Warning signs of homebrew addiction

[KuntzBrewing]

I got many laughs outta this thread! Haha

 

[Stevo2569]

You might be addicted to homebrewing if:

You are drinking coffee in the morning and you notice that there is a piece of something floating around in it and the first thing that pops into your head is "it is probably just a piece of hops."

You might be an addict if:
You dry hop your coffee.
I found a loose pellet and thought what the he'll. No bad but the pellet was a couple days old and kinda stale.

 

[NWMOBrewer]

When watching Top Shot, and they shoot 3 gallon carboys, you shed a tear because you could have fermented in those.

 

[KuntzBrewing]

You tell the family to deal with the fact that the fridge is gonna be set to 53° because that's where your lager is most active

 

[gcdowd]

When watching Top Shot, and they shoot 3 gallon carboys, you shed a tear because you could have fermented in those.

As I watched that the other day, I thought the same thing

 

[Hobnob]

While making your 4-month-old a bottle of formula, you scoop the powder in the bottle and wonder how many grams of DME that would be if you were making a starter.

 

[rhoadsrage]

You pick your new license plates because the numbers match your favorite Wyeast.

If you see a Chevy van with plates "WY 3711" honk.

 

[JRems]

You get disappointed when you go to the columbus day parade and find out it is for a sailor and nothing to do with your favorite hop

 

[Azurecybe]

When you are reading an article on Mythology, and suddenly realise that Baphomet / Hades / Pan would be great names for a Belgian Golden Strong Ale.

You then order the ingredients for the Belgian Golden Strong Ale, because you just HAVE to name it Baphomet's Belgian Golden Strong Ale.

+1.

I have Mephisto's Unholy Covenant in the planning stages now. It shall be pitched on the WLP570 cake from Mephisto's Fructification (a Belgian pale ale).

 

[nylar]

you know your an addict when you have 3 hot women over taking off there clothes practising burlesque and your reading this thread instead of watching ****ies.

 

[Beezy]

you know your an addict when you have 3 hot women over taking off there clothes practising burlesque and your reading this thread instead of watching ****ies.

Actually you might be gay.

 

[nylar]

no my girl is one of them and ive slept with all 3 already. love an open relationship lol

 

[chrislehr]

You took all the glasses out of your beer freezer to make room for hops

Your house has designated "dry areas" and "wet areas" for storing and fermenting.

Your spouse has bought half your gear as gifts just to be able to name a style she wants you to make.

 

[rhamilton]

I moved my clothes to the garage to make room for more carboys in the closet..... *sigh*

 

[worstbrewing]

You have more cubic feet of freezer/fridge space dedicated to brewing (keezer, fermentation chamber, bottle fridge, yeast/hop/etc freezer) than you do for other food.

 

[neut2004]

Whenever you see any food, you wonder "can I mash it?", "should I add that to the boil, during fermentation, or in the keg?", "will adding that improve or hurt my head retention?", etc.

 

[rwfishbu]

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.

I read this and thought, "I don't remember writing that."

But I could have.

And it would have been accurate.

 

[Whitewater]

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

Holy crap man, OCD indeed.
This would be a good one for Microsoft Project.

 

[ETOHonboard]

You may be addicted if when you don't have the money to buy the next brew and you don't see it happening any time soon, you start to notice the effects of depression coming on. *sniff* anybody care to share some zoloft?

 

[kickrjason]

You steam brussel sprouts for dinner & while eating them keep thinking they look like whole hops.........

 

[Elweydoloco]

When you get into an argument with your Fiance and she says 3

"All you do is dick around and brew beer. I go to college and work."

Then your reply is,

"Last I checked your 2 hours of college a day 4 days a week and 8 hours of work total 10 hour days on average. I pull 10 1/2 to 12 hour days and have worked 60 hours this week. By the way give me back the case of apelfwein at your place if you hate me brewing so much."

She retorts

"Your beer sucks anyway I had to drink 4 last night to determine whether or not I liked it."

Me

"Really 4? It took 4 for you to determine it sucked?"

Her

"Alright fine it's amazing just come over later I'm just frustrated from work."

 

[Stevo2569]

Thats funny as Sh!t. Sounds very similar to the wife and I arguments. Ah Yeh Nooky Time!!

 

[Dilligans]

dude .. Yea my wife likes that I brew beer only if... I brew something that she likes.. HG beers are always out of the qustion but she loves an AG basic porter, Wheat and anyother basic beer.. but you start expermenting she does not like it.. only one rule in the house... I am not allowed to talk about brewing... but I get it.. I really dont want to hear her talk about shoes and make up....

 

[BBL_Brewer]

If you have more brewing supplies laying around than you do food.

If you wake on a brew day and it feels like Christmas morning.

If you have to plan vacations around your brewing schedule.

 

[Chuginator]

If you have more brewing supplies laying around than you do food.

If you wake on a brew day and it feels like Christmas morning.

If you have to plan vacations around your brewing schedule.

Wow, you guys have problems.

My planned brew day (first AG since 2007) is next Friday. I sure hope to hell it does feel like Christmas for as much planning and effort I've put into it.

 

[brw4me2]

When the guys at the job come to you for advice on how to get started!

 

[Zokfend]

when you have BeerSmith2 installed on your work computer.

when your boss walks up as you're tinkering in BeerSmith2, and you explain to your boss that you realized that your absorption rate is actually .14.

 

[Aunt_Ester]

When you have the chief of police standing in the doorway of your campus home asking if you're the primary resident.

I spent near 45 minutes trying to convince local law enforcement why they should not arrest me, and why that funky copper coil under my basement stairs should not be confiscated as evidence. It took a phone call to Virginia's ABC agents and several catalogues to convince the chief that an immersion chiller is legal paraphernalia of a legal pastime.

On the upside, this happened in a very small, rural college town, and by the end of my interview, they informed me of openings in their force. God Bless America.

 

[unionrdr]

When your wife still insists that she loves all your beers because they have more flavor,body, &...wait for it....ALCOHOL than the old BMC's. Made me wanna get the rest of the supplies needed for another 12G between the 2 of us.

 

[NWMOBrewer]

You tell the family to deal with the fact that the fridge is gonna be set to 53° because that's where your lager is most active

Food fridge? That's kinda dangerous. If I was your family, I'd just get you another fridge.