You know you're a home brewer when?

[LongEared]

You ponder if you were to die, who/if your beer in the fermenter would get bottled/kegged.

Thats one more worry I didn't need.

 

[edmanster]

When you find yourself doing the "August Rush" thing.. Making up music from the multiple beats of your airlocks and blowoffs..

 

[ElevenBrewCo]

When your doing the no pants dance with the wife and during you think about brewing......

 

[RandomBeerGuy]

When you call off from work to brew

 

[unionrdr]

When you've got the 1st version of an ale in bottles aging,& you're already gathering ingredients for version 2!

 

[TyTanium]

When your wife's apple juice mysteriously disappears out of the grocery bag.

"...uh, yeah, sorry honey, I think the yeast must have gotten to it."

 

[RedGuitar]

I dreamed about taking gravity readings last night... again.

 

[Cromacster]

You know you are a home brewer when you go to the liquor only for the sake of bottles because the LHBS is closed......

When I needed bottles for bottling I ran to the LHBS to try and beat closing time. I get there only to realize I missed closing time by two hours...so instead I run to the liquor store buy 3 cases of summit, call a few friends, drink the beer, clean the bottles, then bottle my beer. Only to realize while under the influence I forgot the priming sugar.....gah!

 

[RandomBeerGuy]

When you go through brewing withdrawls, Currently depressed due to moving in January I sadly cannot brew until then.

 

[m1k3]

Friends feel compelled to ask you: "....you know they sell beer at the store, right?"

 

[mh-brews]

You hear the term "big beer" and know they don't mean size of the glass

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

You know you are a home brewer when you go to the liquor only for the sake of bottles because the LHBS is closed......

When I needed bottles for bottling I ran to the LHBS to try and beat closing time. I get there only to realize I missed closing time by two hours...so instead I run to the liquor store buy 3 cases of summit, call a few friends, drink the beer, clean the bottles, then bottle my beer. Only to realize while under the influence I forgot the priming sugar.....gah!

ouch! least ya got to drink some good beer.

when you read this ENTIRE thread and relate to pretty much everything people said.

 

[JP171]

When your working in a foreign country for a year that outlaws alcohol, yet you still spend all your free time on brewing sites, and designing beer recipes that your going to try when your year is up and your back home.

this for darn sure, did that for 15 months in Iraq

 

[unionrdr]

Let's examine that for a moment. Those countries outlaw alcohol,Then stand there wondering why they have a bunch of half crazed terrorists running around? Make them legalize weed & alcohol,then tell them it's bad juju not to...

 

[RandomBeerGuy]

When you hear of a brewer talking or thinking about dumping a good batch of homebrew. You go home look at your filled fermenter. Hug it and wisper "I will never dump you"

 

[RandomBeerGuy]

When you activitly see someone dumping out homebrew. You turn to look away while throwing up just a little in your mouth. You head home pop open a brew to reflect on what you had just witnessed.

 

[RandomBeerGuy]

When your wife calls you at work to tell you there is an issue at home. The first thing you ask "Is my brew ok?"

 

[unionrdr]

When you become even more OCD about cleaning your bottles before the next bottling day.

 

[Frankiesurf]

When drinking at 6 am before work is OK. It is justified by making hydrometer readings.

 

[RandomBeerGuy]

When you become even more OCD about cleaning your bottles before the next bottling day.

+1 When your bottles are cleaner then your house

 

[corn]

You ponder if you were to die, who/if your beer in the fermenter would get bottled/kegged.

this has cross my mind also

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

When drinking at 6 am before work is OK. It is justified by making hydrometer readings.

i've never considered hydrometer readings drinking, even if it's first thing in the morning. maybe that's another way i know.

when every single fermenter in your house is full of beer or wine and you're buying stuff for the next batch on the 28th even though you get a kit on the first of every month because of a very thoughtful xmas gift. :rockin::rockin:

 

[Teromous]

+1 When your bottles are cleaner then your house

When the only thing you dust in your house is a full carboy.

 

[hodge]

When you read this thread and think... "why didn't I think of that?"

 

[RandomBeerGuy]

When you place in an order for 100lbs of 2 Row, Who does that? Oh wait this guy! :rockin:

 

[hoppyhowie]

When you don't mind having a nail in your tire because your LHBS is walking distance from Firestone!!
(me right now... All stocked up now!)

 

[RandomBeerGuy]

When you stand in line at the grocery store. Somone in front of you is buying miller and take your items to a diffrent line.

 

[Sippin37]

The vet tells you that your dog has some sort of yeast around the bottom of his mouth and your first thought is "did this son of a b get into my brown ale in the primary?"

 

[Peevish]

The vet tells you that your dog has some sort of yeast around the bottom of his mouth and your first thought is "did this son of a b get into my brown ale in the primary?"

Hey, at least your first thought wasn't "I wonder if I could pitch that into a nice chocolate stout primary"

 

[RedGuitar]

When you don't remember the last store bought beer you had.