You know you're a home brewer when?

[Sunfire96]

I think this one has been done before, but...you know you're a homebrewer when you resist buying some brands of craft bottled beer because the labels won't come off easy. FYI Sierra Nevada labels come off if you just look at them funny.

You buy a bottled beer, not because it's what you want, but because you need the empties.

My last few beer runs have been for Sierra Nevada bottles specifically, even though the selection on the east coast is such a bummer. Nectarine ale in a variety pack, come on Grossman

 

[Falstaff]

My last few beer runs have been for Sierra Nevada bottles specifically, even though the selection on the east coast is such a bummer. Nectarine ale in a variety pack, come on Grossman

I feel like I see less of Sierra Nevada varieties on the east coast than I used to (MA, here). I haven't seen their porter in forever, if they even still make it.

Also, I go for Pilsner Urquell, even though it's less than 12oz each, because I can MURDER a 12 pack.

 

[davidabcd]

When you look at a freezer or refrigerator and "milk" or "frozen peas" aren't the first thing you think of.
Or when you mentally measure them to see if either can hold three kegs.

 

[Scottyward]

When you wife says, "why do we have 4 refrigerators in the house"?

 

[bracconiere]

When you drink a lot of great beer and you made it all.

i had to correct it, "for my taste"....lol i know i'm homebrew when i call no man "god", i don't care if it's swill as long as i'm drinking on my feet, and not my knees!

I think this one has been done before, but...you know you're a homebrewer when you resist buying some brands of craft bottled beer because the labels won't come off easy. FYI Sierra Nevada labels come off if you just look at them funny.

You buy a bottled beer, not because it's what you want, but because you need the empties.

LOL, when i want to bottle something when someone really wants to try it..i just buy a 20oz coke, dump it out refill it, and give it to them label intact...(see above! )

 

[Beer666]

You open the garage door and its been bricked up with beer crates.

 

[GrogNerd]

need some of these posted on at least 3 of those refrigerators

When you wife says, "why do we have 4 refrigerators in the house"?

 

[JAReeves]

Everyone remarks how short-tempered you are, and the common suggestion is, "Why don't you go to the garage and make some beer?"

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

Others enjoy your craft beer so much they offer to pay for it.

I laugh, thank them and say "I can't charge, but you can have a much as you want for free." The looks I then get!

 

[seatazzz]

Others enjoy your craft beer so much they offer to pay for it.

I laugh, thank them and say "I can't charge, but you can have a much as you want for free." The looks I then get!

I get that a lot, when I tell people I make beer. 9 times out of 10 the first comment is, "do you sell it?". Or my favorite, "I didn't think that was legal!".

 

[csantoni]

You keg 3 gallons and have about two quarts extra that you pour into a pitcher and have as a post-kegging treat. Hooray for spunding!

 

[bwible]

I get that a lot, when I tell people I make beer. 9 times out of 10 the first comment is, "do you sell it?". Or my favorite, "I didn't think that was legal!".

The first question I usually get is “How long does it take?” And the second question is just about always “Can you make it as strong as you want? How do you make it stronger?”

 

[bwible]

You take a cardboard beer box off someone’s trash because you have more empty bottles than boxes

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

You know when you’re a homebrewer when you spend a little more for a small office fridge that has no freezer compartment and think to yourself when i retire in a few years I can use this for a small batch fermentation chamber.

 

[Golddiggie]

I'm actually looking to get a mini fridge for the cans of homebrew to keep them out of the food fridge and give me back space in the keezer.

 

[Sunfire96]

You know when you’re a homebrewer when you spend a little more for a small office fridge that has no freezer compartment and think to yourself when i retire in a few years I can use this for a small batch fermentation chamber.View attachment 742396

Looks great. What make and model did you go with?

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Looks great. What make and model did you go with?

This one, it is shorter than counter height, so definitely for small batches. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insignia-2-5-cu-ft-retro-mini-fridge-baby-blue/6445076.p?skuId=6445076z

 

[Golddiggie]

Thinking I'll get this one for the can 'overflow'.

 

[hamachi]

Thinking I'll get this one for the can 'overflow'.

This is the one I got: Beers of the World Fridge

A few weeks later I went and got another small no-freezer fridge on Craigslist, because one beer fridge was not enough. (Turns out that two is not enough either, but I'm running out of space to put them.)

Getting back to the theme of this thread: You know you're a homebrewer when you discover that two beer fridges are not enough.

 

[Golddiggie]

This is the one I got: Beers of the World Fridge

A few weeks later I went and got another small no-freezer fridge on Craigslist, because one beer fridge was not enough. (Turns out that two is not enough either, but I'm running out of space to put them.)

Getting back to the theme of this thread: You know you're a homebrewer when you discover that two beer fridges are not enough.

I saw that, but it won't arrive fast enough for me.
Worst Buy has this one available for delivery to me (early next week). Holds "130" cans (we know they only count with 12oz cans, so using 16oz blows that number away).

You know you're a homebrewer when you're looking at where to place a new beer can fridge and decide it should be able to replace the new microwave cart that you got not even two weeks before.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Rolling with the current topic.
When 2 full size beer fridges and a 4 tap keezer still aren't enough.

side note, yeah Im planning a second keezer build to put in the brewery. Current one is in the kitchen... ohhhh

You know your a home brewer when you have a 4 tap keezer in your kitchen ... and your wife is cool with it.

 

[Golddiggie]

6 tap keezer in the dining area. Three ale and three stout faucets. Just ordered another stout faucet for when my whiskey stout is ready. The other three stout faucets have brews on them (chocolate stout, breakfast stout and old ale). So need to swap out one of the ale for a stout.

 

[user 298779]

...when a box of parts arrives from BrewHardware.com, and you can't remember what project you ordered them for.

! And then you need to put the stuff in separate containers/boxes with labels so you recognize what’s what when you finally get to finishing the projects!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Thinking I'll get this one for the can 'overflow'.

But then your relatives will see what you have and drink up all the really good stuff. . Short story: BIL came to visit, and he’s a Busch lite drinker,and went poo poopity on the home brew, but I offered a tasting anyway putting a few bottles of different styles in the fridge. He really liked a Belgian wit I had brewed and asked for another… sorry that’s the only one I have cold, I said, and then I thought to myself now drink that effin bud lite I bought for you.

 

[Golddiggie]

I don't buy beer. Haven't since I started making it in 2010. If someone wants a mass produced brew, they can bring it. But it leaves with them. I can my own brew, so that's what the small fridge will be holding.

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

Much older than believing in Santa, still being good, etc and hoping Santa brings a cold room for my homebrew

 

[Golddiggie]

Decided to pull the trigger on the "130 can" small fridge (instead of the 115 can) since it was $10 less. Set for delivery by Tuesday of next week (free ). So, I'm going to pause my plan to keg and can the IPA that's currently carbonating until this is in position so I can start putting homebrew cans in it. The couple of extra days of 'rest' will not change anything for the brew. So, win-win.

 

[user 298779]

Decided to pull the trigger on the "130 can" small fridge (instead of the 115 can) since it was $10 less. Set for delivery by Tuesday of next week (free ). So, I'm going to pause my plan to keg and can the IPA that's currently carbonating until this is in position so I can start putting homebrew cans in it. The couple of extra days of 'rest' will not change anything for the brew. So, win-win.

Only 130...???......geez....LOL!!

 

[Golddiggie]

Only 130...???......geez....LOL!!

Well, holds 15 more than the one that cost $10 more, so yeah... Depending on the batch, I fill up to about 30 cans from a conical (after filling either a 2.5 or 3 gallon keg). That's if I don't can the entire batch, like the coming batch of hard cider.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

You head into Lowe's for something non-brewing related, and you think "I could probably use one or two more buckets."

Every. Single. Time.