Things I Hate about Homebrewers

[seph]

This is great to know that you can grow hops in your backyard in PA. I am looking to move back there in a year or so and was wondering about being able to grow them. Now do you have to take them in during the winter?

There is a Hop Farm in Northern Maine, and I know several people here in Central Maine that grow hops and don't have to dig them up. They just leave them in the ground and maybe cover them with extra leaves before it gets too cold.

 

[fsr_racer]

I'm fairly new to the forum and this is one of the few threads I've read from start to finish, feeling strongly enough about it to post a reply. The OP obviously needed to vent a little. Think about it in other aspects of your life. I can have a fairly uneventful day, but still remember the idiot who cut me off this morning in a rush to get to the McD's drive-thru. The negative experiences stick with us longer and stand out more. I believe a lot of members took the initial post as a personal attack, but what interested me the most is the reaction. Some took to simple name calling, some showed support, and some broke down logical arguments. Interesting & Enlightening. Thank you.

I'm off to go brew my zucchini cumquat quadruple pale quad. DMS is a myth and has never been present in my beer so I plan to use 100% pilsner and execute this no-boil style. This is the only way to recreate my masterpiece but the best part is that it is free. That's right, not even free ninety nine...just free. I'll keep that secret to myself. Maybe I'll write a book to tell you how. Maybe just an ebook. I plan to let it sit outside near the compost pile because that's where my hops grow in pots and I can dry hop it straight off the bines without needing to pluck the hops off. Just bend them right over into the fermenter! I plan to use turbo yeast because that's the way they roll on that Moonshiners show. How else am I supposed to bring this mighty masterpiece of 2.000 OG of beautiful viscosity to bear alcohol? You can call me nuts, but I've found the best way to carbonate beer is with a Super Soaker. Plus it doubles as a beer gun at bottling time! I happen to have a room full of ribbons. My wife makes them for etsy. The best part of that business venture not taking off is that I have 100 blue ribbons for the 2015 state fair!

With that being said... There is often something that makes my day. I nearly pissed myself trying to hold in my laughter, seeing as how I am at work. I did cry a little though, wasabi got sent in the wrong direction.

 

[seckert]

There is a Hop Farm in Northern Maine, and I know several people here in Central Maine that grow hops and don't have to dig them up. They just leave them in the ground and maybe cover them with extra leaves before it gets too cold.

That is great to know! Thanks for the information!

Hey look at that, something good came from this post after all!

 

[divrguy]

I don't hate anything about homebrewers! You on the other hand....


Cheers!

 

[allentwnguy]

@grimzella Ditto on the cost savings. Although I haven't gotten into Belgians, not a fan of wheat beers, I do brew IIpa's but for the most part I like a good ale. I started right into all grain and built a lot of my equipment. I can brew a real good beer for $20. When you figure in a cheap $3 happy hour beer x 41 = $120. You recoup your costs quickly. And not having to buy beer for guests. Oh and I have the 4 c's growing in the back yard (Buffalo NY. Centennial, Chinook, Cascade, Columbus)

 

[kickflip_mj]

I thought this was funny and pretty spot on.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I dislike all the homebrewers that keep signing up for all these HomebrewTalk giveaways. I want to win something too!

I also don't get why people get so worked up by postings on internet forums. It's the internet people. You CAN be doing something else.

Gotta get back to signing up for HomebrewTalk giveaways..

no we can't. we're nerds. even Remmy is a nerd. he goes to the beach & drinks beer, but yet comes back on here while he's doing it to let the other nerds what he's drinking. how did Dolly Parton put it? "nerds on the interwebs, that is what we are..."

 

[Shuznuts]

I have not personally associated with too many homebrewers other than my good buddy that got me started on this awesome hobby. I also don't really do social networking other than than this forum (if one would even consider HBT social networking). I'm such a social network noob that I'd have to google "troll" to get a good understanding of the term, but I don't really care that much, so I'm not gonna do it.

I have had 2 really positive experiences with homebrewers and HBT. The 1st was the thread "do you want to brew one of the 12 beers of Christmas?", 2011. I'd post the link of the actual thread, but like I said, total noob. No idea... But I followed the course of that thread with so much interest and earnest that I jumped on the opportunity to personally participate in the 2012 12 brews of Christmas exchange and thread. What a great experience. 12 complete strangers, who's only connection was the passion for homebrewing and this forum, brewed 12 separate beers and sent samples to each other to share for the holidays. Total awesomeness. We had some really thorough reviews of the beers from some of the participants and some amazing beers. The through the whole process, there were no arrogant attitudes, no blatantly negative comments and if there were some suggestions made, they delivered in a very productive manner. All told, I was very impressed by the whole experience, and I'd love to participate in something like that again.

So based off this example, I'd have to say that my experiences with other homebrewers have been pretty stellar. Y'all rock!


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