You know you're a home brewer when?

[WilliamSlayer]

When this pic:

Is a guarantee for your new fermentation chamber! Tit for tat baby!

 

[bleme]

You accidentally get Bitter Yuck pet spray on your lips and you think "hmmmm... That's not bad at all..."

 

[Zuljin]

I'm not too worried about it. I get them as soon as the fall in and I chill inside.

I dunno. What kind of leaves?

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I dunno. What kind of leaves?

I think they're black walnut.

 

[BamaPhil]

...when you're getting new running shoes and pick out the electrolyte tablets that are grapefruit & orange flavored, thinking they should make your recovery water "nice and hoppy."

 

[beernbourbon]

When the subject of moving into your in laws house comes up because your mother in law can't take care of that big old house any more , and SWMBO sweetens the pot by saying "well, what if you build a two story brew shed behind the house, so it has your brew area, and a loft for when she gets on our nerves?"
Uh...... where's that number for the moving company?
SOLD!

 

[jbaysurfer]

When you find yourself substituting a 100ml beaker for a tasting glass..because the actual tasting glasses are all in the dishwasher.

 

[Scele]

When you find yourself asking a receptionist at a hotel if you can bring your own beer to drink, because you have a bigger selection in your room than their bar has.

 

[finsfan]

When you find yourself asking a receptionist at a hotel if you can bring your own beer to drink, because you have a bigger selection in your room than their bar has.

Easier to ask for forgiveness...

 

[ubnserved]

You become 'aware' after an accident and the only thing that you want to do is brew some beer for summer time events only to find out june and july are already gone and you have been reading and posting to Home Brew Talk while you were unaware of the world around you.

 

[Parabolic]

When your swmbo girlfriends taste your IIPA...... screaming " This tastes like cat vomit!!!"

----and you are thinking ......."isolate ´cat vomit´ .... and add MORE....'

 

[wbarber69]

How do they know what cat vomit tastes like?

 

[Fedora]

You become 'aware' after an accident and the only thing that you want to do is brew some beer for summer time events only to find out june and july are already gone and you have been reading and posting to Home Brew Talk while you were unaware of the world around you.

If you are willing to share, I think this post warrants some more detail, and possibly its own thread...

Glad you're doing better! Gonna pour a pint of porter in your honour. Cheers!

 

[Parabolic]

How do they know what cat vomit tastes like?

Those were her actual words....but my first reaction was 'Does she mean "cat piss" ? .... now that´s the good stuff !

 

[ubnserved]

Those were her actual words....but my first reaction was 'Does she mean "cat piss" ? .... now that´s the good stuff !

Now thats funny!

 

[ubnserved]

If you are willing to share, I think this post warrants some more detail, and possibly its own thread...

Glad you're doing better! Gonna pour a pint of porter in your honour. Cheers!

Lol. I was at my cabin, working the first week of June... planned on staying there for the week and leave on Saturday for my youngest sons graduation party. Last thing I remember was dragging branches to the burn pile on Tuesday or Wednesday. On Saturday my wife texts me about graduation and I apparently told her I needed a ride. She came and got me and figured out that I was messed up. I ended up in the hospital with a head injury (read bleeding on the brain ), damaged 4th or 5th cranial nerve (which ever one goes to eyes.) Tore every tendon in my right shoulder. So needless to say i have new steel hardware in my shoulder (i get that out in November when I am supposed to be hanging Christmas lights ).
So no Christmas lights this year....
Anyway on to other things. ... anyone have a easy extract recipe that a one armed bandit with the endurance of a 18 year old boys 'first time' could make. Has to be simple maybe some grains for color and flavor. Also needs to be kegged by the beginning of November.

 

[dkwolf]

When you find yourself substituting a 100ml beaker for a tasting glass..because the actual tasting glasses are all in the dishwasher.

....you shudder at the thought of beer glasses in the dishwasher...

 

[wbarber69]

Ooh… that sucks. Il dig through some of my early recipes and see what I come up with. I'd suggest (and this is hard to say) grab a coopers/mr. beer kit and some steeping grains.

 

[WesleyS]

....you shudder at the thought of beer glasses in the dishwasher...

Agreed!


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[Fedora]

Lol. I was at my cabin, working the first week of June... planned on staying there for the week and leave on Saturday for my youngest sons graduation party. Last thing I remember was dragging branches to the burn pile on Tuesday or Wednesday. On Saturday my wife texts me about graduation and I apparently told her I needed a ride. She came and got me and figured out that I was messed up. I ended up in the hospital with a head injury (read bleeding on the brain ), damaged 4th or 5th cranial nerve (which ever one goes to eyes.) Tore every tendon in my right shoulder. So needless to say i have new steel hardware in my shoulder (i get that out in November when I am supposed to be hanging Christmas lights ).
So no Christmas lights this year....
Anyway on to other things. ... anyone have a easy extract recipe that a one armed bandit with the endurance of a 18 year old boys 'first time' could make. Has to be simple maybe some grains for color and flavor. Also needs to be kegged by the beginning of November.

Damn that's a wild story man. Coulda been worse I guess? Cant go wrong with a Caribou Slobber extract kit from Northern Brewer. Reckon I could do it one handed if I had too. Cheers

 

[ubnserved]

....you shudder at the thought of beer glasses in the dishwasher...

Worse than that.... finding the beer glasses in the sink with milk in the bottom!

 

[ubnserved]

Damn that's a wild story man. Coulda been worse I guess? Cant go wrong with a Caribou Slobber extract kit from Northern Brewer. Reckon I could do it one handed if I had too. Cheers

Looking for an actual recipe (5 gallon), since i keg i don't need the extra things that come with a kit.... would have a tough time bottling anyway, lol... there is an idea for someone inventive.... one handed bottle capper mounted to a table.

I can't be the only one doing this one handed.... although I am not completely one handed just can't lift much and the more I use that arm the faster i have to sit down and take a break because I can't focus on what I am doing. More to do with the nerve damage than the arm.

So back on topic. ... Even though you have no energy and can only stand for about 15 minutes at a time you still have the desire to brew.

 

[fuzzy2133]

Lol. I was at my cabin, working the first week of June... planned on staying there for the week and leave on Saturday for my youngest sons graduation party. Last thing I remember was dragging branches to the burn pile on Tuesday or Wednesday. On Saturday my wife texts me about graduation and I apparently told her I needed a ride. She came and got me and figured out that I was messed up. I ended up in the hospital with a head injury (read bleeding on the brain ), damaged 4th or 5th cranial nerve (which ever one goes to eyes.) Tore every tendon in my right shoulder. So needless to say i have new steel hardware in my shoulder (i get that out in November when I am supposed to be hanging Christmas lights ).
So no Christmas lights this year....
Anyway on to other things. ... anyone have a easy extract recipe that a one armed bandit with the endurance of a 18 year old boys 'first time' could make. Has to be simple maybe some grains for color and flavor. Also needs to be kegged by the beginning of November.

Dude you got some high pain tolerance ability. Wife should not leave you alone at the cabin again. I have stopped doing some projects at the house if I am alone just for the situation that happened to you.

 

[WesleyS]

Looking for an actual recipe (5 gallon), since i keg i don't need the extra things that come with a kit.... would have a tough time bottling anyway, lol... there is an idea for someone inventive.... one handed bottle capper mounted to a table.

Northern Brewer lists the recipe and instructions for most of their kits, so if you are looking for an easy recipe, just look through the extract kits on their website and, if you find one that sounds good, see if its recipe is listed.


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[brew_ny]

you look at plastic vessels and think about how they would work as a fermenter

S_M

 

[ubnserved]

Dude you got some high pain tolerance ability. Wife should not leave you alone at the cabin again. I have stopped doing some projects at the house if I am alone just for the situation that happened to you.

Lol don't tell her that, i will never get the cabin finished. More to the story i just didn't want to hijack this thread.

Back on topic. .... you know that you are a home brewer when your wife walks in the room and says, "really. ... how much can you possibly learn about brewing beer?" When she see you are reading Home Brew Talk again.

 

[ubnserved]

PS she is the best. ... and the one that got me started brewing beer, thought I needed a hobby about 8 years ago.

 

[ubnserved]

Anyone try this? Maybe without the dry hop.... only because I will probably forget. I do that a lot now. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/15-minute-cascade-pale-ale-210253/
And back on topic. ... you take the frosties out of the freezer and wash them so the will be clean and ready for a cold brew when you finally get to brew after 6 months away.

 

[JohnSand]

I was also thinking of the 15 minute pale ale. Or similar, for a one armed brewer that tires easily.

 

[ubnserved]

Have you tried it? I see a bunch of people who say it loses flavor after a bit... you ever see any recipes similar.

back to topic. .... you know you are a home brewer when the first thin friends ask when they come over is "what's on tap?".