leftcontact
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.... when my wife opens our bedroom closet and there is a conical fermenter in there.... fermenting beer.
The only problem I see with that is a possible concern of temperature control in the closet.
You know you're a home brewer when?
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The only problem I see with that is a possible concern of temperature control in the closet.
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When you have more chest freezers than an ABC Warehouse, and none of them contain food . . . Yet each has a vital specific function . . .
When you spend ten minutes browsing the beer list at a local restaurant looking for a specific beer, only to realize you won't find it because it is one you do at home . . .
When you spend ten minutes browsing the beer list at a local restaurant looking for a specific beer, only to realize you won't find it because it is one you do at home . . .
Nebraskan
Assoc. Winemaker
It was the coolest place in our double wide trailer, an even 70F Just select the right yeast.
When U got about 20 quid to spend for the weekend and you're debating between a sixpack or a few hop bags...
FuzzyIguana
Ohio Homebrewers
...when someone tries homebrew for the first time and says, "Holy cow! I didn't know beer could taste this good!" "I usually drink Bud Light "
It's such a satisfying feeling.
"It's such a satisfying feeling.
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mrbeachroach
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You're leaving on a flight to California at 6 AM in the morning, it's less than 13 hours away and one of the things on your pack list is I have to finish bottling that wine before I leave because otherwise too much airspace will sit in the car boy and it won't be good.
You find a dusty carboy full of Oktoberfest in your basement that was forgotten for EIGHT YEARS, and you think tasting it is a reasonable idea.
This guy is brave.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/eight-year-old-beer-still-in-carboy-pic.644802/
This guy is brave.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/eight-year-old-beer-still-in-carboy-pic.644802/
Amadeo38
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When most of the bargaining you do with your wife involves brewing her a sour beer in exchange for spending more money on new equipment.
MindenMan
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When your wife's BFF whose son is a local brew master, asks for more of your Brown Porter because it is the BEST she has ever tasted.
When you see a meat aging cabinet in an email and think that would make a great fermentation chamber, then click the link and get shocked by the price! It was over 18 grand.
Amadeo38
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When your wife brings home a Mountain Dew Kickstarter fountain drink and says, “Look at what they had on tap!”
When you have a conversation with a fellow homebrewer in the bar at the bowling alley before league, and you're almost late because we got into an in-depth discussion of what hops would go best with the Black IPA he's planning...and now I want to brew one too.
You've just finished off a 55 lb sack of avangard German pils malt brewing Belgian strongs, ...and have only just restocked with a whole sack of belgian pale malt, only to be suddenly struck (FOR THE FIRST TIME!!) by an uncontrollably powerful urge to brew helles, pilsners, and festbiers for summer... FML, this is the world's greatest obssession.
bronzdragon
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When you have spent way more on brewing equipment then you can ever hope to make up for in beer consumed in your lifetime...but say "what the hell" and buy some more new equipment.
/cheers
/cheers
I would say that I am even with my present rig that has not changed significantly in 5+ years.
But... I do have my eye on going electric with a 3 vessel automated system. That would set me back for years at least if not my lifetime....
SoCal-Doug
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When your wife says "its time you buy a cabinet for the garage for all your damn beer glasses. there is no more room in the kitchen." followed by "do you really need all those different glassware shapes just for beer?"
[Raises his hand and says "guilty!"]
[Raises his hand and says "guilty!"]
Man I must be lucky, my wife loves beer glasses and has a collection of her own. They take up an entire cabinet in the kitchen, prime real estate in a large corner cabinet between the sink and DW.
Just a thought, but what do people who spend thousands of dollars traveling to foreign lands have to show for their expenditure? Whereas you, if you upgrade, will have something that lasts for years....
Just sayin'.....
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And in the interests of this thread, you know you're a homebrewer when you look for things you can sell to raise money for your next upgrade.
Which is where I am now....
WFox93
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This one was recently.
You know you're a homebrewer when you know you need to buy a new motorcycle battery but decide you need to finish the keezer first because, you know... the bike's been running pretty smooth after that 4th jump start. And then you find yourself stuck on the side of the road because the battery died after you stopped to take a picture.
But hey, at least there was some ice cold draft beer at home after my dad rescued me and towed the bike back to my place. Motorcycles/Cars and Homebrewing are difficult hobbies to juggle.
You know you're a homebrewer when you know you need to buy a new motorcycle battery but decide you need to finish the keezer first because, you know... the bike's been running pretty smooth after that 4th jump start. And then you find yourself stuck on the side of the road because the battery died after you stopped to take a picture.
But hey, at least there was some ice cold draft beer at home after my dad rescued me and towed the bike back to my place. Motorcycles/Cars and Homebrewing are difficult hobbies to juggle.
When you ask your wife if you can borrow her immersion chiller and she gives you a blank look. I mean immersion blender...
hagar
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You're walking on a beautiful beach looking at the sea foam, and say to yourself, "Man! Look at the head on that!" and start thinking about what it is in the water that lets it do that.
Amadeo38
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Protein a.k.a fish poop. Check out “protein skimmer” on saltwater aquariums. It’s nasty.
Relatedly, I’m on vacation at the beach as well...
You know you’re a home brewer when you’re waking on the beach and it’s a wonderful 68 degrees and clear but the first thing to pop in your head is whether your fermenting beer at home needed a blow-off tube before you left.
hagar
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Lol.
You know you're a homebrewer when your brewery is cleaner than your kitchen...and you don't care. That's why the supreme being created dishwashers on the 17,765th (or so) day. Just finished a fantastic brew day and the brewery looks just like it did before I started...but my kitchen looks like a hurricane just went through it (with no dirty brewing equipment lying around, oh no, that HAS to be cleaned and put away before I consider myself done).
You know you're a homebrewer when your brewery is cleaner than your kitchen...and you don't care. That's why the supreme being created dishwashers on the 17,765th (or so) day. Just finished a fantastic brew day and the brewery looks just like it did before I started...but my kitchen looks like a hurricane just went through it (with no dirty brewing equipment lying around, oh no, that HAS to be cleaned and put away before I consider myself done).
MaryB
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Problem is I brew in the garage... where I also do woodworking, work on my truck, weld, grind metal...
You know your are a home brewer when in a foreign land (China at the moment) you start wondering how you might use some of the seemly odd looking kettles, wood buckets, etc. Also, if you had to live here how would you cobble together a brew kit, find barley, hops, and yeast?
