You know you're a home brewer when?

[unionrdr]

We had a situation like that in Harmony Township, PA, on the mountain we had 114 acres on top of. The cistern water & creek water running under the /drake Highway were 38F in August! You'd blow steam drinking out of that creek while fishing for brownies & speckled trout!

 

[afro_lou]

When you walk into your laundry room and wonder, "why does it smell like hops in here? Did I leave a bag of Simcoe open? In here? Oh wait, no, my f@#*ing cat just pissed on the floor..."

F&#% you, cat.

 

[unionrdr]

That's what my older son always said my brew kettle smelled like when he'd come over on a brew day! He liked my cascade pale ale though...

 

[Yeastieboy]

Your all giddy like a school girl when explaining to your 5-year old what's going on in the yeast starter you made from a can of SNPA.

 

[Onkel_Udo]

When you are teetering on the edge of temporary financial hard times (really, only a few weeks) and you choose to order brewing supplies over a car part that might not make it the next few weeks.

 

[MaryB]

When a friend walks in and asks if all those beer cases are full... umm no those are empty cleaned bottles waiting for the next bottling session... 4 cases per 10 gallon batch. "But you have beer sitting in the back room? Why are you making more?" Umm because what is back there is carbonating and won't be drinkable for 2-4 weeks or more... some people don't get it when I tell them multiple times a batch of beer is 2-6++++ weeks(2 is when I push it with a lawnmower beer!)

 

[m00ps]

you know you are a homebrewer when you friends and family know not to ask you why you are brewing more beer

 

[m1k3]

When the guy leading the brewery tour asks you the questions.

(it was about pasteurization)

 

[csurowiec]

When your 12 year old son walks into the kitchen as you are adding more cucumbers from the garden to an ongoing bucket of homemade dill pickles and says "Hey dad what do you think would happen if you add sugar and yeast to that bucket?"

 

[pshankstar]

You buy a second keg (2.5 gallon corny) for your kegerator not thinking about what you're going to do with the beers you have aging in there since you can only fit two kegs and nothing else (mini fridge). Now I have a brew that needs to be kegged and I need to free up some space. [emoji16]

Thankfully the smaller keg should be able to sit on a 12 pack box. But I need to free up the other box. Challenge accepted!!

 

[unionrdr]

When you're surfing MSN looking for all things beer, & find this one on the craft beers of summer; http://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/beverages/50-american-beers-to-try-this-summer/ss-BBuZAfP?ocid=spartanntp

 

[TexasDroughtBrewery]

When you brew even though it is 90 degrees and 75% humidity... I could have collected a gallon of water off each propane tank from condensation. Did I mention it was ugly hot and humid?

107 here....

 

[TexasDroughtBrewery]

When you cart all your homebrew gear out to the valley and brew an ipa for your bud. Just because. Btw Maui is beautifulView attachment 363101
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I woud love to take my setup camping did you just bring jugs of water also?? Any tips or don't do's here?

 

[Murphys_Law]

You visit your daughter in El Paso and she takes you to a large antique store. You walk around looking for two things: old beer artwork and/or cool old crap you can repurpose for brew day!

 

[unionrdr]

When you're looking forward to your new HBT tee shirt more than your next brew!...

 

[Hoppity]

When you meet the garbageman at the curb with sacks of spent grains to make sure they don't spend an extra few days in your garbage can. Did it this morning (Fri.). The heat wave would have made those sacks pretty ripe by Tuesday (next pick-up).

 

[Yeastieboy]

When you meet the garbageman at the curb with sacks of spent grains to make sure they don't spend an extra few days in your garbage can. Did it this morning (Fri.). The heat wave would have made those sacks pretty ripe by Tuesday (next pick-up).

I hear you. This Texas heat just bakes spend grains in our bin. In fact, it has a permanent rancid smell beyond comprehension. The garbage men probably check my bin for bodies.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

You ditch a few hours of a conference to visit the LHBS and a brewery in the town you're visiting.

 

[mattywwilson]

You're willing to pay the electricity to run two fridges in the garage during the Texas summer but won't let your wife keep the inside temp where SHE wants

 

[Hoppity]

I hear you. This Texas heat just bakes spend grains in our bin. In fact, it has a permanent rancid smell beyond comprehension. The garbage men probably check my bin for bodies.

The guy actually asked me what they were. He was angling to leave them for rubbish/brush pick-up on Wednesday. I told him I brewed a batch and they would stink to high heaven in no time. He took them without a thought.

 

[mattywwilson]

The guy actually asked me what they were. He was angling to leave them for rubbish/brush pick-up on Wednesday. I told him I brewed a batch and they would stink to high heaven in no time. He took them without a thought.

I'm so screwed...I brewed LAST weekend, missed the trash on Tuesday, and here I am on Friday. TRYYYYING to make it to Tuesday

 

[mattywwilson]

Clarification...steaming bag of grain in trash

 

[woo_pig]

When you meet the garbageman at the curb with sacks of spent grains to make sure they don't spend an extra few days in your garbage can. Did it this morning (Fri.). The heat wave would have made those sacks pretty ripe by Tuesday (next pick-up).

I freeze mine .then give them to a buddy that has pigs .Slaughter time hope he returns the favor.

 

[TX_Brewing]

I freeze mine .then give them to a buddy that has pigs .Slaughter time hope he returns the favor.

Brings you spent pig???

 

[Inkleg]

Brings you spent pig???

Well, spent pigs do squeal less when you cook them.

 

[olephart]

...When everytime you start reading something SWMBO asks, "are you reading about brewing beer again?",

and of course I am....

What's she expect, she's the one who got me a MrBeer kit for Christmas.

 

[olephart]

When the guy leading the brewery tour asks you the questions.

(it was about pasteurization)

That's great...

Pasteurization, in bottle? I had to do this recently, I miscalculated the amount of DME to bottle condition with. I knew something was amiss when my plastic test bottles we rock hard after one or two days...

 

[unionrdr]

When the one thing you're waiting for the postman to deliver doesn't arrive. But the new rifle that's coming in for pick up is on schedule. Gonna go postal on small game, then wonder what home brew will pair with it!...

 

[drainbamage]

When the one thing you're waiting for the postman to deliver doesn't arrive. But the new rifle that's coming in for pick up is on schedule. Gonna go postal on small game, then wonder what home brew will pair with it!...

You use a rifle for homebrewing? Man, I've been doing it wrong.

 

[unionrdr]

Lol. Moving into a whole new level of home brewing bad-assery! I wanna be a recon brewer...