You know you're a home brewer when?

[bracconiere]

... your natural tendency when making oatmeal is to stir the boiling liquid and pour the oats in slowly so as to prevent “dough balls” when mashing in.

next you'll be adding a bit of base malt at 150f, so you can save on sweeteners....

 

[bracconiere]

you know you're an alcoholic, i mean homebrewer. when your instacart driver says she's been talking around and they all say "yeah he really likes his apple juice!" lol

 

[SEndorf]

I mash my oatmeal in at 159.
Accounting for the cooler oats and dish, it ends up at 152.

 

[Gozie Boy]

You take a growler full of the gorgeous, premium lager you birthed and cared for for over 3 months to the big Thanksgiving dinner, and the host sets it to the side and says, "Uh, thanks. What kind of wine can I get you?"

 

[Zuljin]

There's a propane tank in your living room.

 

[kh54s10]

There's a propane tank in your living room.

That's not a good place to have a propane tank.

 

[Dave Sarber]

When you have fermenters sitting on all of your heater ducts.

 

[kh54s10]

When you have fermenters sitting on all of your heater ducts.

How cold do you keep your house. I COOL most of my fermentations year round.

 

[Dave Sarber]

I cool in the summer (I live in Tucson), but in the winter, I only heat to 68°. Finishing fermentation on some Belgians right now, and trying to get the temp up.

 

[kh54s10]

I cool in the summer (I live in Tucson), but in the winter, I only heat to 68°. Finishing fermentation on some Belgians right now, and trying to get the temp up.

Ok makes sense with Belgians, but even 68 would be on the warm side for many ales.

 

[Dave Sarber]

Ok makes sense with Belgians, but even 68 would be on the warm side for many ales.

As of yesterday, my batch of tripel is down to 1.008 from 1.080, and the quad is down to 1.030 from 1.110. It is the quad I'm trying to bring down a bit, still a little sweet. I put both on the heater vents yesterday, and they are both bubbling slowly, about once every 10-15 seconds. New samples in a bit.

 

[doug293cz]

As of yesterday, my batch of tripel is down to 1.008 from 1.080, and the quad is down to 1.030 from 1.110. It is the quad I'm trying to bring down a bit, still a little sweet. I put both on the heater vents yesterday, and they are both bubbling slowly, about once every 10-15 seconds. New samples in a bit.

The bubbling may just be due to CO2 coming out of solution as the beer heats up, and not actual fermentation.

Brew on

 

[Dave Sarber]

The bubbling may just be due to CO2 coming out of solution as the beer heats up, and not actual fermentation.

Yeah the tripel is done. Transferred both batches to secondary to get them off the trub, and off the heater.
The quad is still bubbling though.

Brew on

 

[Lefou]

You take a growler full of the gorgeous, premium lager you birthed and cared for for over 3 months to the big Thanksgiving dinner, and the host sets it to the side and says, "Uh, thanks. What kind of wine can I get you?"

Aha! That person is off my Christmas list ... like forever.

 

[Zuljin]

That's not a good place to have a propane tank.

It's okay. I've wrapped oily rags around it to protect it from corrosion and accidental impacts.

 

[ListerH]

When Starsan is both a noun and a verb

 

[Liam569]

I remember making so much that I had to leave a friend to leave some of his bottles with the neighbors. You have no idea how funny it was to explain the situation to them

 

[seatazzz]

When in the course of human events, your kegerator kicks the bucket, and despite a large tax bill, other bills, holiday shopping to do, you spend all your waking hours trying to either 1) fix the busted kegerator, or 2) find another one darn quick before the delicious goodness loses all it's carbonation and you have to resort to bottling it off to save it. I actually called out SICK today because a guy about 8 miles away has a free kegerator and I'm hoping I can talk him into delivering it.

 

[Robert65]

I actually called out SICK today...

Legit. You clearly have the sickness we all have ... [emoji38]

 

[jswillbrewforbeer]

When you no longer have to turn the lights on in the basement because the illumination from the countless temperature controllers is sufficient to see.

 

[seatazzz]

TWO posts here today....you know you're a homebrewer when, after having called out sick, you figure out how to turn your ferment fridge (nice working fridge) into the kegerator, with minimal outlay ($10 for a hole saw bit) and a bit of macgyvering....dead kegerator can serve as the ferment fridge until late spring when we'll get a new one. Sitting here now listening to the "new" kegerator working to chill my kegs back to serving temperature, and giggling uncontrollably. Former ferment fridge is a french door Samsung with separate controls for freezer and fridge; if need be the freezer side can be the lager chamber. Yes I DO have my priorities in order!

 

[Amadeo38]

When you measure your child’s growth by the fact that they’re now taller than a corny keg.

 

[jack13]

Was going to turn the (housewide) thermostat up 8 degrees to help carbonate bottles (on a timeline to get them carbed). I then realized, duh, fermentation chamber! But I was totally willing to do it.

 

[Sioux Brew]

You know you’re a male home brewer when you’re taking a long pee and try to find that perfect angle to get a good whirlpool going! Talk about doubly satisfying.

 

[Unicorn_Platypus]

when the living room of your small apartment is filled with kegs, buckets, two large chest freezers, various tubing, and hand drawn beer labels stuck all over the walls

I guess that makes me more of an "apartment brewer" though

 

[bracconiere]

You know you’re a male home brewer when you’re taking a long pee and try to find that perfect angle to get a good whirlpool going! Talk about doubly satisfying.

a woman i worked with once told me that will always make her jealous....

 

[bracconiere]

when the living room of your small apartment is filled with kegs, buckets, two large chest freezers, various tubing, and hand drawn beer labels stuck all over the walls

I guess that makes me more of an "apartment brewer" though

at least you know what's important..... (haven't seen that emoji before, lol)

 

[OpenSights]

When you buy a bottle of Guinness for the first time since you started brewing and think... well I guess I was wrong for so many years, and realizing I should stick with my kegs and local breweries. $3 down the drain....

 

[Dave Sarber]

When you buy a bottle of Guinness for the first time since you started brewing and think... well I guess I was wrong for so many years, and realizing I should stick with my kegs and local breweries. $3 down the drain....

Well, when the pipeline is full, but the fridge is empty, Guinness Foreign Extra is a fine beer!

In fact, when I get an open fermenter, might have to clone some. (with maybe a wee octane adjustment)!

 

[HB_ATL73]

You're in the kitchen cooking, stirring a stew to serve, and just for a second you get worried about cold side oxidation.