You know you're a home brewer when?

[Inconceivable_]

When your brewing notes include what activities the kids did; here's an excerpt from my Saturday APA brew:

"
11:48 Made 10 min hop addition
Found 2 yr old with arms up to elbows in starsan bucket. Fished him out and washed his arms thoroughly with soap
11:58 Flame out and made 0 min hop addition via 5x kids doing a bit each, then steeped for 5min
"

Starsan won't hurt a kid right?!

Note: he's fine. I'm sure.

 

[PADave]

Your non homebrewing friends are hanging out while you brew a batch and no matter how many times you hear "Dude, you know you can just go down to the store and buy beer". You justify it with as many explanations as times you hear it.

I had one of friends who hunts say something similar. I came back with "You can just go down to the grocery store and buy a pound of meat." Then he understood.

 

[biochemedic]

When you suddenly realize that your brewing bookmarks have far outstripped your other ones and totally require their own folder!

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[thadeus_d3]

When your son wears this for a ring

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[pshankstar]

You're away on a business trip and you get the following message.

Wife: We met with "xxx" from church and it was awesome! Sooooo helpful and so glad we did that. But then (youngest child age 3) goes "guess what!!"
.
.
.
Wife: "All my daddy drinks is beer"
Me: Oh my!!
Wife: Yeahhhhhhh

For the record I don't drink only beer. Also, there are many days I don't even have a sip of beer. Yet my hobby seems to leave a different impression on my youngest.

 

[unionrdr]

When you suddenly realize that your brewing bookmarks have far outstripped your other ones and totally require their own folder!

I learned that one real quick myself! I takes awhile for it to scroll...

 

[LarMoeCur]

When you next door neighbor sneaks into your garage to fill his growlers from your kegerator.

 

[brewshki]

When you next door neighbor sneaks into your garage to fill his growlers from your kegerator.

There's a best compliment thread on here, this would rank pretty high there.

 

[Pyg]

When making plans to go out on the town for your birthday you make your friends aware you have a self imposed drink limit & curfew because the next day is brew day!

 

[Horseshoot]

When the only thing keeping you from brewing is SWMBO.

Never. My SWMBO supports me in all things. As I do her. That is what a real relationship is about. Isn't it? This "asking" a spouse to do things, bugs the f#@ck out of me!!

Mike

 

[Horseshoot]

When you are in the middle of a brew day, and suddenly realize you are about to run out of propane. SWMBO volunteers to go get more propane, so you can keep an eye on the boil. I have a really really good wife.

Mike

 

[Onkel_Udo]

When you send pictures of the crush from your new mill to all your (3) friends.

 

[dkwolf]

Never. My SWMBO supports me in all things. As I do her. That is what a real relationship is about. Isn't it? This "asking" a spouse to do things, bugs the f#@ck out of me!!

Mike

I'm two months in to a new relationship. Going better than I could have ever imagined; never had this much in common with a woman before. I mentioned that I'm a beer geek; she said all she had ever drank was BMC, and told me I'd have to teach her the other beers.

Mentioned I homebrew, and she told me the next day that she had stayed up for like 3-4 hours that night watching youtube videos on homebrewing, and wants to come help on my next brew day.

I think I've got something really good going on here.

 

[Yeastieboy]

When the checkout people at HEB know your name and what you do with the ridiculous number of 2.5G distilled water jugs you're always buying. "What are you brewing now?"

 

[Butchv12]

My partner/wife/SWMBO - would NEVER ask me to do something or question anything I do about brewing - she would support me if I wanted to live under a bridge and open a brewery --- I'm with you my friend.

And if I need help with kegging and or bottling she is right there. On the other side she would never "ask" me if she could do something --- I think marriage is a two way street.

 

[Horseshoot]

I'm two months in to a new relationship. Going better than I could have ever imagined; never had this much in common with a woman before. I mentioned that I'm a beer geek; she said all she had ever drank was BMC, and told me I'd have to teach her the other beers.

Mentioned I homebrew, and she told me the next day that she had stayed up for like 3-4 hours that night watching youtube videos on homebrewing, and wants to come help on my next brew day.

I think I've got something really good going on here.

I think you do too!!

Mike

 

[MaryB]

When you have beer bottles stashed in the bathroom linen cabinets, the pantry, under your desk... and your kitchen resembles a brew house more than a kitchen...

I really need to get that shed cleaned out and insulated and finished for a brew house!

 

[Thatinfidel]

When you move to a new house exclusively so you can have a 3rd car garage dedicated to brewing... no regrets there!!

 

[jcaggiano]

You use your wife's best stockpot for the dunk sparge and drop the lid, smashing tempered glass all over the patio saving the grain bag you were pressing against the kettle lid with the stockpot lid.

 

[BreezyBrew]

I'm two months in to a new relationship. Going better than I could have ever imagined; never had this much in common with a woman before. I mentioned that I'm a beer geek; she said all she had ever drank was BMC, and told me I'd have to teach her the other beers.

Mentioned I homebrew, and she told me the next day that she had stayed up for like 3-4 hours that night watching youtube videos on homebrewing, and wants to come help on my next brew day.

I think I've got something really good going on here.

Sounds like a keeper! Best of luck.

 

[m00ps]

I had a weird dream over the weekend that I was at a friends house, one that i hadn't seen in over a decade, and we were doing drugs. Snorting stuff to be specific. I was telling SWMBO about it and she asks "like what kind of drugs?"

my response was "would you believe me if I said it was powderized hops?"

 

[soccerdad]

Dr Klubb does not need to pulverize hops. He snorts them right out of the glass. But then again, Chuck Norris ain't got nothing on Billy Klubb.

 

[m00ps]

Ahh, now I know what I can spend my $50BK on. And here I thought all I could get was berry pawnches...

 

[Yeastieboy]

The fancy single serving coffee machine at the mechanic shop this morning had a little color LCD on it showing still images of coffee beans roasting and for a moment, I thought I was seeing images of grain.

 

[NothingRhymesWithCurtiss]

When the neighbors drop by and you instinctively start talking about setting up a play date for your kids and their kids, and they say, "So... do you think we could get a few more bottles of that beer you gave us? We shared it with some friends, and they couldn't believe it was homebrew."

#Winning

 

[jcaggiano]

You will never have a clean smartphone screen again because it is smudged with residue from using calculators and timers on brewday!

 

[brandonnys]

Erlenmeyer flasks adorn nearly every counter in your kitchen, and several locations in your garage.

 

[Yeastieboy]

What do you use all the Erlenmeyers for?

 

[brandonnys]

Slanting, hydrating, culturing yeast. I have like 6 or seven of them on my counter right now.

 

[RichBrewer]

You will never have a clean smartphone screen again because it is smudged with residue from using calculators and timers on brewday!

Ha! I had that very problem this morning! Wort can make your phone very sticky!