You're no longer a n00b when...

[Whut]

#353. You feel the force is with you.

<insert Darth Vaders voice here>Yes, the Brew Force is strong in this one. It was wise of Obi-Beer Kenobi to hide you from me.

 

[Whut]

319. you have torn a rotator cuff lifting to many slippery carboys in a single day.

Dang it, I asked you not to tell! Hope my insurance rep doesn't read/post here.

 

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

372: When your 4 year old plays "Let's make some apple wine" for pretend-time

373: When you flip over your kids' pictures in the magnetic holders because they'd make perfect kegerator labels

 

[Schlenkerla]

374: When more than 50% of you kitchen cabinets are filled with various beer glasses.

375: When you need the perfect glass for said beer style.

 

[Pbh187]

#376-When your neighbors ask to purchase some Apfelwein. You then alert them this is against the law, but, you do accept apple juice donations. A couple gallons of AJ for me a couple of 6ers for them. Win-Win situation.

 

[mmb]

375: When you need the perfect glass for said beer style.

#377: When you already have the perfect glass for each style.

 

[Pangea]

#378: When the UPS guy has seen your brewhouse in action, fermentation in action, and tasted some of your homebrew.

 

[beerkrump]

379. When picking a jersey for your company's softball team, you choose #56 and the nickname "Chico."

 

[jchobs]

#380 When you quit your day job and get a job at your LHBS

 

[flylock_jac]

When you plan your vacation days and weekends around brewery tours.

 

[78kombi]

#382 when the cops actually show up at your house and ask just what ARE you doing?
(true story!)
#383 when you asses your own potential value in a post nuclear situation solely based on your knowledge and ability to grow hops/barley and make it into beer!

 

[johnnyc]

357: You look at your 4 liter starter after it's done fermenting...you notice a damn dead fruit fly floating around in there...and your response is "meh...hope he enjoyed it".

Dammit! I poured out a starter today I've been working on for a week out b/c there was a f-ing fruit fly in it. Pissed me off. I was trying to save a yeast from a previous brew too

 

[justinh85]

#384 - When your cable guy comes to the house to hook your internet up after a move (to keep up with homebrewtalk of course!), and you pay the installation fee with homebrew and he gladly accepts.

 

[android]

#385 - when you purchase an extra packet of Safale-04 at the LHBS even though you are 99% sure you have one in the fridge... and when you got home, you already had 2, and 2 US-05s, 2 nottys, some cotes de blanc, and some montrachet... and considered buying one of each of those too.

 

[slomo]

#386 When you and SWMBO are standing at the front of the linen closet, and you say I dont think I have enough HB. She sighs... and walks away saying... "not again".

#387 your 25 minutes late from your lunch break because you were at your LHBS talking about hops, yeast, bottles, general brewing techniques, and then bribe your boss with home brew for forgiveness.

#383 You post in a thread that indicates that you are not a n00b, but still consider yourself a n00b.

 

[78kombi]

bribe your boss with home brew for forgiveness.

my boss home brews, so we trip together at lunch! hehe:cross:

 

[IRmeterman]

164. Your home brew bottle opener is made from a Kangaroo scrotum

- pick one up on your next trip to Australia.

Not available in Victoria, South Australia, Northern Territory or WA. Queensland and Sydney are the best spots. Just got home from a trip. Highlight... Cooper's brewery!

 

[Vuarra]

Not available in Victoria, South Australia, Northern Territory or WA. Queensland and Sydney are the best spots. Just got home from a trip. Highlight... Cooper's brewery!

Sure... gloat about it!

 

[Schlenkerla]

#388 - You're no longer a n00b when you have a brewing library in every bathroom! Books, Magazines & catalogs.

 

[HillbillyDeluxe]

#399 when your boss exempts you from overtime because it will cause an intteruption in you(an his) Pipeline.
#400 When you realize that you have posted too much in (the bone yard, drunken ramblings, chit chat, and debte forums) and decide to get back to beer talks. Then you make a commitment to post 10 posts in beer disscussions for every one in the others!

 

[Brewpastor]

#401 People you don't know send you emails asking for brewing advice

 

[HillbillyDeluxe]

402 People you dont know send you e-mails asking for brewinadvice and more scantilly clad pics of your wife.

 

[78kombi]

402 People you dont know send you e-mails asking for brewinadvice and more scantilly clad pics of your wife.

More picture? I didnt see the firtst ones! hehe.
403, you're no longer a noob when the guys who got you into brewing call and ask you what they should do about their next batch..

 

[The79Bomb]

404. You only eat mashed potatoes because they've gone through a brewing process.
405. Your equipment wish list is more expensive than your wife's engagement ring.
406. When you watch Wizard of oz you pretend that the Poppies are really hops and that it's raining lupulin.
407. Your brewery has more plumbing fittings than your entire house.
408. You wonder if alcoholic content on the moon will be different because the specific gravity is less (just kidding you science nuts).
409. Your wife encourages you to brew beer because you buy the most expensive beer at the store.
410. You have a sign on the front door indicating the fill level of your keg.
411. You are strictly banned from "borrowing" utensils from the kitchen for brewing.

 

[humann_brewing]

412: when you go to your local home brew club meeting for the first time and realize they are all beginners and start asking you questions

 

[DavidSteel]

413: when you are living in a dorm and you take 120 honey packets from the cafeteria to make a gallon of mead
414: when you spent the last of your non-carry-over college food money on fruit to make a gallon of wine with.
415: when you have dreams about going around to different stores to find brew supplies

Yes, I live in a dorm and yes I have taken 310 honey packets to make 2.5 gallons of (english breakfast semi-spiced) mead (with a hint of orange peal) and yes, I am currently drinking the carbonated mead I made in my dorm room last semester

 

[DavidSteel]

410. You have a sign on the front door indicating the fill level of your keg.

I loled so hard

 

[Whut]

411. You are strictly banned from "borrowing" utensils from the kitchen for brewing.

LMAO! ! ! ! ! Same here.

 

[StunnedMonkey]

416. Your dog is named "Fuggles."

 

[EMPyre]

417 you get more use out of your engineering degree designing your brewery than you do in 'real life'.

 

[bigdug]

418 When SWMBO drinks ice tea at a resturant because they only have BMC and she "can't drink that crap anymore"

 

[mparmer]

419 When you have 6 cases of homebrew ready to drink, 2 more conditioning, and 2 more in a fermenter, you're sad because, you realize you're pipeline is getting kind of full and you're gonna have to either speed up drinking or push the brew schedule out a bit

 

[MagicLarry]

420 Your entire fridge smells like hops

 

[mordantly]

421. You forgot what fermenter has what beer in it until you tast them all.

 

[Seabee John]

416. Your dog is named "Fuggles."

Gotta be in the top 10 there!

422: you travel to distant brew pubs and lodge a complaint with the brewer because the most aged beer is only 17 days old... then realize that conditioning space is at a premium and apologize then compliment him on his 13 day old IPA

 

[Bacchus]

113. Whenever you're at Home Depot or any other hardware store, you grab an extra bottle of oxygen for your aeration wand.

114. Whenever you run across a plastic bucket, you check to see if it's "food grade".

 

[Hegh]

421. You forgot what fermenter has what beer in it until you tast them all.

425. You forgot what fermenter has what beer in it after you taste them all

 

[mordantly]

doh!!!!!!!!!!

 

[CnnmnSchnpps]

426. You move to Japan shipping $10k+ worth of computer equipment and customs only checks the boxes of beer.

427. You ship two cases of IPA across the Pacific, making it an authentic IPA

428. When looking for an apartment, your main criteria are a stove powerful enough for a full boil and a climate controlled storage room for fermentation.

 

[Fingers]

426. You move to Japan shipping $10k+ worth of computer equipment and customs only checks the boxes of beer.

427. You ship two cases of IPA across the Pacific, making it an authentic IPA

428. When looking for an apartment, your main criteria are a stove powerful enough for a full boil and a climate controlled storage room for fermentation.

Isn't homebrewing illegal in Japan?