You know you're a home brewer when?

[Ninoid]

Drink coffee and juices at the party and keep yourself for beer at home.

 

[corkybstewart]

When your wife says she's going to spend whatever it takes to build a shop so I'll finally move my brewery out of the garage.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

When you start buying more commercial beer than you did before you started brewing?
Please tell me I’m not alone.

That's the fun way to acquire empty bottles to fill, is it not?

You know you're a homebrewer when you go to the local brewery and your spouse brags a little about the ribbon you were awarded in a recent competition.

 

[khannon]

When you stop for stuff at trader Joe's and you see something in someone else's cart and misread lime for lme and wonder when they started carrying brewing stuff.

 

[Lefou]

That's the fun way to acquire empty bottles to fill, is it not?

Yep. Keeping bottles is an excuse to try different brands.
I like the New Belgium bottles and getting a stash of them was a reason to try Fat Tire.

 

[stella_tigre]

Yep. Keeping bottles is an excuse to try different brands.
I like the New Belgium bottles and getting a stash of them was a reason to try Fat Tire.

Most Awesome Beer Bottles, if you are near Wisconsin....

New Glarus. They have the nice standard bottles, and Water Soluble Labels. Float right off (which may not be real great if you're floating their bottles in a cooler of icy water....)

 

[seanjwalker1]

When your wife says she's going to spend whatever it takes to build a shop so I'll finally move my brewery out of the garage.

 

[Sparkncode]

You buy a preassure cooker but it will never be used for cooking...

 

[BrewMan13]

When you find yourself staring at an actively fermenting carboy like it was a tv...
When you enjoy sniffing a bubbling airlock...
When you hear someone say "IPA" at work and you perk up for a sec, only to disappointingly realize they're talking about isopropyl alcohol...
When you take a handsaw to a former beer fridge in order to create a lagering chamber...(thought I had measured this out beforehand, but didn't account for the shelves on the door, lol...)

 

[Dancy]

When you run out of beer and start drinking flat, half fermented, wort, but lie to yourself by saying "But I had to take a gravity reading!"

Actually, the lead in for THAT answer is, "You know you're an alcoholic when...."

 

[wrongway]

You know your a home brewer when you have more gallons of beer and wine than your pickup truck's gas tank will hold.

 

[wootri04]

You know you’re a home brewer when you take August off from brewing because you’re sick of Belgian ales and can’t keep your tanks cool enough for Chico to taste right.

 

[Sean McColgan]

You know your a home brewer when you fight with the wife over whether or not to let a pumpkin plant take over the garden so you can make a pumpkin beer with home grow pumpkins for the holidays !! That was yesterday haha!

 

[Northern_Brewer]

You know you’re a home brewer when you take August off from brewing because you’re sick of Belgian ales and can’t keep your tanks cool enough for Chico to taste right.

kveik is your friend....

 

[seanjwalker1]

When your wife and children stop asking you what you want for Xmas, Birthday and Father's day, and ask you what new piece of brewing equipment do you want!

 

[Sparkncode]

When you buy something from an online supplier called justhealthynz.
Never brought form a from this sort of place before, The only reason to was for homebrew so it must be healthy right?

I'm planning to try brewing some kettle sours with L.Plantarium

 

[Murphys_Law]

When you wash a plastic bowl and think maybe you shouldn’t use the scruffy side of the sponge.

 

[fourfarthing]

When your wife is making a grocery list and asks if you need brewing water.

 

[leftcontact]

When the wife and kids go over the neighbors for a cooking party and neighbor comes over to learn how to brew. Join usssssss.....

 

[Hoppy_Brother]

When I spent my saturday waiting PVPP save my beer from chill haze insted of having party.

 

[rhys333]

When a lump of dried pigeon poo blows off the roof into your treated sparge water and you carry on brewing anyway.

 

[Murphys_Law]

When a lump of dried pigeon poo blows off the roof into your treated sparge water and you carry on brewing anyway.

Well, we have Moose Drool, Caribou Slobber and now...Pigeon Poop Ale!

 

[stickyfinger]

you're up at 1AM on your couch in the dark with the lights out alone drinking your 4th homebrew for the evening looking for a slightly better price on a ball valve or some other stupid thing.

 

[OpenSights]

When you try a new six pack and really like the beer, but swear you’ll never buy it again because the labels seem impossible to remove.

 

[rhys333]

Well, we have Moose Drool, Caribou Slobber and now...Pigeon Poop Ale!

Pigeon Poo Porter has a nice ring to it.

 

[El Nino]

When the pictures on your iphone become mostly pictures of beer in a pint glass

 

[Ariza-Poet]

when you start enjoying lighter styles i.e. blondes, browns, ambers, pales, low abv stouts cuz you're not good enough to make the big barrel aged stouts you so desire

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

When you bring your first two beers to your club meeting and the much more experienced brewers reinforce your opinions of them (one only a father could love and one pretty good attempt with minor flaws). FeelsGoodMan.

 

[catdaddy66]

When you look at every single recipe and ask yourself what homebrew you would pair it with... Or cook it with#

 

[AZCoolerBrewer]

When I spent my saturday waiting PVPP save my beer from chill haze insted of having party.

What is PVPP and how can it save my beer from chill haze?

 

[Murphys_Law]

You stop at a local and try the ESB and think, “man, I can’t wait until mine is ready to drink!”

 

[HornyGoatStout]

You get a yeast infection.... and think about making a starter.

 

[rhys333]

When you pull 5 month old yeast slurry out of the fridge on brew day, notice blackish crud under the mason jar lid, but pitch it anyway. Without a starter.

In my defense, I intended to pick up a new pack that day, but the LHBS was closed. The crud was due to O2 exposure above the beer line and (likely) never came in contact. Good news is it kicked off in 24 hours and continued with healthy fermentation.

 

[wrongway]

Well, we have Moose Drool, Caribou Slobber and now...Pigeon Poop Ale!

I sure wouldn't mind having recipe for the famous Pigeon Poop Ale!!

 

[rhys333]

I sure wouldn't mind having recipe for the famous Pigeon Poop Ale!!

You, sir, are in luck. It's posted in the recipe database under the less conspicuous name "Chinooklehead Porter".

 

[wrongway]

Found it!!!!! Thanks

 

[Metalhead_brewer]

While waiting for mash to finish and you are planning the recipe of your next brew

 

[Northern_Brewer]

You're watching a serious news item about the breakdown of global free trade and the possible resolution of the world's longest-running war, and yet all you can think of when you see the car picking up the US President from his hotel in Quebec is :

"Hmmm - Urquell and Fuller's, that could work as a blend."

 

[Velnerj]

This happened in a nearby country and I can't help but think, gosh I could use some of those empty crates...

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I wonder how many bottles survived...