You know you're a home brewer when?

hio3791 · Jan 6, 2015

Patrick87 said:
...when you shower with your fermentor.

With my last couple batches, after I bottled I'd rinse my bucket out with warm water real quick, then put a half scoop of Oxyclean in it. Rather than stand by the sink with the little sprayer thing for what feels like FOREVER, knowing that I've got other stuff clean/organize, I've been putting the bucket under my shower head, then coming back in 10-15 minutes to turn the water off when the bucket is filled to the brim. Then, let it sit full in the shower overnight for a good soak.

The next morning when I get in to take a shower, I dump out most of the Oxyclean water and then scrub the krausen ring by hand. Dump the rest, rinse a few times, then set the bucket out of the shower and then take a normal shower.

SWMBO is confused by my time-saving logic, but I'm pretty happy saving a little time and not having to carry 55lb of water around the house.

When you read this and think, nothing wrong with that.

shanecb · Jan 6, 2015

When you don't bathe for a day because your tub is fill with bottles/carboys/something.

soccerdad · Jan 6, 2015

Patrick87 said:
The next morning when I get in to take a shower, I dump out most of the Oxyclean water and then scrub the krausen ring by hand. Dump the rest, rinse a few times, then set the bucket out of the shower and then take a normal shower.

You do this NAKED ?? OMG - what kind of a perverse and sick and twisted forum have I joined??

Is there no decency in you people?

dmarc85 · Jan 6, 2015

soccerdad said:
You do this NAKED ?? OMG - what kind of a perverse and sick and twisted forum have I joined??

Is there no decency in you people?

Dude, try it. It just makes sense.

Cheesy_Goodness · Jan 6, 2015

Patrick87 said:
...when you shower with your fermentor.

With my last couple batches, after I bottled I'd rinse my bucket out with warm water real quick, then put a half scoop of Oxyclean in it. Rather than stand by the sink with the little sprayer thing for what feels like FOREVER, knowing that I've got other stuff clean/organize, I've been putting the bucket under my shower head, then coming back in 10-15 minutes to turn the water off when the bucket is filled to the brim. Then, let it sit full in the shower overnight for a good soak.

The next morning when I get in to take a shower, I dump out most of the Oxyclean water and then scrub the krausen ring by hand. Dump the rest, rinse a few times, then set the bucket out of the shower and then take a normal shower.

SWMBO is confused by my time-saving logic, but I'm pretty happy saving a little time and not having to carry 55lb of water around the house.

To go along with this...
When the phrase "I have a Belgian Blonde waiting for me in the shower that needs some attention" is totally normal and doesn't raise an eyebrow.

soccerdad said:
You do this NAKED ?? OMG - what kind of a perverse and sick and twisted forum have I joined??

Is there no decency in you people?

This is the part where I ask if you're new here, but I can see you're not...

ipe:

Patrick87 · Jan 6, 2015

soccerdad said:
You do this NAKED ?? OMG - what kind of a perverse and sick and twisted forum have I joined??

Is there no decency in you people?

lol, no.

Cheesy_Goodness said:
To go along with this...
When the phrase "I have a Belgian Blonde waiting for me in the shower that needs some attention" is totally normal and doesn't raise an eyebrow.

Fact.

Black Island Brewer · Jan 6, 2015

soccerdad said:
You do this NAKED ?? OMG - what kind of a perverse and sick and twisted forum have I joined??

Is there no decency in you people?

Two words: bung. hole.

Psylocide · Jan 6, 2015

Black Island Brewer said:
Two words: bung. hole.

I put a tube in my bung hole and you'd be amazed at the amount of foam that sprays out of there after a healthy dose of yeast.

unionrdr · Jan 6, 2015

Well, I guess if you used a tube, you won't need TP for your bung hole! :drunk:

CorporateHippie · Jan 6, 2015

catdaddy66 · Jan 7, 2015

When you try to figure out how much creamer is needed to get your coffee to a 10 SRM...

Zepth · Jan 7, 2015

soccerdad said:
You do this NAKED ?? OMG - what kind of a perverse and sick and twisted forum have I joined??

Is there no decency in you people?

You've been brewing not naked? Maybe its your habits that need to be questioned. And decency, yes. Modesty, not so much.

Hamaki · Jan 7, 2015

Once you get a mash paddle there's no need to brew naked.

Kirkwooder · Jan 7, 2015

I thought that a mash paddle was a marital aid. It's supposed to be used for brewing?

Leubega · Jan 7, 2015

Knocking through some Belgians while cooking for the week. Now some HB blondes with some white chili

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m1k3 · Jan 7, 2015

The speed registering on the car speedometer reminds you of the readout of your digital temp controller.

(Freeway speeds are in the ale range)

seigex · Jan 8, 2015

When I stopped drinking beer to get drunk, and started drinking beer to see if I could determine what flavor notes it had and where it fit within the BJCP categories.

Drinking used to be fun, sigh.

biochemedic · Jan 9, 2015

m1k3 said:
The speed registering on the car speedometer reminds you of the readout of your digital temp controller.

(Freeway speeds are in the ale range)

Wait a minute...you ferment your ales at 80?!?! WTF, are you crazy?

seigex · Jan 10, 2015

biochemedic said:
Wait a minute...you ferment your ales at 80?!?! WTF, are you crazy?

55 saves lives ... except in Germany.. I guess they ferment at 150 degrees

1fast636 · Jan 10, 2015

When your bedroom has a sour project going that looks like a science experiment

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When you make spent grain pretzels
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biochemedic · Jan 11, 2015

seigex said:
55 saves lives ...

Oh, so now we're fermenting lagers?!?!

The_Bishop · Jan 11, 2015

When you give away 8 cases of perfectly good clean bottles and you still have 6 on hand that you're unlikely to use because you're kegging now... But you hang on to them 'just in case'.

Psylocide · Jan 11, 2015

When 'too much head' is a legitimate concern.

seigex · Jan 11, 2015

The_Bishop said:
When you give away 8 cases of perfectly good clean bottles and you still have 6 on hand that you're unlikely to use because you're kegging now... But you hang on to them 'just in case'.

I have a recycling trashcan full of empty bottles from beer I'd bought from the store. A friend came over for some drinks and when I tossed bottles from beer we drank into the can, they asked if I was going to recycle all of them. I had to explain to him that they were for when I decide to start bottling my homebrew. Some people just don't get it.

dkwolf · Jan 11, 2015

The_Bishop said:
When you give away 8 cases of perfectly good clean bottles and you still have 6 on hand that you're unlikely to use because you're kegging now... But you hang on to them 'just in case'.

When "perfectly good clean bottles" is a phrase you not only understand, but use.

catdaddy66 · Jan 11, 2015

Psylocide said:
When 'too much head' is a legitimate concern.

I feel that LOL!!

Mikethe40Downer · Jan 12, 2015

When you won't park the car in the garage because it will block the beer fridge

Psylocide · Jan 12, 2015

When you feel all the little scratches on your daughter's plastic kiddie plate and cringe.

Also, on that note, when your sanitation practices for making beer FAR exceed your food sanitation practices.

coolharry · Jan 12, 2015

When you get a bar of IPA soap and upon first use note the earthy, herbal and pine aromas and complete lack or citrus and conclude it has to be a more traditional English IPA soap.

Cyclman · Jan 12, 2015

You buy wines (especially champagnes) partially because you think the labels will be easily removed.

BrewerBrad82 · Jan 13, 2015

When you have 6 fridges in your house but groceries are only allowed in one of them.

Brauer · Jan 13, 2015

unionrdr said:
When you have over 100 bottles,can't fill all of them at any given time. But you keep trying. Then hunt for better boxes to put them in. And your freezer,fridge,& pantry have brewing stuff taking up space. Then,the comp room starts turning into a make-shift man cave...Couldn't be me,no not me...

⬆This guy must be spying on me⬆

MI_Dogman · Jan 13, 2015

all you do is window shop every online home brewing equipment web site.

Oh..... and you can't stop ordering things off of AMAZON! love that site!

Zekk · Jan 13, 2015

Cyclman said:
You buy wines (especially champagnes) partially because you think the labels will be easily removed.

Lol, or you wont buy beers that have painted on labels. Even my wife looks at beer bottles and before we buy them she asks if I can bottle in them

unionrdr · Jan 13, 2015

Brauer said:
⬆This guy must be spying on me⬆

Over 3 or 4 hundred bottles now, & I gave smeltz about half of what I did have! Brewery moreso than man cave now. Got mom & dad's old 1921 drop leaf shaker table in here too.
But you also know you're a home brewer when your chili pepper growing son finally asks you to come up with a IIPA for them & help design the label! :rockin: :ban:

:rockin:

Black Island Brewer · Jan 16, 2015

You know you're a homebrewer when you check the hopsdirect.com website EVERY SINGLE FRIDAY waiting for the 2014 hop you want to get pelletized.

Woohoo! Northern Brewer finally available, and before they ran out of Amarillo!

Psylocide · Jan 16, 2015

"Facebook? Is that like Homebrewtalk forums?"

bleme · Jan 16, 2015

Psylocide said:
"Facebook? Is that like Homebrewtalk forums?"

Sort of, but where this is for people who like to make beer, Facebook is for people who like to make faces. They call them "selfies".

wbarber69 · Jan 18, 2015

When you realize the birds are mimicking the sound of your set temp alarm on your e-HERMS brewing panel...

unionrdr · Jan 18, 2015

Then they start making sounds like people talking outside at a distance. Then they fly closer & you here Canadian Geese. I thought at first it was the locals with torches & pitchforks...

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