You know you're a home brewer when?

[insanim8er]

When you go to your kegerator to pull a healthy glass of imperial milk stout in order to help you study...

now at 9% abv, let's hope I can get the assignments and tests done that are due in 6 hours...

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

When your wife asks you to brew some beer/cider for a Christmas party.

I've already got all of my 3 fermenters full and two other brews planned, but I like a good challenge

 

[WilliamSlayer]

When your wife asks you to brew some beer/cider for a Christmas party.

I've already got all of my 3 fermenters full and two other brews planned, but I like a good challenge

Mine said something similar! Roll those sleeves up...

 

[BreezyBrew]

Her: Did you drink all those beers in the fridge?
Me: Yup, there really wasn't that many
Her: Oh good we have more space now.
Me Thinking: Hell yeah! Thought I was going to be in the doghouse.

 

[jpcourtney]

 

[unionrdr]

When you're low on ice for the ice bath,but decide it's better to soldger on anyway. Need those Christmas beers!

 

[bleme]

When you're low on ice for the ice bath,but decide it's better to soldger on anyway. Need those Christmas beers!

Got anything you need thawed for dinner? ;-)

 

[geek_chaser]

When you are so excited for people to try your beer. Then the next day the discover more people they know homebrew. Then they discover the world of craft brew and they call you saying that they want to homebrew. *evil hand roll*. My job is done. >

 

[unionrdr]

Got anything you need thawed for dinner? ;-)

Dang,wish I'd thought of that! I still got it down to about 85F in the barely ice bath. 2Gallons of ice cold spring water & about 3L or so outta the BB water stash of 66F got it down to 67F close enough! Pitched rehydrated US-05 on this robust porter with an OG of 1.064...guess my mash efficiency was pretty good this time. Mashed at 156 that stayed there this time! Man,what a difference! Smelled like somebody European was cooking dinner & brewing french roast with the wort,& hops used. Plus a cream ale from yooper to salute a brew day well done!
Check this,I've gotten HB's from Revvy & Yooper so far. Excellent!
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Light with a crisp creaminess that's so bloody good after a long pm brew day!
Thanks yooper!!!

 

[bigskygreg]

When you have family members "placing orders" for the Super Bowl in November.

 

[EdMerican]

When you see a chest freezer on sale at the local big box, get excited and look closer. Then realize it would only hold 3 kegs and decide to pass.

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

When you have a final presentation to do for a class on the topic of your choice and you choose fermentation.
...and you keep yourself up at night trying to think of all the things you want to cram into a 7 minute presentation

 

[unionrdr]

When you know the beginning of November is almost a lil late to brew stouts & porters for Christmas. but you keep at it anyway.

 

[amfukuda]

Got anything you need thawed for dinner? ;-)

Guilty Iv thrown steaks and sausages in the sink on more then a couple occasion

 

[unionrdr]

Too bad the turkey won't fit in there with it! 24.28lbs!:rockin:

 

[Renegades_Brew]

Too bad the turkey won't fit in there with it! 24.28lbs!:rockin:

Me thinks you need a bigger sink then.

 

[unionrdr]

Like the chief to Quint "you're gunna need a bigger boat!"...

 

[Mogie]

When you're not actually brewing, but you find a reason to tinker with something every day, racking to secondary, washing yeast, formulating a recipe for next month.

 

[fuzzy2133]

Its been said before and it finally happened to me.

You consider buying a case of bombers of good $$ beer so you have all the same bottles quicker. However you are able to recount how many you have at the house and only need to buy 5 more.

 

[amfukuda]

When you find a website that lets you make your own custom tap Handles and you design a really cool one only to see the price tag and then slowly cry knowing there is no way in hell you can afford one

 

[fuzzy2133]

You have an oops moment at bottling figuring to bottle 1.5 gallons forgetting that you will be leaving 1/4 of a gallon behind. However you are not worried about bombs but will now know first hand if 12oz stubby bottles can handle 3.0 volumes of carbonation.

And I have had no beer today.

 

[WilliamSlayer]

And I have had no beer today.

See, THERES your problem! Lol.

 

[pumpkinman2012]

You have 30+ Carboys of all different sizes, 20+ cases of bottles, a fridge in your office for lagering and cold crashing, and you still try to convince your wife that a kegerator would be more useful than the dishwasher...lol

 

[cluckk]

I shared this on another thread, but thought it would fit here as well. You know you're a homebrewer when your set-up pumping cold water through your wort chiller coil sprays near boiling water all over your right chest and arm--giving you blisters from the second degree burns--and you finish getting the batch into the fermenter and the gear cleaned up before getting something for your burns. This was my latest brew day. Me and the batch of beer (my Oatmeal Stout for Christmas) are both doing well.

 

[unionrdr]

Be carefull those burns don't get infected,that ain't fun. I used to get that from sunburns as a kid. Sensative skin sucks. One time,I couldn't go to scholl from it,as the first few layers of skin came off with my shirt. right down to that bubblly/weiny lookin layer. My pour mother was shocked near tears. I had to sleep face down shirtless for a long time to get it to heal. So please take care of that! Not fun at all!

 

[DrunkleJon]

You have 30+ Carboys of all different sizes, 20+ cases of bottles, a fridge in your office for lagering and cold crashing, and you still try to convince your wife that a kegerator would be more useful than the dishwasher...lol

Hmm... Trading SWMBO for a kegerator? I kinda doubt that would go over well. Kidding. Though hand washing food utensils is a real PITA.

 

[Eugenio]

You see this:

And think to yourself: "It could work"

 

[unionrdr]

That's a lot of grain processing power...& what do we need???!...

 

[LovesIPA]

We wants one. We wants one VERY much.

 

[finsfan]

We wants one. We wants one VERY much.

That car probably comes with a DUI when you purchase it