You know you're a home brewer when?

[rockbasementbeer]

I would but a more practical vehicle is needed first! (Need to go back to a truck, i thought the gas mileage from a smaller car would be great but I miss the truck for the fact of "go anywhere")

 

[amfukuda]

I would but a more practical vehicle is needed first! (Need to go back to a truck, i thought the gas mileage from a smaller car would be great but I miss the truck for the fact of "go anywhere")

You buy that thing and ill pull it with my truck

 

[kombat]

You're in the bathroom taking a leak. You grab some toilet paper, blow your nose, and throw it in the toilet. And no matter how much you saturate it, it won't sink.

Then you realize, mucus must have a specific gravity lower than 1.000.

 

[fuzzy2133]

You see TSA testing liquid bottles with their fancy machine to check for explosives and wonder how smart it really is. That then leads you to the possibilities of reprogramming the machine to break apart the ingredients of a beer.

 

[beaksnbeer]

You see TSA testing liquid bottles with their fancy machine to check for explosives and wonder how smart it really is. That then leads you to the possibilities of reprogramming the machine to break apart the ingredients of a beer.

Or leak testing the gas lines on my keezer

 

[amfukuda]

When your girlfriend starts drinkin your peach cider experiment straight out of the gallon jug

 

[WilliamSlayer]

When your girlfriend starts drinkin your peach cider experiment straight out of the gallon jug

Violation! (Shes not sharing) ;-)

 

[Trail]

You know you're a homebrewer when your wife says "Good luck with the mold farm in there."

(Woman, I'm culturing wild yeast. You should appreciate how awesome I am for doing that.)

 

[WilliamSlayer]

When your wife gets you shelving units for the livingroom to help organize the wine stock.... and you didn't ask for them.

 

[splattsmier]

You know you're a homebrewer when your wife says "Good luck with the mold farm in there."

(Woman, I'm culturing wild yeast. You should appreciate how awesome I am for doing that.)

WE appreciate you, Kerin.

 

[Trail]

WE appreciate you, Kerin.

Truth be told, most of the stuff I've cultivated is... mold. But I appreciate the support.

 

[Leadgolem]

When you consider using your stir plate to circulate ice cream base so it cools faster.

I would have actually done that, but I couldn't figure out how to plug it in in the freezer. The temp difference from the freezer is going to chill it for turning faster then the circulation from the stir plate.

 

[GrogNerd]

You know you're a homebrewer when your wife says "Good luck with the mold farm in there."

(Woman, I'm culturing wild yeast. You should appreciate how awesome I am for doing that.)

your reply, "well, actually, it's a ranch, and I'm wrangling wild yeast. You should appreciate how awesome I am for doing that."

 

[unionrdr]

When you still look forward to tasting your FG samples. I did that yesterday with my Cougar Country IPA & was Very surprised at how good it is already.

 

[Erroneous]

When you consider using your stir plate to circulate ice cream base so it cools faster.

I would have actually done that, but I couldn't figure out how to plug it in in the freezer. The temp difference from the freezer is going to chill it for turning faster then the circulation from the stir plate.

This would require a very strong magnet to go through the bucket and would be ineffective after thickening. I have thought of this as well. I use an extension cord to get my power cube outside the door of my fridge when making starters.

 

[Leadgolem]

This would require a very strong magnet to go through the bucket and would be ineffective after thickening. I have thought of this as well. I use an extension cord to get my power cube outside the door of my fridge when making starters.

I was about to ask why you needed to put your starter in the fridge, but then I realized you're in Florida.

With a 1" stir bar my stir plate can pull 3" of vortex in a 1 gallon starter. Though you're right. It would have failed once the liquid started to thicken.

 

[GrogNerd]

I was about to ask why you needed to put your starter in the fridge, but then I realized you're in Florida.

With a 1" stir bar my stir plate can pull 3" of vortex in a 1 gallon starter. Though you're right. It would have failed once the liquid started to thicken.

when you think about what kind of yeast population density it would take to stop your stir bar

 

[WilliamSlayer]

When you think of bathing your kids as "sanitizing" but not sterilizing...

 

[Dutchbier]

When a guy brings you a garbage bag full of empties to your place of employment.

 

[geek_chaser]

When you think of bathing your kids as "sanitizing" but not sterilizing...

I call it "marinating".

 

[beaksnbeer]

I call it "marinating".

no, steeping

 

[finsfan]

when you brew a beer and drink it

has this been covered?

 

[geek_chaser]

When your curiosity peeks about the limitless options of flavors and styles and everything is inspiration.

 

[rockbasementbeer]

When your curiosity peeks about the limitless options of flavors and styles and everything is inspiration.

Piques*

 

[TangoHotel]

When you buy three cases of aldi pumpkin cider because it's in a 16.9oz. swing top bottle, and our basically getting the cider for free.

 

[jtd_419]

When a guy brings you a garbage bag full of empties to your place of employment.

How about when your employer brings you boxes of empty wine bottles and by employer I mean the owner of the company

 

[smagic14]

When you see these at work



And wonder if you could use that as a fermenter

 

[MaxStout]

When you buy three cases of aldi pumpkin cider because it's in a 16.9oz. swing top bottle, and our basically getting the cider for free.

Looks like I'll be heading down to Aldi to clean out their supply of cider.

 

[amfukuda]

When you see these at work

And wonder if you could use that as a fermenter

My aunts new husband makes wine in one

 

[Billy-Klubb]

no, steeping

and those nights they don't want to get out of the tub (tun?) is a mash. one night I the 5 y/o was in the tun so long I had to do a triple decot mash on him. sparging was a bastid though...

 

[rockbasementbeer]

When you see this and think, "those are terrible pours!"

 

[SharonaZamboni]

and those nights they don't want to get out of the tub (tun?) is a mash. one night I the 5 y/o was in the tun so long I had to do a triple decot mash on him. sparging was a bastid though...

Why do they all hate the sparge so much?

 

[lilrokz06]

When you see this and think, "those are terrible pours!"

Lol... That's awesome

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Why do they all hate the sparge so much?

I'm not sure, but it really confuses them when I start recirculating. one of these days I'm gonna FWH them. bwahahahahhaa!!!

 

[GrogNerd]

when you brew a beer and drink it

has this been covered?

only several times, starting with post #4 of the thread

 

[insanim8er]

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When you see this and think, "those are terrible pours!"

Funny thing is I didn't see your comment but first thing I noticed was all that foam In the cup.

 

[bleme]

Funny thing is I didn't see your comment but first thing I noticed was all that foam In the cup.

+1 I like head as much as the next guy, but that is ridiculous!

 

[TangoHotel]

Looks like I'll be heading down to Aldi to clean out their supply of cider.

And the cider is good too. Throw some dark rum in it and you got yourself a Friday night!

 

[insanim8er]

And the cider is good too. Throw some dark rum in it and you got yourself a Friday night!

Good to know I'm not the only one who likes rum in cider. I made a graff with an addition of black heart spiced rum. It's awesome.

 

[1fast636]

When during work all day you make your stir plate and your boss helps you (I run cnc's so I would put the job in press the button and then work on the stir plate) best day ever. Oh and the parts I was running is what the stir plates sitting on lol