I think of it like photography before the digital cameras. You set a goal and have an idea in your head of how you want it all to turn out. Done all the reading set up your scene and *click*, it's perfect. Then you don't have time in the darkroom for another week and your starting to think that...
I realize that this is an old thread, but I brewed the extract version this afternoon. OG was 1.043. Excited to get this in a bottle.
Thanks for the recipe, sounds excellent.
2 weeks in on 5gal of IPA. 1 week in on an Apfelwein. Doing a little research on what to start brewing tomorrow. It's tough to get a solid pipeline going.
I'm having a similar issue. I've got an American IPA going now. Pitched this past Sunday a bit too cold (60) and the temp has been steadily rising. Just hot home and checked it at 76. It's been bubbling at a pretty good clip from about 12 hours in. Actually it still is bubbling so I was hesitant...