- Throwing out certain empty beer bottles is a crime.
- You have kettles large enough for small children to bathe in.
- You have corny kegs scattered about your house.
- One of the first five questions you ask people is their favorite style of beer. (It’s even better if you can reply: I have that on tap.)
- The beer mugs (most of them) are stored in the freezer.
- You have a chest freezer that doubles as a root cellar, because it’s set at 37°F (3°C) so you can make lagers.
- You know how to brew beer, even though you rarely drink it.
- You’ve worn more beer than you’ve consumed since you fill the bottles.
- You pick out beer for your spouse by type and the weirdest sounding name you can find.
- You cut the server off, and ask what craft beer or Samuel Adams they have. (Nothing else is acceptable.)
- You could sing the 100 bottles of beer song and start passing around home brewed beer and not run out.
- Friends ask you for custom beer or cider for their holiday meals.
- You find more random uses for PBW (cleaner made for beer stuff) than you ever thought possible.
- Instead of boiling canning jars for jelly or pickles, you run them through the dishwasher and throw them in sanitizer, because you have it on hand.
- You have weird graphics of random things in a folder for beer labels. (If I didn’t insist he wouldn’t label them, LOL.)
- You can almost make a how to video from the security camera footage of your husband brewing since he turned off notifications, but forgot to tell it not to record.
The was taken from the security camera.
All of this aside, I love helping David brew beer. It’s a lot of fun, and some of that knowledge found its way into my manuscript. I needed to describe a beer I’ve never sampled since it isn’t available in the US. I’ve also had fun surprising authors with homebrew at book signings. (A few of my favorites know it’s coming, but it’s still fun.) I’ve taken beer to conventions to break the ice and make friends, trust me you hand someone a homebrewed beer they like and they’ll remember you. I have even teased a few authors (mercilessly) about what’s brewing on social media. Well, that being said I’m on bubble watch. Since I’m up late I get to check the fermenters we set up tonight to see if the yeast has gone to work yet. I hope you’re brewing up some fun this holiday season.