You know you're a home brewer when?

[Jimbodaman]

OT Re: Minnesota being scandinavian isn't there even a town called Finland somewhere in MI?

It's actually Norway, MI. I used to work in the U.P. of Michigan and many of our older customers would come up to us speaking in Finnish, we had a few guys who spoke Finnish.

You know you're a homebrewer when you have a 50lb. sack of grain in your room bedroom. Cheers.

 

[Brewpastor]

When you are posting on a brewing forum.

 

[TANSTAAFB]

When you're watching football and getting ready to start a new job tomorrow and think your time would have been better spent brewing. Or planning a brew. Or working on a brewing build project.

 

[Black Island Brewer]

When you make more beer than you can possibly drink, and look for friends who will take your excess supply off your hands so you have enough room for the next batch...

 

[thehaze]

When you have 4 different 6 gallons batches waiting to finish fermentation and then bottle, but every day, you think about the next 20 brews you have planned and work on recipes any minute of the day.

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

When you're listening to a video lecture on something you absolutely need to retain in order to pass a class, but you've never been more fascinated by the bubbles in your beer.

 

[seatazzz]

When I'm looking forward to brewing with my brewpub boss this weekend because it will use up his remaining two row, meaning he will have to order more next week, which means I will get to piggyback order more for me as well. Also that we're finally brewing the Scotch ale we've talked about for months, one that I've contributed heavily to the recipe building, and are planning it out so that I get to take 5 gallons of wort home with me to ferment here. And we're getting that much closer to moving out of his garage taproom into bigger commercial premises where we'll have all the room in the world and better equipment. Got a big burn on my arm this last weekend losing my balance and leaning on the HLT in order not to drop the plate chiller.

 

[Jwin]

When swmbo has the tv paused on a scene of a couple in the bar, the woman talking and holding a beer.
My thought: I bet she's describing the different off flavors and their likely causes.

 

[BikerMatt]

When you see this and your first thought is "my my, that's a LOT of free fermenter carboys"

Sadly that was not to be. Before asking for them I decided I'll casually slip them into the conversation, turns out they were the last remains of a spring water company that went belly up after a shady land construction company had delivered a huge amount of land onto the site of a new pumping station. Turns out the land was contaminated with fuel oil and now the entire spring is ruined. They actually said I could have had them but since the water that was in them was compromised no food item could ever be stored in them safely. Bummer.

 

[Jwin]

When you see this and your first thought is "my my, that's a LOT of free fermenter carboys"

Sadly that was not to be. Before asking for them I decided I'll casually slip them into the conversation, turns out they were the last remains of a spring water company that went belly up after a shady land construction company had delivered a huge amount of land onto the site of a new pumping station. Turns out the land was contaminated with fuel oil and now the entire spring is ruined. They actually said I could have had them but since the water that was in them was compromised no food item could ever be stored in them safely. Bummer.

Should have grabbed them. I heard they are great for tong storage.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Should have grabbed them. I heard they are great for tong storage.

I'd never store my tongs in one of those.

 

[BikerMatt]

Yea umm even though I'm a big petrolhead I'm pretty sure there's quite enough petrol in my head as is

 

[Jwin]

I'd never store my tongs in one of those.

See attached pic, illustrating price paid for poor supervision of brew equipment, and kids.

Any suggestions for removing it without destroying the carboy are welcome!


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[TANSTAAFB]

That's funny right there!

 

[chris000]

When you make more beer than you can possibly drink, and look for friends who will take your excess supply off your hands so you have enough room for the next batch...

When you give so much beer away for free that your buddies start buying you brewing equipment

 

[TANSTAAFB]

When you give so much beer away for free that your buddies start buying you brewing equipment

I've had friends offer to pitch in for ingredients for big events like a party or camping trip

 

[Black Island Brewer]

When you give so much beer away for free that your buddies start buying you brewing equipment

Truth. Recently given a beer gun, a ball lock corny and another fermenter.

 

[chris000]

I've had friends offer to pitch in for ingredients for big events like a party or camping trip

yeah, same here. but I always declined.
I like to brew what/when I want and tinker around, which leads to more beer I can drink or store properly. besides my buddies could never agree on a type/style, so they get what I want to clear out. only complaint so far was that they don't have enough fridge space left...

 

[Schmoogdaddy]

A Google Maps image of your house reveals a wet streak running down your driveway, which means you were chilling your wort when the satellite went overhead.

 

[biochemedic]

A Google Maps image of your house reveals a wet streak running down your driveway, which means you were chilling your wort when the satellite went overhead.

That is *way* better than being able to see my Halloween inflatables from space!!!

 

[WFox93]

You need to swing by the homebrew store on the way to work so you can brew this weekend but its too nice to not ride the motorcycle so you take the bike and swing by the homebrew store anyway and squeeze 6 pounds of grain into your backpack.

 

[buckinin]

I was making a starter and my wife walked by. She asked how I was doing and then said “oh you’re cleaning” and chuckled. She knows that brewing is like 80% cleaning so avoids it like the plague.

 

[biochemedic]

As seen in another thread....

Ha, yeah, I’m definitely drinking this one. And brewing again. Only in homebrewing can you drink your mistakes.

 

[BikerMatt]

You need to swing by the homebrew store on the way to work so you can brew this weekend but its too nice to not ride the motorcycle so you take the bike and swing by the homebrew store anyway and squeeze 6 pounds of grain into your backpack.

Ha!

When you already have three fermentors bubbling away in the garage workshop, your bike is in bits and you'd need the table for workspace but you're thinking meh it's still december there's plenty of time till the riding season starts, if I arrange things a little I could probly squeeze in a fourth one in the corner...

 

[MaryB]

When you debate brewing at -7f in an unheated garage then sanity takes over... NOPE!

 

[Ki-ri-n]

You need to swing by the homebrew store on the way to work so you can brew this weekend but its too nice to not ride the motorcycle so you take the bike and swing by the homebrew store anyway and squeeze 6 pounds of grain into your backpack.

Been there, done that! https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/...home-brewer-when.258504/page-167#post-7967339

 

[csurowiec]

When you see a billboard that says "'Tis the season to be hoppy!" and you get all excited thinking beer only to realize it's advertising some indoor kids jump/trampoline place and you get disappointed.

 

[BikerMatt]

You sell your air compressor to make room and money for brewing stuff. First purchase? 25kg sack of grain.

 

[seatazzz]

When you're going on your very first real out-of-the-country vacation in a week, and keep thinking "Yay I'll have beer on tap when I get home!" and "what should I brew when I get home".

 

[Nebraskan]

.... when my wife opens our bedroom closet and there is a conical fermenter in there.... fermenting beer.