Yeastieboy
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You start scaling back your operation.
You know you're a home brewer when?
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After you tally up your hop inventory and see you have about 12.5 pounds of hops in the freezer! How did that happen??? 
Granted 5 pounds arrived today from the Niko Brew "Grab Bag" sale.
Ok, no more hops for 2017... I will only brew with the hops I have on hand and I will try to brew more often. That's my new years resolution!!!
Let's see if I stick to it...
Granted 5 pounds arrived today from the Niko Brew "Grab Bag" sale.Ok, no more hops for 2017... I will only brew with the hops I have on hand and I will try to brew more often. That's my new years resolution!!!
Let's see if I stick to it... 
stella_tigre
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After you tally up your hop inventory and see you have about 12.5 pounds of hops in the freezer! How did that happen???
Ok, no more hops for 2017... I will only brew with the hops I have on hand and I will try to brew more often. That's my new years resolution!!!
I have 30 pounds..... I would call it a problem, but it is pretty floccin awesome to have hops to brew anything on hand.
WOW that's serious! Ok I'm glad I'm not alone and have less than 50% of what you have on hand. Yes it's nice to have all the ingredients you need to brew whenever you can. I know in my life right now I take it when I can, with work, two small kids and just other family activities it makes brewing hard to fit in or schedule most of the time.
I don't have quite the "hop problem" that you guys do! However, I will say that it doesn't get any easier as the kids get older and have more and more activities!
3 words for you: Early. Morning. Brewing. I've often got flame to strike water at 05:00 in order to squeeze in a brew day...
hio3791
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So much this!
When my kids were younger, I would brew after they went to sleep. Now that their a little older, school work, sports and staying up later, I'm having to take time off work to brew while they're at school.
This....on a work computer
When you have 20 sanke kegs and wonder if you have enough??
GrogNerd
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GJOCONNELL
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you find yourself looking out the window wishing you could catch a whiff of a BK getting a big hop addition and giving it a good stir.
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Murphys_Law
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When you leave the LHBS, which has a small micro next door and...upwind you recognize the sound and downwind you recognize the smell.
(They were making a small batch outside on the patio.).
(They were making a small batch outside on the patio.).
Northbank
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When you swipe your wife's electric blanket to keep your fermenting beer at the right temp after turning up the heating failed to do the job
GHBWNY
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...when the person who was unfortunate enough to start talking with you at the party is now avoiding you.
...when your garage is slowly filling up with FULL beer bottles.
...you got a sweet tooth but there's no candy in the entire house so you end up eating carbonation drops straight from the bag
catdaddy66
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...you got a sweet tooth but there's no candy in the entire house so you end up eating carbonation drops straight from the bag
My son and nephew would always ask for the carb drops as they helped on brew day. They were insistent little rascals!
Dust em with some dry yeast and watch the little fugers fart their butts off a couple hours later
3:30 AM for me last time. Had the yeast pitched by the time the kids woke up.
UglyDude
Loud Mic
When you spend a couple hours at a time on this forum when you should be working
When it's not strange to have 3 fridge's in your garage.
(Beer fridge, kegerator, and ferm chamber)
(Beer fridge, kegerator, and ferm chamber)
clarkpadgett
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When you want to watch video's of other peoples brew days instead of porn.
Yeastieboy
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....when you take a vacation day to brew two batches.
+1 had a couple of days to use up in 2016 and did this. It was cold outside but nice and warm in my garage brewing. Was able to take the little man to daycare and have about 9 hours to my self.
wapitiscat
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When you have more "stolen" pens from your LHBS/taproom than from your office.
Todd
Todd
...when you should be doing accounting but you find yourself flipping back and forth between LHBS selection and brewer's friend recipe designer
atcsat
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When you rearrange your beer fridge to hide your few remaining home brews from your neighbors behind some decoy commercial beers.
When you try to figure out where to stay that has the best access to local breweries when you travel. Then you also drive an insane distance to hit some places that you may not be near again... I might have done this.
Black Island Brewer
An Ode to Beer
LOL! 12/24 - 12/31: Russian River, Moylans, North Coast, Mendocino, 21st Amendment, The Hop Grenade, Woodfour, Crooked Goat, Hopmonk, Petaluma Hills. I have an amazing wife.When you try to figure out where to stay that has the best access to local breweries when you travel. Then you also drive an insane distance to hit some places that you may not be near again... I might have done this.
tootal
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When you've been home brewing for 17 years and started out with all grain and your buddy who got a Mr. Beer kit for Christmas calls and ask if you can help him brew a beer and you have to read the instructions, twice!
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