You know you're a home brewer when?

[bickelmp]

When you really really want to go to bed but you are waiting for your wort to cool another 5 degrees before you toss in the yeast...(I'm tired and out of homebrew...)

 

[BreezyBrew]

When you really really want to go to bed but you are waiting for your wort to cool another 5 degrees before you toss in the yeast...(I'm tired and out of homebrew...)

Yup, when your really tired and you have to do anything cleaning related to your homebrew. Man, if I didn't homebrew, i'd probably get a lot more sleep

 

[RyanVTBrew]

When you pour everything like you're pouring a beer.


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[insanim8er]

Here's a pix of the 5 gallon kegs

 

[bleme]

When you keep your house at 62F all winter long and tell your wife it is to save money.

 

[dkwolf]

When you keep your house at 62F all winter long and tell your wife it is to save money.

Uh.... unless I'm sick, 62° is the WARMEST it gets in my house in the winter. During the day when I'm gone, and at night while I'm asleep, I've got the thermostat set to drop to 55°. Been that way long before I started brewing!

And during the summer, I set my A/C to 64 or 68.

 

[blake_park]

Uh.... unless I'm sick, 62° is the WARMEST it gets in my house in the winter. During the day when I'm gone, and at night while I'm asleep, I've got the thermostat set to drop to 55°. Been that way long before I started brewing!



And during the summer, I set my A/C to 64 or 68.

I WISH I had that kind of money. I also wish SWMBO and I could agree on a temperature. I want it in the 60's year round, she wants it in the 80's.


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[beaksnbeer]

I WISH I had that kind of money. I also wish SWMBO and I could agree on a temperature. I want it in the 60's year round, she wants it in the 80's.


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Wahoo! Belgian beer temps standard in my house.................... I also have the capacity to lager up to five 5 gallon batches or hold ale temps for 10 gallons at a time. (I design/make commercial refrigeration units)

 

[copyright1997]

When you keep your house at 62F all winter long and tell your wife it is to save money.

When you live in the North East and you only keep the "bathroom" (aka fermentation chamber) at 64 degrees, the other rooms get to 57 degrees at night.

 

[copyright1997]

When you have an endless supply of eggs from all the spent grains you give to local farmers.

 

[NTXBrauer]

When you stop buying beer, as you are able to consume only what you have brewed yourself.

 

[cheesehed007]

When're working on this equipment rack, and keep thinking you can't wait to get home and crack one open..


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[beaksnbeer]

Wife and I were a Lowe's yesterday, as we were walking by the pond supplies she stopped and picked up a plastic mesh cone. I looked at her and said "You fill it with the filter media then attach the pump tube." She said "Ok, to bad it's not stainless we could use it to drain the grain bag. I think I want to brew a small batch tomorrow."

I gave her a big hug I almost cried

 

[drainbamage]

When you catch a whiff of the grapefruit-scented dish detergent your wife bought, and you start craving an IPA.

 

[1fast636]

When your phones internet thing with all the pages looks like this

 

[justmark54]

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[stbnj]

When you stop buying beer, as you are able to consume only what you have brewed yourself.

I'm pretty proud to say that for the last month the only beer I have consumed has been my own or from a new nano about a mile from my house. It took some coordination and work but its cool to have about 6 different brews around. Now I just need to keep that pipeline going.

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[Setesh]

When you have gone through a 32 pack box of Knox gelatin in 4 months and you never make any gelatin desserts.

 

[insanim8er]

When you have gone through a 32 pack box of Knox gelatin in 4 months and you never make any gelatin desserts.

What? I get 2.5 kegs per packet. How much beer are you making, or how much gelatin are you using?


When you sell (qty: 6) five gallon (1/6) sanke kegs off Craig's list and make a hell of a profit off them, but you immediately regret selling them even though they've been sitting on a shelf for 2 years un-touched. *sigh*

 

[brewbama]

You're watching a movie and in the background is a water cooler. You think "I can make a hot liquor tank or mash tun with that." ( Happened to me last night -- Dallas Buyer's Club. )


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[fredhead]

When you're brewing coffee in a pour over filter and you tell your wife you're fly sparging.


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[Setesh]

What? I get 2.5 kegs per packet. How much beer are you making, or how much gelatin are you using?


When you sell (qty: 6) five gallon (1/6) sanke kegs off Craig's list and make a hell of a profit off them, but you immediately regret selling them even though they've been sitting on a shelf for 2 years un-touched. *sigh*

I use one packet per 5 gallons of beer. It has worked great for me so far. And yes, I do make that much beer, but I don't drink it all, I give a lot of it away.

 

[Beernik]

Conversation with my wife this morning:

Wife: I'm making bangers and mash for breakfast. Can you grab a couple beers from the fridge?

Me: Sure, what kind?

Wife: I don't know. A stout or a honey.

Me: What kind of flavor are you going for?

Wife: I'm not going for any kind if flavor. I just want a couple beers.

Me: Ok, I'll get the honey ale.

 

[insanim8er]

I use one packet per 5 gallons of beer. It has worked great for me so far. And yes, I do make that much beer, but I don't drink it all, I give a lot of it away.

Ya it'll work, but you're wasting $. I get just over 2 (5gal) kegs with one packet and it works perfectly.

32 batches in 4 mo is a lot, unless they're 1 gal batches I thought racking 30gal of beer in a weeks time was a lot.

That brings me to my next one...

When you're back hurts like hell from lugging equipment and full kegs of beer... Just finished a 12 gallon batch of an American wheat that I'll split into a lime and one into a grapefruit. We'll see how this turns out in 3 weeks...

 

[Setesh]

Ya it'll work, but you're wasting $. I get just over 2 (5gal) kegs with one packet and it works perfectly.

You've convinced me to give it a try. Next time I'll use 1/2 packet on one half of a batch and my normal approach on the other half and see what happens.

32 batches in 4 mo is a lot, unless they're 1 gal batches I thought racking 30gal of beer in a weeks time was a lot.

I normally don't brew this much but after finishing my new EHERMS and Kal panel I wanted to get used to it and get everything dialed in. Which leads me to:

You know you're a home brewer when you expand your carboy collection to 8 so that you can properly break in your new brewing system without running out of space.

 

[insanim8er]

You've convinced me to give it a try. Next time I'll use 1/2 packet on one half of a batch and my normal approach on the other half and see what happens.

You just need a teaspoon. This is the method I've used and have had success.

http://www.bertusbrewery.com/2012/06/how-to-clear-your-beer-with-gelatin.html

I even use less water than what he says to use.

I laughed at the expansion of carboy collection. Only because I had 14 carboys at one point. It took up a crazy amount of space. I ended up selling them all off.

Now I ferment in 1/4 slim kegs using the method in my sig. They hold 7.75 gal, so even when I have 6 gal, there is a lot of head space. I have 6 total, so I can have 3 full batches (I do 10-12gal batches) going at any given time. I'd never consider changing to anything else, not even for a conical.

And if I need to age, I transfer to a corny keg since I acquired a ton of them and decided to sell off all my 1/6 sanke kegs. It's a great system.

 

[skitter]

How light/clear are you guys going for? I've only been doing all-grain for about 4 months but I've never had a beer be cloudy or that I couldn't see through (cept porters/stouts).

Granted I do a 90minute mash at 150-148 but that shouldn't have too much to it

 

[Pinebarrensbrew]

Caught myself telling swmbo to give the eggs a 13 min boil then chill them in an ice bath. Instead of oh yea when it starts bubbling time 13 mins then put them in cold water

 

[insanim8er]

How light/clear are you guys going for? I've only been doing all-grain for about 4 months but I've never had a beer be cloudy or that I couldn't see through (cept porters/stouts).

Granted I do a 90minute mash at 150-148 but that shouldn't have too much to it

Crystal clear... Read a newspaper through it. I can read the address from across the sweet through a glass.

It's something I use for the cream of three crops or the centennial blonde. Very clean light beers.

All beers will eventually clear, but the gelatin clears it over night.

 

[Setesh]

How light/clear are you guys going for?

Crystal clear, like water with color to it:


You know you're a home brewer (possibly an anal one ) when you are holding your glass up to the monitor (or newspaper) to see that it is up to your high standards of clarity.