Most annoying response when you tell someone you're a homebrewer?

[Billy-Klubb]

Yes. Throw more parties.

Although, I'm a bit envious... I have a pretty good feeling I'm going to hoard this beer for myself.

"Oh, have you tried that one already? Yes? Ok, then you don't need another one... hit the bricks hoser."

I have 94 bottles of home brew from two batches and I'm worried they will not last long. I drink an average of 30 beers a week... so, I think I'm screwed. Maybe if I get back to back to back to back batches going, I can build some kind of pipeline... maybe.

start by brewing a bunch of session beers back-to-back. and you fill in areas with "homework" beer.

 

[Psylocide]

start by brewing a bunch of session beers back-to-back. and you fill in areas with "homework" beer.

That was kind of the plan... just want to stop buying so much beer, if at all possible.

Also... your Surly Coffee Bender video was floccing hilarious, nice dungeon. Wish Surly still had distribution here, I really liked that one.

 

[Rev2010]

I've had this exchange more than once:

Them: "Oh so you brew beer... do you sell it?"
Me: "No, that would be illegal, you need a license to sell it"
Them: "Oh, so you just drink it yourself then?"
Me: "Yeah, and sometimes some friends/family on occasion"
Them: "So how much do you brew at a time?"
Me: "5 gallon batches"
Them: "Wow! How long does that last like 6 months?"
Me: "About a week and a half"
Them: " ipe: "


Rev.

 

[TheCADJockey]

Heard that Rev...

Friends are having a party and I told them I was just gifted a picnic tap...

"We are having a big party and everyone was told to bring a case of coors or miller light so we have enough beer, but why dont you just fill your keg and bring that over then so we have something different?"

Oh sure... Let me just fill a keg right quick for you.. to abuse with your beer pong and flip cup.

 

[Zepth]

Oh sure... Let me just fill a keg right quick for you.. to abuse with your beer pong and flip cup.

Parti-gyle to the rescue? Ultimate cheapskate recipe coming up.
Brew something nice for yourself. OG 1.060-1.080. 5 gal batch, must use late hop addition.
Proceed as normal right up to pitching.
Save hop sludge in kettle on the side for batch 2.*
Ultra sparge the tun. Maybe batch 2 is 3 gal. It's free! *
Use some sludge for bittering addition.
A dash of sucrose for about 1.035-1.040 OG
Boil, no late addition, cool rack, and pitch something harvested. Don't even worry about a starter.

Tada! almost free quaffable stuff the masses will love. Of course you still need a couple weeks notice to make it happen.

*Yes, I've done the late addition sludge as a bittering addition. It worked just fine.
*Batch 2 might be smaller size than batch 1. Make it work.

 

[SmCranf]

Parti-gyle to the rescue? Ultimate cheapskate recipe coming up.
Brew something nice for yourself. OG 1.060-1.080. 5 gal batch, must use late hop addition.
Proceed as normal right up to pitching.
Save hop sludge in kettle on the side for batch 2.*
Ultra sparge the tun. Maybe batch 2 is 3 gal. It's free! *
Use some sludge for bittering addition.
A dash of sucrose for about 1.035-1.040 OG
Boil, no late addition, cool rack, and pitch something harvested. Don't even worry about a starter.

Tada! almost free quaffable stuff the masses will love. Of course you still need a couple weeks notice to make it happen.

*Yes, I've done the late addition sludge as a bittering addition. It worked just fine.
*Batch 2 might be smaller size than batch 1. Make it work.

This is beautifully devious, I have to try!

 

[Fizzycist]

No your not a scrooge I have a friend like that. But worse than that he wants me to brew a cider (which I have never done ) and supply the keg, tap, and CO2 for his woman to drink. I gave him a list of ingredients to get. ....

The solution to this is bottle conditioning. Tell him to grab empties from a couple bars on a sunday morning, spend 3 bucks on caps, and just send it home with him.

 

[ubnserved]

The solution to this is bottle conditioning. Tell him to grab empties from a couple bars on a sunday morning, spend 3 bucks on caps, and just send it home with him.

I'm pretty much limited to using one arm. Bottling is too much work anyway. If he wants cider he will get the appropriate things for his house or I'll just have to drink it and he will have to come over to put it in his woman.
I have dozens of bags of caps because of all the kits I use to do and never bottled except when I need to empty a keg or age something.

 

[Genghis]

and he will have to come over to put it in his woman.

Are we still talking about the cider?

 

[Fizzycist]

I'm pretty much limited to using one arm. Bottling is too much work anyway. If he wants cider he will get the appropriate things for his house or I'll just have to drink it and he will have to come over to put it in his woman.
I have dozens of bags of caps because of all the kits I use to do and never bottled except when I need to empty a keg or age something.

With a buddy, I can bottle a 5 gallon batch in an hour, which doesn't seem too hard.. Put the buddy who is mooching to work! He can run the capper. Seems like the least you can ask him to do if you are making him cider.

 

[Zepth]

With a buddy, I can bottle a 5 gallon batch in an hour, which doesn't seem too hard.. Put the buddy who is mooching to work! He can run the capper. Seems like the least you can ask him to do if you are making him cider.

I do the same. Buddy also runs the vinator while I'm calculating and measuring priming sugar, racking from fermenter. We usually get the batch done in about 45 minutes, then I take care of the cleaning while he makes sure bottles are dry on the outside and packs them up in cases. Exception being that my guy isn't a mooch and I usually send him home with some homebrew for his assistance.

 

[CJ-3]

The one that gets me is when someone I don't know well, but is an acquaintance through a mutual friend gets pushy about needing

'A sample 6 pack or two' and then wrote his address down for me to bring it to.

Thanks for expressing an interest but don't ask me to deliver, if I want to drop you some I'll let you know.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

The one that gets me is when someone I don't know well, but is an acquaintance through a mutual friend gets pushy about needing

'A sample 6 pack or two' and then wrote his address down for me to bring it to.

Thanks for expressing an interest but don't ask me to deliver, if I want to drop you some I'll let you know.

I say drop it off with a very stern, "This is the ONLY time." then offer to teach him if he's interested. and try to do and say things that emasculate him in a sly way, like punching him in the nose 3 times and calling him a p****.

 

[ubnserved]

Are we still talking about the cider?

I am he is not.

 

[ubnserved]

With a buddy, I can bottle a 5 gallon batch in an hour, which doesn't seem too hard.. Put the buddy who is mooching to work! He can run the capper. Seems like the least you can ask him to do if you are making him cider.

Probably. .. right now nothing going to happen and I don't care because I have the flu and it's kicking my a$$. Have to mark this year down as sucking butt.

 

[hunter_le five]

....things that emasculate him in a sly way, like punching him in the nose 3 times and calling him a p****.

That's "a pterodactyl", for those keeping score at home.

It's vitally important to call him a pterodactyl whilst subtly punching him in the nose. Because reasons.

 

[watermelon83]

Sometimes I have reasons, other times it's a Siason or twenty.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

That's "a pterodactyl", for those keeping score at home.

It's vitally important to call him a pterodactyl whilst subtly punching him in the nose. Because reasons.

this guy? knowswhatsagoin'on. we could brew beer together, me and this guy. we could.

 

[liquiditynerd]

First time I saw this from the outside. Coworker brings a recipe for a holiday tasting. Spot on, out of style but freaking amazing! We brew to our tastes and this was his taste and it was freaking good. I told him what I thought and sent my opinion to him awhile later when I opened it.

Dude on site is like this is freaking awesome, do you sell this, blah blah, brings two growlers on Monday and none of the empties he was given with request for return (clean labels).

CoW handled it professionally. I would've went NY on him. First time I got to see this on the sidelines. NO ONE knew why I was laughing so hard! F**** ing hilarious. (pterodactyl)

 

[Dmanshane]

isn't it dark and have a lot of alcohol, does it taste like keystone, your freeking retarded why would you want to do that, why don't you make shine,

 

[LenRomero]

I haven't tried it yet. How it tastes?

 

[LenRomero]

How it tastes?

 

[IDoBleedBrew]

I've only been brewing for a couple of years, but I haven't heard anything too off. Nine times out of ten it seems like I get a "cool" or "I would like to learn how to do that." Just this week I had some family roll in to town and I mentioned I was going to brew (this Friday) a batch for the family reunion (Labor Day weekend). My cousin was telling his wife about it on the phone and she said "cool... bring a couple of bottles with you when you leave" (this Saturday). =) I heard him laugh and say "honey it doesn't work that way. I don't know... months? Well that is why we buy our beer." Hehe

 

[m00ps]

WTF happened here? last 5 posts are like mind diarrhea. bring back the pterodactyls

 

[GrogNerd]

my dog barks some

 

[tmendick]

Them: "Hey you brew beer, do you know Scott (last name)?"

Me: "...Yes, but not all homebrewers know each other. Do you know all the other Polish people in town?"

This has happened at least three times with the same person referenced.

 

[hunter_le five]

Them: "Hey you brew beer, do you know Scott (last name)?"

Me: "...Yes

So, they were not wrong then?

 

[Mainer]

Them: "Hey you brew beer, do you know Scott (last name)?"

Me: "...Yes, but not all homebrewers know each other. Do you know all the other Polish people in town?"

This has happened at least three times with the same person referenced.

But *do* you know Scott?

 

[hunter_le five]

BTW, tell Scott I said hi. It's been a while.

 

[hunter_le five]

But *do* you know Scott?

Don't you?