It is a sad day.

[Prymal]

It is a sad day in the household today...I drank the last of the beer from my first batch. I know understand why people brew more then 5 gallons. I went through it all in about 2 weeks. Granted I had a "beer release party" and dropped half the keg in a night. oh well, I have another brew on deck in about 3 weeks.

 

[superjunior]

keep the pipeline going and brew on

 

[Wig]

Wait. if you aren't brewing for 3 weeks, then you have to ferment for... room spinning, no beer, dry pipeline, months, ack:cross:

 

[Ziggybrew]

Stop it! I can't handle news like that. You know that feeling you get when you have stayed under water just a little too long? And you have to hold your breath for another 12 feet? Andyou feel a desperate panic? ....yea... an empty pipeline is like that.

 

[lumpher]

just had to force-carb a keg since i let my huge pipeline run dry, so i can associate. pry, brace yourself, buddy. it gets hard to tolerate when you run out the homebrew and have to wait

 

[beerloaf]

Yeah that's the same feeling I get when my filled bottle count drops under 144 or around 6 cases. Thats when I start to panic. I feel your pain.

beerloaf

 

[Prymal]

I have a gluten free about 1 week into Primary which ill probably bottle in 3 more. then in 2 week ill do a double brew day and keg one bottle the other. So yes it is sad but I will survive and build up a stockpile.

 

[AR-Josh]

I actually just cleaned my first keg that held my first 5 gallon brew. It was a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone. I've had it since late Feb. The bad news for me is I have nothing in the pipeline and I checked the other kegs in my keezer and my amber ale is low as well. So I'm going to be running dry on two taps REAL soon. I have to get brewing. :rockin:

 

[Zixxer10R]

Those are all legitimate problems fellas, but try brewing 3 batches that you can't even touch yet because something in the bottle carbonation stage went wrong and they aren't carbed.

Top that with the wait of kegging equipment to arrive so i can force carb my St Arnold's Eliss IPA and drink it, like yesterday!, ASAP. We've all got our troubles, but not having any home brew period is by far the worst illness i can think of.

Though, i've completely decked out my fridge with commerical craft brews in the mean time. It's not home brew, but it'll do.

 

[Homercidal]

Brew something then go buy another fermenter. Brew again and buy another fermenter. Repeat until the first fermenter is available...

 

[mlyday]

I killed my first keg about a month and a half ago. It was a really sad day, because the last 2 or three beer out of that keg were the best beers of the batch. I just wish I had waited on drinking some of that one.

 

[stratslinger]

I feel your pain... My last three batches have been committed as follows:
1) Batch for a cast party - killed in about 3.5 hours
2) Batch to split with a friend, in the bottles last night, will be ready for the 4th of July I hope!
3) Batch for a picnic day after my sister's wedding

Meanwhile, I had three taps going on the kegerator. One kicked last night. The other two aren't far behind. And I have nothing in the pipeline to refill my kegerator at the moment, and an acute lack of funds to get such going...

 

[Prymal]

yeah, the whole funding thing is an issue to get started. I dropped a bunch of coin and the equipment and need a few months to feel comfertable to brew a few batches a once to start a back stock. If i have a spare hundred bucks i could brew one beer a week for each of my 4 carboys but i'll have to settle with waiting 2 weeks and just brewing two.

 

[TopherM]

This is exactly why, after only 6 months brewing, I now have 4 fermentors, 4 kegs, and 96 bottles. Of those, 3 fermentors, two kegs, and 48 bottles are full and I have two more kits that I'm brewing this weekend once one of my fermentors is bottled.

I'm too impatient to wait for the whole process before drinking, so this way I only have to be patient once, then I have a steady supply line for me and friends to enjoy. I doubt I will ever get into 10 gallon batches, as I love the variety and brewing process too much.

Plastic buckets with tops, o-ring seals, and an airlock are about $10.00-12 at your LHBS, pick up a few!

Cheers!

 

[350_Malibu]

Brew something then go buy another fermenter. Brew again and buy another fermenter. Repeat until the first fermenter is available...

Homer has it right... That's what I did.

 

[vitrael]

Brew something then go buy another fermenter. Brew again and buy another fermenter. Repeat until the first fermenter is available...

Dear Homer, I have followed your advice and run out of house. Please send help.

 

[beergolf]

Get three fermenters. That way you can leave each brew in for 3 weeks and still be able to brew every week. That will fill the pipeline up pretty fast.

 

[wittmania]

It would also help to brew something that finishes quickly so you can get caught up. I have a cream ale that is a huge hit and only takes about 15 days from boil to bottle. Let me know if you want the recipe.

 

[Homercidal]

Dear Homer, I have followed your advice and run out of house. Please send help.

Soon as I get out of work I'll come over with my trailer and take care of your problem!