How drunk have you gotten off your own supply?

[temple240]

I never got drunk off my homebrew. I want to enjoy it. After a certain level of intoxication, I doubt my taste buds work properly any more, so drinking too much of the good stuff would be wasting it. If I wanted to get drunk (which I don't), cheap Vodka would be cheaper.

Leave it to hbt to turn a funny thread into a discussion about wasting beer by drinking too much of it haha.

I will agree that I tend to drink my favorite beers slower because I'll miss them when they're gone. The good news is that I know the brewer (me) and can easily replenish the supply.

 

[hunter_le five]

The worse my beer turns out, the drunker I tend to get. I drink no more than two or three beers per night if my beer turns out really well so it'll last longer. If the beer is not so good, I want to get rid of it and free up the kegs ASAP for something else.

That's pretty much the only time I get drunk on my homebrew....

SWMBO: "Why are you drinking so much tonight?"
ME: "This beer turned out kind of disappointing, so I need to get rid of it to free up the keg."
SWMBO: "Why don't you just dump it?"
ME: "Huh?"

 

[HoppyDaze]

I raped a cow

Like throwing a hot dog through a hallway?

 

[Brewskys]

I would only guess one would have to keep tasting it until its perfect!

 

[Cape Brewing]

Like throwing a hot dog through a hallway?

... or your mom

 

[m_c_zero]

... or your mom

Burn?

 

[Ostomo517]

Leave it to hbt to turn a funny thread into a discussion about wasting beer by drinking too much of it haha.

I will agree that I tend to drink my favorite beers slower because I'll miss them when they're gone. The good news is that I know the brewer (me) and can easily replenish the supply.

This! I have a few times but when you have a pipeline going there's always more!

 

[Desvio]

Weekends come along and sometimes downing a few beers is necessary, it wasn't until I downed a few of my Irish Reds (first batch I ever made). The it dawned on me, it was really REALLY good, and apparently had an alcohol level higher than anticipated. Sneak the hell up on me, I was lit up pretty good. I just about cried I was so proud of making that beer.

 

[jwalk4]

I just about cried I was so proud of making that beer.

Haha, no one likes a weepy brewer!

 

[HoppyDaze]

... or your mom

Please don't throw my mom through a hallway

 

[Cape Brewing]

Please don't throw my mom through a hallway

LOL. Yeah, right. As if someone could lift her?

 

[wormraper]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many times to count. according to my wife that after I'd nailed down a couple of bombers from my 9.1 % Belgian saison I was singing along to all the songs in "Rock of Ages" on the back of the couch

 

[DSorenson]

This is the second day in four days that I've heard someone mention rock of ages and intoxication in the same story. Coincidence? I think not.

 

[LowNotes]

So much so that my wife had to explain to me all the things I did to embarrass her the night before.

Be careful grasshopper.

Exactly this drunk.

 

[DaNewf]

I've only been homebrewing for about a year and a half and it's been several years since I've gotten blitzed so I've never been completed wasted on my own homebrew.

These days I almost exclusively drink stuff made at home (beer, wine, cider, wine based cocktail) and every now and then I consume enough to go beyond a happy buzz and become intoxicated enough to make speaking coherently and walking straight lines difficult.

Side note: I've always loved the word intoxicated. It sounds romantic almost. Unless the word is being used by a cop or a judge, that is.

 

[DrunkleJon]

My first runin with Apfelwein. Had a good buzz going after not too many, but the next day. Yurrg. It is the next day that tells me how much I really had. Funny thing, is after that rite of passage, I warn people, then get untold amusement out of people ignoring the warnings about the potency of Apfelwein. And the complaints of hangovers the next day? Hilarious.

 

[billdog]

This past weekend....well I woke up naked in my bed after a good session of homebrew. However my wife was not naked, unfortunate for me. She had too many margaritas!

 

[Stauffbier]

In this case it wasn't me, but this past Friday I had 3 people pass out at my house after a night of drinking my homebrew. One was passed out in the grass out back. The other two managed to find a couch. I drank as much as they did, but I wasn't drunk. I guess I'm used to my beer. They are BMC drinkers, so they're used to drinking lite beers not 10% ABV stuff like I was serving. :cross:

 

[techbrewie]

whats odd is i dont generally drink enough to get drunk when i have beer. usually takes hard liquor to get me there before i get full.

 

[wooda2008]

Erm... twice.

First, my buddy came down to visit and we split a bottle of my Raspberry skeeter pee...then another before I realized they were my liter bottles for parties... I thoughtfully wrote out a note for my roommate telling him that I would clean out the sink in the morning. I woke up to a note saying "wtf does this say?" and another saying "nvm, saw the sink"

Second, My girlfriend threw a party at our apartment and I got into my apfelwein. I woke up freshly bathed and swaddled with a distinct memory of a girl friend staring at my business in the bathtub and congratulating my girlfriend.

Edit: girl friend was helping the girlfriend...

 

[wooda2008]

p.s. remembered everything.

 

[jiggy]

That's pretty much the only time I get drunk on my homebrew....

SWMBO: "Why are you drinking so much tonight?"
ME: "This beer turned out kind of disappointing, so I need to get rid of it to free up the keg."
SWMBO: "Why don't you just dump it?"
ME: "Huh?"

ME: "Umm you want me to dump what now?!"

 

[billpaustin]

Zeek, regght, ugu!

Uhhhh, mmmm, nvmmmmm, snzzzzz.

(Next morning) "I did WHAT?!?"

 

[andy6026]

I recently brewed "Pliny The Elder" - a high gravity IIPA.

After a session of drinking a various assortment of beer, including but not limited to homebrew, my brewer friend and I decided to give Pliny a taste. It was still in secondary.

After a brief sample from drawing it out with a turkey baster, out came the siphoning gear and we proceeded to get smashed. It was warm and flat but WOW - the best homebrew I've produced yet. I'm not sure how many pints got polished in this fashion, but it sure did the trick. I woke up the next morning feeling like a salted slug and my racking equipment a total mess.

 

[spaceyaquarius]

I slept until 4:30pm today! Still, never got a bad hangover for some reason no matter how much I drank. Not totally sure why. I don't filter my beer.