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I'd never store my tongs in one of those.
You know you're a home brewer when?
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I'd never store my tongs in one of those.
Yea umm even though I'm a big petrolhead I'm pretty sure there's quite enough petrol in my head as is 
TANSTAAFB
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That's funny right there!
When you give so much beer away for free that your buddies start buying you brewing equipment
TANSTAAFB
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I've had friends offer to pitch in for ingredients for big events like a party or camping trip
Black Island Brewer
An Ode to Beer
Truth. Recently given a beer gun, a ball lock corny and another fermenter.
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yeah, same here. but I always declined.
I like to brew what/when I want and tinker around, which leads to more beer I can drink or store properly. besides my buddies could never agree on a type/style, so they get what I want to clear out. only complaint so far was that they don't have enough fridge space left...
Schmoogdaddy
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A Google Maps image of your house reveals a wet streak running down your driveway, which means you were chilling your wort when the satellite went overhead.
That is *way* better than being able to see my Halloween inflatables from space!!!
WFox93
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You need to swing by the homebrew store on the way to work so you can brew this weekend but its too nice to not ride the motorcycle so you take the bike and swing by the homebrew store anyway and squeeze 6 pounds of grain into your backpack.
I was making a starter and my wife walked by. She asked how I was doing and then said “oh you’re cleaning” and chuckled. She knows that brewing is like 80% cleaning so avoids it like the plague.
Ha!
When you already have three fermentors bubbling away in the garage workshop, your bike is in bits and you'd need the table for workspace but you're thinking meh it's still december there's plenty of time till the riding season starts, if I arrange things a little I could probly squeeze in a fourth one in the corner...
MaryB
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When you debate brewing at -7f in an unheated garage then sanity takes over... NOPE!
csurowiec
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When you see a billboard that says "'Tis the season to be hoppy!" and you get all excited thinking beer only to realize it's advertising some indoor kids jump/trampoline place and you get disappointed.
You sell your air compressor to make room and money for brewing stuff. First purchase? 25kg sack of grain.
When you're going on your very first real out-of-the-country vacation in a week, and keep thinking "Yay I'll have beer on tap when I get home!" and "what should I brew when I get home".
Nebraskan
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.... when my wife opens our bedroom closet and there is a conical fermenter in there.... fermenting beer.
leftcontact
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.... when my wife opens our bedroom closet and there is a conical fermenter in there.... fermenting beer.
The only problem I see with that is a possible concern of temperature control in the closet.
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When you have more chest freezers than an ABC Warehouse, and none of them contain food . . . Yet each has a vital specific function . . .
When you spend ten minutes browsing the beer list at a local restaurant looking for a specific beer, only to realize you won't find it because it is one you do at home . . .
When you spend ten minutes browsing the beer list at a local restaurant looking for a specific beer, only to realize you won't find it because it is one you do at home . . .
Nebraskan
Assoc. Winemaker
It was the coolest place in our double wide trailer, an even 70F Just select the right yeast.
When U got about 20 quid to spend for the weekend and you're debating between a sixpack or a few hop bags...
FuzzyIguana
Ohio Homebrewers
...when someone tries homebrew for the first time and says, "Holy cow! I didn't know beer could taste this good!" "I usually drink Bud Light "
It's such a satisfying feeling.
"It's such a satisfying feeling.
mrbeachroach
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You're leaving on a flight to California at 6 AM in the morning, it's less than 13 hours away and one of the things on your pack list is I have to finish bottling that wine before I leave because otherwise too much airspace will sit in the car boy and it won't be good.
You find a dusty carboy full of Oktoberfest in your basement that was forgotten for EIGHT YEARS, and you think tasting it is a reasonable idea.
This guy is brave.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/eight-year-old-beer-still-in-carboy-pic.644802/
This guy is brave.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/eight-year-old-beer-still-in-carboy-pic.644802/
Amadeo38
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When most of the bargaining you do with your wife involves brewing her a sour beer in exchange for spending more money on new equipment.
MindenMan
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When your wife's BFF whose son is a local brew master, asks for more of your Brown Porter because it is the BEST she has ever tasted.
When you see a meat aging cabinet in an email and think that would make a great fermentation chamber, then click the link and get shocked by the price! It was over 18 grand.
Amadeo38
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When your wife brings home a Mountain Dew Kickstarter fountain drink and says, “Look at what they had on tap!”
When you have a conversation with a fellow homebrewer in the bar at the bowling alley before league, and you're almost late because we got into an in-depth discussion of what hops would go best with the Black IPA he's planning...and now I want to brew one too.
You've just finished off a 55 lb sack of avangard German pils malt brewing Belgian strongs, ...and have only just restocked with a whole sack of belgian pale malt, only to be suddenly struck (FOR THE FIRST TIME!!) by an uncontrollably powerful urge to brew helles, pilsners, and festbiers for summer... FML, this is the world's greatest obssession.
bronzdragon
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When you have spent way more on brewing equipment then you can ever hope to make up for in beer consumed in your lifetime...but say "what the hell" and buy some more new equipment.
/cheers
/cheers
I would say that I am even with my present rig that has not changed significantly in 5+ years.
But... I do have my eye on going electric with a 3 vessel automated system. That would set me back for years at least if not my lifetime....
SoCal-Doug
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When your wife says "its time you buy a cabinet for the garage for all your damn beer glasses. there is no more room in the kitchen." followed by "do you really need all those different glassware shapes just for beer?"
[Raises his hand and says "guilty!"]
[Raises his hand and says "guilty!"]
Man I must be lucky, my wife loves beer glasses and has a collection of her own. They take up an entire cabinet in the kitchen, prime real estate in a large corner cabinet between the sink and DW.
Just a thought, but what do people who spend thousands of dollars traveling to foreign lands have to show for their expenditure? Whereas you, if you upgrade, will have something that lasts for years....
Just sayin'.....
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And in the interests of this thread, you know you're a homebrewer when you look for things you can sell to raise money for your next upgrade.
Which is where I am now....
