A Little Home Brew Survey

Hi everyone

I’m an Advertising major doing some market research on Home Brewers and their online habits. If you could be so kind to answer some survey questions I would greatly appreciate it!  I did notice that AHA already did a survey so if you don’t want to answer questions you already answered, feel free to jump to question 8.
I won’t use any of this information to sell to some big company either.

  1. What is your age range?
      a. 21-35
      b. 36-45
      c. 46-55
      d. 56+

  2. What area do you reside in?
      a. Northeast
      b. South
      c. Midwest
      d. West
      e. Other

3). What do you do for a living?

4). How many children do you have?
    a. 0
    b. 2-3
    c. 4-5
    d. 5+

5). How long have you been home brewing?
    a. >1 year
    b. 1-3 years
    c. 4-7 years
    d. 7+ years

6). How much money do you spend on home brewing a year?
    a. >$1000
    b. $1,000-$2,000
    c. $2,000 +

7). How often do you participate in Home Brewing?
    a. Daily
    b. Weekly
    c. Bi-Weekly

  1. Why did you begin home brewing?

  2. Do you have any home brewing goals?

10).  How many hours per day do you spend online?
    a. >1
    b. 1-2
    c. 3-5
    d. 5+

  1. What are the top 10 websites that you visit each day?

  2. What forms of social media (ex: facebook, twitter, blogging) do you use the most to connect with home brewers and learn about home brewing itself?

Thanks again!

wow I realized I posted this twice. Sorry about that! This is the full one.
I need to work on my forum skills  :wink:

  1. What is your age range?
      a. 21-35
      b. 36-45
      c. 46-55<<<<<<<<<<
      d. 56+

  2. What area do you reside in?
      a. Northeast
      b. South
      c. Midwest
      d. West
      e. Other<<<<<<<<<<<<< mid atlantic

3). What do you do for a living? IT consultant

4). How many children do you have?<<<<<<<<<<1
    a. 0
    b. 2-3
    c. 4-5
    d. 5+

5). How long have you been home brewing?
    a. >1 year
    b. 1-3 years
    c. 4-7 years<<<<<<<<<<
    d. 7+ years

6). How much money do you spend on home brewing a year?
    a. >$1000<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
    b. $1,000-$2,000
    c. $2,000 +

7). How often do you participate in Home Brewing?
    a. Daily
    b. Weekly
    c. Bi-Weekly<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Why did you begin home brewing? Chistmas present

  1. Do you have any home brewing goals? better beers

10).  How many hours per day do you spend online?
    a. >1
    b. 1-2
    c. 3-5<<<<<<<<
    d. 5+

  1. What are the top 10 websites that you visit each day? BN, BBB, AHA

  2. What forms of social media (ex: facebook, twitter, blogging) do you use the most to connect with home brewers and learn about home brewing itself? Forums

  1. What is your age range?
    d. 56+

  2. What area do you reside in?
    c. Midwest

3). What do you do for a living? Engineer

4). How many children do you have?
a. 0

5). How long have you been home brewing?
d. 7+ years

6). How much money do you spend on home brewing a year?
b. $1,000-$2,000 (could be more)

7). How often do you participate in Home Brewing?
c. Bi-Weekly

Why did you begin home brewing?  Some guys at work were trying it, I said “I could do that”

  1. Do you have any home brewing goals?  Make excellent beer

10). How many hours per day do you spend online?
c. 3-5

  1. What are the top 10 websites that you visit each day?  AHA, BA, HBD, HBD Brews and Views)

  2. What forms of social media (ex: facebook, twitter, blogging) do you use the most to connect with home brewers and learn about home brewing itself?  Facebook

  1. What is your age range? 
      c. 46-55

  2. What area do you reside in? 
      a. Northeast

3). What do you do for a living?  Controller/IT Manager

4). How many children do you have?
    b. 2-3

5). How long have you been home brewing?
    b. 1-3 years

6). How much money do you spend on home brewing a year?
    b. $1,000-$2,000

7). How often do you participate in Home Brewing?
    c. Bi-Weekly

Cool Why did you begin home brewing?  Went to a BOP with my brother in law, really enjoyed it and thought I could do it better at home.

  1. Do you have any home brewing goals?  Make great beers

10).  How many hours per day do you spend online?
    c. 3-5

  1. What are the top 10 websites that you visit each day? Varies daily

  2. What forms of social media (ex: facebook, twitter, blogging) do you use the most to connect with home brewers and learn about home brewing itself?  Web forums

  1. What is your age range?
       c. 46-55
  2. What area do you reside in?
       a. Northeast

3). What do you do for a living?
    Part time wine tasting assoc,  bookkeeper

4). How many children do you have?
    a. 0

5). How long have you been home brewing?
    d. 7+ years

6). How much money do you spend on home brewing a year?
    b. $1,000-$2,000

7). How often do you participate in Home Brewing?
    b. Weekly

  1. Why did you begin home brewing?
        First to save some money followed by the joy and satisfaction in making a flavorful beer the way I like it.

  2. Do you have any home brewing goals?
        1) Continue to grow and advance my skills making as much flavorful stuff as I can.
        2) I started with the cheap stuff and I want to grow with more sophisticated equipment.

10).  How many hours per day do you spend online?
    b. 1-2

  1. What are the top 10 websites that you visit each day?
        AHA Forum: http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php
        Facebook: Redirecting...
        Blogger: Kettle and Cask Blog  http://kettleandcask.blogspot.com/
        Google, YouTube, calendar, email, books,  Google
        My site: http://web.me.com/sespach/kettleandcask
        Food Network:  http://www.foodnetwork.com
        Daily Worcesterteria:  http://worcesteria.wordpress.com/
        Northern Brewer:  http://northernbrewer.com/
        Brewaster’s Warehouse:  http://www.brewmasterswarehouse.com/brew-builder
        The Sag harbor Express:  http://sagharboronline.com/sagharborexpress/

  2. What forms of social media (ex: facebook, twitter, blogging) do you use the most to connect with home brewers and learn about home brewing itself?
        Facebook, Living Social Beer, Twitter, AHA Forum, Blogger, BYO Magazine, Beer Advocate

  1. What is your age range?
        51
  2. What area do you reside in?
          Alaska

3). What do you do for a living?
      Senior Marine Inspector

4). How many children do you have?

2

5). How long have you been home brewing?
        6 years
 
6). How much money do you spend on home brewing a year?
        $1000
   
7). How often do you participate in Home Brewing?
      Monthly

8)  Why did you begin home brewing?
        To learn the craft from the bottom up, perfect the brews.  :smiley:

  1. Do you have any home brewing goals?
            To eventually open a small micro-brewery.

10).  How many hours per day do you spend online?
      c. 3-5
 
11) What are the top 10 websites that you visit each day?

  1. What forms of social media (ex: facebook, twitter, blogging) do you use the most to connect with home brewers and learn about home brewing itself?
    AHA Forum, Sabco Brewmagic Forum
  1. What is your age range?
      a. 21-35
      b. 36-45  X
      c. 46-55
      d. 56+

  2. What area do you reside in?
      a. Northeast
      b. South
      c. Midwest
      d. West
      e. Other  X SW

3). What do you do for a living? I’m in the Franchising business

4). How many children do you have?
    a. 0  X
    b. 2-3
    c. 4-5
    d. 5+

5). How long have you been home brewing?
    a. >1 year
    b. 1-3 years
    c. 4-7 years  X
    d. 7+ years

6). How much money do you spend on home brewing a year?
    a. >$1000 X
    b. $1,000-$2,000 
    c. $2,000 +

7). How often do you participate in Home Brewing?
    a. Daily
    b. Weekly
    c. Bi-Weekly
    D. Every 4 weeks

Why did you begin home brewing? X just always had a curiosity about it. Got a kit and havent looked back.

  1. Do you have any home brewing goals? Just to make good beer. Really good beer that I can be proud of.

10).  How many hours per day do you spend online?
    a. >1
    b. 1-2
    c. 3-5
    d. 5+ X

  1. What are the top 10 websites that you visit each day? X Chase.com, Chebahut.com, Facebook.com, Yelp.com, Craigslist.org, homebrewersassociation.com

  2. What forms of social media (ex: facebook, twitter, blogging) do you use the most to connect with home brewers and learn about home brewing itself? X I’d say FB but in all reality, you dont really learn much on homebrewing pages on FB. Sites like this and other forum type sites are much better for learning.

  1. What is your age range?
    26

  2. What area do you reside in?
    France

3). What do you do for a living?
Web developer

4). How many children do you have?
1

5). How long have you been home brewing?
2 years

6). How much money do you spend on home brewing a year?
    b. $1,000-$2,000 (but, I just had to buy new stuff since I started kegging & all-grain brewing)

7). How often do you participate in Home Brewing?
    b. Weekly

  1. Why did you begin home brewing?
    Sam Adams longshot contest got me hooked on the idea

  2. Do you have any home brewing goals?
    World domination?

10).  How many hours per day do you spend online?
    d. 5+ - I work in new media.

  1. What are the top 10 websites that you visit each day?
    boingboing.net, hba.org forum, kottke.org, seriouseats.com, france24.com, macrumors, tuaw, drupal.org

  2. What forms of social media (ex: facebook, twitter, blogging) do you use the most to connect with home brewers and learn about home brewing itself?
    Twitter, HBA forum, google.

  1. What is your age range?
       a. 21-35
  2. What area do you reside in?
        d. West

3). What do you do for a living?
    Pro brewer
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4). How many children do you have?
    a. 0
 
5). How long have you been home brewing?
    c. 4-7 years
 
6). How much money do you spend on home brewing a year?
    a. <$1000

7). How often do you participate in Home Brewing?
    d. Other - monthly, give or take

  1. Why did you begin home brewing?
        It was the only way to get good beer underage.

  2. Do you have any home brewing goals?
        Keep refining recipes, get into some more exotic styles (sours, mostly)

10).  How many hours per day do you spend online?
    d. 5+

  1. What are the top 10 websites that you visit each day?
        Google, Facebook, NB forum, AHA forum, HBT, Wikipedia. That’s probably it for “daily”.

  2. What forms of social media (ex: facebook, twitter, blogging) do you use the most to connect with home brewers and learn about home brewing itself?
        I don’t know if forums are “social media” but that’s my only regular contact with other brewers online.

  1. What is your age range?
       a. 21-35
  2. What area do you reside in?
      a. Northeast
     
    3). What do you do for a living?
    Accountant

4). How many children do you have?
     b. 2-3
 
5). How long have you been home brewing?

b. 1-3 years
 
6). How much money do you spend on home brewing a year?

b. $1,000-$2,000

7). How often do you participate in Home Brewing?

c. Bi-Weekly

  1. Why did you begin home brewing?
    I needed a reason to get out of the house.  And I like beer.

  2. Do you have any home brewing goals?
    Make better beer.

10).  How many hours per day do you spend online?
    c. 3-5

  1. What are the top 10 websites that you visit each day?
    yahoo finance
    aha forum
    various news websites

  2. What forms of social media (ex: facebook, twitter, blogging) do you use the most to connect with home brewers and learn about home brewing itself?

This forum.  That’s about it.

[1) What is your age range?
   a. 21-35
   b. 36-45
   c. 46-55<<<<<<<
   d. 56+

  1. What area do you reside in?
      a. Northeast
      b. South
      c. Midwest<<<<<<<<
      d. West
      e. Other

3). What do you do for a living? Manufacturing Systems Manager

4). How many children do you have?
    a. 0
    b. 2-3<<<<<<<<,
    c. 4-5
    d. 5+

5). How long have you been home brewing?
    a. >1 year<<<<<<<<
    b. 1-3 years
    c. 4-7 years
    d. 7+ years

6). How much money do you spend on home brewing a year?
    a. >$1000<<<<<<<<<<
    b. $1,000-$2,000
    c. $2,000 +

7). How often do you participate in Home Brewing?
    a. Daily
    b. Weekly<<<<<<<<<<
    c. Bi-Weekly

  1. Why did you begin home brewing? It appeals to my creative side and I love good beer.

  2. Do you have any home brewing goals? Learn as much as I can about the process and make the best beer possible

10).  How many hours per day do you spend online?
    a. >1
    b. 1-2<<<<<<<<
    c. 3-5
    d. 5+

  1. What are the top 10 websites that you visit each day? Home Brewers Assn., Crackberry.com, CNN, NPR and where ever else I end up.

  2. What forms of social media (ex: facebook, twitter, blogging) do you use the most to connect with home brewers and learn about home brewing itself?
    Twitter

Thanks again!

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  1. What is your age range?
      a. 21-35
    **  b. 36-45**
      c. 46-55
      d. 56+

  2. What area do you reside in?
      a. Northeast
    **  b. South**
      c. Midwest
      d. West
      e. Other

3). What do you do for a living?

4). How many children do you have?
    a. 0
    b. 2-3
    c. 4-5
    d. 5+

5). How long have you been home brewing?
    a. >1 year
  b. 1-3 years However first brewing/mead making experiences in 1993-94
    c. 4-7 years
    d. 7+ years

6). How much money do you spend on home brewing a year?
**    a. >$1000**
    b. $1,000-$2,000
    c. $2,000 +

7). How often do you participate in Home Brewing? What actually brewing?
    a. Daily
    b. Weekly
    c. Bi-Weekly

Cool Why did you begin home brewing? For beer to drink and the challenge.

  1. Do you have any home brewing goals? To get better and help out new brewers.

10).  How many hours per day do you spend online?
    a. >1
    b. 1-2
**    c. 3-5**
    d. 5+

  1. What are the top 10 websites that you visit each day?

  2. What forms of social media (ex: facebook, twitter, blogging) do you use the most to connect with home brewers and learn about home brewing itself?