You know you're a home brewer when?

[fuzzy2133]

If I don't brew for myself I'll probably help my brother brew his first batch in about 5 years. He has a milk stout extract kit and I am hoping I can convince him to go all grain! Either way I get some beer...!


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Some people just need to taste the difference partial mashing makes to move them along.

 

[tdubnicoff]

Home Brewer rookie mistake. Ok so I didn't have a primary fermenter, I just used the 1 gallon jug with the stopper. It's bubbling along nicely and I'm looking to plan the next step when I realize, my fermenter needed to be 2 gallons not 1! Oh well so now what do I do? Do I add water and fill the 1 jug for the second fermentation? Or do I just make whatever I can salvage without sediment? Your thought?


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[JohnSand]

I don't understand your question, but you should post it as a separate thread. I'm sure you can fix it or accept it as is. Sorry if that's not complete. Did you make a two gallon batch? Or do you need head-space? Study and practice are the keys to good beer.
Welcome to the forum and brewing.

 

[tdubnicoff]

Thanks will do


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[cheesehed007]

When go to pick up your sons stuff from college and this is the dorm next door..

I call it kismet.


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[sudbuster]

In the middle of the night you are awakened by the sounds of two cases of bottles exploding.

 

[BadDeacon]

In the middle of the night you are awakened by the sounds of two cases of bottles exploding.

Duh!!!!!

 

[amfukuda]

When you get bored after work and start converting a table into a brew stand


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[zmanzorro]

You find excuses to use your stir plate ... Chocolate milk anyone?

 

[beaksnbeer]

You find excuses to use your stir plate ... Chocolate milk anyone?

Also good for mixing flour,cornstarch,arrowroot, etc. for thickening sauces

 

[insanim8er]

Also good for mixing flour,cornstarch,arrowroot, etc. for thickening sauces

don't forget creating mixed drinks ... and kool-aid.

 

[beaksnbeer]

don't forget creating mixed drinks ... and kool-aid.

I make a drink of Tbsp honey 4 lemons squeezed and cut into wedges 1/2 gallon of water for days when a beer will kick migraines into overload...

 

[unionrdr]

When someone starts another beer glass thread & you just can't resist bombing it...

 

[BreezyBrew]

When someone starts another beer glass thread & you just can't resist bombing it...

I have no idea what that means but I like where that is headed.

 

[BreezyBrew]

OK since that last post wasn't very constructive.... You know you're re a home brewer when dispite all of your f*ck ups on brew day, your beer still tastes better than a lot of commercial ones.

 

[beaksnbeer]

When you salivate like Pavlovas dog on your drive home thinking about what's in the keezer

 

[bleme]

When you salivate like Pavlovas dog on your drive home thinking about what's in the keezer

A couple weeks ago I drove past a brewing friend's neighborhood and by the time I got to the corner, I realized I was drooling.

 

[copyright1997]

When you've made some many batches that you aren't sure which is which (in unmarked bottles)

 

[willy_mugobeer]

When you're pouring a bomber of Asahi at the local Japanese restaurant, and pause before letting the last half ounce go in your glass because you're used to holding that back to avoid pouring sediment in.


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[boxofjibboo]

When throwing clothes in the washer, you think about mashing ratios. You decide your wash could handle a thick mash and you then set the dial to small load instead of medium.


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[JohnSand]

When you dream at night about brewing. Last night was a bad one, I dreamt that I burned a hole in the side of my brewpot, and spilled cider everywhere. Which is really strange because I don't brew cider, and I don't use a flame.

 

[unionrdr]

You wanna hear a really weird one? You know how there's so much stuff on youtube about FEMA camps,foreign soldiers being trained in urban warfare to raid our houses,take out guns & put us in camps or worse? I had a dream the night before last that woke me up! I dreamed these soldiers had done just that while I was in my chair upstairs asleep. Running in with machine pistols,killing everyone where they were. I'm upstairs hearing this. From their movements,they shot up my fermenters & everything. Then I hear my gym rat son come up outta the basement,seeing everything & yelling "oh God,NO!". The shots were so vivid I woke up at that point,but not before grabbing my 12 gauge...waiting for the fools to come upstairs...

 

[mmlipps]

Your 3 year olds vocabulary includes "I wanna bottle the beer!"


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[catdaddy66]

When you're mixing your coffee with cream and sugar and you notice the creamy froth, which reminds you to make a starter to pitch this weekend.


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[EdMerican]

When you have pictures of a 2 year old in a 10 gallon brew kettle to show the scale of your pots to folks at work.

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

When you think every restaurant should have at least 4 different styles on tap. I mean hell, if I can do have 3-5 batches bottled, surely a restaurant can do it!

Sidenote, wife and I went to our go-to Greek place last night where they had Bud Light and Rolling Rock on tap. I ordered a Bud just for sh!ts and giggles...
The rest of the meal was great though

 

[Zepth]

When you pull your slow cooker off the top of the cupboards, and instinctively reach for the starsan spray bottle beside the dishrack. Then pause, look down at what you're doing and say aloud "What the h*** am I doing?"

 

[bleme]

Sidenote, wife and I went to our go-to Greek place last night where they had Bud Light and Rolling Rock on tap. I ordered a Bud just for sh!ts and giggles...
The rest of the meal was great though

That's crazy! When I went to Greece in the 90's, all they served was Heineken and Amstel!

 

[Zoidberg]

When you browse home brew talk as much as a teenage girl browses facebook

 

[insanim8er]

When you have pictures of a 2 year old in a 10 gallon brew kettle to show the scale of your pots to folks at work.

<---- Mine is 20gal and he wasn't quite two at the time of that pix.