2nd 3rd
1 0 0
Hobby 1st 2nd 3rd
0 0 1
Customize Ales to my/my pallets
1st 2nd 3rd
0 0 1
To enjoy beer from a keg at home
1st 2nd 3rd
0 0 1
Enjoy_b 1st 2nd 3rd
1 0 0
Family Fun 1st 2nd 3rd
1 0 0
Share with police 1st 2nd 3rd
0 1 0
to find the ultimate homebrew 1st 2nd 3rd
0 1 0
Experiment with flavors and styles
1st 2nd 3rd
1 0 0
to get drunk 1st 2nd 3rd
0 1 0
I like beer 1st 2nd 3rd
0 1 0
Fun 1st 2nd 3rd
1 0 0
Unique taste - flavor 1st 2nd 3rd
0 1 0
Do you usually brew extract or all-grain?
Extract All-grain
257 103
What type of yeast do you use?
Dry Liquid
172 189
What do you also make?
Mead Cider Wine
88 68 79
Do you collaborate with other homebrewers?
Rar Rarely Sometimes Usually
1 157 143 57
How long have you been brewing (years)?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 30 31 124 62 48 22 16 9 7 7 4 8 2 3 1 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 Minimum 0 Maximum 30 Average 3.3 Median 2
How were you introduced to homebrewing?
1 A need for decent beer 10 Advertisement 1 always wanted to try it!!!! 1 an idea 1 Birmingham Brewmasters Club 1 Books 1 Bought a book then a kit 1 brewpub 1 by a brother who gave me his equipment/he was too lazy 1 by a friend & Papezian's book. 1 By an interest in colonial homebrewing 1 by brewing partner 1 Can't remember, ah yes, 1 class 1 College experimentation 1 college proffesor 1 drinking binge, boredom, we must be able to get better beer! 1 Family winemaking experiences 1 Felt like trying 163 Friend 1 Friend of a friend 36 Gift 1 HBD 1 Homebrew Digest 62 homebrew shop 1 I bought my first kit at a feedstore because it sounded like a good idea. 1 I found an old book titled "Home Brewing Without Failures." 1 I just went out-found the stuff to do it & the rest is history. 1 I knew my microbiology degree had to be good for SOMETHING! 1 I learned it could be done, I knew i had to brew 1 I liked the idea, so I tried it and fell in love. 1 I own an ISP (softaid.net) 13 Internet 1 knew it could be done 1 Mother Earth News 1 multiple friends and relatives 1 my older brother made me drink it 1 NCJOHB 1 outgrowth of wine 1 Partner's interest 1 People in Singapore office introduced it to me - beer is $$ there. I liked the taste and started when I returned to the US 1 personal curiosity 1 read an article in the newspaper on homebrewing 1 Reading Charlie Papazian's TNJOHB 1 rel 25 Relative 1 self interest 1 Self-motivated 1 Shared house with homebrewer 1 started when living alone in a cabin, in Alaska 1 Started with wine, then moved on to beer. Wine was wife's idea! 1 Tasted my dad's/He bought me a carboy 1 To get around the drinking age in college. 1 tried homemade and I liked it- so I tried it- it's great 1 visit to homebrew shop, reading 2 Zymurgy
What brewing publications do you subscribe to?
78 Zymurgy 34 Brewing Techniques 1 All 1 All about beer 3 Beer the Magazine 1 Brew Your Own 1 Brewer's Forum 1 CAmra's "What's Brewing" 2 Cider Digest 1 Colorodo Finest Brews 1 Dont subcribe but read em both 1 e-mail 51 HBD 1 I do not subscribe but will pick up a Zymurgy from time to time. 1 Journal of ASBC 4 JudgeNet 1 Lambic 3 Lambic Digest 1 Mead 1 Mead Digest 1 mead maker's journal 8 No 1 Pint Post 4 rec.crafts.brewing 1 The Malt Advocate 2 The New Brewer
How often do you brew (times/year)?
2 0 4 1 18 2 15 3 21 4 27 5 41 6 5 7 27 8 5 9 40 10 2 11 47 12 2 13 1 14 18 15 3 16 3 18 25 20 6 24 10 25 1 26 5 30 1 35 1 45 2 50 2 52 1 75 1 103 Minimum 0 Maximum 103 Average 11.2 Median 10
How many people have you 'recruited' into homebrewing?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 20 94 70 65 80 44 20 21 11 3 7 3 2 1 Minimum 0 Maximum 94 Average 2.7 Median 2
How many beers have you entered in competitions?
0 1-5 6-10 11-20 >20
36 12 9 2 2
Minimum 0 Maximum 30 Average 1.2 Median 0
How many bad batches have you made?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 14 92 93 66 33 13 14 4 2 3 1 Minimum 0 Maximum 14 Average 1.6 Median 1
Have you had any infected batches?
Yes No 113 210
What are your favorite styles to brew?
1 Abbey Ales 1 Adjunct beers 39 Ale 1 ale around 9% alcohol 1 All 1 All! 1 All-grain 2 Alt 12 Amber 9 amber ale 1 amber lagers 2 American Ales 1 Anything excruciatingly hoppy! 1 APA 5 Barleywine 1 beer with adjuncts 4 Belgian Ale 6 Belgian styles 3 bitter ale 1 bitter amber 8 Bock 1 brewcanada light or export 20 Brown Ale 1 cherry beer 1 chimay-styles 1 Chocolate beer 1 cinnamon ale 1 coffee stout 1 coopers ale 3 Cream Ale 1 czech black beer 1 Czech Pils 2 dark 4 dark ale 1 Dark Alt 2 Dark Lager 3 Doppelbock 1 Dortmunders 1 Dry Stout 1 Dubbel 3 English Ale 28 English Bitter 2 English Pale Ale 1 English Strong Ales 6 ESB 1 European beers 1 framboises 4 Fruit beers 1 fruit stouts 1 Fruity 1 full-bodied beers 1 German Lagers 1 ginger (alcholic) 1 Golden Ale 1 grain 1 Have only made two batches 1 Heavy ales 1 Heavy beers 1 Holiday Ales 1 holiday cheer 1 Honey 1 Honey Lager 1 honey pilsner beer 1 hoppy beers 1 hoppy brown ales 1 I haven't brewed the same style twice. 1 I try different types 1 I'm having fun trying to duplicate "hoppy" ales (ie. SNPA) 2 Imperial Stout 29 IPA 3 Irish Ale 2 It depends on my mood 1 krieks 11 lager 3 Lambic 1 light 1 Light english ales 1 Light Summern Beer's 1 Malt extract 1 Malted Mead 2 malty 2 Mead 1 Metheglins 3 Mild ale 2 Munich Helles 1 No opinion 2 Nut Brown Ale 2 oatmeal stout 1 Oktobefest 7 Oktoberfest (Marzen) 1 old ale 1 once a year a smoked lager 56 Pale Ale 1 PILSENERS 11 Pilsner 1 plambics 55 Porter 1 potable liquid 1 prefer rich 1 Railroad Ale 1 Raspberry Ale 1 real ale 1 recently gran cru 5 Red Ale 2 Scotch Ale 4 scottish ales 1 sour cherry 1 special brew 2 specialty 1 Specialty Lagers 2 spiced ale 1 spicy Best Bitters 3 Steam beer 71 Stout 2 strong ales 2 strong beers 1 Strong Scotch Ale 1 Traditional bitter ales 1 trappists 1 Tripel 2 vienna 2 weissbier 9 Weizen 18 Wheat beer 1 wheatons 1 Winter beers (in Winter) 2 Wit 1 with hint of ginger 1 Xmas specialty
What style(s) do you want to learn to brew?
1 200 gallons at a time 1 A more authentic Weizen 1 a more complex red ale 1 a nice ESB 2 Abbey beers 1 Abbey or Rauchbier 1 Ale 1 All 6 all styles 13 All-grain 1 Alt 1 amber ale 1 amber.malty(sweet) ales 1 anything new 10 Barleywine 1 Belgian Abby Beers 10 Belgian Ale 1 Belgian brown 1 Belgian Dubbel 5 Belgian styles 1 Belgian Trappist 1 Belhaven Scots Ale 2 Berliner Weiss 1 better ales 1 Better IPAs 7 Bock 1 Brown Ale 1 Chile Beer 1 Classic light lagers 1 clear ales (women are afraid of dark beer) 1 cream ale cream ale 1 cream stout 1 Dark Mild. 1 decoctions 5 Doppelbock 1 Duvel 1 English Bitter 1 ESB 1 Flavored (e.g.:Rasberry) 2 framboise 1 french country ale 4 Fruit beers 1 German styles 1 German wheat beers 1 Grand Cru 1 grolsh 2 Guinness stout 1 Honey Porter 1 hot stone beersstone 1 ice 1 id appreciate any comments on new types 3 IPA 1 irish red 3 Kriek 26 lager 19 Lambic 1 Light lager 1 many 1 many different grand cru's (a much underated style) 10 Mead 2 Mild ale 1 more of theabove 1 Munich Dunkel 2 Munich Helles 1 No 1 Non-Alcoholic 2 Not sure 1 oatmeal stout 2 Oktoberfest (Marzen) 1 one I could Sell2 Pale Ale 9 Pilsner 13 Porter 1 Preprohibition lager 1 Raspberry Stout 3 Red Ale 1 Same styles 1 Scotch Ale 2 scottish ales 1 Seira Nevada Clone 1 similar to what I've had in Germany 1 Smithwicks 1 Something like Samuel Adams Boston Lager 1 Spiced 1 SPICED ALES 2 Steam beer 16 Stout 2 Trappist ale 1 various 3 vienna 2 weissbier 2 Weizen 1 whatever next strikes my fancy 6 Wheat beer 1 Wine 11 Wit 1 working on it want RedHook or Red Necter style 1 you name it 1 your mother's beer 1 Zima
Do you plan to change or improve your brewing equipment?
Yes No 260 51