Apartment Brewing and Nosey People

[fusa]

2. Ignore them and go about your business, smile politely when they stare at you (wave back with a "good morning/good afternoon"). The elderly ones like the words "ma'am" or "sir".

This has worked the best for me so far. I haven't brewed any beer in my place yet, but have been upgrading my brewing equipment. Most just look and smile back. Once the apartment maintenance worker stopped when I was cutting the top off a keg. He wanted to know if I was trying to get the last drop of beer out.

 

[JonK331]

most people know i am brewing beer, but i think some people may be a little confused because i am out front weighing hops in a bag on a digital scale next to my vacuum sealer.

Might want to do that inside.

 

[tunoffun]

Is this a legal issue? Or a moral one?

If the latter, I personally wouldn't give a second thought to the issue. No matter what you do someone's going to not approve. That makes it easy to weed out the people who aren't friend material. If they don't approve... tough titty.

ETA: If they call the cops because they think you're weighing out grass, all the better. The looks on their faces when the police show up, ask a few questions, smile, and then shake your hand minutes later before leaving should be priceless.

 

[dogma9]

anybody ever had the cops called on ya?

 

[Shooter]

anybody ever had the cops called on ya?

Do you mean for brewing?

 

[dogma9]

Do you mean for brewing?

lol, yip

 

[Shooter]

don't forget the 12, 10, 8, 6, and 4.... total geeks don't even know

...or that stupid 100 sided die they offered for those who were too dense to figure out how to roll d10 as percentile dice.