You know you're a home brewer when?

[Aaron1983]

when you finally make it easier on yourself on bottle cleaning/delabeling day by pitching the ones where the labels won't budge while soaking. Great Lakes & Small Town Brewing, I'm referring to you.

That is how I got most of my bottles. Rather than buy brand new bottles, I just shopped for filled ones with water soluble adhesive and pop-top lids. Saved a bit of money on shipping, and they came pre-filled!

I still find replacements this way...some people I share with seem to forget to return the empties back to me.

 

[unionrdr]

I feel ya. Still trying to teach my son that one!

 

[fuzzy2133]

Your wife dumps a batch of red wine vinegar because of all the fruit flies it attracted on a day she kept a door open to work in the garage and keep track of the kids.

The positive side is she said it smelled good. Now just to figure out a way to keep the fruit flies from finding it...

 

[Black Island Brewer]

Your wife dumps a batch of red wine vinegar because of all the fruit flies it attracted on a day she kept a door open to work in the garage and keep track of the kids.

The positive side is she said it smelled good. Now just to figure out a way to keep the fruit flies from finding it...

A piece of old pantyhose held on with a rubber band over the opening works for me.

 

[fuzzy2133]

A piece of old pantyhose held on with a rubber band over the opening works for me.

I double layered some scrap viol material I had from making a BIAB Bag rubber banded over the opening. She came in to the sight of 20+ fruit flies on and around the jar.

Think a carbon air filter would absorb the compound fruit flies are attracted to?

 

[biochemedic]

Your wife dumps a batch of red wine vinegar because of all the fruit flies it attracted on a day she kept a door open to work in the garage and keep track of the kids.

The positive side is she said it smelled good. Now just to figure out a way to keep the fruit flies from finding it...

Wait, you're a homebrewer, and your wife dumped something (when you weren't around, I'll assume) without consulting you? Party foul at best!

 

[unionrdr]

I think we can safely call that one a personal foul, man!

 

[cjbalough]

when you finally make it easier on yourself on bottle cleaning/delabeling day by pitching the ones where the labels won't budge while soaking. Great Lakes & Small Town Brewing, I'm referring to you.

Small town -aargh!! I have some of those soaking now - will either get tossed or will just have the labels left on and go in the "if I really need them" box along with the corona bottles....Great Lakes?? For me, these slide off when they just see the water. At least they have for the past year or so since I started collecting bottles.

 

[unionrdr]

These are a bit older than that. I found extras mixed in with some bottles for my collection that need shelves along the walls yet. Darn things won't budge for a bout 7-10 days. Small town Brewing's won't budge at all.

 

[cjbalough]

Not sure why my phone keeps multi-posting

 

[fuzzy2133]

Wait, you're a homebrewer, and your wife dumped something (when you weren't around, I'll assume) without consulting you? Party foul at best!

I think we can safely call that one a personal foul, man!

Had a beer last night and the dang annoying flies that were left would not leave me and my beer alone. Right now I am telling myself it might have been the best thing to do. Just finalized a crazy idea for a filtered vinegar making chamber.

 

[Psylocide]

These are a bit older than that. I found extras mixed in with some bottles for my collection that need shelves along the walls yet. Darn things won't budge for a bout 7-10 days. Small town Brewing's won't budge at all.

10 seconds per label after a 5 minute soak... I've yet to see any label stand up to it.

 

[adamdillabo]

When you shop beer based on the 500ml size.

 

[Kiichi]

The sun is starting to come out to warm the earth with its shine, birds are singing the songs of love, flowers are starting to show their head to smile at the world, and there is a smell of life in the air...spring.
And you are just filled with horror and completly panicing cause it will totally ruin the fermentation temperatures in your apartment, so you got to get all your IPA and PA plans done now while you still can before switching to saisons and other Belgian styles for the summer.

 

[BreezyBrew]

You can have a release party every time you tap a new carbed keg!!

 

[1977Brewer]

The sun is starting to come out to warm the earth with its shine, birds are singing the songs of love, flowers are starting to show their head to smile at the world, and there is a smell of life in the air...spring.
And you are just filled with horror and completly panicing cause it will totally ruin the fermentation temperatures in your apartment, so you got to get all your IPA and PA plans done now while you still can before switching to saisons and other Belgian styles for the summer.

Swamp coolers holmes. Easy peasy.

 

[unionrdr]

When you're finally getting to the point where you're tired of even knowing you have bottles to clean. I like everything about'em but cleaning them.

 

[FirstAidBrewing]

When you buy your firstborn this:

 

[unionrdr]

Well, hey, there's no way they can call you a liar!? I HB'd me arse off! Had 6 of'em.

 

[Oberon67]

When you look at your bowl of raisin bran for breakfast and think "Hmmm... Adjunct."

 

[1977Brewer]

When you look at your bowl of raisin bran for breakfast and think "Hmmm... Adjunct."

Yeah, I had to check my kids' wheat puffs for peservatives...you know, just in case.

 

[fuzzy2133]

When you start peeling off the more artistic bottle labels to stick them on the beer fridge.

 

[firebear21]

When your wife is looking at grocery sales ads and asks if this or that commercial beer bottle will work since its on sale.
Quote from wife, " honey I washed your empty bottles for you"

 

[1977Brewer]

When your wife is looking at grocery sales ads and asks if this or that commercial beer bottle will work since its on sale.
Quote from wife, " honey I washed your empty bottles for you"

The wife swap thread is over there -------> let's talk.

 

[Onkel_Udo]

The deciding factor between all of the following activities for Sunday is brewing beer because of the amount of "downtime" you would have outside to clean up dog poop after the the first thaw in 4 months:

Get your daily driver running right so you can stop driving your 12 mpg truck
Clean your house so you can actually invite potential roommates over to see the place
Brew a 10-gallon batch on your three tier so you can fill the last of your fermentors and honestly claim (for at least a day) that your pipeline is full...and clean up what must be in excess of 40 #'s of dog poo.

 

[Oberon67]

Spread the dog poo in the hop yard... turns a chore into a benefit.

 

[Hamaki]

Spread the dog poo in the hop yard... turns a chore into a benefit.

I think most authorities recommend against cat, dog or people poo due to the risk of pathogens & parasites.

 

[Oberon67]

I think most authorities recommend against cat, dog or people poo due to the risk of pathogens & parasites.

Note to self: In future, only make jokes that are funny enough to at least be recognized as jokes.

 

[1977Brewer]

Note to self: In future, only make jokes that are funny enough to at least be recognized as jokes.

I think it was a 1%er. As in only 1% aren't going to get it.

 

[TrustyOlJohnson]

Spread the dog poo in the hop yard... turns a chore into a benefit.

Wait, that was a joke?? Seemed like a good idea to me I grew up spreading our cat litter in the garden and tilling it in. We lived off our garden and the veges grew great!