You know you're a home brewer when?

[Hulud]

I thought about the keg thing too! Lol

pb

Haha yea man. I just got turned on to the how and have gotten to episode 11 in season 3 in a week. Show is addictive....much like meth

 

[MacDub7]

When you're up close to midnight on a Tuesday, delabeling 30 empty bottles from a get together this past weekend, because, well...when else are you going to do it?

 

[Hulud]

When you're up close to midnight on a Tuesday, delabeling 30 empty bottles from a get together this past weekend, because, well...when else are you going to do it?

A real home brewer would have done it as each bottle was finished at the get together

 

[MacDub7]

When you're up til nearly 1 on that same Tuesday night (Wednesday now I guess), and after you finish delabeling bottles, you decide you should slice/freeze the peaches your mom gave you this weekend, because there super ripe, and you're going on a trip for your anniversary this weekend, so you want to make sure they keep for a peach cider the following weekend. You're already up too late...so what's an extra hour?

 

[MacDub7]

A real home brewer would have done it as each bottle was finished at the get together

Rinsed out each bottle as we went that night, but the labels (mostly Victory) were too hard to take off... So they've been soaking for a few days.

 

[Hulud]

Rinsed out each bottle as we went that night, but the labels (mostly Victory) were too hard to take off... So they've been soaking for a few days.

Well played sir

 

[MacDub7]

Back when the wife and I lived in WI we planned ALL vacations,and weekends to get to all the small/craft breweries (bypassed the miller/Icehouse) at the time we hit 53 out of 54 in 1year.

Might get some BOOS for this... But being a Coloradoan, toured the Coors brewery in Golden when we we were up there a week ago. Say what you will about BMC, but it's a super impressive facility.

 

[Channel66]

Might get some BOOS for this... But being a Coloradoan, toured the Coors brewery in Golden when we we were up there a week ago. Say what you will about BMC, but it's a super impressive facility.

I'd love to tour one of those facilities. Hate the beer, the politics etc. But there are so many toys and brew bling in those buildings it's nuts. Their system is extremely efficient.

 

[TangoHotel]

I have toured all 3 BMC breweries (B and C in Colorado and M in Milwaukee) and they are super impressive despite to filth that they bottle. Then, when you turn down the street to go see a micro brewery, it's interesting to see how different the operations are. Hell, Avery BC was closed when my buddy and I drove up, and the brewmaster opened the doors, let's us in, gave us a personal tour, then proceeded to provide full pint samples. We were there for a good 3 hours after closing. It was pretty awesome.

They also love to hear you're a homebrewer too. Its about the humble beginnings.

 

[unionrdr]

Yup. From small acorns mighty oaks grow...

 

[splattsmier]

When you've gone from, "What can I brew that tastes like what I buy?" to "What can I buy that tastes like what I brew?"

This

 

[unionrdr]

When one site has cheaper grain prices & just when you think you'll save money over your usual site,the hop prices drive the total up higher than your usual site. Save on some things,loose on everything else. Gee,what does this remind us of???

 

[funnycreature]

When one site has cheaper grain prices & just when you think you'll save money over your usual site,the hop prices drive the total up higher than your usual site. Save on some things,loose on everything else. Gee,what does this remind us of???

I support my LHBS with the purchase of specialty grains but buy everything else in bulk or online. I usually choose my vendor by the selection and price, so if one has everything but is a bit more expensive I'll still bite. Shipping can be a huge factor too!

back on topic...

When wifey gives the toddler on daddy's birthday a shirt that says "Homebrewed"

 

[Halbrust]

I When wifey gives the toddler on daddy's birthday a shirt that says "Homebrewed"

That is one of the cutest things I've ever seen!

 

[honreth]

When your wife catches you surfing the "Freezers" section of Craigslist when you already have 3 in the basement ("But 2 of them are for food!")

When you walk through the store and see air pumps and before you can say anything your wife says, "I know it can be used for beer, no you can't have it"

When wife wars are fought over CF of storage space....

You could have stuck them in the fridge to stop the yeast. Less risk of infection, but the beer might not be to style.

When you brew for style and not for flavors.

While writing the employee handbook at work, Every time you mean to write "termination" you start writing "fermentation."

Think I've got tomorrows brew day on my mind?

Not at all. Every employee hand book should be fermented well... otherwise it goes bad within days and never gets to mature in the hands of a dedicated employee.


You walk into your house and the family tells you there is some bad news... And the first thing you think is "What beer got dropped/infected/bottle bombed?"

 

[alpha224]

You walk into your house and the family tells you there is some bad news... And the first thing you think is "What beer got dropped/infected/bottle bombed?"

When you find out that it was a family member you didn't really know/like, you wonder which batch you don't mind parting with at the funeral/viewing/potluck...

 

[greencoat]

Catch yourself laying on the ground watching yeast go haywire in the carboy for 20+ minutes. It's like a huge, biological, beer producing lava lamp.

 

[amfukuda]

Catch yourself laying on the ground watching yeast go haywire in the carboy for 20+ minutes. It's like a huge, biological, beer producing lava lamp.

This a hundred times this

 

[Leadgolem]

I support my LHBS with the purchase of specialty grains but buy everything else in bulk or online. I usually choose my vendor by the selection and price, so if one has everything but is a bit more expensive I'll still bite. Shipping can be a huge factor too!...

No joke. My usual online place has great shipping prices, but everything else is a little higher then other places. On balance, the shipping prices being low wins out.

I did the dishes. Now the kitchen is ready for brewing.

 

[bigskygreg]

Catch yourself laying on the ground watching yeast go haywire in the carboy for 20+ minutes. It's like a huge, biological, beer producing lava lamp.

It's slightly more addictive than watching the sprinklers run. There's just something comforting about both

 

[TangoHotel]

Or watching the break. I caught myself watching the precipitate fall out of suspension one day after brewing. It was then I knew I was a nerd.

 

[unionrdr]

When you geek out with BS2 tweaking a couple IPA recipes before you even order the ingredients to brew them.

 

[jonnyp1980]

When you're constantly changing fermenting rooms cause the swamp cooler is making it stink.

 

[MaddBaggins]

When you spend an hour at the lhbs just tasting different grains while deciding on a new recipe.

I love that my lhbs is all hands on.

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

When you seriously consider reaching in and snagging the Sam Adams bottles on the top of the county recycling bin.
It's right there and I'm going to reuse it over and over again...but I don't think wife would agree.

 

[hiphops]

When after leaving your date's place after getting laid, you're most excited about the empty beer bottles you get to being home from her house.

 

[Shuldawg]

When you seriously consider reaching in and snagging the Sam Adams bottles on the top of the county recycling bin.
It's right there and I'm going to reuse it over and over again...but I don't think wife would agree.

When you actually route through your neighbor's recycling bins on trash night and pull out the bottles!

 

[Hulud]

When you actually route through your neighbor's recycling bins on trash night and pull out the bottles!

Forget the neighbors, try dumpster diving behind a bar

 

[thatjonguy]

Forget the neighbors, try dumpster diving behind a bar

A local bar sorts and calls when they have a collection for you.

 

[danielofthedale]

When having a designated fermentation room is the number one thing you look for when apartment hunting.