You know you're a home brewer when?

[unionrdr]

When once again, you're hoping for brewing stuff for Christmas...

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

You thought the movie "Gravity" was going to be a documentary about brewing in space.

 

[beerkench]

When you're sat on the crapper like I am now reading this crap on your phone.

 

[Psylocide]

When you're sat on the crapper like I am now reading this crap on your phone.

That's just best practice.

Well, barring a Netflix subscription. For that reason, I'm not mad that we don't all have personal jetpacks or hoverboards yet, the future is now and it's glorious.

 

[bbohanon]

Not sure if this one has been mentioned or not, but when your wife very angrily is muttering how much she hates your hobby as puts on her work scrubs fresh out of the dryer and has to use a lint brush to get the bits of hop pellets off her shirt and pants that were in your pants pocket from the weekends brew session and they went through the wash and spread across the laundry like bubblegum does.

Man she smelled like a great IPA when she left the house though. The towels that were in that wash smell wonderful as well.

:fro:

 

[fuzzy2133]

You thought the movie "Gravity" was going to be a documentary about brewing in space.

We need to petition this to happen on the space station all I found was nothing special.

Edit: might make carbonating easier if you could figure out the packaging in zero gravity.

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

We need to petition this to happen on the space station all I found was nothing special.

Edit: might make carbonating easier if you could figure out the packaging in zero gravity.

You saw the documentary didn't you? Lot's of bad things happened. I wouldn't ever brew in space.

The beer would be carbonated already since it can't really leave suspension right? So just put them in some growlers that look like they belong in space. AKA ECO Growlers http://ecogrowler.com/

 

[fuzzy2133]

You saw the documentary didn't you? Lot's of bad things happened. I wouldn't ever brew in space.

Nope and it was probably all new brewer mistake too right?

Got a link all I found was sending vials of yeast to space and the lead up from the Colorado 6th grade story with no results.

 

[zmanzorro]

You hide Christmas gifts in your brewing equipment because you know your fiancee won't look in there.

 

[Onkel_Udo]

When you have not really cleaned you house (which takes all of 4 hours for a real cleaning), organized your basement after about 500 hours of projects (mostly for other people), or organized the garage (that for the first time has no race car in 4 years)...but you find the time and energy to make an oatmeal stout.

 

[WilliamSlayer]

You hide Christmas gifts in your brewing equipment because you know your fiancee won't look in there.

Yup! Done that one too. Lol

 

[jbb3]

....when you make a conscious effort to rehydrate during the day for the nights "tasting session"...

 

[chuckcomm]

....when you make a conscious effort to rehydrate during the day for the nights "tasting session"...

lol every weekend

 

[GHBWNY]

... when your own 92-old mother gives you a little beer mug ornament for Christmas. Enough to bring a tear to a grown man's eye...

 

[SupervisingChildren]

... when your own 92-old mother gives you a little beer mug ornament for Christmas. Enough to bring a tear to a grown man's eye...

That is awesome!

And when your better half tells you to get the beer mug ornament and she pays for it.

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[dad23ds]

When making Kraft Mac 'n Cheese, you refer to the powdered cheese packet as DME.

 

[afro_lou]

When making Kraft Mac 'n Cheese, you refer to the powdered cheese packet as DME.

Well actually,

That'd be DCE..

 

[erick0619]

You hide Christmas gifts in your brewing equipment because you know your fiancee won't look in there.

Thats a really good idea man thanks!!!

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

....when you make a conscious effort to rehydrate during the day for the nights "tasting session"...

Yup, except I'm foolishly doing the rehydrating the next day, and the tasting session was killing ~.5 gallon of Oktoberfest that wouldn't fit in the keg. No time to bottle and I certainly wasn't going to throw it away

 

[fuzzy2133]

Thats a really good idea man thanks!!!

Just remember they are there before jumping at the chance for a brew day! I did that last year and found myself scrambling for another hiding spot.

 

[Tomcat0304]

... when your own 92-old mother gives you a little beer mug ornament for Christmas. Enough to bring a tear to a grown man's eye...

That is awesome!

And when your better half tells you to get the beer mug ornament and she pays for it.

My Mother in Law buys ornaments for everyone every year. Hallmark has a Beer Stein series, she gets me one every year. Here's this year's:View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1449516392.859559.jpg

 

[drainbamage]

That is awesome!

And when your better half tells you to get the beer mug ornament and she pays for it.

Show of hands, how many other people here have that exact same ornament? (I do)

 

[Geronimo13]

I don't have it yet but I'm going to pass the idea on to the wife

 

[Malty_Dog]

When you can't understand why coworkers are staring at you blankly while you describe your latest brew's hop schedule...at 8:30 on a Monday morning.

 

[hucklb]

When you plan a camping trip and immediately start planning the beer menu.

 

[BigMack]

When your stress around the holidays comes from making sure you have enough beer to deal with/serve to your family that will be in town.

 

[unionrdr]

when someone mentions using blue corn in a farmhouse ale, & you remember a blue corn drink &...the wheels start turning.

 

[Mikethe40Downer]

You're stationed overseas and you're glad you packed some homemade hop tincture for those times the PX/Class 6 fails to carry anything other BMC ...

 

[unionrdr]

When your man cave/brewery gets new paint & desk for Christmas. Darn cat whizzed on the old tree that was getting ratty anyway. So new tree, ornaments & other decorations. When Santa squeezes his fat, wide a$$ down the chimney this year, he's gonna find the jolliest bunch of A-holes this side of the nuthouse!

 

[GrogNerd]

you know you're a homebrewer when:

you paint a room in your house? you get a new piece of furniture?