You know you're a home brewer when?

[BreezyBrew]

Lol, you can't make it that way because you Know Too Much now!

Food for thought. Good stuff.

 

[mattd2]

Your wife says, "Why can't you make the stout the way you used to when you started brewing?"

So you consult the archives to figure out what has changed, besides going all-grain.

Or when the wife pleads for you to brew that mexican beer (Coopers Cerveza including the 1 kg of sugar) you did once because it was good. Finally relented and brewed it when it was on special... after taking a month to ferment and carb she has one glass and says "nah this ain't as good as your beer now, are you sure you did everything the same?"
Yes I did, it is just the bar has been raised since moving on from Coopers kits!

 

[BMClark2210]

When you convince your wife we need a chest freezer just to clear it out a few months later for your new kegs/fermenters (She wasn't pleased lol)

 

[willy_mugobeer]

...you take LOTS of beer to the new neighbor who has ample sunny space in his backyard, and successfully convince him to embark on a joint project growing hops.

Or, when you're willing to drive across town for an unknown quantity of used bottles posted on freecycle, and wind up with six cases plus some amazing 1970s homebrewing literature.

(And that was just the past few days!)

 

[fuzzy2133]

When you show your wife that you cleaned the basement and she checks the bank account assuming you're up to something.

+1
I started keeping cash in an envelope hidden away.

 

[Jbird]

+1
I started keeping cash in an envelope hidden away.

+1
I always write down how much gas I put in my truck every week. I always write $10+ over so by the end of the month I have $40 in my pocket and can go to the LHBS but the wife will only see everything I spent over that 40. It works outs if you know what I mean. I just tell her that it was all on sale when she sees how much I bring home.

 

[russrob81]

Glad I'm not the only one that hides money $5 at a time whenever I go to 7-11 or the grocery store. Or when I buy to much stuff at the LHBS or cigar shop they have a "sale"

 

[WilliamSlayer]

+1
I always write down how much gas I put in my truck every week. I always write $10+ over so by the end of the month I have $40 in my pocket and can go to the LHBS but the wife will only see everything I spent over that 40. It works outs if you know what I mean. I just tell her that it was all on sale when she sees how much I bring home.

Oh that's good....

 

[Bostonbrewin63]

When u take 10 pictures of ur beer to see the clarity

 

[whitehause]

When u take 10 pictures of ur beer to see the clarity

Nice!

 

[hophop]

When you have to check the bottom of the bottle after pouring a new craft brew for yeast to harvest.

 

[rockbasementbeer]

When you have to check the bottom of the bottle after pouring a new craft brew for yeast to harvest.

I'm always doing this, then get disappointed if the yeast isn't anything special

 

[TangoHotel]

When u take 10 pictures of ur beer to see the clarity

Looking good!

 

[badgerbrew14]

When you load your suitcase full of grains, hops and yeast (in a cold pack) for your flight back to Japan and imagine the look on the TSA guys' faces when they open that bad boy up to see what on earth is in there.

 

[BreezyBrew]

That's amazing that Japanese customs allow that to be brought into the country.

 

[Bostonbrewin63]

Looking good!

Thank you sir... That's a pale ale kegged. No gelatin, just Irish Mose during boil.

 

[geoffm33]

When you go to Michael's Crafts to get something for the wife to finish our daughters dance recital outfit and you spend 30 minutes walking around the store looking for something you could use for anything homebrew related.

Found some nice crates but they wanted $14 for them, I can build them for $5

 

[BreezyBrew]

You regularly use the Google switch site:homebrewtalk.com **search term** to find things faster on HBT.

For example site:homebrewtalk.com Brown ale hops

 

[h-bar]

When the requirements for your next house are that it should have a small guest house to be used specifically for brewing.

 

[tylerverry]

When the requirements for your next house are that it should have a small guest house to be used specifically for brewing.

Glad I'm not the only one, although I'm just asking for an extra stall in the garage.

 

[mattd2]

When the requirements for your next house are that it should have a small guest house to be used specifically for brewing.

Or when you here that house prices have gone up an average of 9% and think "that means I could extend my mortgage to build a brewshed with the extra equity I should have now!"

 

[Arrheinous]

You put several hundred dollars worth of stainless steel equipment into a $20 refrigerator and are somehow surprised when the whole thing fails.

 

[TAK]

When you buy beer because you like the bottles and the beer is just a plus.

 

[badgerbrew14]

That's amazing that Japanese customs allow that to be brought into the country.

It was a special circumstance. I knew customs wasn't going to open it, or I might not have dared.

 

[hiphops]

When all you have in your fridge are jars of harvested yeast, homebrew, hops and leftover dinner, space permitting.

 

[Halbrust]

When you buy beer because you like the bottles and the beer is just a plus.

Why else would I buy a 6 pack of Lucky Buddha beer!
Surprisingly a decent beer. A plain, flavor lacking pilsner, but nothing bad about it at all.

 

[hiphops]

When you plan your vacations around your brewing schedule (and ensure all air locks are topped off before leaving)!

 

[hiphops]

When, after a night of brewing, you wake up and see and hear an active fermentation and think "victory!"

 

[Leadgolem]

When your ability to take coherent notes improves dramatically, from taking brewing notes.

When the legibility of your hand writing improves, from hand writing bottle labels.

 

[Mark_]

...when your vacation in Carmel, CA is coming to a close and all you can think about is getting home to bottle the Left Hand Milk Stout and Centennial Blonde that are waiting for you at home.