You know you're a home brewer when?

When working on updating your companies online information data base you find the symbol category "IPA" and don't quite understand why their isn't suck things as CTZ, falconer a flight, DIPA, CDA, or FWH listed

When your PB&J sandwich has a wonderful cascade and Chinook aroma from your lunch cooler that you used yesterday to transport your hops and yeast home from the lhbs.

When your daughters name is crystal-80

When your wife has a yeast infection and you tell her she should have used starsan

Sierra Nevada is pry off in Wyoming as well.

When you walk away from HBT on your computer and instantly pull out your phone to keep reading.

when your MMO characters have names like this.

Staring at catalogs and constanley thinking about what your next 10 beers to brew are going to be.Planning your agenda for then next few weeks at a time.

You start your Lawnmower beers...in December (to get them conditioned of course).

After your shower on brew day you spritz with Starsan.

Cultkid said:

After your shower on brew day you spritz with Starsan.

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Lol, that would totally work too, that's the awesome part!

When nothing in the beer isle looks appealing and smile and walk away knowing you have the shiz-nit at home. At least that is what I do.....

Idrum6969 said:

When nothing in the beer isle looks appealing and smile and walk away knowing you have the shiz-nit at home. At least that is what I do.....

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that happens to me a lot in my town. if we had a better store, it would be a different story though...

Squeek said:

You know your a homebrewer and that you have a problem when you have 214 bottles of beer 7 corny kegs full ready to serve/bottle 40 gallons more fermenting away and you still plan to brew on saturday

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And still find yourself saying that you have nothing to drink.

Billy-Klubb said:

that happens to me a lot in my town. if we had a better store, it would be a different story though...

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There's a place in my town called Sherbrooke Liquor that has over 1000 different kinds of beer. It's my local Mecca.

WilliamSlayer said:

You start your Lawnmower beers...in December (to get them conditioned of course).

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You too, huh? I always have a home brewed pilsner, Kolsch or APA after mowing my lawn. Mine are almost ready.

If a garden sprinkler is your alarm clock...

When you get the mash process down cold & start looking for different styles to brew. At least different versions.

When you're bathtub is scratched from cleaning your gear in it

Schmoogdaddy said:

You too, huh? I always have a home brewed pilsner, Kolsch or APA after mowing my lawn. Mine are almost ready.

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Pilsner about to bottle. Munich Helles next. Cheers!

When yet another thread pops up about how you got started home brewing.And you read every reply & then re-tell your own story. And everytime it takes a few less sentences.:rockin:

When you start giving your yeast starters a pep talk the day before brew day.

When you see the PG&E trucks passing by and wonder why they have mash tuns strapped to the back of their trucks

When you're at the pet store and see the thermo-strips in the impulse isle and wonder if they really work as well as they say and if they're waterproof or not.

When you have a full wine rack, 100ish 12 oz bottles and, 4 1/2 gallons in primary, but you still want to brew more.

When you just bought a 4.5 cubic ft mini fridge on craigslist and 20 minutes later ruined it while breaking the Freon line bending the freezer tray down. I'll be looking for another tomorrow.

grasshopperfirestarter said:

When you just bought a 4.5 cubic ft mini fridge on craigslist and 20 minutes later ruined it while breaking the Freon line bending the freezer tray down. I'll be looking for another tomorrow.

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You know, if you solder the break closed they can be recharged. If it was cheap enough though, probably not worth it.

...You're prep'ing the kitchen for bottling and swmbo cracks an egg and she knows not go near the counter or kitchen sink, and ends up washing her hands in the bathroom.

Leadgolem said:

You know, if you solder the break closed they can be recharged. If it was cheap enough though, probably not worth it.

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not worth charging the mini's.. port is sealed OEM most of the time anyway... But with a little ingenuity you could probably charge it with a AC recharge kit. Rednecked hack keezer?

When your wife goes to use the avocado in the paper bag on the counter....but it's actually a sack if bottle caps.

DRonco said:

When your wife goes to use the avocado in the paper bag on the counter....but it's actually a sack if bottle caps.

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No wonder those bottles were so hard to cap. Not to mention messy.

wilsojos said:

what's facebook?

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+1

When you express the slightest interest in making a hard cider, and instantly have a buddy willing to split the cost of ingredients with you, and more eager than you are to start the project.

(Never done cider, so still trying to learn what I can before I start. He's almost wishing I had pitched the yeast last week. If I play the angle right, I might make a homebrewer - or at least cider/wine - out of him)

grasshopperfirestarter said:

While watching Breaking Bad series on netflix you wonder if you could brew with their meth lab equipment

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+1 wife got mad when I kept pausing/rewinding the last season to get a second look.

You see a license plate reading "SRM634" and think "Wow, that is dark!"

boilerbrewer said:

You see a license plate reading "SRM634" and think "Wow, that is dark!"

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Classic

When your bank account runs dry, but you can convince yourself that if you sit and wait patiently, the yeast will take care of it.

You overhear a conversation between two professional brewers, and understand every 'brewspeak' term they use.

boilerbrewer said:

You see a license plate reading "SRM634" and think "Wow, that is dark!"

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That's excellent.

jdhammans52 said:

When your bank account runs dry, but you can convince yourself that if you sit and wait patiently, the yeast will take care of it.

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Oh how I wish this were true.

Your great idea for for a brew day tradition is eat a whole leaf hop. Not a good idea