You know you're a home brewer when?

[emjay]

This is an interesting idea. I think I will have to try this.

Ugh... Now I feel it's my responsibility to provide full disclosure. Which is that beer-washed cheeses are almost universally considered to be the absolute stinkiest of cheeses. To the point where you actually need adequate equipment just to store it in lest you want every single item in your fridge to adopt a similar funkiness.

Hence the wishing of good luck.

 

[DrunkleJon]

When you and your wife just started trying to have your first baby you refer to it as "pitching your yeast" and having to wait for "signs of fermentation".

Just remember "Fermentation can take 24 to 72 hrs to show visible signs." Or in this case, possibly a bit longer.

 

[GrogNerd]

When you and your wife just started trying to have your first baby you refer to it as "pitching your yeast" and having to wait for "signs of fermentation".

Just remember "Fermentation can take 24 to 72 hrs to show visible signs." Or in this case, possibly a bit longer.

and your airlock is NOT a reliable indicator of fermentation

take hydrometer samples

secondary FV is not necessary

 

[bleme]

When you and your wife just started trying to have your first baby you refer to it as "pitching your yeast" and having to wait for "signs of fermentation".

Don't wait for signs of fermentation. Keep re-pitching everyday. Just make sure you use the same strain. Let it warm and swirl the yeast back into suspension.

 

[catdaddy66]

When you and your wife just started trying to have your first baby you refer to it as "pitching your yeast" and having to wait for "signs of fermentation".

LMAO!! Don't forget the "start her"!!

 

[kombat]

Don't wait for signs of fermentation. Keep re-pitching everyday. Just make sure you use the same strain. Let it warm and swirl the yeast back into suspension.

And, as always, sanitation is VERY important.

 

[cageybee]

let's get this back on track......when you install an 240v inductive cooktop and a utility sink in your shop so you don't have to schedule your brew around kitchen activities.

 

[jkendal]

You know you're a homebrewer when you bring home empty beer bottles from a camping trip.....

 

[The_Dog_42]

let's get this back on track......when you install an 240v inductive cooktop and a utility sink in your shop so you don't have to schedule your brew around kitchen activities.

When you change a topic from sex to your home brewery and no one around you complains.

 

[Big_Cat]

^^lol

 

[LTownLiquorPig]

When you know how much beer +/- a couple liters how much beer you've drank in the last 18 months.

 

[Leadgolem]

Ugh... Now I feel it's my responsibility to provide full disclosure. Which is that beer-washed cheeses are almost universally considered to be the absolute stinkiest of cheeses. To the point where you actually need adequate equipment just to store it in lest you want every single item in your fridge to adopt a similar funkiness.

Hence the wishing of good luck.

Hmm. Cider washed cheese, or wine maybe instead.

 

[WilliamSlayer]

Ok, didn't happen to me, but told to me this past week. Too good not to share.

When you get cut by a shattering glass carboy, then spend hours dicussing brewing with the ER nurse AND the Operating Room doctor... who both just happen to be Homebrewers!

 

[Erroneous]

Hmm. Cider washed cheese, or wine maybe instead.

Kerrygold has an Irish stout and an Irish whisky cheddar cheese. They don't smell particularly strong, but we are talking about a commercial product. I'm wondering if maybe they do something to neutralize the yeast. You could probably find them in your local grocery store.

 

[GrogNerd]

Kerrygold has an Irish stout and an Irish whisky cheddar cheese. They don't smell particularly strong, but we are talking about a commercial product. I'm wondering if maybe they do something to neutralize the yeast. You could probably find them in your local grocery store.

we just picked up the Kerrygold stout cheese. that, my friend, is one dang tasty cheese

 

[thirsty4cider]

when you start making designs to this- https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f32/my-crazy-idea-398706/

 

[beerbeerbeer123]

when your wife or gf catches you bump and grinding with your carboy.. stark naked...R kelly playing in the backround, candles..thats when you will know...this hobby can turn you into a depraved swine

 

[iambeer]

when your wife or gf catches you bump and grinding with your carboy.. stark naked...R kelly playing in the backround, candles..

This has very little to do with the hobby of brewing beer for most people. I'm just saying this might be a personal issue.

 

[beerbeerbeer123]

This has very little to do with the hobby of brewing beer for most people. I'm just saying this might be a personal issue.

hahaha..classic

 

[whitehause]

when your wife or gf catches you bump and grinding with your carboy.. stark naked...R kelly playing in the backround, candles..thats when you will know...this hobby can turn you into a depraved swine

That's just sick.......

R. Kelly????? I was with ya up till there.

 

[beerbeerbeer123]

That's just sick.......

R. Kelly????? I was with ya up till there.

Did i say R kelly? i meant celine dion.. my bad

 

[whitehause]

Did i say R kelly? i meant celine dion.. my bad

uggg.....even worse

 

[Erroneous]

Did i say R kelly? i meant celine dion.. my bad

My yeast prefer Barry Manilow

 

[atimmerman88]

You can identify where a show is filmed by the beers on tap in the bar scene


Whitney - Chicago area (several two brothers and half acre beers on tap in the background)

 

[BreezyBrew]

After traveling all week for work, you can't wait to tap that fresh keg that's now fully carbed when you get home. So pumped.

 

[Halbrust]

When you don't like dark beers, but know to never say "I don't like dark beers".

 

[Butchv12]

When you can look at a simple picture and know what I have planned for tomorrow!

 

[Brew-Jay]

When your 7-year-old son comes home from school and shows you and your wife a nice little picture of the sun and some flowers, and when you say "Nice picture of a flower bed son," he responds, "No dad. It's a hops garden."

 

[sudbuster]

When some dude you hardly know comes by with two cases of emptys and asks for a refill. Oh, yeah!:cross:

 

[IPA-Hole]

When someone "accidentally" places a non-beer related item in your kegerator and you blow your top!

"I don't care if the house fridge is full"........"For Beer Only"

 

[Big_Cat]

You know you're a homebrewer when your friends call you to see what style beers you have available for a get together instead of running to the store

 

[Butchv12]

Or........ You are the only one in your neighborhood who knows what this is and what it does and either has one or wants one!

 

[IPA-Hole]

When you hear in the news "Keystone Pipeline" and you immediately salivate and want a homebrew.

Pavlov all over again.

 

[IPA-Hole]

When viewing the images on the "Show your Infections" thread gives you the heebee jeebees!!!

 

[Totes]

You suggest you name your baby 'Brett' if its a boy.

 

[beerbeerbeer123]

You suggest you name your baby 'Brett' if its a boy.

just dont name him sacch

 

[whitehause]

"Mom...why is my name Pacman"

"cause daddy is freakin nuts"

 

[Erroneous]

just dont name him sacch

Cere Visea might work for a girl

 

[Fizzycist]

You are giving blood and the smell of the iodine swab makes you pine for a beer.

 

[cluckk]

When the clerk at the LHBS is busy pulling your order so you help another customer find what he needs.