You know you're a home brewer when?

[Schmoogdaddy]

Your co-workers take you out for "beers" when you resign from your job. You graciously accept, but go home afterwards and drink one of your oatmeal stouts to get the flavor out of your mouth.

 

[Crito]

When you go to a restaurant and drink water with your meal.

 

[timrox1212]

You know your a home brewer when you use your daughters closet for fermentation because its always the right temperature.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

You know your a home brewer when you use your daughters closet for fermentation because its always the right temperature.

or you find random brewing books on your 5 y/o's book shelf.

 

[bleme]

When you go to a restaurant and drink water with your meal.

My wife doesn't understand this. We were at a Japanese restaurant the other day and while my back was turned my wife surprised me with a Kirin Ichiban. I really appreciate the gesture but it's hard to swallow $4 Kirin when I know I have a garage full of good stuff at home.

 

[zmanzorro]

When you have krausen residue in your hair because you pulled out the carboy brush too fast when cleaning.

 

[TNGabe]

When you spend all day at a festival with at least a dozen commercial breweries and 20+ homebrewers and can't wait to get home and drink your beer.

 

[buzbey]

When you see a picture of a fresh batch and swear you just smelled sweet hoppy wort.

 

[Schmoogdaddy]

You enjoy a German pilsner after mowing your lawn Saturday afternoon, an American pale ale with grilled hamburgers for dinner, sipped a Belgian strong ale Saturday evening and washed down bacon, eggs and toast with an oatmeal stout Sunday morning while waiting for your bottles to finish the dishwasher cycle so you can bottle your altbier. (and can't wait for your Kolsch to carbonate and your ESB to finish up in the secondary)

 

[WilliamSlayer]

You enjoy a German pilsner after mowing your lawn Saturday afternoon, an American pale ale with grilled hamburgers for dinner, sipped a Belgian strong ale Saturday evening and washed down bacon, eggs and toast with an oatmeal stout Sunday morning while waiting for your bottles to finish the dishwasher cycle so you can bottle your altbier. (and can't wait for your Kolsch to carbonate and your ESB to finish up in the secondary)

Boo yah!

So envious!

 

[ja09]

When three kegs and 50 bottles just isn't enough. Can't wait to brew this week!

 

[Billy-Klubb]

When three kegs and 50 bottles just isn't enough. Can't wait to brew this week!

when this response makes sense to the statement above:
"why'd you let your pipeline get so low?!?"

 

[unionrdr]

When you get your pipeline back up 5to 5 cases,& can't wait to get the next one going to add to it.

 

[russrob81]

When you are planning to take a 12er of beer to a Mother's Day cook out a month in advance to clear room for more beer because you're getting tired of that one

 

[VT-NAV]

When choosing orders to a ship, you immediately pick USS STOUT without knowing anything about her other than the name. (USS PORTER was my second choice)

 

[GrogNerd]

both Arleigh Burke, different variants. not sure what the differences are

 

[Misplaced_Canuck]

When meeting friends out, you ask them to bring an empty growler so that you can trade them a full one, because you're pipeline is wayyyyy too full.

MC

 

[Nightshade]

When you have to make the call as to whether or not to buy a months worth of Top Ramen because the Barley Wine is going to cost a bit more than you thought.

 

[VT-NAV]

both Arleigh Burke, different variants. not sure what the differences are

Yeah that was five years ago. Served on STOUT for two and a half years.

 

[SpentGrains]

When you have to make the call as to whether or not to buy a months worth of Top Ramen because the Barley Wine is going to cost a bit more than you thought.

Skip the ramen and drink beer

 

[GrogNerd]

Yeah that was five years ago. Served on STOUT for two and a half years.

and thank you for your service!

what was your rating? or were you officer?

 

[unionrdr]

When you limp the car out to get brewing water & it breaks again...right before tax money comes in.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

When you have to make the call as to whether or not to buy a months worth of Top Ramen because the Barley Wine is going to cost a bit more than you thought.

I have been in that same exact position myself. I just couldn't decide what flavors of Ramen to get...

 

[VT-NAV]

and thank you for your service!

what was your rating? or were you officer?

I was an officer on STOUT, but was an HM2 (fleet marine force) prior to commissioning.

 

[wilsojos]

When you have to make the call as to whether or not to buy a months worth of Top Ramen because the Barley Wine is going to cost a bit more than you thought.

Repurpose those spent grains into some form of sustenance!

 

[GrogNerd]

you have a dream that you're finding empty beer bottles everywhere. even in spots where you've already found bottles, there are just more bottles.

bottles everywhere

and for whatever reasons, you can't use a damned one

 

[Krovitz]

It's April in Massachusetts and you already got the AC running full blast because your apartment can get up to 75 in the day time.

 

[unionrdr]

When you don't have a grain crusher,but you use what you've got to git-r-done.

 

[Saxomophone]

Your wife wakes you in the middle of the night because she heard a bang and the first thing to cross your mind is, "Oh no, I hope one of my beers didn't explode!"

 

[whitehause]

Your wife wakes you in the middle of the night because she heard a bang and the first thing to cross your mind is, "Oh no, I hope one of my beers didn't explode!"

This has happened to me