What will the neighbors think?

[JohnSand]

I brew in the back yard and any neighbor within eyesight knows what I'm up to.
It's the county police cruiser that shows up in my driveway every other week that gets the nosy neighbors talking. Never mind that it's my friend that I've known for 30 years. When we go on vacation he'll park in my driveway and eat his lunch. Can't ask for any better home security than that.

Ink, I like that version better than "supervised probation".

 

[bigplunkett]

So what's a 5 gallon keg of meth sell for these days?

Not as much as youd think

 

[Lefou]

My landlord has 2 acres behind my house, he keeps his classic car collection and a large garden back there. He asked if i was frying a turkey so i invited him in and shared his first home brew with him. So fare hes liked everything but the ipas. But the ppl next door think im making meth. They still dont believe its beer.

Well, when they DO believe it's beer ... it will be like feeding cats. Never underestimate the attractive power of free beer.

 

[Lefou]

I always get the same visitor with the same comments every time I brew. "Whatcha makin?" or "When are you going to be done?" or "You left the toilet seat up again"... I brew in the kitchen, btw.

I do the brew in the kitchen thing, too.
Wife likes the cooking malt smell, but isn't a beer fan, so I have a solution for that - it's called "malt tea". I save some first or second runnings for her.

 

[Leezer]

I do the brew in the kitchen thing, too.
Wife likes the cooking malt smell,.

That’s great that she likes that smell. My husband likes that I brew but does not like that cooking malt smell at all ( I brew in kitchen). So when I brew he goes to Home Depot, goes fishing, does yard work etc etc

 

[JohnSand]

Yeah, I brew inside in winter, only when my wife isn't home. She loves the mash and early boil smell, but not boiling hops.

 

[AkTom]

My wife doesn’t like the smell or the taste of beer. More for me. I do make wine and cider for her.

 

[jcav]

Funny today I am brewing on my back lanai (making a Belgian Wit) and the neighbor behind me walked up the wooded trail next to my house and saw me. So he came over and said "Hey what are you doing?" So I told him and showed him my rig. His eyes got huge and he was in shock of how cool my rig was for a "home brewer". He then asked what time is the beer going to be ready! I couldn't help but chuckle a little and I told him it takes around three weeks in the fermenter and another week in the keg before it's really ready.

John