You Know You're A Dedicated Homebrewer When...

[Truman42]

5. When someone offers you a can or bottle of standard package beer and you politely refuse to drink it..... then have to explain carefully to your friends why unpasteurised beer tastes better.....

Yeh and when sales reps want a freebie for one of their good customers and say "I'll get him to drop off a couple of cartons of VB for your trouble" Umm NO THANKS.

I had a massive argument with a rep over this. Told him we wanted something else. He said "Im not asking him to drive all over the city to buy fancy craft beer." All we wanted was LCPA or JSPA which can be brought at Dans anyway. he refused to budge so we refused to give his customer the freebie. Bloody sales reps.

 

[jaypes]

Just hope that she doesn't start "swapping services" for stuff she wants. Though you can send her my way if she does ever want something

Here you go, I need a brand new 200L braumeister

 

[mr_tyreman]

when you start brewing as a job not a living.

I thought you enjoyed brewing?

 

[Juzdu]

...when you buy yourself "nice to have" brewing equipment for the kids to put under the tree for you at xmas...

Can't wait to be surprised by my bottling tree and bottle rinser...

 

[Truman42]

Just hope that she doesn't start "swapping services" for stuff she wants. Though you can send her my way if she does ever want something

The only one she swaps 'services' for is with me... But Jaypes offer is certainly a good one if your keen...

 

[jaypes]

You Know You're A Dedicated Homebrewer When...

You see a number plate AGR-23L and instantly think All Grain 23 Liters

 

[sponge]

You Know You're A Dedicated Homebrewer When...

You see a number plate AGR-23L and instantly think All Grain 23 Liters

Similar to my bosses number plate.

It contains BM's and AG's...

 

[podon]

8. You rise at 5 am on a chilly saturday morning just so you can put down an AG brew because you promised the missus you would keep the afternoon free so you can go with her to a BBQ at her friends place, with people you have never met

hahahahahahahah bingo.

 

[DU99]

When a commericial brewery offers to buy you out :beer:

 

[geneabovill]

When you apply for a secret credit card and max it out at CB before you even sign the back of it.

 

[citizensnips]

you brew biab and mash in without the bag h34r: ......yeah I did it

 

[jaypes]

.....You see the in the shops mortein cockroach baits 'With Honey,Malt and Soy' and wonder what sort of malt they are using!

http://www.mortein.com.au/product_lure_kill_cockroach_baits.php

 

[Judanero]

...people at work learn not to ask how your home brew is going because they know a ten minute monologue will follow.

 

[Dars183]

18, When you are meant to be teaching at TAFE and you give the students some 'self paced learning' to do so you can check those threads that are runnning hot

 

[bradsbrew]

18, When you are meant to be teaching at TAFE and you give the students some 'self paced learning' to do so you can check those threads that are runnning hot

Or you look at the whiteboard and then realise that you have just spent the last hour explaining how a herms system works only to hear an apprentice say "now ask him about his kegs and that should get us through to lunch" :lol: .

 

[geneabovill]

... when you spend your super important work phone calls half listening while redesigning your shed (on paper) to make your brewing more efficient.

 

[mikec]

You take a short trip to Tassie, and only pack two shirts and a change of underwear, so that you can bring home a suitcase full of craft beer/cider.

 

[jaypes]

...people at work learn not to ask how your home brew is going because they know a ten minute monologue will follow.

You got yours down to 10 mins? Damn!

 

[Bridges]

When any suggested holiday destination is followed by searching out all brewerys within striking distance of said destination, and making sure you can visit them all before you agree to go there.

 

[Phillo]

When you put off having your first kid because you don't want to give up your brewery room. :kooi:

 

[Truman42]

When any suggested holiday destination is followed by searching out all brewerys within striking distance of said destination, and making sure you can visit them all before you agree to go there.

Yes but most importantly making sure you dont let the missus know about it before hand..My missus will crack it if I base a weekend away on a brewery visit. But if we just happen to see one shes all for going in and trying their beers.

"Oh look honey they have a brewery here apparently that does a nice lunch. I didnt know that."

 

[stux]

When you put off having your first kid because you don't want to give up your brewery room. :kooi:

When you duck home from the hospital shortly after your first born pops out so that you can keg your first keg of beer.

...

I got into kegging and built my first kegerator in the late stages of SWMBOs pregnancy . The beer was ready as the bub was ready! Which happened to be NYE

 

[stux]

Yes but most importantly making sure you dont let the missus know about it before hand..My missus will crack it if I base a weekend away on a brewery visit. But if we just happen to see one shes all for going in and trying their beers.

"Oh look honey they have a brewery here apparently that does a nice lunch. I didnt know that."

As long as I can find a cidery in the region I'm golden

 

[Danwood]

This

 

[BottloBill]

When you tell your coopers fiend neighbour to leave his longnecks rinsed and inverted in your bottle crate next to his recycling bin.

 

[yum beer]

When you have more taps in the shed than the house.

 

[madpierre06]

When you see a 50L S/S pot and an esky in the car newxt to yours in the carpark and thoughts go straight to mash tun and kettle.

 

[tugger]

When you have more taps in the shed than the local pub.

 

[boybrewer]

When you replace your old tumble dryer and rip out the electric motor for a motorised grain mill .

 

[lost at sea]

when your newbie mates are calling at 8pm on a monday night asking for advice on this "yeast rehydration thingo" they heard you say last time they were around for a lesson/brew/drink session