The brewing commandments

Ok. I've been doing a lot of posting and asking a lot of questions and I think as a general matter it comes down to this ... With the exception of some things, there is not right or wrong answer; it's just a matter of style.

With that having been said, what are the universal truths to brewing? What are those things in brewing that are NOT merely a matter of style but rather a matter of truth. In other words, what are the brewing commandments?

I'll start off with an easy one. Commandment 1: thou shall keep a sanitized carboy.

What are some others?

#2 Homebrew is an art and science, learn the science, practice the art, think, learn, create, share, and enjoy.

#3 DONT be a Brewdouche.

#4 thou shalt not count airlock bubbles

#2 (since the above #2 wasn't actually #2 unless the post was to place hold, then this is #5)
Thought shall wait 72 hours before worrying about your fementation.

don't take a recipe as gospel

Never Trust your boil kettle to never boil over!


When making beer, Its best to be drinking beer also!

Don't fear the foam

Temperature control is everything.

Rdwhahb

Cleaning and sterilizing are two different things... you need to do both.

Thou shalt keep a beer journal.

Relax Don't Worry, Have a Home Brew (worth posting again)

Cleanliness is next to Godliness.

Brewing is for the Procrastinator. If you are impatient, Find a new hobby.

yeast_infection said:

#4 thou shalt not count airlock bubbles

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Thou shalt not put an airlock on thy fermenter that youst have no intentions of, or care not about properly sealing.

25201, 25202, 25203 . . . .

Maltose said:

Cleanliness is next to Godliness.

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But Satan makes make better beer because heat sanitizes.

northernlad said:

Thought shall wait 72 hours before worrying about your fementation.

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Every day thy wort lay dormant is one day closer to wild yeast impregnation.

RDWHAHB


the one and only rule

Thou shall use the search feature and read the stickys before posting "did I ruin my beer?"

Thou shalt pitch an appropriate amount of yeast and give them an abundance of oxygen to be fruitful and multiply....

http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html

Thou newbie shall have more than one fermenter. When in doubt, brew another batch.

arturo7 said:

RDWHAHB


the one and only rule

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+1. This is the only one so far that can't be refuted.

patience is close, but not 100% of the time.

What does RDHWDHB? Mean?

hiphops said:

What does RDHWDHB? Mean?

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use your Googlefu, it will not fail you !

I was hoping that I'd get a response from the trustworthy homebrewing forum
rather than then unregulated market of google, Fu.

relax dont worry, have a homebrew....every noob has to learn the sacred sayings....just wait till he askes what a SWMBO is...

TomSD said:

Cleaning and sterilizing are two different things... you need to do both.

Thou shalt keep a beer journal.

Relax Don't Worry, Have a Home Brew (worth posting again)

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already posted in this thread !

Actually I was going to ask about that as well: gleening from prior posts it appears that it has something to do with a pain in the as$ wife???

there is an entire thread dedicated to "SWMBO"


https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f19/what-does-swmbo-mean-169748/

azscoob said:

Thou shall use the search feature and read the stickys before posting "did I ruin my beer?"

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+1 to this... with an addition
thou shall use the search feature and read stickys before posting "what does (fill in the blank) mean?"

*Thou shalt only use fresh ingreidants

*Thou shalt not use the yeast under the cap of LME

*Thou shaltrecord the best before dates and lot numbers on yeasts and LME cans

(not sure that shalt is an actual word... but i like it)

Ok I learned the meaning and significance if those terms: big whoop. Let's get bavk on message: so what di you consider as the brewing commandments?

Revvy 1:1

Thou shall not use thy airlock as thy fermentation indicator, trust thy hydrometer.

When you think you've ruined your beer because of [insert random reason here] ... step away from the carboy, do a little research (meanwhile, have another beer).

arturo7 said:

RDWHAHB


the one and only rule

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Amen!

A watched pot NEVER BOILS; an unwatched pot BOILS OVER

Cheeto said:

Brewing is for the Procrastinator. If you are impatient, Find a new hobby.

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brilliant maybe thats why i enjoy it so much I have an test batch of ESB in primary thats been there for at least 7 months every time i look at it its like meh i can wait another week.

winstonofbeer said:

When making beer, Its best to be drinking beer also!

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This may just be my life motto from now on

Pick a style, any style (hopefully something simple like a pale ale), brew it until you get it right. Then feel free to move on to something more challenging.

Simple is often better, but simple is not the only way.

Brew more than you can drink cause you can always drink more, but must wait to brew.

Maltose said:

Cleanliness is next to Godliness.

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AnOldUR said:

But Satan makes make better beer because heat sanitizes.

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He never made beer anyhow, he was a wine-o! Would have been much cooler if water was turned into Barleywine!

My contribution to the commandments:

Thou shalt not worry about thy beer being infected 24-7, 365. Thy beer is cleaner than thy home!