You know you're a home brewer when?

[joshesmusica]

when you log on to HBT and find yourself correcting other homebrewers' mistakes on what they're describing.
it's not called beer, it's called cider (myself and a couple of others today).
it's not called #5 yeast, it's called US-05 (myself, a couple of times, cause the guy kept calling it that even after i corrected him).
it's not called cooking, it's called mashing or steeping (many times).
my homebrew beer comes out of a bottle too (the guy above me, instead of just realizing that he meant they were drinking it straight out of the bottle).

 

[vwmasstransit]

When people you barley know come up to you and say "hey did you know so and so brews beer too?" Yes, cause I know everyone that brews beer. There aren't that many of us. (Sarcastic)

 

[catdaddy66]

When you go to watch the 7th Fast & Furious in theatres and the most exciting part for you is seeing a Sabco Brew Magic in one of the scenes.

Good to see Kurt Russell wax poetic about Belgian ales!

 

[soccerdad]

Wait - there's a SEVENTH Fast and Furious??? Didn't the first one come out like last year? How can there be 7 of anything? Movie-wise, I mean.

 

[TimmyWit]

When people you barley know come up to you and say "hey did you know so and so brews beer too?" Yes, cause I know everyone that brews beer. There aren't that many of us. (Sarcastic)

"barley know" I see what you did there

 

[Zepth]

Wait - there's a SEVENTH Fast and Furious??? Didn't the first one come out like last year? How can there be 7 of anything? Movie-wise, I mean.

Been out since 1955. Starring John Ireland!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046969/?ref_=tt_rec_tt

And yes I did watch that once on some specialty tv channel dedicated to old movies. It isn't around anymore because a lot of those old movies are terrible. Like the one mentioned above.

 

[elkshadow]

When you know that the orange Home Despot buckets are HDPE but white ones should be used instead for fermenting

 

[biochemedic]

When people you barley know come up to you and say "hey did you know so and so brews beer too?" Yes, cause I know everyone that brews beer. There aren't that many of us. (Sarcastic)

When your auto-correct turns "barely" into "barley"?!

 

[unionrdr]

Or when auto-correct wants to change unionrdr to uniondr.

 

[GrogNerd]

Or when auto-correct wants to change unionrdr to uniondr.

yes, this is so universal to homebrewers the world over, every single one of us has had this exact same thing happen, we can all relate, this is what bonds us as brewing brothers and sisters

I think I just strained my entire body with the eyeroll on that one

 

[chisena]

Anyone else love hearing the sound of a stirplate at 3:00am... when you get up to piss and hear that sound... everything else is quiet... it's calming

Absolutely. So calming.

 

[vwmasstransit]

"barley know" I see what you did there

Yes, I like to be obscurely puny sometimes to see who gets it. Lol!

You know your a home brewer when your garage /man cave / brew space sees you more then SWMBO does.

 

[Snowden]

You know SWMBO is the wife of a homebrewer when your first hop addition of Mosaic causes her to state, "That smells great!"

 

[jlinz]

When you hope your sciatica isn't a herniated disk so you can get back to brewing faster.

 

[Helly]

When you hope your sciatica isn't a herniated disk so you can get back to brewing faster.

Feel better soon. I had a bulging disc last summer. It was not fun. Two months of PT and I was feeling much better though.

 

[unionrdr]

Yeah, I have the L2 disc out of place myself. Hard to stand, let alone walk. I gave Ford my youth, they gave a cane & das boot. dang.

 

[vwmasstransit]

Hoping I don't have foot surgery this summer cause it will through off my brewing schedule I have planned out for the next 12 months.

 

[Ski12568]

You look at your bottle of Tums and start to wonder if you can use it as a water addition. Then you remember that ****s flavored...

 

[1fast636]

When your force carbing in the living room and the swmbo doesn't mind
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[PlexVector]

Yes, I like to be obscurely puny sometimes to see who gets it. Lol!

...

The only good puns are bad puns. It's a natural fact ya-know...

 

[NCSU_Brewer]

When you are planning your next recipe between hop additions.

Also, I can now proudly claim I am guilty of two main homebrewer thoughts:

"I bet I could ferment that"

and

"I wonder if I could brew this"

I can't taste commercial beer without trying to deconstruct it!

 

[Esmitee]

You definitely know your a home Brewer when you spot a bomber looking bottle next to your wife's shampoo and conditioner bottle in the shower!!!. I don't wear my glasses in there........ Ya see?...

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[feinbera]

Absolutely. So calming.

Aw, heck, I'm a sucker just for the bubbles in the blowoff growler. Although, in all fairness, I haven't seen (or heard) a stirplate in person since a bio lab summer internship a decade ago.

In related news, you know you're a homebrewer when SWMBO can hear a mysterious but rhythmic sound in the night, and immediately and correctly guess "your beer is making noise again, can you do something about that?!" (word to the wise: one of those cloth-on-one-side-silicone-rubber-on-the-other hot pads between your growler of starsan and the compressor hump on your fermentation fridge works wonders).

 

[unionrdr]

Funny how fermenting beers like to start partying at night?!...

 

[william_shakes_beer]

Aw, heck, I'm a sucker just for the bubbles in the blowoff growler. Although, in all fairness, I haven't seen (or heard) a stirplate in person since a bio lab summer internship a decade ago.

In related news, you know you're a homebrewer when SWMBO can hear a mysterious but rhythmic sound in the night, and immediately and correctly guess "your beer is making noise again, can you do something about that?!" (word to the wise: one of those cloth-on-one-side-silicone-rubber-on-the-other hot pads between your growler of starsan and the compressor hump on your fermentation fridge works wonders).

I used to keep my fermenter in the bedroom closet. Moved it to the basement when i realized i wasn't getting ANY sleep. Fermenting beer in an aphrodesiac, what with the musky aroma and all. SWMBO was waking me up in an amorous mood times 3-4 a night!!!

 

[rlmiller10]

I used to keep my fermenter in the bedroom closet. Moved it to the basement when i realized i wasn't getting ANY sleep. Fermenting beer in an aphrodesiac, what with the musky aroma and all. SWMBO was waking me up in an amorous mood times 3-4 a night!!!

Once a king always a king but once a knight is enough.

Guess I am getting old.

But still trying to figure out where I can hide a fermenter in my bedroom.

 

[jayway]

You know you're a homebrewer when you're dropping your kid off at school and when she gets out you have to tell her to brush off the huge dust marks on her black leggings from the spilled grain in your front seat.

 

[drainbamage]

I used to keep my fermenter in the bedroom closet. Moved it to the basement when i realized i wasn't getting ANY sleep. Fermenting beer in an aphrodesiac, what with the musky aroma and all. SWMBO was waking me up in an amorous mood times 3-4 a night!!!

*Moves fermenter to bedroom closet.*

 

[Psylocide]

*Moves fermenter to bedroom closet.*

*kleenex and lotion usage triples*

 

[Nerosync]

*Moves fermenter to bedroom closet.*

It hasn't worked for me yet..... #!$!#%#%!#