You know you're a home brewer when?

[emjay]

you're happy when your friends drink all your beer!

Possibly the best one on here. Bravo! Also probably going to be the best one that will ever be thought of, in all honesty, as it sounds perfect and absolutely nails all the things that make a great entry. But it doesn't really hurt that the incredibly vast majority of them aren't exactly playing the game entirely correctly either, strictly speaking.

(For example's sake, in case anybody wonders what the heck I'm talking about: "You look at your mashtun and..." - There! It's right there, in the very first words. If you personally have a mash tun to even look at, then yeah, you are probably a homebrewer, nothing further needed. The cleverness comes from coming up with a statement that best fits "You know you're a homebrewer when...," without making any explicit references TO home brewing. Sutepan's comment wouldn't sound like it has anything to do with homebrewing to a non-brewer (or even to many actual brewers, if said somewhere without an obvious homebrewing context), even if they somehow knew all the words and phrases of our vocabulary. Ultimately it's all in good fun though, and this isn't meant to be complaining; I'm merely expressing appreciation of one that I felt really hits the mark. But when it all comes down to it, just do whatever's fun for you!)

 

[wilsojos]

Possibly the best one on here. Bravo! Also probably going to be the best one that will ever be thought of, in all honesty, as it sounds perfect and absolutely nails all the things that make a great entry. But it doesn't really hurt that the incredibly vast majority of them aren't exactly playing the game entirely correctly either, strictly speaking.

(For example's sake, in case anybody wonders what the heck I'm talking about: "You look at your mashtun and..." - There! It's right there, in the very first words. If you personally have a mash tun to even look at, then yeah, you are probably a homebrewer, nothing further needed. The cleverness comes from coming up with a statement that best fits "You know you're a homebrewer when...," without making any explicit references TO home brewing. Sutepan's comment wouldn't sound like it has anything to do with homebrewing to a non-brewer (or even to many actual brewers, if said somewhere without an obvious homebrewing context), even if they somehow knew all the words and phrases of our vocabulary. Ultimately it's all in good fun though, and this isn't meant to be complaining; I'm merely expressing appreciation of one that I felt really hits the mark. But when it all comes down to it, just do whatever's fun for you!)

...You don't really think this much about what you post it's just funny to you and you want to share with your hbt friends.

 

[beerluvva]

You post pictures of your yeast for no reason

 

[Erroneous]

You post pictures of your yeast for no reason

You want to see pictures of people's yeast because medical issues are furthest from your mind.

 

[atimmerman88]

Your heart is broken you see the channel 'DFH' pop up on your dish only to realize its just discovery fit & health

 

[WilliamSlayer]

You look at a wine rack, and see it as half empty, rather than half full.

 

[mgortel]

....you bring home your empty Guiness bottles from a restaurant to use for bottling your homebrew.

 

[DrunkleJon]

You post pictures of your yeast for no reason



View attachment 98233

now THAT is a yeast infection

 

[WilliamSlayer]

now that is a yeast infection

groan!

 

[LTownLiquorPig]

Every wifi enabled device you own has 3 or 4 hypothetical baskets in the checkouts of 3 or 4 online brew supply shops.

Your wife, when setting up the tablet you got for your daughter for Christmas, bookmarks HBT and John Palmer's How To Brew for you.

About your only motivation for doing your "to do" list of housework is so you can justify brewing later.....

 

[Jeffinn]

When you spend a Saturday in your garage in 10 degree weather standing around a boiling brew kettle.

 

[zmanzorro]

When you are cooking and you run out of white sugar, so you use some priming sugar instead.

 

[RandomBeerGuy]

When your SWMBO knows not to ask you for help with house chores during or shortly after a brew session.

 

[bwirthlin]

You're just as excited when your friends empty beer bottles as full ones

 

[hexXedBrewing]

when you see the Beck's Sapphire Super Bowl commercial and want to buy it just for the bottle.

 

[WilliamSlayer]

when you see the Beck's Sapphire Super Bowl commercial and want to buy it just for the bottle.

Lol, when you see that commercial and think:

A - They spelled/pronounced that wrong (Saphir)

B - I wonder if I can brew something with that hop this week...

 

[barrooze]

when you read about the proposed legalization of homebrewing in Alabama and think, "ONLY 52 gallons a year?"

It's better than the current 0 gallons per year!!!

 

[Sonnyjim]

When someone starts a conversation about something similar, but yet not about beer ie. honey, yeast(for bread), "I saw a 'deer' the other day", bottle, cooler, "do you like your potatoes 'mashed'?" etc. and you get excited and think they are talking about beer until they look at you funny and shoot you down.......

 

[Evan_L]

when you see the Beck's Sapphire Super Bowl commercial and want to buy it just for the bottle.

^This!

Had somepeople over Sat night, made a packy run and as my buddy is perusing the BMC section I try to convince him to try it (since I will end up with the empties) dirty, I know, but worth it

 

[Whattawort]

It's better than the current 0 gallons per year!!!

Exactly. I'd be perfectly happy with 52gal/yr. Better than the potential for going to jail for a year or paying a $2k fine or both. If MS get legislation for the legalization of homebrewing and AL doesn't, my palm will go through my head. That said, the bill has pretty good support and should pass this year.

 

[unionrdr]

When you're chompin at the bit for your supplies to come in so you can start on a new recipe with new malts & yeast you'd finally decided to try!

 

[Nightshade]

The only books you have read over the last year all have to do with breing related topics....and you have notes in the column, a self written page listing in the front and your own cross reference list to go with it all

 

[wilsojos]

The only tshirts and glasses you own have beer/brewing related insignia on them.

 

[Sonnyjim]

When you finally think of am ingenious name for your beer after you find out your other 10 were already taken, and that one is taken too.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

you know that these aren't fir/pine cones.

 

[hexXedBrewing]

^This!

Had somepeople over Sat night, made a packy run and as my buddy is perusing the BMC section I try to convince him to try it (since I will end up with the empties) dirty, I know, but worth it

lolol! as good a way as any!

 

[DrunkleJon]

groan!

Sorry, coulldn't help myself.

 

[Dmlsys23]

You know you're a homebrewer when you sprinkle peach tea mix into water, which reminds you of pitching yeast, and that makes you want to brew.

You know you're a homebrewer when you are helping the wife can apple butter and ask her if she remembered to sanitize the jars first.

 

[sutepan]

You know you're a homebrewer when: Your wife tells you "why not drink in the morning?...you don't work today"

 

[unionrdr]

^^Things that make ya go hmmmmm....