BeerBorg

Just in case you don't know the demographic we are in, here's some interesting stats from the AHA.

Homebrewing Stats

So either I fit in, or we are all simply a bunch of misfits. Either way, works for me!!!

I saw that infographic on the bookface earlier today. I don't make nearly as much as that yearly salary suggests, but I still make beer!

I think DaYooper hit it right....we are just a bunch of misfits!!

I wish I was making that much

I don't make that much either, but it does say "household income". I fit half of those stats.

ok, I wish WE were making that much

jimjohson wrote:ok, I wish WE were making that much

ditto!

I'm not complaining, or arguing. But where you live has a lot of bearing on your lifestyle/income. We have the highest taxes, high utility rates, high housing costs, fuel costs. Even brew supplies are expensive!

I must say, brewing supplies are pretty cheap here. There are low electric costs, no heating oil costs in the winter, although real estate is higher than it has been in the past. Sales tax is reasonable here, and there's no state income tax, so I def can't complain about that. But at the same time, I live a lifestyle that I can afford.

Right with you there. When I retired a few years ago, plenty of guys said: "You're lucky." And I replied: "If you lived like I do, no new cars, small house, no credit card debt, you could retire too."
It does help that the kids are grown...

Yeah that's the way we lived. Had everything we needed, just not everything the kids wanted. I've never bought a new car. Not willing to lose all that money to deprecation just driving it off the lot. Oh yeah and SWMBO was/is the barber ('cause haircuts are expensive. )

They didn't mention the most important and obvious stat:

100% LOVE good beer!

John Sand speaks the truth. Living in the Northeast US (especially in the Metro NYC area, as he and I do) ain't cheap. SWMBO and I manage to get by, because we live a simple lifestyle without a lot of frills and extras. We're above the demographic as far as household income, but our house/property is small, we basically have a cash-only economy, and we stay home a lot.

Well all that survey managed to do for me is confirm the fact that I'm too old, too poor and too dumb to be making beer. But I never listened well, anyway, so I'll just keep doing it.