You know you're a home brewer when?

[CGVT]

Wait! What? Your neighbor gave you a log?

 

[BikerMatt]

Yes trunk of a juniper he cut down. Any hidden pun meanings I'm afraid are beyond my english skill (though I have a hunch...)

 

[CGVT]

Yes trunk of a juniper he cut down. Any hidden pun meanings I'm afraid are beyond my english skill (though I have a hunch...)

No pun or innuendo intended.

I have never heard of anyone's neighbor giving them a log before and thought it was funny in a WTF? sort of way.

 

[HopGobbler]

No pun or innuendo intended.

I have never heard of anyone's neighbor giving them a log before and thought it was funny in a WTF? sort of way.

My neighbor gave me a bunch of cherry wood chunks that I used in my smoker

 

[BikerMatt]

Well it was one of those shouted over the fence things like `ey mate I just cut down this juniper, have any use for it? Heck yea could smoke stuff with it! We have a lot of shared projects as we both are truckers, bikers, both love beer and grilled meat etc... It`s a fairly big trunk for a european juniper too, might actually save some of the root end for future projects, who knows what I come up with it. First thing I did was sawed off an inch thick slice and brought it to my computer table so I can sniff it Loooooooooove the smell of juniper.

 

[Incubus2112]

When you lose your entire kitchen's capabilities for a move and you couldn't be worried in the slightest because you've not moved your brewery, yet.

 

[Darkness]

When your love of craft beer and brewing makes your basement look like a brewery/high end bottle shop.

 

[Darkness]

When someone new wants to brew with you and asks if he can do 5 gallons. And every one in the group says, "No! But you can make ten! The system dosn't turn on for 5 gallons of anything."

 

[jan_b19]

When you're out of carboys and buckets, and unable to start something else, because you have several batches of beer, mead and wine going at the same time.

 

[stella_tigre]

When you're out of carboys and buckets, and unable to start something else, because you have several batches of beer, mead and wine going at the same time.

Finally bought myself a Fermonster for my birthday, because two (six gallon) carboys is not enough.....

We have a bucket and 5 gal plastic carboy, and several glass carboys, but we don't like buckets (can't see what's going down!) 5 gal too small for beer- krausen and won't fill a 5 gal keg. And glass is purely used for bulk aging of wine and cider 'cause safety issues, and weight.

So we have quite a collection of fermenters!

 

[seatazzz]

When you go out in the brewery the morning after enjoying a few too many of your finest and discover you left the airlock off your carboy with the Centennial Blonde you're fermenting for your daughter's wedding after taking a sample the night before...and just shrug your shoulders and pop it back on because c02 blanket blah blah blah. Almost ready to keg and smells & tastes fantastic.

 

[pshankstar]

When Father's Day is approaching and your wife says "I have no idea what you need or want for your brewing needs, so maybe you should just order what you want". My response "Really"? Wife's "Yes, I can't keep track of what you do". Me "Ok, since there's no spending limit...". Wife very quickly "Slow down, I didn't say you have a blank check"! HAHA

 

[Michigan_Wolfman]

When you totally lose track of time browsing websites filled with all sorts of shiny new gadgets you'd love to add to your home brewing set up.

 

[MaryB]

There went the 2 14 gallon stainless fermenters eh?

When Father's Day is approaching and your wife says "I have no idea what you need or want for your brewing needs, so maybe you should just order what you want". My response "Really"? Wife's "Yes, I can't keep track of what you do". Me "Ok, since there's no spending limit...". Wife very quickly "Slow down, I didn't say you have a blank check"! HAHA

 

[jan_b19]

Finally bought myself a Fermonster for my birthday, because two (six gallon) carboys is not enough.....

We have a bucket and 5 gal plastic carboy, and several glass carboys, but we don't like buckets (can't see what's going down!) 5 gal too small for beer- krausen and won't fill a 5 gal keg. And glass is purely used for bulk aging of wine and cider 'cause safety issues, and weight.

So we have quite a collection of fermenters!

I always do my primary's in buckets. Why? Personal preference I guess. Like you I like to watch my fermentation but I had multiple blow outs in carboy's last year haven't had one in a bucket yet so...

 

[Onkel_Udo]

When you are in your new house, prepping your old house for sale and the checklist of priorities for the moment the house is on on the market:

Install outlets for brewery
Make a batch of RyePA
Install Washer and Dryer hook-ups
Do laundry
Brew any other "no temp control needed" beer
Get second bath shower working
Build fermentation chamber in brew space
Level floors so you do not fall down on the 3 degree slope from the kegorator to back deck
Brew Brown ale
Actually make sure all legs of the 14' x 14 deck make contact with the ground.
Brew porter
Install gutters so the crawl does not flood
Brew RyePA again since you drank it all
Install stairwell railing so you do not fall and die coming down from the second floor for another beer
etc

 

[johnwpowell]

You have a 3pm flight to Germany and you get up early to brew a batch.

 

[Lefou]

When you totally lose track of time browsing websites filled with all sorts of shiny new gadgets you'd love to add to your home brewing set up.

Exactly.
You know you're a homebrewer when The Precious isn't a ring forged of gold, it's a shiny Blichmann Fermanator made of 304 stainless steel.

 

[NothingRhymesWithCurtiss]

When you've been out of town for 4 days on a family vacation and both kids are in bed, and you think to yourself "I wonder what the fermentors are doing right now?"

 

[Mathomson75]

When you go to the store and buy a 12 pack of Coors light. Then realize it's the first time in over a year you've bought store beer. Because you brew 5 gal a week and still seem to run out of beer! I don't know if this is a sign of a homebrewer or an alcoholic?

 

[JohnSand]

When you skip dinner because you're brewing.

 

[Davevjordon]

When you sleep with your beer under your pillow? And stick a nipple on one to suck on to fall asleep. What!

Maybe not a beer under the pillow, but metaphorically... Yeah... I have MOSTLY gone to bed with a beer. (But only RECENTLY became a home brewer).

 

[Sbe2]

That there is nothing like a fresh IPA, and that anything sold at the store is old and bitter.

Get off my lawn...

 

[Mainer]

When you go to a poker game and someone offers you the leftover beer to take home and you say, "No thanks, but can I have the empties???"

 

[Dcpcooks]

You base a home purchase on brewing space!

 

[GrogNerd]

didn't get a picture, but this morning on the Beltway, passed a van with license plate SIMCOE

... when your first thought seeing that license plate is "I bet the inside of that van smells like cat pee"

 

[csurowiec]

When someone walks into your kitchen, sees an ehrlenmeyer flask spinning away on a cigar box stir plate, looks at you and says "what the hell are you doing?"

 

[johnwpowell]

Every cooler looks like a mash tun

 

[TANSTAAFB]

when someone walks into your kitchen, sees an ehrlenmeyer flask spinning away on a cigar box stir plate, looks at you and says "what the hell are you doing?"

👍😎🤘

 

[oylerck]

Every cooler looks like a mash tun

This has been happening a lot lately