You know you're a home brewer when?

[bleme]

I'm sorry, but that's sad. Some people simply don't like beer.

I agree. My wife is the complete opposite of me in so many ways. We don't have to be clones. We can complement each other. Yin and Yang.

She's also not a big beer fan. She is very supportive of the hobby and helps me brew and bottle. She tastes everything I make but rarely drinks a whole one. It's nice to always have a designated driver though.

 

[fuzzy2133]

It also says a lot about a person, their choices. Their hobbies, their likes and dislikes all affect one's relationship. So being choosy to find a person you are compatible with is worse how than all the people here who have second bank accounts, and or only order new equipment when their wife isn't around because they are spending thousands on gear and can't tell her?

Personally I'd rather be able to share my passions and my hobbies with my wife, and I can. Because I weeded out all the ones that weren't compatible with my lifestyle.

I think she's on the path to happiness personally but what do I know.

My wife is OK with the brewing hobby under a few conditions that I understand and can live with. Coordinate with her for a brew day, keep spending under control, try not to stack up too many batches (not much storage at our house) and don't take over the garage fridge (we got it to keep soda and food for parties).


When you don't think twice about putting a Pyrex flask on the gas cook top you know you are a home brewer!

 

[beaksnbeer]

I agree. My wife is the complete opposite of me in so many ways. We don't have to be clones. We can complement each other. Yin and Yang.

She's also not a big beer fan. She is very supportive of the hobby and helps me brew and bottle. She tastes everything I make but rarely drinks a whole one. It's nice to always have a designated driver though.

Sounds like what I have

 

[jerryteague]

I agree. My wife is the complete opposite of me in so many ways. We don't have to be clones. We can complement each other. Yin and Yang.

She's also not a big beer fan. She is very supportive of the hobby and helps me brew and bottle. She tastes everything I make but rarely drinks a whole one. It's nice to always have a designated driver though.

Sounds like my wife. Mine don't like beer, but doesn't say anything about my brewing hobby (unless I blow the budget on ingredients, which is very rare). I also make wine, which she likes, so it's a win-win for me. My kids, on the other hand, love to help brew, and appreciate the time and effort it takes...

 

[Trail]

You know you're a homebrewer when you brew beer at home.

 

[mux]

You know you're a homebrewer when you brew beer at home.

Intriguing-

 

[dkwolf]

Intriguing-

Y'know, it's kind of impressive, actually. 260-some pages, and that "joke" has only been used a half dozen or so times.

 

[Trail]

Y'know, it's kind of impressive, actually. 260-some pages, and that "joke" has only been used a half dozen or so times.

Just 'cause you've read it when other people said it doesn't mean it's not even MORE witty now that I'm saying it.

 

[Qhrumphf]

In Soviet Russia, beer brews you at home.

 

[splattsmier]

When you use an IC to cool your tea. That. Just. Happened.

 

[Krazykripple]

i was watching one of Heston Blumenthal's tv shows the other day and he was trying to make a giant teabag. all i could think was "why doesnt he use voile?"

 

[Billy-Klubb]

In Soviet Russia, beer brews you at home.

I still make Yakov Smirnoff jokes. I'm also the only one that laughs at them. such a shame...

 

[TNGabe]

I still make Yakov Smirnoff jokes. I'm also the only one that laughs at them. such a shame...

You and me both.

 

[Leadgolem]

It also says a lot about a person, their choices. Their hobbies, their likes and dislikes all affect one's relationship. So being choosy to find a person you are compatible with is worse how than all the people here who have second bank accounts, and or only order new equipment when their wife isn't around because they are spending thousands on gear and can't tell her?

Personally I'd rather be able to share my passions and my hobbies with my wife, and I can. Because I weeded out all the ones that weren't compatible with my lifestyle.

I think she's on the path to happiness personally but what do I know.

Bleme said it better then I was going to.

I agree. My wife is the complete opposite of me in so many ways. We don't have to be clones. We can complement each other. Yin and Yang.

She's also not a big beer fan. She is very supportive of the hobby and helps me brew and bottle. She tastes everything I make but rarely drinks a whole one. It's nice to always have a designated driver though.

 

[coinhall09]

When you find a single hop pellet while sweeping the living room . At first I couldn't figure out why it was inside , but then realized I did dry hop a beer about 3 weeks ago.

 

[45thparallelhopper]

When your school books are filled with recipes instead of notes

 

[fuzzy2133]

When your insulated lunch bag smells like hops from serving double duty as a hops and yeast transport cooler.

 

[fuzzy2133]

When your school books are filled with recipes instead of notes

Was my pale ale on page 55 with ohms law or 85 with Platos theories...

 

[rockbasementbeer]

Was my pale ale on page 55 with ohms law or 85 with Platos theories...

For me it was the weaponary inventions of DaVinci. (Art History major)

 

[russrob81]

I started back to school this summer and have noticed improved note taking

 

[45thparallelhopper]

I started back to school this summer and have noticed improved note taking

I'm working a grad degree in American history, and I was pleased to confirm that Samuel Adams really did brew beer

 

[twofocused]

When you tell all your buddies to save their bottles.

 

[mysteryshrimp]

When you tell all your buddies to save their bottles.

When you don't tell them to save bottles for you, but they do anyway.

 

[splattsmier]

When you don't tell them to save bottles for you, but they do anyway.

I have a buddy who randomly hits me up with a sack of em to take off his hands. He's like the bottle fairy.

 

[bleme]

When you don't tell them to save bottles for you, but they do anyway.

My boss has given me over 50 Grolsch bottles, 14 food grade buckets with lids, and hooked me up with the owner of a sushi restaurant for more bombers than I want to clean.

I think he likes my beer.....

 

[plumber_bob]

When everytime you hear the coffee pot gurgling you automatically assume it's the fermentor. Even when you know the fermentation is over and the beer has been racked over.

pb

 

[TheJasonT]

When you wake up at 2am to outfit your imperial stout with a blowoff tube, then allow the sound of the rhythmic gurgling of it through the chest freezer to put you back to sleep.

 

[TheJasonT]

Also when your fermentation fridge looks like this:





And you're already scheduling brew days to refill those fermenters when they empty.

 

[user 108580]

Also when your fermentation fridge looks like this:

And you're already scheduling brew days to refill those fermenters when they empty.

You mean like this?

 

[GrogNerd]

I can post a photo and know that ALL of you would provide pretty much the same exact caption

 

[plumber_bob]

I can post a photo and know that ALL of you would provide pretty much the same exact caption

You got a hell'va garage there! :rockin:

And the equip is dang cool too!

pb

 

[WilliamSlayer]

I can post a photo and know that ALL of you would provide pretty much the same exact caption

Caption: We're gonna need a bigger fermentor...

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I can post a photo and know that ALL of you would provide pretty much the same exact caption

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caption: Yeah, this set up is ok I guess. But a serious home brewer just needs something bigger, IMO.

 

[DrunkleJon]

I can post a photo and know that ALL of you would provide pretty much the same exact caption

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You mean... "I Want!"

 

[unionrdr]

...When everyone liked your NZ hopped IPA & you want it to cool down again to brew more.

 

[ong]

I can post a photo and know that ALL of you would provide pretty much the same exact caption

Does my beer look infected?

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Does my beer look infected?

for. the. win.

 

[Schmoogdaddy]

You see the Budweiser commercial that asks, "Do you know where your beer was brewed?" and you answer with a resounding, "Yes!!!".

 

[unionrdr]

They say that in the commercial,& you say "not by you mutha****a"...

 

[amfukuda]

Amen brother^^