You know you're a home brewer when?

[willy_mugobeer]

Old dishwasher finally craps out, you buy a new one, and realize excitedly that with careful packing it will sanitize 3.5 cases of bottles instead of just two cases and a shorty six-pack. Yay for the deep top rack!

 

[jonny24]

When you're mixing concrete in a wheelbarrow, and try to work out the grist:liquor ratio as you mash in.

 

[SirHC_]

I put my starters in growlers and buckled into the babies car seat to brew at a buddy's house. Swmbo was less amused by my genius than I would have hoped...

mine went on the floor behind the seat, nice & snug "safe"[/QU

 

[Soulshine2]

UPS, USPS, and 2 different Fedex trucks all deliver equipment on the same day.

we keep amazon and all those 3 delivery services busy all year long.

 

[Soulshine2]

You might be a homebrewer who brews too much, when upon new neighbors moving in a few doors down, the across the street neighbors upon meeting the new ones, point to my house and say "she brews beer, not meth. You'll smell it this weekend." Apparently on a good day you can smell boiling wort three houses down.

My son drove up the driveway last time I brewed and said he could smell it (hops) from the road. we live in the country and the distance from where I brew (inside the pole barn) to the road is a good 250 ft.

 

[BarleyStanding]

When you tell your wife’s mother excuse me I have to go drain my bag ....... and no one is offended

I think I ruptured something laughing..........

 

[willy_mugobeer]

The trees in town are going crazy with yellow pollen, and you wonder to yourself why it can't all be lupulin.

 

[Saunassa]

Your drinking problem is that: You can brew more than you can drink.

And you suddenly have friends who are into home brew. Is it for the taste or the free beer you give them so you can brew something new. Hmm?

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

Your girlfriend is going away for the weekend and instead of kicking back and relaxing you have brewing activities planned for essentially the entire time she is gone.

 

[kh54s10]

Your girlfriend is going away for the weekend and instead of kicking back and relaxing you have brewing activities planned for essentially the entire time she is gone.

And ask her if she is sure that she doesn't want to stay for a few extra days.

 

[DayLghtBreaks]

You have a fancier sauce pan for making yeast starters than the ones regularly used in the kitchen.

 

[Jordan Logo]

When you come home from the homebrew shop and tell your significant other you just had to get all this extra stuff because they were having a 50% off sale

 

[RCope]

When you realize the craft beers drank from the fridge don't count...you are saving your homebrew for friends and family (or for yourself)

 

[bleme]

When you come home from the homebrew shop and tell your significant other you just had to get all this extra stuff because they were having a 50% off sale

My wife and daughter came home with several bags of shoes, bragging that they saved more than they spent, so if it works for them...

 

[mongoose33]

My wife and daughter came home with several bags of shoes, bragging that they saved more than they spent, so if it works for them...

They didn't save anything...they came home with less money than they left with.

The only way anyone "saves" money is if they find something they need that is cheaper than what they'd normally pay.

But....I think you have an opening here. Why not buy something like a huge brewing setup on sale, and then brag about how much money you saved!

 

[OpenSights]

When you find out your brew store is closing and you go back a second time on the same day to see what else they marked down and you have plans to go back the next day they open. Hydrometer for $.50, yes please! Free 8 gallon two port kettle with a pin hole leak used once and a free slightly used co2 regulator..... bittersweet feeling!

 

[Murphys_Law]

When you're sitting in the Home Depot parking lot and see a guy loading a mini fridge and you want to ask him if he's a home brewer!

 

[grampamark]

When you're walking out of Home Depot and a guy pulls into the parking space next to your pickup driving a pickup with a license plate that says “KRAUSEN”. You ask him if he’s a home brewer and he says "No, I'm a brewer. I own the brewpub just down the street”.

 

[fourfarthing]

When fruit juice smells like hops instead of hops smelling like fruit juice.

 

[Murphys_Law]

When you're walking out of Home Depot and a guy pulls into the parking space next to your pickup driving a pickup with a license plate that says “KRAUSEN”. You ask him if he’s a home brewer and he says "No, I'm a brewer. I own the brewpub just down the street”.

I was in line at a car wash last week and the car in front of me had a bumper sticker: “My other car is a mash tun”

I wondered if he was a home brewer or a pro!

 

[Mr_B-Rad]

Getting mad because your significant other wants the freezer back that you have been lagering in...

 

[Nubiwan]

When you still have 2 dozen commerical beer sitting in your fridge since New Years Eve, in early June.

 

[Nubiwan]

When you tell your friends you are not sure if that is an IPA, a Red Ale or a lager they are drinking before they open one of your beers, and you were too lazy to label them.

and

Just about any beer you taste in a bar is scrutinized against your own brew, and is never really as good.

 

[Nubiwan]

You go to parties, and hope there are other home brewers there to share your excitment, and compare beers. And there never are.

 

[BikerMatt]

When the summer is turning out to be the hottest ever and you decide to buy a pool, and your significant other is looking at you like you got three heads when you're using your soon to be replaced brewing rig to heat up the water well I gotta use the gas for something, the bbq is coal and the new rig will be electric.

 

[OG-wan Kenobi]

When at 2:30pm your phone starts going nuts vibrating in your pocket and you pull it out to see who's calling you only to see HBT is blowing up your email again

 

[bracconiere]

when it brings a tear to your eye that you haven't read this thread for 4 pages! (and your drinking cider to get your kegs full quick)

edit: and @OG-wan Kenobi you can turn off the emails, all except the yesterday's forum activity ones....they'll never let you leave! lol

 

[seatazzz]

You might be a homebrewer if you spend a good amount of time late at night, after working both jobs, trying to figure out how you can fit a brewday in tomorrow while kegging what was brewed last weekend, going to HD for parts to get the new regulator attached to the co2 tank, and still have time to get a nap in before usual Saturday visit to dad at nursing home and dinner with mom. And laundry, and usual weekend cleaning....but brewing is more important. Right????

 

[Pkrd]

When the summer is turning out to be the hottest ever and you decide to buy a pool, and your significant other is looking at you like you got three heads when you're using your soon to be replaced brewing rig to heat up the water well I gotta use the gas for something, the bbq is coal and the new rig will be electric.

Upgrading to a RIMS will stretch swimming season out by another month.

 

[Radicaldata]

When I see the price for a carton of beer and say, "I could brew 4 for the price of that".