Yeastieboy
Well-Known Member
You start scaling back your operation.
When you ask the wife "Can you help me move this fermenter into the freezer so I can warm it up, the basement is getting too cold."
After you tally up your hop inventory and see you have about 12.5 pounds of hops in the freezer! How did that happen??? Granted 5 pounds arrived today from the Niko Brew "Grab Bag" sale.
Ok, no more hops for 2017... I will only brew with the hops I have on hand and I will try to brew more often. That's my new years resolution!!! Let's see if I stick to it...
I have 30 pounds..... I would call it a problem, but it is pretty floccin awesome to have hops to brew anything on hand.
WOW that's serious! Ok I'm glad I'm not alone and have less than 50% of what you have on hand. Yes it's nice to have all the ingredients you need to brew whenever you can. I know in my life right now I take it when I can, with work, two small kids and just other family activities it makes brewing hard to fit in or schedule most of the time.
I will say that it doesn't get any easier as the kids get older and have more and more activities!
you have 3 computer screens on 3 different computers on your desk and a folder with brewing stuff displayed!!!
when you have 20 sanke kegs and REALIZE YOU DON'T have enough
When you have 20 sanke kegs and wonder if you WILL EVER have enough??
...you got a sweet tooth but there's no candy in the entire house so you end up eating carbonation drops straight from the bag
My son and nephew would always ask for the carb drops as they helped on brew day. They were insistent little rascals!
I don't have quite the "hop problem" that you guys do! However, I will say that it doesn't get any easier as the kids get older and have more and more activities!
3 words for you: Early. Morning. Brewing. I've often got flame to strike water at 05:00 in order to squeeze in a brew day...
+1 had a couple of days to use up in 2016 and did this. It was cold outside but nice and warm in my garage brewing. Was able to take the little man to daycare and have about 9 hours to my self.....when you take a vacation day to brew two batches.
LOL! 12/24 - 12/31: Russian River, Moylans, North Coast, Mendocino, 21st Amendment, The Hop Grenade, Woodfour, Crooked Goat, Hopmonk, Petaluma Hills. I have an amazing wife.When you try to figure out where to stay that has the best access to local breweries when you travel. Then you also drive an insane distance to hit some places that you may not be near again... I might have done this.
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