You know you're a home brewer when?

That is a great reason to head to the local brewery and buy one of theirs to take home with you!

 

+ 1,000

 

Lmao! I got up to make my starter this am!



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New neighbour.

 

;-)

 

You know you're a homebrewer when everytime you drink the beer you make,this happens:

 

When a buddy offers to pay for half a batch of a coors light clone...and you still brew a Belgian IPA because you can't stand having crappy swill in your kegs.


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do the cream of three crops... It'll appeal to him as a BMC drinker, but it's actually good. Make him pay for the whole batch since it'll be like $10

I'm going to try to get it down even more by using grits vs flaked corn (that stuff is what cost the most) I also used regular rice and just boiled it before I put it into the mash.

 

Oh I've brewed that for him. And he likes it but I brew a California common style that kinda tastes like coors light that he loves and always wants me to have on tap but it's just boring to me unless I want to get fall down drunk.


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When you're drinking tea / coffee / soda - and you try to figure out it's SRM

 

When this is in your garage...



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Looks like you got an empty tap there. Better get brewing

 

You tell your friends that "you're looking at infections" when browsing the Pellicle Photo Collection thread in the Lambic & Wild forum.

 

You find yourself checking out HBT posts instead of worrying about the date you have in half an hour.

 

But then you always look forward to good booty & BBQ!

 

On the way to the restroom, you know you need to open the valve on the racking arm but you wonder if you need to dump the trub as long as you are there.

 

When you buy Bud Lite from the store for an out of town guest and feel the need to explain to the cashier that it's really not for you.

 

When you bottle your dry hopped IPA and after you get all the whole hops out of the carboy you turn on the garbage disposal and after a minute it clogs.


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...when you order your yeast a cup of ice.


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When you're a few blocks away from the massive Miller Brewery and think "something smells like the kitchen when I make a starter."

 

When you go to the local home improvement store and know more about tubing, copper piping and inner diameter is versus outer diameters then the guy with the apron!

 

Done that!

 

I've done that,man! It's kinda funny when you think about it. Kinda reminds me of Bill Cosby's bit about the kid at the candy counter.

 

When did you score all of the pieces needed for an 20 foot immersion chiller at the home improvement store for 28$ and feel like you stole it from them!

 

When your "bonus" is a sack of 2 row

 

Hahahahahahaha!!!!! Lmao!!!


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When your beer purchases are influenced by how easy it is to remove the labels from the bottles.

 

Loved that smell when I drove down 45/41

 

When you're pouring water from a pitcher (I know. Obscure item to be pouring. Water.) and your friends call you out as being experienced at pouring based on the anti-dregs style.

 

When the brew cave is open and all the neighbors come over for free beer.
I've been offered cash for a 12'er so many times. Unfortunately that's a no no. Not goin there ever.


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I've never sold beer, but the friends who get offered the most beer are the ones who have asked how much it costs to make a batch, and then at some point handed me $20-$40 to help fund the hobby that they enjoy so much.

 

I just traded some homebrew and mead for some really nice sheepshead!

 

When you go to the local flea market and hope to stumble across anything homebrew related, no luck today hoping to hit the mother load one of these days, I can dream right

 

When you realize that being a cheap bastard is not in line with your hobby!

 

When you look at $12 bombers in the bottle shop and use it as justification for spending a couple grand a year on your "cheap hobby".

 

I do the same thing, found a 3 gallon carboy for my mead about a month ago!

 

You're just not doing it right...

 

That

 

Granted, the initial investment is a chunk of change, but you can make the cost per brew cheaper. My question is how do you "do it right". I can not seem to get them under $50.

 

My cheapest so far was the Caramel Amber I got from the recipe database here. $18. As long as I don't figure my wages, I can beat anything at the liquor store.