You know you're a home brewer when?

[kwgriz]

When friends drop by just to leave empty beer bottles on your doorstep!

 

[BadDeacon]

When your company flies everyone from all over the country to the home office where you work and 20-30 show up at the hotel after dinner to try your beer and visit. Some even said they like mine better than thier local craft brew.

Good night for a home brewer!!!

 

[BadDeacon]

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.

Hope you get back to 'normal' soon. Hold on to that bride of yours!!! Buddy of mine had a bad accident one year ago today. It's a rough road.

 

[ubnserved]

Thanks everyone for the words of encouragement. .... yea it sucks the other day i had to get out of the house (stir crazy ) so i went to the grocery store with the swmbo, I ended up sitting on the stacks of bud at the grocery store. .. felt like such an ass for trying to too much. Definitely not going to give up the wife, it has been 23 years after all.

Back on topic. ..... you know your a home brewer when you spend more time on 'Home Brew Talk' than you do any other website.

 

[ubnserved]

When you have at least two refrigerator's/freezers and only one of them contains food.

Lol I second that..... my extra fridge has an empty keg in it. It was emptied some time in June, so I have been told. Still plugged in and running and SWMBO hasn't complained about it once.

 

[jbaysurfer]

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

OMG.

Ok guys. It was the sani-rinse cycle. It's a good washer, no detergent was used, no glassware was harmed.

Crazy how quickly a light hearted thread can go sideways.

 

[biochemedic]

OMG.

Ok guys. It was the sani-rinse cycle. It's a good washer, no detergent was used, no glassware was harmed.

Crazy how quickly a light hearted thread can go sideways.

Whew! Close one!
We thought that maybe it would have been time for an intervention!

 

[stru]

When you have to explain to your significant other that the oven can't be used for a few days... because you are using it to sour wort.

 

[wbarber69]

When you have to explain to your significant other that the oven can't be used for a few days... because you are using it to sour wort.

There must be a better way!

 

[stru]

There must be a better way!

Actually, our oven keeps wort at a perfect 110° and fits 5 gallons of wort. Without spending more money, I certainly can't think of a better way.

It helps that we have a large side-by-side oven so only one is out of commission!

 

[fuzzy2133]

There must be a better way!

Yea it is called summer time!!!

 

[wbarber69]

I wonder how well the reptile tape would work to keep such a high temp…

 

[Hamaki]

I wonder how well the reptile tape would work to keep such a high temp…

I'd think it would be perfect unless you had a reptile dysfunction

 

[beernbourbon]

Ok now DAT's funny sh!t der
Gotta love a good pun.

When you are looking at all the waste cabinetry and shtuff at the work neighbor's office thinking, "dammit, why am I not building the brew shed yet? I could use a lot of this" and damn near cry when it all goes in the dump truck cuz ya got nowhere to store it in the interim.


Sent from my BrewPhone using Home Brew, cuz I really didn't want to fire up the computer to post this.

 

[Kirkwooder]

I'd think it would be perfect unless you had a reptile dysfunction

Isn't there a little blue pill for that?

 

[wbarber69]

I have some I'm using for a brewpi setup I might see if I can find controller lying around here somewhere and see if I can get it to set at 110

 

[BrewerBear]

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.

You could try this https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f81/graff-malty-slightly-hopped-cider-117117/

 

[Helly]

I've done both Graff and 15 minute pale ale. I recommend them both.


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[ubnserved]

Thanks, that sounds good. I usually make hot spiced ciders during the holidays topped off with CB Brandy .... maybe this will work instead.

 

[SupervisingChildren]

I'd think it would be perfect unless you had a reptile dysfunction

This?

 

[JohnSand]

:d:d

 

[ubnserved]

When it is 3:30 am and you are looking at recipes on HBT.

 

[Beernik]

I was at my folks yesterday, borrowing my dad's files so I could take the burrs off the holes I just drilled in my keggle. I had the following conversation with my mom:

Mom: What your doing is legal, right?

Me: Yes thanks to President Carter and Governor Huntsman.

Mom: Not to sound like 'your mother', but you don't drink everything you brew?

Me (pointing at the 15.5 gallon keggle): Ma, I don't drink one of these in a night of that's what you are asking. I brew 8 - 10 gallons every 3 to 4 months. It works out to about a pint every other day.

Aparently that was an acceptable answer because she changed the subject.

 

[JohnSand]

Don't tell your mom that I drink about three pints a day!

 

[DrunkleJon]

You start suffering from the barking spiders with toxic green gas bad breath when you haven't had homebrew instead if when you have.

 

[normonster]

When you see a yeast infection commercial and all you think is....off flavors.

 

[unionrdr]

Yup. Definitely an off-flavor either way...

 

[Hamaki]

I don't know...what some consider an off flavor others consider piquant with a hint of funk. :rockin:

 

[EthanH]

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.

While I liked the fact that it was the easiest and fastest recipe I'd ever made, I wasn't too happy with the results. A little too sweet/malty for me and for the amount of cascade in it, it wasn't as hoppy as I generally like.

However, many people have enjoyed this one, so my experience maybe could be just brewer error(s).

 

[ubnserved]

While I liked the fact that it was the easiest and fastest recipe I'd ever made, I wasn't too happy with the results. A little too sweet/malty for me and for the amount of cascade in it, it wasn't as hoppy as I generally like.

However, many people have enjoyed this one, so my experience maybe could be just brewer error(s).

Good to know.... I did see a lot of people say that it was lacking in hoppiness or that the aroma dissapated pretty fast I can't remember which, I will have to go read it again.