Brewing happiness is...

[catdaddy66]

Watching your pipeline grow after seeing it dwindle to 1.5 cases. Especially satisfying after finishing up a bottling session.

 

[aharri1]

Getting great deal on four used kegs so you can keep the pipeline going and Brew multiple styles to try!! Also, seeing your hop plants go crazy! Comment is on the left and triple Pearl is on the right [emoji16]

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Getting great deal on four used kegs so you can keep the pipeline going and Brew multiple styles to try!! Also, seeing your hop plants go crazy! Comment is on the left and triple Pearl is on the right [emoji16]View attachment 612582View attachment 612583View attachment 612584

I am curious, do your hops produce all year long in that climate?

 

[aharri1]

I am curious, do your hops produce all year long in that climate?

Three times a year if you take care of them well and fertilize. Two on a regular basis. It only gets cold for about 3 weeks all together but doesn't get below 38.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Adding another blue ribbon to the mash paddle, when I wasn’t expecting it.

 

[seatazzz]

When, even on a not-brewing weekend, I find things to do in the brewery. Sitting here right now doing a boiloff test with the new sight glass, drinking on some truly delicious homebrew (have THREE in the kegerator right now!), and working on recipes for future brews.

Years ago, before I started this hobby, I owned a horse. Even on rainy days when we couldn't go out for a ride, I found excuses to hang about the barn taking care of things and just sitting with music going, enjoying that horse smell, and communing with my boy. I miss that but brewing is pretty close.

 

[catdaddy66]

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Adding another blue ribbon to the mash paddle, when I wasn’t expecting it.

Now your just showing off! Lol

Congrats!![emoji6]

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Yeah, I guess I am. Thanks.

 

[aharri1]

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Adding another blue ribbon to the mash paddle, when I wasn’t expecting it.

Congrats!!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

@aharri1 thank you.

 

[Beer Nuts]

Years ago, before I started this hobby, I owned a horse. Even on rainy days when we couldn't go out for a ride, I found excuses to hang about the barn taking care of things and just sitting with music going, enjoying that horse smell, and communing with my boy. I miss that but brewing is pretty close.

It's hard to explain a hobby to someone who only watches TV.

I go tuna fishing with a couple guys I don't really know all that well. The guy with the boat lives two doors away. Fuel and live bait comes to around $250 EACH for a long day out.

You get beat up from pounding over swells.
Fall down at least twice on the no-skid deck.
Captain gets to go take a shower while the "guests" scrub the boat.
(He pays for the boat, maintenance, insurance, etc., it's fair.)

Sometimes you don't even catch.

Two or three times a season.

It's hard to explain a hobby.

 

[aharri1]

@aharri1 thank you.

Anytime sir! Dropped off 3 entries last week for the Florida sunshine challenge

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Anytime sir! Dropped off 3 entries last week for the Florida sunshine challenge

MASH is the club to beat [emoji6]

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Anytime sir! Dropped off 3 entries last week for the Florida sunshine challenge

Good luck!

P.S. I’m a she.

 

[aharri1]

Good luck!

P.S. I’m a she.

Sorry! Didn't read the profile obviously! Also, your title had me literally laughing just now [emoji28] [emoji28] [emoji12]

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

^^^ no problem @aharri1 !

 

[catdaddy66]

Brewing happiness is getting started on your first brewday since April! Also, using 3 ingredients you've never used before (Nelson Sauvin hops, hibiscus flowers and wlp565).

 

[pondjt]

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Adding another blue ribbon to the mash paddle, when I wasn’t expecting it.

All I have is this red one!

 

[catdaddy66]

Seeing this much krausen in 24 hours!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

^^^ Definitely a beautiful thing.

 

[RPh_Guy]

I love having a whole room of my house smell like Brettanomyces.

 

[Jako]

Having 1/8th of a keg left and you keg 10 more gallons, and you just know the timing was perfect.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Getting 26 oz of free CRYO hops at homebrew con, half price galaxy and other freebies to bring home.

 

[aharri1]

Getting 26 oz of free CRYO hops at homebrew con, half price galaxy and other freebies to bring home.

A good friend of mine went to an event like that a few months ago and brought me a pound of whole leaf centennial so I feel you on that!! Smoking ribs and a drunken chicken and drinking homebrew outside. Brewing happiness!

 

[Novacor]

The blub blub blub of a blowoff tube

 

[OnePlate]

The smell that hits me in the face every time I open my fermentation fridge.

 

[seatazzz]

The constant learning process is something special to me. I had to dump one out of the fermenter last week, and while it hurt watching it go down the drain, I knew I had learned something that will help me in future brews; namely, if your yeast slurry explodes on you upon opening (straight out of the refrigerator I might add), you might NOT want to use it. The replacement for that beer will get kegged tomorrow, shortest grain to glass I've ever had, and all indications are that it is a winner. 1.060 down to 1.012 in three days, dry hopped, and is almost clear now three days later. That, and the fabulous Galaxy Smash in my glass at the moment, makes me supremely happy.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

The constant learning process is something special to me... I knew I had learned something that will help me in future brews; namely, if your yeast slurry explodes on you upon opening (straight out of the refrigerator I might add), you might NOT want to use it.

I haven’t had one “blow”, but I’ve pitched slurry from the fridge and had days of lag time. Solution- do a quick vitality starter, even shaking it in a mason jar (without a tight lid of course) with wort instead of setting up a stir plate works.
Seeing fermentation happen after days of waiting, is happiness too.

 

[seatazzz]

I haven’t had one “blow”, but I’ve pitched slurry from the fridge and had days of lag time. Solution- do a quick vitality starter, even shaking it in a mason jar (without a tight lid of course) with wort instead of setting up a stir plate works.
Seeing fermentation happen after days of waiting, is happiness too.

I usually do vitality starters, for this one I didn't and don't know why. Lazy me!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

^^^ I think most of us look for shortcuts or to streamline processes.