You know you're a home brewer when?

[m1k3]

Your camelback water tastes like hops because they share the same freezer when not in use. Not the worst thing in the world.

I have to pull my camel back out of a bucket of starsan when I need that fermenter.

 

[BigPicture]

When you troll Craigslist on a regular basis looking for a specific deal. :rockin:

I need to learn how to set up an SST news feed for what I'm looking for. There is an easier way to do this!!!!!!!

 

[finsfan]

When you go to the car wash but don't wash your vehicle, just your wort chiller.

 

[beernbourbon]

When you troll Craigslist on a regular basis looking for a specific deal. :rockin:
I need to learn how to set up an SST news feed for what I'm looking for. There is an easier way to do this!!!!!!!

HA! Too funny...yeah, if you pay for the "Craigslist Prop" app for the smartphone it gives you options of notifications. I had to turn mine off. Too much money goin' out the door. It was just way too easy.

 

[chisena]

When you go to the car wash but don't wash your vehicle, just your wort chiller.

Superb idea!

 

[chisena]

When you are hiding your second BoilCoil and third 62qt stainless vessel that showed up in the mail from your wife...

 

[Michigan_Wolfman]

You know you're a brewer when...


You see a craft beer such as Dark Horse or Bell's Brewery at the local grocery store and think "Hell, I could brew that myself!"

 

[TrustyOlJohnson]

View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1433106577.183367.jpgnuff said..

 

[GHBWNY]

...when you discover the soulfully therapeutic effect of pulling a chair up next to your fermenter and sit there watching the airlock bubble. Kind of like staring at a crackling campfire. Or a babbling brook. Or the Zamboni cleaning the ice.

And don't tell me you don't.

 

[helterscelter]

...when you discover the soulfully therapeutic effect of pulling a chair up next to your fermenter and sit there watching the airlock bubble. Kind of like staring at a cracking campfire. Or a babbling brook. Or the Zamboni cleaning the ice.

And don't tell me you don't.

Lol. Guilty as charged

 

[biochemedic]

View attachment 281654nuff said..

Please tell me that is a real scent, and not photoshopped!

 

[DrunkleJon]

nuff said..

Please tell me that is a real scent, and not photoshopped!

I dunno. I would imagine it could either be really good or really bad. You know that smell when you walk into a nice dank college bar/dive and you smell the damp, old stale beer smell? I do not know if that is a smell I want in my house. Hops would be far better.

 

[wbarber69]

I dunno. I would imagine it could either be really good or really bad. You know that smell when you walk into a nice dank college bar/dive and you smell the damp, old stale beer smell? I do not know if that is a smell I want in my house. Hops would be far better.

Now your onto something. A beeswax candle infused with citra hops!

 

[Renegades_Brew]

Now your onto something. A beeswax candle infused with citra hops!

http://www.hickorywickery.com/candles-a-z/hops.html

Can order one there.

 

[beernbourbon]

http://www.hickorywickery.com/candles-a-z/hops.html

Can order one there.

wow, just wow. Shopping cart, and ....ordered.

 

[TrustyOlJohnson]

Please tell me that is a real scent, and not photoshopped!

Its real alright, smells kinda like a German pilsner, I like it

 

[TrustyOlJohnson]

Or make your own..

http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/v...da62bab5-12bc-4915-ab5c-df198d174b40-0-ab_msb

 

[GHBWNY]

Not sure this candle would go over well in our house. Haven't yet found a female in our family that likes the smell of hops. We were at the Genesee Brew House a few weeks ago and I picked up one of the sample bags of hops near a display and took a big whiff and (naturally) said, "ahhh". I handed it to my daughter to smell and as she did, she repelled abruptly with this sour look on her face. I think hops are an acquired aroma.

 

[losMythos]

When your sweating to Death in your Living room but the closet off the laundry room that you put a A/C unit in is at a cool optimal fermentation temp....

 

[Rolsom]

When you can spend your lunch break admiring the temperature controller that you have been using for 15 years, now that I'm brewing I really admire that thing.

or

When you hand your wife a Harp and after a sip she asks, "When did they start watering down their beer."

 

[ROCbass]

When before you started brewing, having 3 cases of beer on hand meant you were having a party, but now it means your pipeline is getting low.

 

[Onkel_Udo]

When you realize you keep and average of $30 of food in the fridge at any one time but you have a $100 in hops and $300 of grain in the house. Most importantly, this does not bother you in the slightest.

 

[wc1376c]

When you charge your friends 24 empty 12 oz bottles for every 3 liters of (insert your brew) you give them.
***and yell at the first one that brings you screw tops***

 

[unionrdr]

When you got another bit of equipment for the man cave/brewery, & you look forward to re-arranging it to make room for it all. But make it look better at the same time while all the while taking pics & video.

 

[PlexVector]

When you realize you keep and average of $30 of food in the fridge at any one time but you have a $100 in hops and $300 of grain in the house. Most importantly, this does not bother you in the slightest.

ssssshhhh! Not so loud...SWMBO might here you.

 

[Onkel_Udo]

ssssshhhh! Not so loud...SWMBO might here you.

She left a while ago due to my racing habit so now only the dogs can complain...and they are always well fed.

 

[BadDeacon]

You know this all to well. Which is why you homebrew....
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[brisboy]

When you go to a mates house to watch some football and bring a selection of five different beers with you (IPA, Saison, Stout, Steam Bock, Chocolate Porter). He asks, "do you have any that just taste like beer?" Assuming that he means bland lager I reply, "no." He goes to the fridge and pulls out a carlton lager (as expected). You're not even mad because you realise that's one more empty bottle to take home.

 

[Schmoogdaddy]

You attend your company picnic and gratefully partake of the Shocktop and Budweiser supplied (draw the line at Bud Lite, however), then go home and consume one of your Russian imperial stouts to make things right again.

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

When you brew 6 different beers for an upcoming beach trip with family, get them in their cases, and instantly think "We can do flights! Of my beer!"