Brewing happiness is...

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Happiness is seeing airlock activity 12 hours after pitching a vial of liquid yeast that was shipped a couple months ago... whew.

 

[small_b_brewing]

For me, the best moment is pulling my first pint from a keg. The apprehension that maybe this one suddenly didn't turn out, is it what I hoped (hopped? lol) it would be....
Yes, its great!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

For me, the best moment is pulling my first pint from a keg. The apprehension that maybe this one suddenly didn't turn out, is it what I hoped (hopped? lol) it would be....
Yes, its great!

True, I always taste along the way, but until it is carbonated it isn’t really done.

 

[Jako]

Sitting at work doing what I do, and dreaming of getting home and pulling a pint of deliciousness that I brewed myself. And brewdays. And planning recipes. And just today, tasting the grain I roasted last weekend and imagining what it will turn in to once I get to brew it next weekend. And....just sitting here in my garage/brewery, looking around at my currently idle equipment, thinking what I will be doing with them on next brewday. Yeah, I'm obsessed, but I don't care.

i bust ass at work so i can plan for my next brew session or read about beer.

but i will add to this thread... i love green beer the from the first day i can drink out of the keg to about week two. i also love to smell the air lock... i just finished a steam beer that i open fermented and the smell was simply amazing.

 

[NewJersey]

Happiness is when the beer is in the fermentation chamber, everything is cleaned up, and I'm about to hit the lights and go upstairs. I then look forward to seeing active fermentation happen.'
Love a job well done.

 

[catdaddy66]

Happiness is seeing airlock activity 12 hours after pitching a vial of liquid yeast that was shipped a couple months ago... whew.

I do get a bit giddy after pitching at 6am and seeing krausen at 6pm when I get home... Alas, I did not have that joy today.

 

[Jako]

Happiness is when the beer is in the fermentation chamber, everything is cleaned up, and I'm about to hit the lights and go upstairs. I then look forward to seeing active fermentation happen.'
Love a job well done.

I second this. If I ever do a double batch I can hardly move after

 

[hedge_87]

Happiness is being told the keg of beer is gone and going to get the "empty" keg out of the fridge to clean it while brewing and finding a couple of beers still in it when you thought you had nothing to quench your thirst.

I can fit three kegs in my keezer but only have taps for two. I thought 2 out of 3 were empty. Went to pull the keg that wasn't tapped out to find it is actually full. I have a magic keezer!!! Having a pint of my miracle beer now

 

[Still Brewn]

I can fit three kegs in my keezer but only have taps for two. I thought 2 out of 3 were empty. Went to pull the keg that wasn't tapped out to find it is actually full. I have a magic keezer!!! Having a pint of my miracle beer now

Wow, I'm not the only one that can't remember $#!+! Exact same thing happened to me this weekend. I thought I had 2 more brews to do to fill up my kegs and I found one completely full that I thought was empty. Guess it has been aging in the fridge for a couple of weeks and I have been getting beer out of there thinking there was nothing in it. I have 3 picnic taps but room for 5 kegs in the fridge. I have never gotten it full of beer.... maybe, someday.

 

[catdaddy66]

I do get a bit giddy after pitching at 6am and seeing krausen at 6pm when I get home... Alas, I did not have that joy today.

But after 24 hours.... Jackpot!!

Yay

 

[bracconiere]

Sharing with people and having them ask if you distribute.

I like all the replies!

In addition having people skeptical at first (as they are BMC drinkers) have my homebrew. Then remark, "Damn, this is good!. Have you thought about selling it?".

knowing that there are people that would sell their soul, for something you make for yourself...and do, to corporate megabrew..and you sit in a homebrew forum talking trash about their master, and get away with it!

and better yet, we haven't had to start doing drive by's on each other yet!

 

[Still Brewn]

Happiness is brewing! And not living in any of the places listed on this chart! https://brewie.org/why-craft-beer-costs-so-much/
I can get craft brew here for prices ranging from .83 cents a bottle all the way up to a couple of bucks but I guess the average price would range $1.30 -$1.50 a bottle. And the poor people of Delhi..... $29 a year on beer such a sad life. Things like this make "happiness is living in the Midwest where the cost of living is so low"

Edit: misspelled "this" oops!

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

I can fit three kegs in my keezer but only have taps for two. I thought 2 out of 3 were empty. Went to pull the keg that wasn't tapped out to find it is actually full. I have a magic keezer!!! Having a pint of my miracle beer now

Some folks make an annual celebration for having not run out of oil. We should begin our own annual holiday celebration to mark the "magic keg".

 

[hedge_87]

Some folks make an annual celebration for having not run out of oil. We should begin our own annual holiday celebration to mark the "magic keg".

I put an empty one back in there to see if it happens again. I like the annual holiday idea. Needs a catchy name though and a mythical character that makes it all possible.

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

I put an empty one back in there to see if it happens again. I like the annual holiday idea. Needs a catchy name though and a mythical character that makes it all possible.

Absolutely! Zauberfass

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

Feast of Saint Zauberfass

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

If web translate is accurate, "Zuberfass" is German for "Magic Keg".

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

I had the same magic keg occurrence. Knew there wasn't much left in the keg. Wanted to drain it so I could clean it and refill it. I kept drinking and drinking on that "almost empty" keg for weeks. Kept looking for Rod Serling as the keg was very light, but it was still pouring.

 

[OG-wan Kenobi]

My joy comes when I am home alone sitting on my porch relaxing with MY beer letting the world and it's woes pass me buy and I enjoy that perfect moment in time

 

[Still Brewn]

Needs a date also.... what day did you find your full keg? I found mine last Sunday January 27th, my kids came over for our usual Sunday dinner and I was getting beer for everyone. I was going to take out what I thought was an empty keg thinking I would make room to cold crash another brew I have going..... as if by magic the keg was filled by what may have been the Egyptian gods of beer Tenenit (Tenenet) and Menquet.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Some folks make an annual celebration for having not run out of oil. We should begin our own annual holiday celebration to mark the "magic keg".

I had the same magic keg occurrence. Knew there wasn't much left in the keg. Wanted to drain it so I could clean it and refill it. I kept drinking and drinking on that "almost empty" keg for weeks. Kept looking for Rod Serling as the keg was very light, but it was still pouring.

That happens to me too! LOL, I’ve had two in a row I thought we’re ready to kick and it didn’t happen soon enough.

 

[Still Brewn]

There are no holidays for beer gods or goddesses until the 1st of February which are
Imbolc, Feast of Brigid - The Dagda, Celtic God of the Earth & All-Father Irish and Celtic God of Life and Death, War, Banquets and Magic.
February 1: Lenaia - Festival of Drama to Dionysus, Greek God of Intoxication
February 1: (1st Saturday of each month): Satyr’s Day - Silenus, Greek God of Beer Buddies and Drinking Companions

 

[hedge_87]

mine was found on Jan 5th. I have been babying it because My fancy labeling system (Masking tape and sharpie) indicated it was the same beer I was brewing that day. I am looking forward to a side by side. I normally don't get to do that since I keg most batches out of laziness. As for the day of the holiday I vote for a "first weekend of the month type thing" lot easier to work around. Brew a beer that day and if your beer is worthy the beer gods will gift you your own magic keg.

 

[aharri1]

The bad ass smell of all the grains when you mash in and let it rest for 10 minutes before starting your timer!

 

[GHBWNY]

Happiness is... Kicking back with a Homebrew after a successful brew day.

Or *DURING* a successful brew day.

 

[bobeer]

stirring the mash with my mash paddle. I love the smell and it reminds me of how long people have been mashing in and stirring it up. Breaking the dough balls up to pulling first runnings. I love all of it.
I mill by hand as well and the smell while milling is a close 2nd to the mash-in smell.

The smell of freshly fermenting beer always takes me back to when I first started brewing. Everything was so exciting! Haha.

 

[Jayjay1976]

Lots of things about this hobby make me happy. A list of my top:

-Waking up the morning after brew day and seeing a layer of kraeusen floating in my beer. I always take a photo.
-Sniffing the airlock for yummy beer smells.
-Watching the tornado in my starter flask and monkeying with the speed of the stir plate.
-Coming home from work and watching my wife skillfully pour one of my beers for me.
-Taking glamour shots of my beer in a frosty glass with a pillowy head on it.
-Making up recipes and having them turn out tasty.
-The remarkably clean flavors of pale malt and noble hops coming through in a pilsner that has just finished lagering.

 

[ba-brewer]

Smacking a smack pack and getting it to expand in a couple hours
Having beer on all of my taps and the keg pipeline full
Kicking a keg and having something in the ferment chamber ready to fill it

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Happiness is the aromas of a brew day, even though the spouse says is smells like I’m cooking dirty socks. Believe me his dirty socks don’t smell that good.

 

[seatazzz]

Happiness is the aromas of a brew day, even though the spouse says is smells like I’m cooking dirty socks. Believe me his dirty socks don’t smell that good.

My husband doesn't participate/help in the brewday, but for each one he finds an excuse to come out to the garage/brewery and take a deep sniff of whatever I've got boiling. He loves the smell and so do I. Every time we visit a new brewery/taproom on our list, and they've been brewing that day, we always manage to stay a bit longer just for the smell. Favorite smell is right after hops have been added. Sigh.