You know you're a home brewer when?

[Yeastieboy]

My wife just goes to bed when I start brewing...

 

[Michigan_Wolfman]

You're watching 'Game Of Thrones', sipping a brew, and suddenly have the completely random thought pop into your head......"I wonder what sort of efficiency you could get from a gravity fed 3 tier brew sculpture direct fired by a couple of dragons?"

 

[m00ps]

You're watching 'Game Of Thrones', sipping a brew, and suddenly have the completely random thought pop into your head......"I wonder what sort of efficiency you could get from a gravity fed 3 tier brew sculpture direct fired by a couple of dragons?"

Dragons have barely anything to do with it so long as you have at least enough heat. Efficiency would mostly depend on your grain crush from hodor. Or on the water content from wherever in westeros you are. Duh

Obviously not a homebrewer or GOT fan. Reported

 

[Onkel_Udo]

You know you are a homebrewer when you cruise the trash can aisle at the big box store looking for "wheelie bins" to go on sale so you can make the best rolling jockey box ever.

 

[smurfjuice]

When your making hard boiled eggs, and you put the pot in the sink and run cold water onto the eggs and tell SWMBO your cold crashing ... :rockin:

 

[fuzzy2133]

You see empty land around town and think hop farm.

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

My wife just goes to bed when I start brewing...

You know you're a homebrewer when you're finished brewing before anyone else wakes up.

 

[Amadeo38]

Geez, you must start before sun-up...or your family loves to sleep in and you're brewing extract haha. My brew day takes at least 5 hours, including cleanup, usually 6.

 

[Onkel_Udo]

Geez, you must start before sun-up...or your family loves to sleep in and you're brewing extract haha. My brew day takes at least 5 hours, including cleanup, usually 6.

I often rock out a BiaB 9 gallon batch before quiet hours are up at 8 AM:

Set timers on eKeggle to kick on at 5 AM
Grind grain the night before
mash in at 5:30
45 minute mash
Boil begins at 6:30
45 minute boil
chill and drain to fermentor
Clean up is 15 minutes

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

I exaggerated a bit, but If I can be cleaned up by noon it's a good day.

 

[GHBWNY]

When you pull into the LHBS to grab a pack of yeast and your otherwise totally uninterested wife surprises you by saying, "I'll go in with you." You look at her in disbelief and say, "Really?" Not only that, when you're inside, she points to a Belgian Tripel Extract Kit and says, "I think you should get that one." You feign a considerate hesitation based (very) loosely upon the premise you don't brew kits anymore, saying, "Do you really think I should?" while your mind is picturing 52 bottles of 9%ABV liquid refreshment. So, *reluctantly* you purchase it simply to affirm her excellent choice. And you both --- for totally different reasons --- walk out smiling.

 

[unionrdr]

My wife did that once during tax season. When she could still drink, she picked out a kit she thought she'd like, & I guided her in brewing it. She liked it so much, she brewed it twice!

 

[jerbrew]

When you can't leave something that's working ok alone because you can make it "better"

 

[zmanzorro]

You describe the mouthfeel of certain toothpastes and which one is preferred ...

 

[Kiichi]

You describe the mouthfeel of certain toothpastes and which one is preferred ...

When you analyze the mouthfeel on anything really...I do it a lot with coffee and tea, adjust water chemistry accordingly too. Becoming rather annoying to some folk on that with soups. Even tap water.

 

[thenugsmoustache]

When you feel the need to delabel most anything.

 

[woo_pig]

When you respond to this question .

 

[erick0619]

You know you're a home brewer when you run out of propane right before hot break and have to call a cab to get your tank exchanged.

 

[erick0619]

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[brewshki]

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Yup. Good work sir.

 

[Amadeo38]

Find a place to refill, don't exchange. You're throwing away money!

 

[MBasile]

When you move to a new area, your coworker asks if you've been to any good breweries yet and your first thought is: "Yes, my garage."

 

[jerbrew]

You won't unplug a fridge in a new place while your fixing it up so you can put a keg inside. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1465092937.248051.jpg

 

[erick0619]

Yup. Good work sir.

Thank you

Find a place to refill, don't exchange. You're throwing away money!

I usually hit up the uhaul place near my house for the refill about its 17 dlls but since exchanging it was much much closer and only 21 it made more sense. I really need to just buy another 2 tanks and quit having the problem. If only I wasn't renting I would go natural gas.

 

[Amadeo38]

I usually hit up the uhaul place near my house for the refill about its 17 dlls but since exchanging it was much much closer and only 21 it made more sense.

I've been told those exchanges are only 75% filled, whereas when you refill it's 100%, so it makes the savings even greater. Also if you have a Tractor Supply Co. check them out because they're significantly cheaper for refills than my local uhaul.

 

[erick0619]

I've been told those exchanges are only 75% filled, whereas when you refill it's 100%, so it makes the savings even greater. Also if you have a Tractor Supply Co. check them out because they're significantly cheaper for refills than my local uhaul.

Man I really am throwing away money with the exchange. I'll look into the tractor supply, hopefully there is one near by. Do they also sell new tanks for cheap?

 

[MaryB]

When your brew stand is never really done... added a shelf for the propane tanks today... need to add a strap of some sort(bungee probably) to keep them from moving. I also built a sparge bar from copper... how well it will work is yet to be determined... tomorrow or Monday! Grain has been crushed so I am ready to go except for washing the kettles out(dust from the garage, crud form burning off new burners).

 

[GrogNerd]

Man I really am throwing away money with the exchange. I'll look into the tractor supply, hopefully there is one near by. Do they also sell new tanks for cheap?

Also check with UHaul, it's significantly cheaper there than anywhere else around here

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

When you think this is a good use for the the light yellow fizzy comercial beers...

 

[Amadeo38]

When you think this is a good use for the the light yellow fizzy comercial beers...

But how would you know when someone pee'd in the pool? It all tastes the same