just got accused

[1ratdog]

neighbors just accused me off making moonshine. grrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[blkandrust]

Reminds me of the time I was rinsing off my immersion chiller while a few persons belonging to a religious organization were walking up to the house.They stayed for like a week.

 

[buffalobrewer]

i hope they don't find the weed your are growing on the trellis out back!

 

[aerod1]

Reminds me of the time I was rinsing off my immersion chiller while a few persons belonging to a religious organization were walking up to the house.They stayed for like a week.

Episcopalians?

 

[Sweetchuck]

Were you making moonshine?

 

[pauljmccain]

Were you making moonshine?

this.

 

[Northcalais40]

Well, there are worse things you could be doing. I would begin doing those things now.

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Were you making moonshine?

Yeah, that was never specified!

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

 

[FishinDave07]

lmao, love wrong impressions + ignorance

 

[ilikethetrees]

man, i can't count the number of times some numbskull has suggested homebrew could blind a guy...

 

[SpottedDogBrewing]

Have then drink the first runnings!!

 

[HDIr0n]

I can't count the times the cops have "stopped" by just to check things out. Usually meth has something to do with their questioning and I guess checking to see if I have all my teeth or not. Granted I live in a not so awesome part of Houston, but really? Sometimes it gets a little ridiculous.

 

[gtpro]

Apple cores, spit and bread yeast make a delicious prison julip

 

[Zamial]

I would have immediately asked,"Have you ever seen someone make moonshine before?" When they either were looking like a deer in the headlights or replied,"No." I would have said,"The state looks down on sodomizing underage children. You look like a pedophile to me." But I am filled with sarcasm and little tolerance for stupid people.

 

[Gremlyn]

I live a few miles from the police heliport and I've had a helicopter circling my house's near vicinity - seemingly my house specifically - while I was out with my brewing equipment on a few occasions...

 

[annasdadhockey]

neighbors just accused me off making moonshine. grrrrrrrrrrrrr

In Nuremburg, I wouldn't be surprised...J/K

 

[ChshreCat]

Reminds me of the time I was rinsing off my immersion chiller while a few persons belonging to a religious organization were walking up to the house.They stayed for like a week.

The other day a couple religious guys knocked on my door. I invited them in, gave them coffee, sat down and asked "So, what did you want to tell me about?"

They said "Hell if we know... we never got this far before!"

 

[1ratdog]

i could see ( maybe) them getting suspicious of my immersion chiller, but the iggnorant f%&*s were alarmed by my glass 6 gallon carboy, star san and a piece of alum. foil over the mouth, sitting on the porch.

 

[1ratdog]

In Nuremburg, I wouldn't be surprised...J/K

lol. i agree 100% lol

 

[dracothered]

neighbors just accused me off making moonshine. grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Did the LEO's show up later and ask to come in or just bust the door down?

 

[1ratdog]

Did the LEO's show up later and ask to come in or just bust the door down?

no one showed up. yet!

 

[scrambledegg81]

no one showed up. yet!

Take the high road, and whenever said brew is completely done (i.e. bottled, carbed & delicious), head next door and offer a few to your nosy neighbors.

"Hi. *handshake* This is what you interrupted me for last month."

 

[fineexampl]

Oh man i cannot WAIT for the day this happens to me!! I swear i will have so many illegal looking things by that time. Maybe hang a few fake distillery and whiskey signs around and purposely run copper tubing around the place into something looking like a still, but maybe in actuality is a water fountain or something.

Seriously HBT readers...why wouldn't you purposely mess with your neighbors if they're that stupid?

 

[brewmcq]

Wanna really freak out the neighbors? Paint something like this on all your equipment (BK, MLT, fermenters..)

 

[ArcLight]

Take the high road, and whenever said brew is completely done (i.e. bottled, carbed & delicious), head next door and offer a few to your nosy neighbors.

"Hi. *handshake* This is what you interrupted me for last month."

This is the correct way to handle the matter.
It's not that hard to have at least neutral relations with people, and hopefully even better. This is nothing ever gained by having bad relations with neighbors.

You want to impress them? Starte telling them about the purposes of different rests during the All Grain process. How different enzymes need different temperatures nd Ph ranges, and how they target different sugars.
Give them some hops to smell, tell them its the flowe of a vine, and how its used to flavor beer.

Also tell them that you don't distill anything, and thats what moonshine is

 

[1ratdog]

Oh man i cannot WAIT for the day this happens to me!! I swear i will have so many illegal looking things by that time. Maybe hang a few fake distillery and whiskey signs around and purposely run copper tubing around the place into something looking like a still, but maybe in actuality is a water fountain or something.

Seriously HBT readers...why wouldn't you purposely mess with your neighbors if they're that stupid?

i like your idea.
wish we were neighbors.
but..
i guess i'll take the high road and offer them one when its done, then when they fall in love with homebrew i'll stop givin them brews. cut em off.

 

[Cpt_Kirks]

no one showed up. yet!

Hide your dog...

My neighbors know I brew, they are always over drinking my beer.

 

[richc]

Wanna really freak out the neighbors? Paint something like this on all your equipment (BK, MLT, fermenters..)

Wrong symbol, this is the right one for beer

 

[TopherM]

I would have immediately asked,"Have you ever seen someone make moonshine before?" When they either were looking like a deer in the headlights or replied,"No." I would have said,"The state looks down on sodomizing underage children. You look like a pedophile to me." But I am filled with sarcasm and little tolerance for stupid people.

I don't know about your state, but my state looks down on sodomizing of-age children as well....in fact, I don't think you can sodomize anyone unless they ask you to.

 

[brewmcq]

Wrong symbol, this is the right one for beer

That one works too.