You know you're a home brewer when?

[Mr. Vern]

not to mention the vastly greater hunting opportunities.

I can see it now... watching the BK with the .30-06 at the ready. Level into the kill zone, exhale, then BOIL OVER!!!

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

I can see it now... watching the BK with the .30-06 at the ready. Level into the kill zone, exhale, then BOIL OVER!!!

Except a real swede uses .308 and 6.5x55mm.

 

[burtom]

Pro tip from a farmer with 45 years of experience-don’t buy a farm and expect to have a lot of free time unless you don’t plan to keep the farm very long.

The only reason I can take the time to brew pretty much whenever I want to is that I have a 45 year old son and a 21 year old grandson to do the heavy lifting. I only have to keep the books and pay the bills-things I can actually do while I’m brewing.

Grew up in a small town and worked on local farms for some of my teenage years. I learned at least two things. One farmers must really love farming because that is all they do with their lives at least 15 hours 6 days a week, Sunday is a little shorter due to church. Two there has to be an easier way to make a living and I was right there is.

 

[Snuffy]

Grew up in a small town and worked on local farms for some of my teenage years. I learned at least two things. One farmers must really love farming because that is all they do with their lives at least 15 hours 6 days a week, Sunday is a little shorter due to church. Two there has to be an easier way to make a living and I was right there is.

My dad always said, "I wouldn't take a job shoveling s**t for another man, but I'd do it without thinking twice working for myself".

 

[bracconiere]

Except a real swede uses .308 and 6.5x55mm.

ahh i remember when i still had my 300 Winchester, and how i despised the 7mm Remington crowd....it was a long time ago, all i remember is we both wore belts....


unfortanly, i got in trouble, had to go semi vegan, and am only allowed to hunt beans, and peas now lol

and to keep it what makes it on topic, it was my recovery plan from amphetamines, LOTS of homebrew! and i know i'm a homebrewer because i only got screwed by dope cooks for 6-7 months, and now after 17 years i'm still holding my head high(?) drinking homebrew!

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

ahh i remember when i still had my 300 Winchester, and how i despised the 7mm Remington crowd....it was a long time ago, all i remember is we both wore belts....


unfortanly, i got in trouble, had to go semi vegan, and am only allowed to hunt beans, and peas now lol

and to keep it what makes it on topic, it was my recovery plan from amphetamines, LOTS of homebrew! and i know i'm a homebrewer because i only got screwed by dope cooks for 6-7 months, and now after 17 years i'm still holding my head high(?) drinking homebrew!

I was messing with mostly coke in my youth, but did some amphetamines, and benzodiapines was a staple apart from copiuos amounts of weed. I only got a minor possesion fine out of it though when me and a buddy got caught while walking around high as kites on xanax.
I got lucky though, if they would have suspected any reason to get a warrant they would have found like 30 xtc pills, half a hektogram of weed and about 8000 bucks I was holding for a buddy I helped deal various contraband. Would probably had given me a couple years state paid vacation.
Long time ago now though so getting a hunters permit and weapons license aint any problem.

 

[CanofShiz]

I haven't read through all the previous posts. I apologize if this was already mentioned

You know your a homebrewer when every night you pass out face first reading some brewing related book.

 

[bracconiere]

xanax.

oh damn, i remember back in 2002 or so, when i could get a scrip over the internet...tried xanax...blacked out for 2 days, and woke up with a stolen keg!

i don't think i really want to know what i was doing, or having done to me....

I apologize if this was already mentioned

Not a problem! it's actually back on topic, but you know reading books isn't much better then watching a history channel documentary! you need to get some beer brewed!

 

[Snark_Wolf_Brewing]

I haven't read through all the previous posts. I apologize if this was already mentioned

You know your a homebrewer when every night you pass out face first reading some brewing related book.

I've done that a few times....

 

[bracconiere]

you know you're an alcoholic/homebrewer, when you're down to your last keg of beer...worried it's going to kick before days end, been waiting for days for your last batch to hit 1.000, give up and at least want it cold to drink. end up burst carbing while it's still at 80f, and GET Blisters on your hand from so vigously shaking it to get it to take 1.2ozs of co2! just because you don't want to go "Running with the devil" and have to buy Miller!

 

[Barbarossa]

When you have 100plus bottles and dont plan on bottling again

300 here

 

[day_trippr]

At one time I had 20 cases of long necks. When I switched to kegging I couldn't find anyone to take them - gratis even. And they were cleaned, sanitized, bagged and boxed even. Still can't believe I ended up dumping them in the recycle bin...

Cheers!

 

[Mr. Vern]

When you get to test a wireless thermometer from InkBird on HBT.. and you use the refund to pay Yakima for the 2 Lbs of hops

Also.. I'm 300+ bottles in house, clean and ready for the "bottle shortage" to strike. I see all of those cans out there. I might even bottle the 90 shilling I have coming up .... "might"

I think my keg just laughed out loud

 

[grampamark]

When you haul about a dozen cases of bottles to the dumpster, because you started kegging, but save the cardboard six pack holders to decorate the wall in your brewery.

 

[corkybstewart]

You're finally sitting on the porch of a house you bought 3 years ago enjoying your first homebrewed beer from your new brewhouse.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

When you bought a fridge this winter for beer, and you're already kinda wanting to have another one. I really hope I get this job I have on the hook upnorth so I can start kegging and just bottle my high abv/special beer.

 

[GBRbrew]

When the kids ask what you would like for fathers day and you say 6 free hours to brew beer.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

When discussing retirement funds with your financial advisor, brewing supplies/ingredients is covered in depth to make sure you can brew as much as possible.

 

[Mr. Vern]

When you find a 7 year old discontinued part at work and offer your boss $$ for it, of course it is free

I'm thinking direct-expansion glycol chiller to feed a multi-chamber fermenting space. 4-5000 BTUH ought to chill a well insulated chamber

 

[JesterMage]

When this is as calming and therapeutic as a fish tank.

 

[Reneauj62]

You know you're a home brewer when... you create an epic failure, then realize you can just call it an IPA...

 

[connell89]

When you haul about a dozen cases of bottles to the dumpster, because you started kegging, but save the cardboard six pack holders to decorate the wall in your brewery.View attachment 732805

You've got a few duplicates there.

 

[connell89]

At one time I had 20 cases of long necks. When I switched to kegging I couldn't find anyone to take them - gratis even. And they were cleaned, sanitized, bagged and boxed even. Still can't believe I ended up dumping them in the recycle bin...

Cheers!

I keg condition my beers so a bottle about 12 each time and keg the rest. The bottles become test articles, hand outs to friends and entries into competitions. I haven't been too successful at force carbonation.

 

[bracconiere]

when you realize recent terminolgy rules might get you kicked out of the club, because all you have is cider on tap...get spooked and make sure to pick up some barley to malt!

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

when you realize recent terminolgy rules might get you kicked out of the club, because all you have is cider on tap...get spooked and make sure to pick up some barley to malt!

The future is now, old man.

 

[bracconiere]

The future is now, old man.

the future is the future still...barley was bought friday, and it's just starting to chit now....so won't be a brewer again for a few more days....

 

[JAReeves]

When instead of dreading the upcoming move-out day of one of your kids to their college, you are instead thinking, "I might have some time to make beer now!"

 

[seatazzz]

You know you're a (slightly obsessed with competitions) homebrewer, when you spend at least 30 minutes in a vociferously audible argument with yourself about the pros/cons of entering a certain beer into either the Kolsch or Blonde class...with much flipping through the well-worn 2015 BJCP Guidelines that live on the side of my fridge, much tasting, and more flipping, and more tasting, until you finally reach the conclusion that yes, it needs to go in the Kolsch class. And then realizing I don't have enough clean empty bottles for it.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

When this is what you look like between brew days.

 

[MaxStout]

When instead of dreading the upcoming move-out day of one of your kids to their college, you are instead thinking, "I might have some time to make beer now!"

And you can store a lot of grain and gear in that now-empty room.