You know you're a home brewer when?

[Lushife]

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.

That's gonna happen to me. She loves the smell of hops.

 

[sweetcell]

you start sneaking bottle into work so they can carb in your filling cabinet (house is too drafty and heat is kept low during the day and at night, so carb'ing takes forever this time of year... if the office is going to stay nice and toasty at 72* on a 24/7 basis, why not take advantage of it?!?).

 

[wilsojos]

you start sneaking bottle into work so they can carb in your filling cabinet (house is too drafty and heat is kept low during the day and at night, so carb'ing takes forever this time of year... if the office is going to stay nice and toasty at 72* on a 24/7 basis, why not take advantage of it?!?).

When you use brown lunch bags to disguise the beer you share with your coworkers. And, you park somewhere that you can hand off empty bottles and brewing equipment to fellow brewing coworkers where the surveillance cameras won't see you.

 

[liquiditynerd]

U have no problem marinading a turkey with settled out dregs of your perfectly timed transfer. Oh yes it is happening, right now, apfelwine dregs (bigger than normal per the occasion) crash cool settled, screened and sifted. To later be boiled down into a monster spritzer for the spitfire grill.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[kh54s10]

When you look into the fridge and see 10 different beers and none of the bottles have labels!

 

[Billy-Klubb]

when you start making oatmeal for breakfast and you end up with a stout.

 

[tre9er]

when you start making oatmeal for breakfast and you end up with a stout.

I've thought about heating oats and barley to the 150s and letting it rest for the sugars,for breakfast

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I've thought about heating oats and barley to the 150s and letting it rest for the sugars,for breakfast

nice! I have brewed coffee with some crushed crystal malt & black patent before. it wasn't bad.

 

[DRonco]

nice! I have brewed coffee with some crushed crystal malt & black patent before. it wasn't bad.

When you see this post and immediately wonder if the OP has a recipe.

 

[WileECoyote]

When you insulate over the windows and turn a whole room in your house into one big fermentation chamber, Yes I did lol

Cheers

 

[Billy-Klubb]

When you see this post and immediately wonder if the OP has a recipe.

I can't remember, but I know it was crystal 80 & a very small amount of black patent.

 

[JonM]

you start sneaking bottle into work so they can carb in your filling cabinet (house is too drafty and heat is kept low during the day and at night, so carb'ing takes forever this time of year... if the office is going to stay nice and toasty at 72* on a 24/7 basis, why not take advantage of it?!?).

Yup. Yup, yup, and yup.

 

[Krovitz]

You realize exactly why recipe 9b is completely different from 9a and now can't stop thinking about when you can brew 9c.

 

[rusty416]

You look in the back yard and think.... will birds eat spent grain....and then proceed to scatter some around.

And they do.

 

[JordanThomas]

You realize exactly why recipe 9b is completely different from 9a and now can't stop thinking about when you can brew 9c.

You realize that when someone posts "9b", "9a", and "9c" that they are talking about BJCP styles.

 

[Hethen57]

You go to supposedly great beer pubs to taste everything they have on tap...only to confirm that your brews taste better (and don't cost $4-6/pint!)....

 

[jkendal]

You know you're a homebrewer when you've beaten the "You know you're a homebrewer when..." to death and then some.....

 

[WilliamSlayer]

You go to supposedly great beer pubs to taste everything they have on tap...only to confirm that your brews taste better (and don't cost $4-6/pint!)....

Yes! Did this with wine last week as SWMBO and gave each other a look while out dining.

 

[mux]

You brew beer at home ?

 

[Billy-Klubb]

You brew beer at home ?

wait... we can do that?!?

 

[mux]

wait... we can do that?!?

No- no you can not!

 

[Billy-Klubb]

No- no you can not!

just me, or everyone?

 

[SteveHeff]

...when somebody comments on how nice your "cooler" is, and is then surprise to find out it isn't actually a cooler.

 

[JonM]

Your iPhone autocompletes "RDWHAHB."

 

[rusty416]

Your iPhone autocompletes "RDWHAHB."

Beautiful...my galaxy adds ale after almost every word and completes homebrew with ho.

 

[luke_d]

While at Starbucks, you accidentally ask if they have any Christmas blend on tap...woops.

 

[luke_d]

When making pasta, you use a thermometer for the "strike water".

 

[Cider123]

When you find yourself in the curtain section of Walmart with a bunch of old ladies and your all looking at the voile. Only they're looking for new curtains and your finding your BIAB material.

 

[BreezyBrew]

When making pasta, you use a thermometer for the "strike water".

Haha yeah. You know exactly how long it takes to boil 2 quarts water

 

[JohnnySardonic]

When a friend asks you what the date is (it's December 15) and you tell them it's January 19th, because you were just thinking about the date tomorrow's brew session will be ready to pour.