You know you're a home brewer when?

[m00ps]

When it is about to ice/sleet/snow and while most people are worried about getting milk and bread (totally ridiculous) I'm only worried about making sure I have what I need to get in a brew day this weekend without having to go back out.

or you're in deep enough that you dont need to ask yourself that question.....and then order more stuff anyway

 

[BigMack]

or you're in deep enough that you dont need to ask yourself that question.....and then order more stuff anyway

I'm all stocked up with 11#s of hops and a sack of 2 row. I just still have to go to the LHBS to get my specialty grain. Plus I don't want them to think I've had some terrible accident because it has been more than a few days since I was there.

 

[m00ps]

I'm all stocked up with 11#s of hops and a sack of 2 row. I just still have to go to the LHBS to get my specialty grain. Plus I don't want them to think I've had some terrible accident because it has been more than a few days since I was there.

Good idea, exactly what happened to the poor guys at my store until someone told them where I was

 

[BigMack]

Good idea, exactly what happened to the poor guys at my store until someone told them where I was

The mark of a true brewer, when everything is going to s**t the first thought is "but what about the beer".

I hope no offense was taken to me making a stupid joke, I had no idea.

Glad you're still brewing with us today!

 

[mattrox]

When ever the move The Dark Crystal comes up in conversation or is on TV you think "SRM 117"

 

[Onkel_Udo]

You have to make a 14 hour tow of a race car near the absolute limits of your truck and your most important concern is if the 15 gallons of homebrew can ride in the trailer or does it have to go in the cab to avoid freezing.

 

[CJ-3]

When ever the move The Dark Crystal comes up in conversation or is on TV you think "SRM 117"

You need to be awarded bonus points for a Dark Crystal reference!

 

[brewerdoc]

That time I wrote an essay for a scholarship competition while in med school and spend the extra money I won on brewing hardware. The administration was oddly supportive when they found out.

 

[stella_tigre]

The mark of a true brewer, when everything is going to s**t the first thought is "but what about the beer".

I hope no offense was taken to me making a stupid joke, I had no idea.

Glad you're still brewing with us today!

****, all this time I've been more impressed with the tagline
pick "u" and "dv" however you want. Either way, you wanna put a "+C" at the end or you gonna get yelled at

as a math major geek person (but Yeah!)

 

[BadgerBrigade]

When you use homebrew bottlecaps as pasties on your girlfriend

 

[BigMack]

When you use homebrew bottlecaps as pasties on your girlfriend

I do believe there is a thread for such shenanigans

 

[Roland_deschain]

When you watch your wife pouring oatmeal into boiling water and you can't help but thinking that her mash in temp is WAY too high!

 

[brewcat]

When you watch your wife pouring oatmeal into boiling water and you can't help but thinking that her mash in temp is WAY too high!

Doing a mash always reminds me of making oatmeal.

 

[TurnipGreen]

When you hoarded malts, hops and yeast in preparation of snow rather than milk and bread.

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

Not exactly homebrew but...
When you're in the soda aisle of the grocery store and overhear someone looking for Sierra Nevada

...only to realize they actually said "Sierra Mist," and your brain only heard what it wanted to hear.

 

[Kirkwooder]

When you use homebrew bottlecaps as pasties on your girlfriend

Photos please. :rockin:

 

[biochemedic]

Photos please. :rockin:

Yes! Or as we say on the internet:

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

When you leave the tap on a few seconds too long and spill more than a little beer on the garage floor...

...but your first reaction is still to raise your glass to the light to examine clarity.

 

[Roland_deschain]

Its 8am, you are just about to leave to go to work, but you stop at the Kegerator and draw a tiny sample of an APA you force carbed last night to test if it is 'there yet'.........

 

[m00ps]

Its 8am, you are just about to leave to go to work, but you stop at the Kegerator and draw a tiny sample of an APA you force carbed last night to test if it is 'there yet'.........

....and then run to the sink to rinse with mouthwash before kissing SWMBO goodbye

 

[GrogNerd]

Its 8am, you are just about to leave to go to work, but you stop at the Kegerator and draw a tiny sample of an APA you force carbed last night to test if it is 'there yet'.........

....and then run to the sink to rinse with mouthwash before kissing SWMBO goodbye

no, go straight to kissing SWMBO and she says, "not there yet"

 

[xandersaml]

no, go straight to kissing SWMBO and she says, "not there yet"

Lucky b@st@rd!

 

[DevilNuts]

When you've had to mop the ceiling.

 

[unionrdr]

&/or the walls...

 

[GrogNerd]

:hs:

When you've had to mop the ceiling.

You use a mop on the ceiling.

. . . you’ve ever used a mop on a ceiling.

When you've mopped the ceiling.

You know you're a home Brewer when youve mopped a ceiling

 

[hio3791]

When you leave the tap on a few seconds too long and spill more than a little beer on the garage floor...

...but your first reaction is still to raise your glass to the light to examine clarity.

No, no. Your first thought is to lick the spilled beer.

An extension would be when you're at a bar and someone doesn't finish their beer and it saddens you to see the horrible waste. Specially so if it's craft beer.

 

[mattrox]

When you drink too many 8%+ ABV beers and justify it to SWMBO as research.

"It was only a mixed six pack honey."


(It doesn't quite work because she has quit alcohol all together as a fitness thing and has lost heaps of weight and is hotter than when she was 18 and I'm a beer tragic. God I love her and she's awesome, but I'm in so much trouble in the morning. Pray for me.)

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

No, no. Your first thought is to lick the spilled beer.

An extension would be when you're at a bar and someone doesn't finish their beer and it saddens you to see the horrible waste. Specially so if it's craft beer.

Well obviously you look at clarity after licking up the spill.

Geeze louise what do you think I am, a Tom? That guy's a jaggo an a half...him and Phil Simms both.

 

[TwistedHops]

No, no. Your first thought is to lick the spilled beer.

An extension would be when you're at a bar and someone doesn't finish their beer and it saddens you to see the horrible waste. Specially so if it's craft beer.

I agree, that poor beer....

But I'll modify that thought, ONLY if it's craft beer. Throw that other stuff down the drain where it belongs!

 

[GrogNerd]

when you see something like this your first thought is "WLP551? White Labs has a new Belgian yeast?"