You know you're a home brewer when?

When you go to the LHBS so often you just say **** it and get a job there

When you look at your SmartPhone and wonder why its says AG with 4little bars next to it on the top right corner.

mhot55 said:

You make "X" gallons of a beer style you've never had/ not sure you like, just for sh*ts & giggles

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I had to brew a Saison cuz I really wanted to try one but all the bottles at the store were $11 each! Forget that ****....

bleme said:

I had to brew a Saison cuz I really wanted to try one but all the bottles at the store were $11 each! Forget that ****....

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Then I harvested the yeast and brewed a second batch, before ever trying the first, just in case I liked it.

Besides, yeast is too expensive to waste on just one batch....

bcmeyer said:

When you have jars of yeast starters in your pocket to get them to room temperature.

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Is that a jar of yeast in your pocket or are you just happy to be brewing?

Every time I see "otter" on the back of my phone case I think of Maris otter

BPhad said:

Is that a jar of yeast in your pocket or are you just happy to be brewing?

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Why, thanks for noticing!!

And to answer your question...

Both. ;-)

brettg20 said:

When you have 5 temp controlled chest freezers...in your 1 bedroom apartment.

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When you see the user name "Brettg20" and don't want him getting near your fermenters.:cross:

Your wife starts making banana bread, but can't find the vanilla extract, because you tossed it in your oatmeal stout last week.

DeTech said:

1st law of kegerators: You'll always need a bigger kegerator.

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1st law of bigger kegerators....we don't talk about bigger kegerators(in front of the wife):cross:

Schmoogdaddy said:

Your wife starts making banana bread, but can't find the vanilla extract, because you tossed it in your oatmeal stout last week.

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Shenanigans! Real home brewers us real vanilla beans. Vanilla extract is for people who don't know the difference between mash and mush.

Cultkid said:

Shenanigans! Real home brewers us real vanilla beans. Vanilla extract is for people who don't know the difference between mash and mush.

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When you are not offended by critcism of your knowledge or techniques, because after all, you are only a home brewer.

Schmoogdaddy said:

When you are not offended by critcism of your knowledge or techniques, because after all, you are only a home brewer.

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When you realize that not all AG beers are better than all extract beers. I know mine weren't at first.

You love home brewing so much that you start making and selling Mash paddles, tap handles, and beer flights for a living

When you get up at 6:00 am on a day off to bottle and brew.

patthebrewer said:

You love home brewing so much that you start making and selling Mash paddles, tap handles, and beer flights for a living

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You sold me on the Idea...where can i place my order ?

I saw one of those huge clear Pretzel containers, and thought right away that I could easily do a 1 gallon ferment in that thing......

...or wash yeast in it.

dstranger99 said:

I saw one of those huge clear Pretzel containers, and thought right away that I could easily do a 1 gallon ferment in that thing......

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(Jumps in the air and touches his nose)
Yes! Was at BJ's this past week and gave them a first, second and third look! Gave up when I figured it wouldn't hold ferment pressures. :-(

... when you have been unemployed for months, yet spend more time on HBT than on the jobs board

WilliamSlayer said:

(Jumps in the air and touches his nose)
Yes! Was at BJ's this past week and gave them a first, second and third look! Gave up when I figured it wouldn't hold ferment pressures. :-(

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That's what an airlock is for, sior

You make a clone of your favourite ever commercial beer, and your's tastes better! :rockin:

You get a tattoo of hops on your arm.

When you bottle a batch of beer,& you can't wait to post a pic of the remainder...
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When you are cooking st patty's day corned beef and cabbage in a spare brew kettle and feel very guilty that you are making the kettle greasy haha

When 5 chest freezers and 16 kegs isn't enough

beerbeerbeer123 said:

When you are cooking st patty's day corned beef and cabbage in a spare brew kettle and feel very guilty that you are making the kettle greasy haha

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When making my boiled dinner for 20 people today I didn't factor enough boil off into my original top off. Not wanting to add almost 2 gallons of cold water to a beautifully boiled corned beef, I heated some water in my HLT to boiling then fly sparged. Success.

unionrdr said:

When you bottle a batch of beer,& you can't wait to post a pic of the remainder...
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What brew is in the picture?

Channel66 said:

When making my boiled dinner for 20 people today I didn't factor enough boil off into my original top off. Not wanting to add almost 2 gallons of cold water to a beautifully boiled corned beef, I heated some water in my HLT to boiling then fly sparged. Success.

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HAHA classic

Face Eater said:

You get a tattoo of hops on your arm.

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Aaaaand...... we have a winner.

whitehause said:

Aaaaand...... we have a winner.

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I'd like to thank HBT and its members for the inspiration. Also hoppy beers!!! haha

When you start making your own cheese, just so you have something that will pair perfectly with your last brew.

When your so smashed you can't figure out how to turn off your phone so that idiot from work can't text you, but you still manage to post coherently about homebrew....

When someone asks how many cases worth you have and you have to stop and mentally convert from gallons

When you cringe at the sight of people drinking right out of the bottle.

uxo said:

When you cringe at the sight of people drinking right out of the bottle.

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Yeah have some respect and pour it into a glass you savage

Leadgolem said:

When you start making your own cheese, just so you have something that will pair perfectly with your last brew.

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Now you HAVE to try making cheese with a beer-washed rind.

Good luck, and Godspeed good sir.

emjay said:

Now you HAVE to try making cheese with a beer-washed rind.

Good luck, and Godspeed good sir.

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This is an interesting idea. I think I will have to try this.

You have close to a hundred old school Grolsch bottles sitting in the back seat of your car only because you don't have anymore room in you closet to store said bottles. They need to be washed (layered with dust etc. but stored closed so insides are clean), but with 3 cases of beer and a 10 cu. ft. fridge in your closet still doesn't look like I'll have room.

Oh yeah... when you have a 15 cu. ft. freezer on the patio of your apartment just for equipment storage. And a keezer in your dining/living room. And that 10 cu. ft. fridge with aquarium temp. controller IN YOUR CLOSET!

When you and your wife just started trying to have your first baby you refer to it as "pitching your yeast" and having to wait for "signs of fermentation".