You know you're a home brewer when?

[unionrdr]

HA! More like rotten pumpkins stuffed with dead carp & laced with hops...

 

[Teromous]

HA! More like rotten pumpkins stuffed with dead carp & laced with hops...

You sound like my wife.

 

[BreezyBrew]

Haha dead carp... awesome.

 

[rockbasementbeer]

When you ask people to guess what you've been drinking based on your farts..."yup, thats a RIS right there. You can smell the roasted barley right after the rotten egg hits you!" That may go into Messing with SWMBO if i can pull it off later.

 

[unionrdr]

In that case, read my post in that thread. It's old, but a good one! ...when you get up in the morning & find empty bottles & stuff to clean after bottling or brew day.

 

[joey0214]

When you try a new beer and all you can think is, I can clone this

 

[unionrdr]

Or, conversely, when you brew a good batch & it reminds you of a craft beer you've had...

 

[BreezyBrew]

Or when you think to yourself, I can brew a beer better than this!

 

[dobes]

When I tell my wife I'm going to the beer store and she says "I thought you just picked up yeast yesterday?"
I reply "I meant I was going to go pick up a case or two."
She replies, "Why don't you just brew a batch, yours are so much better?!!"

 

[1fast636]

Look for a French Press at yard sales and second hand stores. The paper coffee filter absorbs some of the hop oils, while a French Press uses a stainless steel plate to filter.

Well dam I didn't even think about using our French press lol next time will be with that and I might add some hops to the grounds as well before brewing to see what comes of it lol 12cups of hoppy coffee yum

 

[BadDeacon]

Or when you think to yourself, I can brew a beer better than this!

Or a brewing buddy goes to a bar and reports that your beer was better than what he had.

 

[unionrdr]

Been there, done that. My old yard service guys loved my beers moreso than commercial ones after doing my grass, etc. Save for the one that asked for the Bud Light Lime he'd had last time. Oh well. 1 out of five ain't bad...

 

[Zepth]

Been there, done that. My old yard service guys loved my beers moreso than commercial ones after doing my grass, etc. Save for the one that asked for the Bud Light Lime he'd had last time. Oh well. 1 out of five ain't bad...

In my line of work the client often offers the workers a beer at the end of the day. Whenever it's the typical adjunct lager I accept the offer and use the "I'm driving, save it for later" routine. Little do they know I save it for when I have the rare BMC guests, then they have a selection ready and waiting for them.

 

[unionrdr]

It kinda worked out similarly for me. I had four different beers of mine ready to go. But had a few BLL's left, so he took that after tasting my light & dark hybrid lagers. Can't win'em all...

 

[BadDeacon]

It kinda worked out similarly for me. I had four different beers of mine ready to go. But had a few BLL's left, so he took that after tasting my light & dark hybrid lagers. Can't win'em all...

I bet it was the cans. Some people just like cans.

 

[JohnSand]

Which is why I bought a 12 pack of SN in cans yesterday. Or maybe to put them on the boat.

 

[unionrdr]

I bet it was the cans. Some people just like cans.

Actually, it was the clear bottles. No accounting for taste, I suppose...

 

[beerpete]

When the banner ads on non-brewing pages (like salon.com) are brewing related.

 

[catdaddy66]

When the banner ads on non-brewing pages (like salon.com) are brewing related.

This! My sports websites have brewing site ad banners...


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[RiversideBrewery]

When you have all the bottles you need, but just can't bring yourself to toss out a newly emptied batch of craft bottles. Das ist mein kampf....

It's comforting I'm not alone with this obsession...

Another sign of being a home brewer...getting disproportionately excited when you learn a friend enjoys a beer that comes in a flip top bottle.

 

[RiversideBrewery]

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[Cheesy_Goodness]

When the only way to thaw frozen meat for dinner is to toss the bag in the swamp cooler that's cooling your brew.

 

[JohnSand]

You know you are (becoming a good) homebrewer when:
Your homebrew club asks you to start bottling in bombers instead of 12s, so they can have bigger samples.

 

[captjpr]

When you wonder how your bowl of morning Grape Nuts would perform in a mash

 

[unionrdr]

When you're waiting for your latest order to arrive so you can brew another batch.

 

[plumber_bob]

When you make sure to keep enough, barely, hops, and yeast on hand to brew on a moments notice.

I never Know when an extra brew chance is gonna pop up and I like being prepared!

pb

 

[unionrdr]

Good point. I bought that chromed steel shelf with two dunnage containers. One is for grains if I can ever get ahead enough to order various grains as extra for such opportunities.

 

[plumber_bob]

It makes it nice to be able to do extra brews at a moments notice.

pb

 

[unionrdr]

Yeah, you never know when the muses will be upon you! I was taking my middle son to job #2 yesterday, & the usual sandbagger dragged down a line of traffic with us at the end. I went on my usual rant, but said to him, " Here we go again, tippy tippy tappy on the brake pedal, blah blah yada yada...". I then had the idea to use it as a book title about home brewing! So book #3 was started yesterday afternoon. Tippy Tippy Tappy- A Journey Through Home Brewing. I thought tipping a glass after tapping a keg, ya know? Hope I can get it done in time for Christmas...

 

[podz]

You know you're a homebrewer when you have more equipment than most amateur chemists.

My latest purchase: A 5 litre borosilicate Duran-Schott Griffin Beaker made in Mainz, Germany. It can go straight from a boil into an ice bath.

Looks very similar to this one (I'm too lazy to take a photo).