Warning signs of homebrew addiction

[RipeforYelp22]

When you get home at 11:30pm on daylight saving's day from a day of puking while traveling home on 3 separate flights from your first Vegas trip, and you realize it's bottling day, so you stay up till 3am cleaning, sanitizing, and bottling.

 

[RipeforYelp22]

*And then commute to your 8am class.

 

[Dawnhulio]

When co-workers, who have been transferred to another work location, schedule lunch dates with you offering to pay for lunch...as long as you 'bring a couple of bottles of your latest batches' to try....

Fine by me ...March 27th, btw.... Belgian Pale Ale should be bottle-conditioned by that time!

 

[Dawnhulio]

*And then commute to your 8am class.

*That* is the epitome of hard core. Hope you enjoyed it, a friend of mine was down this weekend with a return trip yesterday.

 

[nelgbot]

When you put off family functions to brew for the next one!

 

[RipeforYelp22]

Haha thanks Dawn! I'm still not accustomed to the time change =\ can never find sleep. I guess I'll read some more forums to pass the time!

 

[greinerbrew]

..... you have a beer cellar

 

[RipeforYelp22]

Your back hurts from brewing so you have your boyfriend massage it with the butt of a beer bottle.

 

[robh245]

Your back hurts from brewing so you have your boyfriend massage it with the butt of a beer bottle.

A carboy wire brush makes for a great back scratcher as well.

 

[uncleben113]

When every large container you see driving down the road, regardless of condition you think "hmmm, I could ferment beer in that"

 

[bruin_ale]

When every large container you see driving down the road, regardless of condition you think "hmmm, I could ferment beer in that"

Haha, for sure.. there's a guy around the corner from me that always has a half dozen of those large HDPE barrels in the back of his truck, I keep thinking "hhm, giant mash tun..."

 

[castlefreak]

Each day when you wake up, you check your fermentation vessels before doing ANYTHING else.

 

[uncleben113]

Haha, for sure.. there's a guy around the corner from me that always has a half dozen of those large HDPE barrels in the back of his truck, I keep thinking "hhm, giant mash tun..."

It happens to me every day

 

[kickrjason]

When you are straining out the veggies and bones from a batch of chicken stock and think "I should sparge that for better efficiency" ...... And then you do it!

For the record the second chicken stock runnings were very good.

 

[bniesen]

each day when you wake up, you check your fermentation vessels before doing anything else.

+1

 

[Grantman1]

you wonder why football players on the sidelines are drinking gatorade out of mash tuns.

 

[BrewScout]

you wonder why football players on the sidelines are drinking gatorade out of mash tuns.

LOL!! ^^this^^

 

[wSelwyn]

You enjoy having your primary vessels in your bedroom during the first few days of fermentation because you find it's easier to fall asleep to the steady tapping of the fermentation lock.

 

[4x4jeep74]

Last Saturday I was twenty five minutes into the boil, just about to add my second addition of hops, when my neighbor's wife came over, all upset that her husband was cutting down trees in his yard, when one vary large branch fell on top of the bucket lift that he was standing in, knocking him out and left dangling some 30 feet in the air attached to a safety harness. I hate to admit it, but the first thing that raced through my mind was, who will add the hops.

 

[rifraf]

He was in a harness, he can wait

 

[theDeutscher]

Last Saturday I was twenty five minutes into the boil, just about to add my second addition of hops, when my neighbor's wife came over, all upset that her husband was cutting down trees in his yard, when one vary large branch fell on top of the bucket lift that he was standing in, knocking him out and left dangling some 30 feet in the air attached to a safety harness. I hate to admit it, but the first thing that raced through my mind was, who will add the hops.

Now the real question is - Why were you adding hops 25 minutes into the boil? Haha

 

[cmybeer]

Warning signs of homebrew addiction: When you are reading this thread and commenting on it...

 

[theDeutscher]

Warning signs of homebrew addiction: When you are reading this thread and commenting on it...

Touché... touché.

 

[Grantman1]

I'm in the middle of a wedding rehearsal and here I am cruising the forums

 

[DGibb]

I'm in the middle of a wedding rehearsal and here I am cruising the forums

I would certainly be worried if it were your wedding rehearsal...

 

[rifraf]

I would certainly be worried if it were your wedding rehearsal...

Or if he were the officiant

 

[theDeutscher]

Has anyone ever bought any of that hop-flavored candy? I think that would suggest a pretty big problem there.

 

[kickrjason]

Guilty....... i take one with me to events where my wife wont let me bring my own beer. that way if BMC is all thats available ill suck on it while drinking it......

 

[theDeutscher]

ill suck on it while drinking it......

That's what she said.

 

[DGibb]

Has anyone ever bought any of that hop-flavored candy? I think that would suggest a pretty big problem there.

I was at Adventures in Homebrewing recently and picked some up. Strong Cascade kick, good and cheap. Recommended.