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The Types Of People You Meet At An Introductory Home Brewing Class

* Guy Wearing Shirt Of His Favorite Obscure Microbrewery (in California)

* Guy Who Loves Beer So Much He Audibly Gasps At Malt Being Added To Giant Pot Of Boiling Water

* Guy Wearing Shirt Of An Even More Obscure Microbrewery (in Portland)

* Guy Feverishly Taking Notes On Everything

* Girlfriend Barely Humoring Boyfriend

* Girlfriend Actually More Into Home Brewing Idea Than Boyfriend

* Guy Who Pines For A Girlfriend Who Would Even Bother Humoring Him At A Home Brewing Class, He Pretends To Like The Beverly Hills Housewives Show, Doesn’t He?

* Steve

* Guy Super-Interested In The Additional Home Winemaking Possibilities Of His New Brewing Kit, He’s Got Some Ideas About A Potentially Delicious Cabernet

* Guy Who Showed Up With A Nice Buzz On, So Keep The Free Samples Coming, Charlie

* Guy Who’s Way Too Amused By Sealing Bottles With The Bottlecapper, Ohmygod, That Was So Fun, Lemme Do Five More!

* Guy Who Realizes Three High-Quality Liquor Stores With Great Beer Selections Are Within A 10 Minute Drive, So Isn’t Waiting 6 Weeks For A Batch Of Possibly Undrinkable, Overhopped Double IPA Pretty Silly, You Know, In A Cost/Benefits Kind Of Way?

* Old Guy With Dyed Hair And Beard, Gold Chain, And Cell-Phone Holster, Who Asks Questions About Every Possible Home Brewing Disaster Contingency, Who Is Also Weirdly Obsessed With Reusing All The Empty Green, Screw-Top Bottles He Has Accumulated In His Basement, Despite The Instructor’s Repeated Warning To Use Neither Green Nor Screw-Top Bottles, And Oh Yeah, He Also Lets It Slip He Has A Bunch Of Mad Dog Bottles He Could Use As Well, Will That Work?

* Guy Who Mentally Makes Lists While Semi-Hypnotized By The Endless Stirring Of The Pot At The Center Of The Brewcircle

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  1. asighofrelief reblogged this from marklisanti and added:
    I think I’d be the second guy.
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  3. slowstates reblogged this from marklisanti and added:
    Chris and Kevin.
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  5. hello-orange reblogged this from marklisanti and added:
    I find this terribly great, considering the guy who introduced me to craft brews was named Steve. :)
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  10. youngmegadethite reblogged this from marklisanti and added:
    Just order a ‘beer’, dude.
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  13. toddmartens reblogged this from marklisanti and added:
    I know all these folks well.
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  15. icecoldvodka reblogged this from marklisanti and added:
    I think I’d be “Guy...Everything” except, you know, a girl. Also, Sitting All the
  16. iamnotcleveratall reblogged this from marklisanti and added:
    this delights me. mostly because a bunch of my friends work at a local brewery and I think I might be turning into a...
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