Things a Homebrewer Thinks

[plumber_bob]

When brewing in the morning, when is it appropriate to switch from coffee to beer?

Just start with java stout. You can't get it wrong then.

pb

 

[LovesIPA]

"Why is that guy driving around with a mash tun on the back of his landscaping truck?"

 

[JBOGAN]

"Man it would be nice to have more room in my bedroom closet for brew equipment....Maybe i should move some more of this clothing?.hmmm."

 

[JBOGAN]

"If my girlfriends asks why my wort chiller is on the dresser i guess i could tell her its functional art"

 

[32Brew]

The excruciating mental math; "I have X number of full bottles and X number of empty bottles. I will be brewing in two weeks. How many bottles do I need to drink before then, yet not run out of beer?"

THIS is my ongoing mental dialogue each time I have a bottle of brew!!

 

[high5apparatus]

"If I ever went pro, I'd never be an ******* like Larry Bell or a total tool like Sam Calagione."

 

[unionrdr]

Uh huh huh,huh...he's cleanin his bunghole...huhhuhhuhhuhhuh,huh. Just read that in another thread. He was worried about a dirty bunghole in regard to a plug...

 

[Randy_Bugger]

Shopping in a grocery store. Sees an item I wouldn't typically buy for cooking.

Thinks...hmmm, maybe I should put that in the next batch of beer.

Keeps moving.

 

[edds5p0]

When brewing in the morning, when is it appropriate to switch from coffee to beer?

Good question. I usually wait until noon.

 

[ron,ar]

I see a 5 gallon bucket on the side of the road, I think...."maybe that is a 6 gallon bucket, I could make another fermenter out of that".

 

[wiggybrewer]

Now I know why I Don't brew lagers, I can hardly keep a pipe line of ales going!!

 

[nasty_rabbit]

When brewing in the morning, when is it appropriate to switch from coffee to beer?

Use the 4 hour rule: wake at 09:00 drink at 12:00, wake at 06:00 drink at 10:00, wake at 04:00 drink at 08:00.

 

[Proboscidea]

"Man, I'd really love to turn the garage/basement/shed into a pub so that I could put up some cheeky brewery signs and drag a ratty couch in there and build a 7-tap system with free-flowing beer to serve to my friends who would be coming over all the time ... also I need to make some friends."

 

[Hoppity]

I really like this batch...are they being polite in their compliments, or do they really understand the subtleties of the style I just nailed?

 

[seigex]

"If only I could quit my job..."

 

[seigex]

"Don't worry about them, they don't have as sophisticated of a palet as I do..."

 

[Xpertskir]

When brewing in the morning, when is it appropriate to switch from coffee to beer?

When the pot of coffee is empty.

My general brewing rule is I don't start drinking until I'm boiling wort, even if I'm really ambitious I can't get drunk enough to screw up the batch.

 

[high5apparatus]

My general brewing rule is I don't start drinking until I'm boiling wort, even if I'm really ambitious I can't get drunk enough to screw up the batch.

THAT is a good rule of thumb. I'll stop putting bourbon in my coffee on early brew days from now on.

 

[DrunkleJon]

When you run out of Irish for your coffee?

 

[Ctforte]

Me: "Brew Day on Saturday!"

Roommates: "O where having a party?"

Me: "No no no just a free brew lesson and tasting for anyone who's interested."

 

[seigex]

"How am I suppose to drink my homebrew, if I keep inviting other people to drink my homebrew??"

 

[unionrdr]

How the heck can I pay off one of the big bills so I can brew more beer?! I need a bigger pipeline! :cross:

 

[Randy_Bugger]

The mediocre porter I made a few months ago was shelved and almost forgotten.

It suddenly tastes great when there is nothing else to drink.

 

[Ostomo517]

Mom asks "When are you and Marci having kids?"
Me: "What are you talking about, we have 10 gallons fermenting now isnt that enough?"

 

[Jlaw3000]

Just had this one: "I can't drink Mon-Thurs because I am on call for work... Which blows... This however is likely a good thing because otherwise my bottles would never condition to their potential"

 

[Ryfi]

Me: "Brew Day on Saturday!"

Roommates: "O where having a party?"

Me: "No no no just a free brew lesson and tasting for anyone who's interested."

This only replace roommate with wife

 

[plumber_bob]

I gotta quit telling the guys at work when I brew. They all expect free 22oz'rs now.

That cuts into MY beer supply.

pb

 

[seigex]

I gotta quit telling the guys at work when I brew. They all expect free 22oz'rs now.

That cuts into MY beer supply.

pb

My problem is I try to convince people to homebrew themselves and usually that involves inviting them to try my beer. Doesn't help when you have stupid commercials like Buffalo Wild Wing's trashing homebrew.

 

[Ctforte]

I gotta quit telling the guys at work when I brew. They all expect free 22oz'rs now.

That cuts into MY beer supply.

pb

I have the opposite happen. The people I work with will buy the ingriedents and have me make it. So in the end I expect the free 22s.

 

[cluckk]

It's not something a brewer says, but something a brewer's neighbor says:

The neighbor's wife smells a strong, sweet yet fairly pungent aroma on the air and says, "Ken must be brewing again."