Warning signs of homebrew addiction

[bruin_ale]

Guilty for alot of these.. especially wasting most of a day at work doing brewing research. Also, I took last Friday off to brew.. it was a great day!

If you own more refrigerators or freezers for beer than you do for food.
If your entire fenceline is dedicated to growing hops.

 

[Irishpenguin13]

When making coffee you account for grain absorbtion.

I love this one.

 

[erikhild59]

Coffee comment is awesome.

 

[unionrdr]

When the only reason you do spring cleaning is to expand your little brewing corner. Not to mention,make room for all those boxes of bottles...

 

[erikhild59]

When you catch yourself estimating SRM at the urinal.

Laughing my ass off!

 

[erikhild59]

When you post pictures of you're full carboys on facebook like they're you're children!

 

[Tnoodle]

when you post pictures of you're full carboys on facebook like they're you're children!

+1

 

[Scruffy1207]

When you post pictures of you're full carboys on facebook like they're you're children!

Maybe I have.

 

[Begin2Brew]

When you go down into your basement looking for a little room to store your beer equipment and throw out half of your SWMBO's Christmas decorations, two coffee tables, a china hutch, three empty cardboard boxes, a stationary bike, a plastic water fountain, and old stand up light light fixture. Then look at the half empty basement and say to yourself "I think that might be enough room".

 

[Misplaced_Canuck]

You continuously have this spreadsheet opened:

(Too big for inline pic, click to load it):

http://i52.tinypic.com/2cgbos1.jpg

[I'll be happy to share it if someone needs it]

M_C

 

[BeerEagle]

You continuously have this spreadsheet opened:

That's not a sign of addiction, that's just plain OCD.

 

[Swib]

You use DME in your coffee because the sugar dispenser is empty and the DME is within reach. After all, who doesn't keep some in their kitchen to make starters?

 

[Misplaced_Canuck]

Nah. I'm a database guy. Comes with the territory.

I was using Beersmith but it faw*ed me over when I was short on inventory and it only deducted a partial grain bill. I said, scr*w it, and decided to use a spreadsheet. I can see what I have on hand very easily.

M_C

That's not a sign of addiction, that's just plain OCD.

 

[MBasile]

Screw that. Everybody tells me they want to drink my beer. First off, they are brave and secondly, they think its free for us or something?

My friends always tell me I should sell the beer. I tell them "A) That is highly illegal. B) I Brew it so I can drink it!"

 

[unionrdr]

I can see where that'd be a problem. It seems to me they look at you as a source of free beer. Not like you had to buy it or anything. Don't they realize you had to buy the stuff to make it???

 

[HopHead24]

When looking at new homes, your biggest consideration is: "How will this setup work for a home brewery?"

Oh man...I'm sick!!!

 

[bruin_ale]

I'm planning a kitchen remodel and leaning towards a gas stove mostly for the ease of making starters. I'm doing a double boiler deal with my erlenmeyer flask now, but it'll be nice to just set the flask right on the burner.

 

[bernerbrau]

When you adjust your water heater so that your tap water allows you to mash in consistently at 151.

 

[dancness]

You never seem to have enough fermentation vessels. Each time you buy one you say to yourself "OK, I can have 4 batches going at once and THAT is plenty." But once a batch is done fermenting you itch so bad to brew again that you go and spend another 17 bucks on a new fermentation bucket.

 

[Moonlighter]

- When you wish, at least 10 times a day, you could open a bag of fresh leaf hops and inhale the aroma.

- When you seriously consider developing a hop-aroma car freshener.

- When your kids not only get a beer for you and pour it, but fill the bottle with water and leave it in the sink.

 

[Misplaced_Canuck]

Minerals. Not good.

M_C

When you adjust your water heater so that your tap water allows you to mash in consistently at 151.

 

[bernerbrau]

Minerals. Not good.

M_C

Yeah, actually I buy a bunch of those 3-gallon distilled water jugs, and build up my mineral profile from scratch.

Hot water from the tap leaching lead (etc.) though, I sort of thought that risk was overstated.

 

[ajfranke]

-You invite people over for a party/BBQ because you need to expand your stock of empty bottles.

-You catch yourself leering at them when they bring clear/green bottles.

...and I've only been doing this for 4 months.

 

[Misplaced_Canuck]

You call a cook-out and you tell the guests: "Bring meats. Already have beer".

M_C

-You invite people over for a party/BBQ because you need to expand your stock of empty bottles.

-You catch yourself leering at them when they bring clear/green bottles.

...and I've only been doing this for 4 months.

 

[Cowbizzoy]

You've been told you can't keep that 'big orange cooler' in the living room....

You have 200+ pounds of grain...

You've been asked "why is your fermenter on my table runner"

NOTE: If this hasn't happened to you, the correct answer IS NOT: "To protect the table's finish"

 

[gratefuldisc]

When you get offered a free chest freezer and you debate with SWMBO whether it will be used for freezing food or a fermentation chamber... "But I'll be able to make lagers!!"

 

[bkorver]

If you enjoy smelling bung hole emmisions...

 

[TrainSafe]

You engage in a conversation because you overhead the words 'gypsum' & 'water' only to discover they were talking about plaster.

 

[gclay]

If you enjoy smelling bung hole emmisions...

lol, now I can blame it on the beer

 

[Homebrewtastic]

Your three year old son knows the names of the "bad bugs"... acetobacter, lactobacillus, pediococcus and brettanomyces.

And can also explain the brewing process better than your SWMBO can.