Things a Homebrewer Thinks

[munro]

I am moving into a new house with my girlfriend. She has my brewing gear in her truck because My truck is full of kegs and carboys (and some keezer stuff). She won't mess with the "Ye ol' holy box of brew gear" me thinks. She knows its blasphemy.

3 hours later......

"Babe it says its a paint mixer....I thought it was for paint."

Bucket shaking for aeration for me I suppose

Girlfriends mom says "just wash it off. It's still good"

 

[munro]

.....or when you get into your second litre of apfelwine and say out loud, by yourself, "man, i love apfelwine"....and realize you spend a fantastic amount of time HBT

 

[RedOktoberfest]

I am moving into a new house with my girlfriend. She has my brewing gear in her truck because My truck is full of kegs and carboys (and some keezer stuff). She won't mess with the "Ye ol' holy box of brew gear" me thinks. She knows its blasphemy.

3 hours later......

"Babe it says its a paint mixer....I thought it was for paint."

Bucket shaking for aeration for me I suppose

Girlfriends mom says "just wash it off. It's still good"

And then recognizing the opportunity to up grade! It's O2 for you now my friend

 

[unionrdr]

...When you wanna brew this weekend,but suddenly realize the better bottle has a beer oaking in it till Tuesday. Gotta wait on getting spring water.

 

[high5apparatus]

"I should pack these empty bomber bottles and fly them 2,000 so I can put homebrew in them. That's reasonable." -Me, Seattle 2013

 

[Keith66]

Just brewed a mail order Marzen kit. Kit included, among other things, 5# and 3# containers of LME. When OG came out 1.063 instead of 1.054, I discovered that the container labeled 5# was actually 6#. So the ABV increased by 1% and the IBU dropped about 2. Since SWMBO and I love super malty lagers, I turned to her and said, "Honey, the homebrew shop screwed up, but it's in our favor."

 

[Keith66]

I wonder if Gordon Biersch uses homebrew bottles as a marketing strategy to help sell beer to homebrewers.

 

[Bierliebhaber]

After pitching yeast and placing the airlock, "That may be the greatest beer I, no, anyone has ever brewed." Then, immediately go make adjustments and variations to the recipe.

 

[PoorInRain]

I imagine a mechanism that brews beer at the push of a button. Something like, I start the mill, which then runs until the bucket full of grain tips a scale and falls into mash tun. The falling bucket triggers the HLT which fills the tun with the appropriate amount of water...etc...

 

[amfukuda]

I imagine a mechanism that brews beer at the push of a button. Something like, I start the mill, which then runs until the bucket full of grain tips a scale and falls into mash tun. The falling bucket triggers the HLT which fills the tun with the appropriate amount of water...etc...

There is an issue of byo that shows a guys rig that's completely automated. It's awesome

 

[boxofjibboo]

There is an issue of byo that shows a guys rig that's completely automated. It's awesome

that dude built it do he could brew bathes from work! Gnarly!

 

[DrunkleJon]

I imagine a mechanism that brews beer at the push of a button. Something like, I start the mill, which then runs until the bucket full of grain tips a scale and falls into mash tun. The falling bucket triggers the HLT which fills the tun with the appropriate amount of water...etc...

A Rube Goldberg brewery. Now that would be a beautiful thing.

 

[splattsmier]

I imagine a mechanism that brews beer at the push of a button. Something like, I start the mill, which then runs until the bucket full of grain tips a scale and falls into mash tun. The falling bucket triggers the HLT which fills the tun with the appropriate amount of water...etc...

Google picobrew. They just finished their kickstarter campaign (which I backed).

 

[brewtus_]

"I wonder what the OG is of this roux I'm making for the gumbo."

 

[FatDragon]

I live in China. Every summer, I head back to the US for a month and a half, during which I go on a camping trip with extended family, during which some 3-400 bottles of beer are consumed. I'm already considering saving the bottles so I can ship them back to China for homebrew.

 

[high5apparatus]

A Rube Goldberg brewery. Now that would be a beautiful thing.

I just laughed in a conference room.

 

[DrunkleJon]

I just laughed in a conference room.

Yaknow, the more I think on this, the more I really wanna see it. Maybe we should all communally write the Brew Dogs or someone and see what they can pull off.

PS. hope I didn't get you in too much trouble.

 

[amfukuda]

I'd sign that petition

 

[fuzzy2133]

Last night we lost power for 1-2 hours at 10pm (thank you God for keeping it short). As I am going to sleep it occurs to me that I have a batch fermenting in the garage (in the SOFC) and with the colder temps I had to use the heating belt to keep it warm for the yeast. I happily got up this morning to see the yeast happily going about their business.

 

[high5apparatus]

On the topic of drinking before the boil: "I thought I had it under control"

 

[PRE66_6TART]

On the topic of drinking before the boil: "I thought I had it under control"

Yeah, my drinking caused me some issues during my brew session last night. I turned on my water to my immersion chiller with the other end of he hose just dangling onto the kitchen floor. Caused a nice little flood. Then I knocked the funnel out of my carboy and dumped another gallon of star San on the floor.

 

[nasty_rabbit]

Yeah, my drinking caused me some issues during my brew session last night. I turned on my water to my immersion chiller with the other end of he hose just dangling onto the kitchen floor. Caused a nice little flood. Then I knocked the funnel out of my carboy and dumped another gallon of star San on the floor.

I hate it when I can't remember if I pitched the yeast or not.

 

[DrunkleJon]

I hate it when I can't remember if I pitched the yeast or not.

I found on a batch that I hadn'y pitched half of the batch (was a 10 gallon split between 2 buckets and needed to pick up another sachet the next day) for an entire week. No visible infection and I will let you know how it turns out. Should be fine. I sanitized well.

 

[JohnSand]

"What a nice watch I got for my birthday!
I wonder If I can trade it for a bigger brew kettle?.......Without my wife noticing...."

 

[brewskisteve]

When my neighbor first saw me outside brewing, he asks me "whatcha doin, cookin meth?" and laughs.

Me: SHUT UP!! Someone hears that and sees me, I'm getting raided anyway, just cause of you. Then you ain't getting any beer.

 

[brewguyver]

When my neighbor first saw me outside brewing, he asks me "whatcha doin, cookin meth?" and laughs.

Me: SHUT UP!! Someone hears that and sees me, I'm getting raided anyway, just cause of you. Then you ain't getting any beer.

We need a PSA on this one. If I had a $1 for every time someone made the meth or still comment, I'd have a lot of $. Maybe it can be AHA's next focus, now that we can brew in all 50 states. [edit]

I think a lot about getting a 3 vessel ebrew setup from stout tanks or blichmann. If I had all those $, the money would go towards that!

 

[splattsmier]

We need a PSA on this one. If I had a $1 for every time someone made the meth or still comment, I'd have a lot of $. Maybe it can be AHA's next focus, now that we can brew in all 60 states.

I think a lot about getting a 3 vessel ebrew setup from stout tanks or blichmann. If I had all those $, the money would go towards that!

I had a friend say those exact words on a facebook post I made while bottling. F***ING TARDS.

 

[brewguyver]

I had a friend say those exact words on a facebook post I made while bottling. F***ING TARDS.

Quite. "Can't fix stupid."

 

[Keith66]

we need a psa on this one. If i had a $1 for every time someone made the meth or still comment, i'd have a lot of $. Maybe it can be aha's next focus, now that we can brew in all 60 states.

I think a lot about getting a 3 vessel ebrew setup from stout tanks or blichmann. If i had all those $, the money would go towards that!

60?

 

[JohnSand]

Yes, in some we brew twice.

 

[Keith66]

Yes, in some we brew twice.

Oh I get it... 120-minute boil. That doubles the alcohol, right?

 

[poptarts]

I took a bite of a brownie tonight and the first thing that came into my mind was "This tastes like stout" lol

 

[FatDragon]

"I wonder if I can ferment/cook with these..."

-Myself as I was pulling lemons out of Corona bottles I just picked up from a local dive bar

 

[brewguyver]

60?

Yea ... I blame the iPhone, an apple's imperialistic tendencies.

 

[Keith66]

Yea ... I blame the iPhone, an apple's imperialistic tendencies.

+1 Apple is good for one thing, and one thing only... CIDER!

 

[Oaney]

"I think I've developed a fear of empty fermenters. I wonder what that phobia would be called?"

Kenophobia is the fear of voids or empty spaces (from phobialist.com)

I used google translate to make this, Greek: αδειάζω αναβράζω αγγείο φοβία
into English: Empty Ferment Vessle Phobia.

The only problem is that I don't readily recognize those Greek letters, and how to turn them into some phobia with English letters. If you look closely at the last word in Greek, φοβία is very close to English Phobia. As for the rest... *shrugs*
The best I can come up with is adeiazanabrazaggeiophobia using http://www.ibiblio.org/koine/greek/lessons/alphabet.html and translating each greek letter, letter for letter directly...

Who wants to vote for adeiazanabrazaggeiophobia!

 

[brewguyver]

Kenophobia is the fear of voids or empty spaces (from phobialist.com)

I used google translate to make this, Greek: αδειάζω αναβράζω αγγείο φοβία
into English: Empty Ferment Vessle Phobia.

The only problem is that I don't readily recognize those Greek letters, and how to turn them into some phobia with English letters. If you look closely at the last word in Greek, φοβία is very close to English Phobia. As for the rest... *shrugs*
The best I can come up with is adeiazanabrazaggeiophobia using http://www.ibiblio.org/koine/greek/lessons/alphabet.html and translating each greek letter, letter for letter directly...

Who wants to vote for adeiazanabrazaggeiophobia!

Sounds good to me

Is there a fear of being thirsty or of being unprepared?

 

[JohnSand]

Sounds good to me

Is there a fear of being thirsty or of being unprepared?

Yep: "sobriety"!

 

[bmathews]

Yep: "sobriety"!

I don't think your allowed to use words like that on this forum.

 

[unionrdr]

Yep: "sobriety"!

You're such a potty mouth!