You know you're a brewer if...

when your drinking at 6:00 am on a Saturday morning and SWMBO refers to your brew as the other woman

When your wife tells you to build a brew room so you can consolidate all your brewwing gear

Dining room---- Glass carboy, bottle tree, misc

Office---- 1 primary of wit, 1 secondary of wit 2 different yeast strains

Fridge---- 8 pints of washed yeast

Garage---- 50 lbs 2 row, boil pot, burner,extra propane, bottling bucket, mash tun,extra cooler for sparge water, books, note pads, bottles recipies,etc,etc,etc...

Bathroom----- brewing books

Basement-----6-8 cases of different homebrews

Bull

When you've spent time with a mop on your ceiling cleaning a bottlebomb mess

underdog17 said:

you practice good mashing technique when making oatmeal.

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WIN lol

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a "natastrophy" to you means all your buddy has at his house is natty light..

!! What a thought!

:rockin:

What's is a dining room for anyhow?

200 singles, 70 liters, 5 boxes filled with various types of conditioning brews, bottle trees, drying table for rinsed lab equipment...

You're eating lunch with your co-workers/friends and you find yourself staring at their iced tea wondering if it would be considered a 12 or a 13 SRM...

Its late fall and you find yourself kicking on the A/C to remove the excess humidity in the house from brewing an AG batch on the stove.

... and of course as we all well know the steam off the wort cures everything from lethargy to ingrown toenails...

Netflyer said:

... and of course as we all well know the steam off the wort cures everything from lethargy to ingrown toenails...

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Note to self, don't taste Netflyer's brews.

" is that a subtle hint of foot I detect? Just a kiss of ingrown toenail......."

You're poking up the fireplace and wonder if you could keep the temperature steady enough for mashing.

When you've banned the house from watching and use of the word 'Intervention".

PT Ray said:

When you've banned the house from watching and use of the word 'Intervention".

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haha!

Yeah,

I think some outsiders view some of us as alcoholics. I mean who needs 35 gallons worth of beer and wine sitting in your guest (brewery) bedroom. Brewing has without a doubt become an obsession of mine over the past few years.

When the local resturant supply store sends a post card saying we miss you heres a coupon... addressed to your brewery

When you don't think of "head" and "mouthfeel" as qualities to look for in a potential one night stand.

You spend more time washing bottles than dishes...

Your kitchen is cleaner than most 5 star restaurants...

When offered a BMC you politely say "No thank you... I'll make my own..."

You know when you offer a friend one of YOUR beers he is going to actually feel the affects unlike a store bought beer..

When you look at your blackberry as not just a phone but a gateway to more HBT knowledge...

You understand that SWMBO must REALLY be obeyed so you can continue brewing... (she scares me!)

When you know what RDWHAHB meens

sub-zero said:

When you know what RDWHAHB meens

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Cheers!

how about when your house and garage look like a meth lab but has strong aromas of alcohol and yeast farts./\

Your favorite kitchen appliance is the foodsaver and you won't eat leftovers.

When you drink to make room.

Dalarast said:

When offered a BMC you politely say "No thank you... I'll make my own..."

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. . . and you head to the restroom.


TL

You see one of those temp signs and wonder what you could ferment at that temp.

You can remember the exact day you acquired each piece of your brewing equipment, but can't remember your wedding anniversary day/year.

When your neighbor comes into your kitchen, sees your stirplate, and asks if you are a scientist.

LiquidGold said:

You can remember the exact day you acquired each piece of your brewing equipment, but can't remember your wedding anniversary day/year.

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i can hardly remember the day i closed escrow 5 months ago, yet know when i got that ss racking cane.

Sacdan said:

When your neighbor comes into your kitchen, sees your stirplate, and asks if you are a scientist.

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haha.

Yeah, but don't you kinda feel like a scientist? I feel like I'm in chemistry lab every time I've got the flask on the stove lol.

If your friends say that a APA tastes kind of stout and you just chuckle and don't reply

KayaBrew said:

When you don't think of "head" and "mouthfeel" as qualities to look for in a potential one night stand.

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The term "blow off tube" doesn't bring anything even vaguely sexual to mind.

mc_eric said:

The term "blow off tube" doesn't bring anything even vaguely sexual to mind.

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you're right! i really hadn't even thought of it in a dirty way, and my mind generally hangs out in the gutter

(speaking of which, what the heck is that banana doing?)

your best black friday acquisition was 150 dirty bottles

....when everything on your christmas list is brewing and or beer related.

......when you spend more time at work on this and other beer sites then doing actual work

cjmcfoot said:

....when everything on your christmas list is brewing and or beer related.

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Thats me, my wife said "I am not getting you only beer stuff".

DBbrewing said:

Thats me, my wife said "I am not getting you only beer stuff".

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Yeah, me too. I already convinced them to buy me a black Friday 20% off banjo burner. I actually have a thread on here some where asking you guys what I should get for Christmas.

Lol

When you drive by the Budweiser Brewery and you roll your windows down because you see smoke coming out of the smoke stacks and you hope it's sweet hoppy wort boiling.

Lol I actually did this 30 minutes ago and immediately thought about this thread!

what a great smell that is that comes from the brewery stacks! wish i lived close enough that i drove past one daily, not just when i want to

You have a few of these lying around.

..if you have your son check the school library for homebrewing books.............

When you have friends from Church over (Mennonite by the way) and they proceed to empty the: Stout, American Wheat and Oktoberfest kegs. They especially liked that since I brewed it, I mentioned that I did not add any alcohol to it. This happened Sat. night, time to get brewing and restock the pipeline. Reminds me of an old joke:

What happens when you take a Mennonite fishing? He drinks all of your beer.

What happens when you take 2 Mennonite's fishing? They don't drink any of it.