I See Brewing Terms Everywhere

[pommiebloke]

Since starting brewing in earnest, I can't help seeing brewing terms everywhere.

The toilet bowl at work is maked "Caroma". I can't look at it without thinking "Cararoma".
When the missus asks me to put the kettle on I think of firing up the turkey burner.
Mashing has nothing to do with potatoes any more.

Anyone else?

 

[jyo]

Yeah, man. When numbers such as 3711, 3470, 1968 or 1272 occur in everyday life I have a wry smile. Was boiling pasta tonight looking at the scum on top thinking mmm to skim or not to skim...

Whenever I walk into the store room at work and see the blue esky and 30 litre urn I want to go home.

 

[manticle]

Not me Mill.

Most of my day to day grist is spent yeasting about things completely non brewing fermented.

Sometimes at work when we have a kettle I might keg someone for a quick hop but that's about trub. Save my beer stuff for when I'm at high krausen. Last week I even 1469ed before racking.

 

[hoppy2B]

Right now I'm pondering a large cauldron out in the woods and the festivities surrounding it. h34r:

 

[verysupple]

Yeah, man. When numbers such as 3711, 3470, 1968 or 1272 occur in everyday life I have a wry smile.

Yup, totally. I hear/read 1968 and think, "mmm english ale" not "stick it to the man, man".

But maybe that's cos I'm only 27 and was never a hippy to begin with

 

[Cocko]

OP: Weed - get off it.


but yes, number plates in particular get me... APA-005 or similar...

 

[bum]

Anyone else?

Nope but every time I end up shopping with SWMBO I do think about re-purposing just about every bit of kitchenware she looks at or wondering what I can make beer from in the ethnic groceries shops she likes to frequent.

 

[iralosavic]

You know I'm pretty sure you should mash potatoes in order to create the perfect mash - some kind of scientific reasoning that is enzyme related. Not that anyone would have the patience to wait however long it takes to cook spuds at 70c!

I think the sadest one is when you hear "rack" and smile, but you're not thinking what the misses thinks you are, you're thinking about transferring your lager to secondary. Guilty!

 

[tanukibrewer]

Onsite our 25 ton forklift had an attachment for grabbing tyres that was made by a company called Cascade.
http://www.cascorp.com/americas/en/tyrehandler
changing out tyres sometimes on big trucks I would look at the Cascade logo and start thinking about heavily hopped pale ales.

 

[Econwatson]

When all my dad talks about is barley whenever I get the chance to speak to him, it's hard to escape thinking about brewing.

If you guys want to do a bulk grain buy of Optic, I could get one organised. Say, 500 tonnes?

 

[Shaytan]

I'm glad I'm in China then, and I don't know the wyeast numbers....