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Offline BeverageBob

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Re: You know you are a Homebrewer if............Let's start the fun!
« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2015, 01:36:03 pm »
Doing QC on beers that recently came on tap and the music from the stereo gets louder and louder(much to SWMBO chagrin)  ;)
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Offline brewday

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Re: You know you are a Homebrewer if............Let's start the fun!
« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2015, 01:38:24 pm »
... Your 4 year old is scared at the brewpub because the "fermenter is too big".

(Also a true story)

Offline HoosierBrew

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Re: You know you are a Homebrewer if............Let's start the fun!
« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2015, 01:38:45 pm »
Doing QC on beers that recently came on tap and the music from the stereo gets louder and louder(much to SWMBO chagrin)  ;)

Sounds eerily familiar.  ;)
Jon H.

Offline The Professor

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Re: You know you are a Homebrewer if............Let's start the fun!
« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2015, 01:43:39 pm »
......or if you stop buying past-their-prime IPAs at the liquor store because you know you can brew better and fresher at home.

...or better yet, you practically stop buying beer altogether because you know you can brew better (and more economically)  at home.
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Re: You know you are a Homebrewer if............Let's start the fun!
« Reply #19 on: January 22, 2015, 01:57:12 pm »
... you are delighted that a Br'un Water spreadsheet looks like actual work on your monitor when someone comes to your office to ask a question.

Yes... This doesn't get minimized quickly when company comes by the desk
Frank

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Re: You know you are a Homebrewer if............Let's start the fun!
« Reply #20 on: January 22, 2015, 02:17:46 pm »
... When making stew, you add the peas at flameout.
LMAO.... ;D
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Re: You know you are a Homebrewer if............Let's start the fun!
« Reply #21 on: January 22, 2015, 02:39:00 pm »
... When making stew, you add the peas at flameout.

This cracked me up  ;D
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Offline pete b

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Re: You know you are a Homebrewer if............Let's start the fun!
« Reply #22 on: January 22, 2015, 02:55:20 pm »
... When making stew, you add the peas at flameout.

This cracked me up  ;D
Also my favorite thus far
Don't let the bastards cheer you up.

Offline jeffy

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Re: You know you are a Homebrewer if............Let's start the fun!
« Reply #23 on: January 22, 2015, 03:02:02 pm »
... When making stew, you add the peas at flameout.

This cracked me up  ;D
Also my favorite thus far

And my favorite, too.
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Offline 69franx

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Re: You know you are a Homebrewer if............Let's start the fun!
« Reply #24 on: January 22, 2015, 03:46:59 pm »
I think the Brun"Water at work comment is my fav so far
Frank L.
Fermenting: Nothing (ugh!)
Conditioning: Nothing (UGH!)
In keg: Nothing (Double UGH!)
In the works:  House IPA, Dark Mild, Ballantine Ale clone(still trying to work this one into the schedule)

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Re: You know you are a Homebrewer if............Let's start the fun!
« Reply #25 on: January 22, 2015, 03:49:28 pm »
When you are the only guest asked/allowed to bring beer to any gathering you attend
Frank L.
Fermenting: Nothing (ugh!)
Conditioning: Nothing (UGH!)
In keg: Nothing (Double UGH!)
In the works:  House IPA, Dark Mild, Ballantine Ale clone(still trying to work this one into the schedule)

Offline Frankenbrew

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Re: You know you are a Homebrewer if............Let's start the fun!
« Reply #26 on: January 22, 2015, 04:04:06 pm »
When your weekend revolves around your "production schedule."
Frank C.

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heart, you brew good ale.'

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Re: You know you are a Homebrewer if............Let's start the fun!
« Reply #27 on: January 22, 2015, 04:04:41 pm »
... When making stew, you add the peas at flameout.

This cracked me up  ;D
Also my favorite thus far

And my favorite, too.

Yeah, pretty damn funny.
Jon H.

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Re: You know you are a Homebrewer if............Let's start the fun!
« Reply #28 on: January 22, 2015, 04:19:39 pm »
You have coffee, a chocolate doughnut, and oatmeal for breakfast and all you can think of is brewing a breakfast stout clone.
Jon H.

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Re: You know you are a Homebrewer if............Let's start the fun!
« Reply #29 on: January 22, 2015, 04:34:38 pm »
When you spill beer, clean it up with a shop vac, forget about it till 2 weeks later when the fruit flies are suddenly a horde, then you open the shop vac and think about going to get your hydrometer before you dump it