You know you're a home brewer when?

[BrewinBromanite]

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

The last 10 web pages I've gone to all had adds showing the brew kettles on Amazon I was looking at a week ago. Damn interwebs!


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[rlmiller10]

When you are on a business trip and have a few bottled craft beer in your hotel room. And are seriously considering packing the empty bottles in your luggage because you have been giving beer away and the bottle supply is getting a bit low.

 

[unionrdr]

Or, conversely, you like to save the bottles & caps for your collection. I'll save one out of a 6'r for the collection, then put the rest in rotation delabled. I also bag up the caps for trading for swag on here or beer forum that txbrew runs as well.

 

[EdMerican]

Or, conversely, you like to save the bottles & caps for your collection. I'll save one out of a 6'r for the collection, then put the rest in rotation delabled. I also bag up the caps for trading for swag on here or beer forum that txbrew runs as well.

I like to make magnets with new or interesting caps. 1/2" round magnets glued to inside of nifty caps make nice decorations for the keg fridge.

 

[unionrdr]

That's one of the reasons folks trade me for them. Others do artistic things like murals or bar tops with'em. I got some coasters from around the country on one trade. Got a couple bags of caps now...

 

[W0GWT]

When you use your grain scale to weigh your child and see how much he's grown.

Did it and it worked perfectly.

 

[WilliamSlayer]

When you use your grain scale to weigh your child and see how much he's grown.

Did it and it worked perfectly.

Nice! Never thought of that one. ..

 

[jd_brewing]

When deer season rolls around and you wonder why all those conicals are hanging in the trees

 

[unionrdr]

HA! I like that one^^. They stone ya when yer tryin' to be so good. They stone ya just like they said they would. Woooohaaa ha haaa!

 

[Skeptidelphian]

Hey, drinking a BL once saved me from heat stroke/ dehydration! So little ABV that it was like drinking water! ;-)

I can imagine the BJCP 2114 Style Guidelines on "Historic American Lager" mentioning how it was brewed to replace water...you know, because water wasn't safe to drink back "in the days."

 

[1fast636]

Got two, when you vacuum pack 2lbs of hops and while cleanin up find a loan pellet so pop it in the mouth like dip

And when your 2yr old makes an air lock on his sippy cup lid

 

[BrewinBromanite]

Got two, when you vacuum pack 2lbs of hops and while cleanin up find a loan pellet so pop it in the mouth like dip

And when your 2yr old makes an air lock on his sippy cup lid
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Haha. I've done the first of these (although never as pleasant tasting as smelling...). I have a 2 year old as well, and could totally see him doing that. I think 2 is probably a perfect age to start teaching basic brewing principles!


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[WilliamSlayer]

They are always watching! Good improvisation to use the syringe!

 

[captjpr]

When your wife catches you slipping a couple hop cones into the poppourie.

 

[jd_brewing]

See this and think hop infuser

 

[unionrdr]

When you refuse to give up on a beer to get it fermented after spending a day mashing, sparging & boiling the best wort you can!

 

[smurfjuice]

When you are making hard boiled eggs and find yourself waiting for the hot break
... ... :beard:

 

[unionrdr]

When you're drinking your morning coffee & think, " This could've been sparged a little better"...

 

[Jupapabear]

When you're drinking your morning coffee...

And realize that it's actually your 7.3abv coffee cream stout... It going to be a good day.

 

[Jupapabear]

Oops. Duplicate post

 

[unionrdr]

Or you're having some good ol' Kentucky coffee...

 

[BadDeacon]

When you get the new iPhone and the first app you check is HomebrewTalk.

My work surprised me today. 🍺

 

[Smoke101]

When you buy beer at the store partly based on if you can reuse the bottle or not.

 

[1fast636]

When you get the new iPhone and the first app you check is HomebrewTalk.

My work surprised me today. 🍺

Yep did the same with my new iPhone too, and in the pod cast thing, subscribed to all the brewing networks podcast and a couple other brewing ones I've never seen

 

[Harry482]

When your wife is mad that all of the pillow cases are being used to cover carboys to keep the light out!


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[bleme]

When your wife is mad that all of the pillow cases are being used to cover carboys to keep the light out!

I'd be upset too. Buy a pack of black t-shirts. Built-in hole for the airlock. Your marriage is worth it.

 

[unionrdr]

When your wife is mad that all of the pillow cases are being used to cover carboys to keep the light out!


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Then you say to her, " Buck dich, dein gesicht ist mir egal"! That oughta do it!

 

[Billy-Klubb]

when you get mad at the trees in your back yard for dropping leaves. not because you'll have to rake them, but because you don't want those little bastards falling in your wort.

 

[BadDeacon]

When your 12 yo son shares w his friends the finer points of making rootbeer.

 

[wbarber69]

Just be careful letting the kids get too close to the root beer, that stuff can be volatile while it's carbonating…