I never thought this would happen....

[chode720]

So I have only been brewing since February, but I just ran into a big issue....



*PAUSE*



I have too much beer at home. I know, I know, there is no such thing as too much on hand. But I am brewing in a couple weeks with a friend and after that, I will have 11.5 cases of beer between bottles and my kegs.

Not that I am complaining that this is too much beer, b/c its not. But I have no space left in my beer fridge and since i am moving away from bottling to kegging, I dont have the space to store any more beers right now.

The only problem is that I will only be able to brew once or twice the next couple months. Usually I am able to brew once every 2-3 weeks. I am going to miss my brew weekends!

I guess I will have to brew up my Christmas Ale and and oak aged porter next. That way I can age them for a couple months while I am drinking everything else.....

 

[eschatz]

Party... That's what I do.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Most liquor store store their beer at room temp.

Where they fail is that is that they store said beer under flourescent light or near storefront windows.

Thankfully, most modern dwellings have ample closet storage spaces.

Just a thought.

 

[chode720]

Most liquor store store their beer at room temp.

Where they fail is that is that they store said beer under flourescent light or near storefront windows.

Thankfully, most modern dwellings have ample closet storage spaces.

Just a thought.

Yeah, i store my beers in my utility room. Which by the way is awesome, it stays at 68 almost year round.

But anyways, since I just bought the fridge and keg setup, SWMBO may be a little upset if I come home with a bunch more kegs...

 

[Revvy]

You now have a pipeline!

You don't need to store your beer cold. I store my at "room" temp...I really don't have a choice in the matter. Then I just keep an ongoing supply of beer in my fridge.

 

[Edcculus]

Thats probably the best position to be in. Since you have plenty of beer on hand, you are never tempted to drink anything before its actually ready.

 

[dataz722]

Now is the time to do an IIPA, or barleywine or mead.

 

[chode720]

Thats probably the best position to be in. Since you have plenty of beer on hand, you are never tempted to drink anything before its actually ready.

Yep, I really need to progress from the impatient homebrewer to the letting my beer age stage. My English Brown that is about 4 months old is AMAZING. Too bad I only have a 6 pack left....

 

[Buffman]

Now is the time to do an IIPA, or barleywine or mead.

+1. Brew up something you can bulk age. Ferment it and forget it (for awhile).

 

[kjung]

You now have a pipeline!

You don't need to store your beer cold. I store my at "room" temp...I really don't have a choice in the matter. Then I just keep an ongoing supply of beer in my fridge.

This is almost exactly what I do. I keep mine at cellar temp, and re-stock the beer fridge as needed.

However, if you still feel that you have too much in stock, pm me, and I'll give you an address that you can donate to.

 

[chode720]

+1. Brew up something you can bulk age. Ferment it and forget it (for awhile).

+2. Thats what I am planning. I already have a mead and apfelwein that have been aging for a couple months and will probably age for awhile longer

I am planning on an oaked porter and christmas ale that I can age for a bit. And then I will probably brew up an RIS in the next couple months to let sit for around a year.

Now I just have to convince the SWMBO to let me buy more cornies and more importantly, take over even more of our utility room....

 

[Hambone]

Throw a party and make sure to invite me and all of your fat friends. Problem solved

 

[dataz722]

Throw a party and make sure to invite me and all of your beer snob friends. Problem solved

fixed that for ya. Just they they are fat doesn't mean they will drink homebrew. They will just eat everything

 

[Hambone]

^^^ yeah i guess that's true, but all my fat friends love drinking up my homebrew and then want to eat everything!

 

[IrregularPulse]

you have the problem we're all striving for. I hope to eventually have that much on hand. I currenty have Just under 10G kegged, 5 fermenting, prolly 2-3 more kegged and ~5 of apfelwein bottled. I would prefer 2-3 more 5G batches in the pipeline.

 

[JoeMama]

I dont want to hear about having too much beer on hand damn it. My pipeline is DRY DRY DRY unless you count the apfelwein I still have sitting on tap (which almost NEVER get drank) On deck I have a pretty big IPA I will be brewing, but I have a feeling its going to take it a while to get drinkable. Yes, I know its my own fault, but I REALLY need to get back into the swing of consistently brewing to ensure that when something is ready to drink, there is more ferming, or aging. (Cause its amazing to see how quickly my kegs float when the beer is tasty)
-Me

 

[humann_brewing]

I am still working on a better pipeline, I have a descent one going now but could be better.