You know you're a home brewer when?
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Word. I haven't been able to brew for a few months with utilities going so high this winter. Got house refinanced,so that'll change soon. To bad big stock pile is gone.
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Word. I haven't been able to brew for a few months with utilities going so high this winter. Got house refinanced,so that'll change soon. To bad big stock pile is gone.
We do a program called "Smart Hours" in the summer months and electricity becomes inanely expensive between the hours of 2-7, but weekends are still normal rate. Weekends are the only time I have to brew anyways so probably won't effect me. Luckily our winter months are normal rate here.
Half batches can be a great way to keep the pipeline moving!
"Sometimes Im right half of the time ...."
insanim8er
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Man when money is tight, brew some cream of three crops. I don't know what grain costs are where you guys are, but I paid under $20 to brew ten gallons.
To keep cost down, I did use regular rice I had on hand instead of minute rice. I just boiled it into a gel first.
To keep cost down, I did use regular rice I had on hand instead of minute rice. I just boiled it into a gel first.
Just. Keep. Brewin.
"Sometimes Im right half of the time ...."
"Sometimes Im right half of the time ...."
Nothing to say eh?
insanim8er
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Nothing to say eh?
maybe it was his way of saying, "you know you're a homebrewer when you don't even have time to post about why you're a homebrewer because you're too busy being a homebrewer."
Black Island Brewer
An Ode to Beer
Or this: canning starter wort.
Black Island Brewer
An Ode to Beer
Or this: using starter wort to grow up some Abbey Ale yeast for brewing a Trippel on Wednesday.
When you can get lost in time watching fermentation thru the glass car boy and high on sniffing the airlock lol, I swear I sit there in amazement and it feels like a minuet but ends up being 5-10 mins each time i pass the fermenters
insanim8er
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When you take off for a long drive and get home at 10pm just to score a couple 5gal corny kegs for $12.5/ea
good find
When you call your wife to have her check your fermenter temps because you're away from the house.
I do that every day, I have her fhange the ice on my fermentation chamber at noon
half tempted to setup my wireless camera to monitor the temp
Pinebarrensbrew
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When you have a nightmare that you're fermenter is hot to the touch. I just woke up and ran to my carboy. Lol. I know 75 and higher isn't hot to the touch but a nightmares a nightmare
fuzzy2133
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Me and swmbo were at costco last week and she was concerned about buying too much fruit. All I said was I'll make some mead out of what left and that was the end of her concern.
insanim8er
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No, but 75 is still hot. What are you brewing? A saison?
When you are so impatient that you buy a webcam to monitor your fermentors while you are at work especially for detecting 1st signs of life!!
especially for detecting 1st signs of life!!When you are so impatient that you buy a webcam to monitor your fermentors while you are at work
I have a wireless cctv camera I wanted to hook up to watch the temp, wife said no
insanim8er
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When you are so impatient that you buy a webcam to monitor your fermentors while you are at work
I have a wireless cctv camera I wanted to hook up to watch the temp, wife said no
Just do this http://www.brewpi.com
