You know you're a home brewer when?

[unionrdr]

Whebn you really gotta loose weight & you have to stop brewing & ration what you have somehow.

 

[wSelwyn]

When you brew 15gal of beer, are not satisfied with the efficiencies, and immediately plan on brewing again the next week to create your desired batches.

 

[SavoryChef]

When you have 30 gallons in primary and 15 in secondary and 7 on tap. Then you wonder what your brewing the next weekend, and have to buy more buckets to ferment in just so you can brew.

That is my problem currently. It sucks, I know

 

[jmtwo]

When you pour a commercial beer and leave the last 1/4" in the bottle.

 

[Dawnhulio]

When your husband brings home an armload of empties from the neighbors house and says (with a crazed look) 'Can you believe they were going to THROW THESE OUT???'

Apparently I've been training him well...

 

[sweetcell]

you snicker every time you meet someone named "Brett", and then ask him if he considers himself a sour person...

 

[tonyc318]

When you have a nightmare about a stuck sparge and you haven't even made the jump to all grain yet.

 

[wSelwyn]

You find yourself responding with "relax - have a homebrew" every time someone mentions any sort of issue or problem.

 

[Dstreetbrew]

When you go around to bev stores and buy up there old bottles

 

[unionrdr]

When you just can't bring yourself to toss out uneeded bottles & 12 pack boxes. Someone,somewhere must need these...

 

[downtown3641]

When you apply brewing practices to making better breakfast, such as adding mashing in your instant oatmeal by slowly adding the oats to the water or not steeping your coffee in near boiling water.

 

[ron,ar]

When you pass a 5 gallon plastic bucket, you go back to see if it might really be a 6 gallon fermenter.
This brings up another question.....how many buckets is too many?

 

[sweetcell]

when you start asking yourself "how many buckets is too many?"

 

[duckredbeard]

You don't hesitate to mash in at 9pm when SWMBO hints that she's ok with you staying up til 3am brewing in the dark

"Red Skies at Night" Red ale...big Columbus hopping on my patio Friday night

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

When your with a buddy and meet one their friends for the first time and they go " oohh, your the guy that brews his own beer?!?!"

 

[amrmedic]

When your 5 year old daughter takes your zip lock baggie full of whole leaf hops into school for show and tell and tells her class "these are my daddys favorite" and upon arrival to pick her up from school are promptly pulled into the principals office for questioning.

 

[BMan1029]

When your 5 year old daughter takes your zip lock baggie full of whole leaf hops into school for show and tell and tells her class "these are my daddys favorite" and upon arrival to pick her up from school are promptly pulled into the principals office for questioning.

Uh oh! That's pretty funny though. Was pulled over once with hops in the car. 3 more cops show up and ask to search the car.

 

[amrmedic]

Yeah, I graduated high school 20 years ago, but man, being called into the principals office, even today, still puts dread in my heart.

After I hastily explained that this was not what they thought and they are hops which I use for brewing beer, the principals' eyes lit up with excitement and asked me what beers I brew and he went onto to ask me many more questions about brewing. He is a beer lover.

 

[BrutalBrew]

When you fall asleep thinking about your next batch or how to improve your technique's..

Also wishing the damn porter would age faster.......!!!

 

[befus]

When you come in from a weekend out of town and the first thing you notice is the overwhelming smell of stale beer......................coming from the kitchen pantry where you put the clear, flip top 750ml bottles on the top shelf to carbonate in the dark, not realizing they were for still wine, vinegar, etc., and not pressure proof. BTW, beer and shards of glass make a fine home defense system once the beer dries...... sigh.

 

[Rivenin]

When your with a buddy and meet one their friends for the first time and they go " oohh, your the guy that brews his own beer?!?!"

I get that all the time.. "so youre the brewer!" Makes me feel somewhat famous... haha

 

[RandomBeerGuy]

When your wife asks you what you would like for father's day and your reply is always brewing related.

 

[davekippen]

When you are sitting on 15 gallons of brew that you cant drink because "its not ready yet...", but you still brew more.

 

[Spicemon1972]

When you crack your first gusher, go into an immediate depression while you search the Internet and HBT for ways to save the 24 bombers of otherwise delicious beer and get a response that says something to the effect of "don't worry, if it's just overcarbed and not infected, you can save the beer" and immediately the depression turns to elation because you are certain of your sanitation and you start clear the fridge (much to the annoyance of SWMBO) to start chilling the bombers so you can crack, let it sit for a while and re-cap.
That and cracking your first really good homebrew and knowing that you made it yourself.

 

[nattron]

When you are sitting on 15 gallons of brew that you cant drink because "its not ready yet...", but you still brew more.

Uh yeah I have 20 gallons "not ready".

 

[spannaflicka]

When u buy a chest freezer that holds 12 kegs and u only own 2

 

[Slyko]

Everyone knows you brew your own beer & they keep stopping over. They make up excuses to stop over!

You have to stop telling people about your new brew. You already know its good, they know its good, you have to hide the brew to make sure you get any. You're bummed they already know where the keezer is, now you're gonna have to bottle some more to hide it.

 

[davekippen]

When you spend your whole lunch hour on this &^%$$@#%^& website!!

 

[JeffoC6]

When you HAVE to drink a beer to make sure it's ready. I mean, it's been 48 hours in the fridge and I need to see if it's properly carbed....Right?

 

[davekippen]

When a buddy gives you empties and for some reason there are only 5 of each style. You think to yourself WTF where is the sixth bottle? Now my bottling will be all janky!