So maybe this should be on the drunken ramblings, but I started here, in the Beginners Brew Forum, and this is where I will post this thread, a thread about the most amazing discovery of the most excellent beer you have ever brewed. I am just now drinking the very last bottle of the DFH 60 Minute IPA clone that I boosted to closer to the 90 minute version, more DME, more hops; some strange kludge of the original Yooper recipe with my own distractions.
It all does not matter. What is key is the look, the taste, the feel, the sensation that is there, in the spot, the - dare I say - nirvana of brew. It is the feeling of all five senses coming together, in harmony, at once, sudden, with the first pour of the first sip of the only brew you will always regret not having a long term relationship with. Much like the first woman you were ever with.
This is what I am feeling with this, the last bottle, of this most amazing IPA brew. I cannot describe it, much like someone said, "describe dancing with architecture?" It is not possible, but, like the first woman, you are conscious and completely aware, that this sensation, this total revealing experience, will not be duplicated again.
The moderators may move this post to some oblivion, to drunken ramblings, or I may get flamed for posting here. I do not know, nor care. I only know this, the three truths of reaching beer nirvana:
1. Learn. From the kits and recipes and experience and bullsh-t that has been here for decades before you decided to purchase that canned pre-hopped extract Mr. Beer kit. There is a Spock-like melding of the minds here, and anyone who decides to brew without spending many hours researching and learning is just a fool looking for a cheap buzz. To create great brew is to stand on the shoulders of giants. They - the giants - welcome the weight of your infancy. They have been doing this for years, decades even, and they are willing to share. How cool is that?
2. Be Patient. I struggled with this, much like the 16 year old I was in the back seat of the '71 Ford during the drive-in double header of Rocky and Star Wars, with the younger sister of my best friend. Creating great beer - like the first time you are with a woman - takes time, patience, restraint, control. Yeast is on its own schedule (much like women are), and carbonation to the most enjoyable point takes time. Relax, don't worry, and have . . .
3. Respect Beer. As I sit here, with my last IPA of a batch I brewed September 4th, 2010, admiring the way it laces down the goblet, taking in its fragrant mix of imported and domestic hops, savoring the way the liquid lingers on my tongue, I am reminded of the fact that this is a gift. It is not swill, not hooch, not some magnum of colt 45 purchased to simply give a quick buzz. It is craft beer, lovingly conceived, lovingly created, brought to maturity by one who respects the process, revers the reward, of a combination of science and nature and - dare I say it - love, that results in the pleasure of being with the beer as it is consumed. This cannot be taken for granted. If you are truly into this game, if you truly want to create most amazing bubbly hoppy malty things, then the word RESPECT should be on your temple, in front of you at all times.
So there, dear NOOBS, is my Monday 1-10-11 rant about what you are into, what you are now so inexplicably intertwined with. How will you approach the relationship? How will you treat it? What will it bring to your journey?
Yes, respectfully
It all does not matter. What is key is the look, the taste, the feel, the sensation that is there, in the spot, the - dare I say - nirvana of brew. It is the feeling of all five senses coming together, in harmony, at once, sudden, with the first pour of the first sip of the only brew you will always regret not having a long term relationship with. Much like the first woman you were ever with.
This is what I am feeling with this, the last bottle, of this most amazing IPA brew. I cannot describe it, much like someone said, "describe dancing with architecture?" It is not possible, but, like the first woman, you are conscious and completely aware, that this sensation, this total revealing experience, will not be duplicated again.
The moderators may move this post to some oblivion, to drunken ramblings, or I may get flamed for posting here. I do not know, nor care. I only know this, the three truths of reaching beer nirvana:
1. Learn. From the kits and recipes and experience and bullsh-t that has been here for decades before you decided to purchase that canned pre-hopped extract Mr. Beer kit. There is a Spock-like melding of the minds here, and anyone who decides to brew without spending many hours researching and learning is just a fool looking for a cheap buzz. To create great brew is to stand on the shoulders of giants. They - the giants - welcome the weight of your infancy. They have been doing this for years, decades even, and they are willing to share. How cool is that?
2. Be Patient. I struggled with this, much like the 16 year old I was in the back seat of the '71 Ford during the drive-in double header of Rocky and Star Wars, with the younger sister of my best friend. Creating great beer - like the first time you are with a woman - takes time, patience, restraint, control. Yeast is on its own schedule (much like women are), and carbonation to the most enjoyable point takes time. Relax, don't worry, and have . . .
3. Respect Beer. As I sit here, with my last IPA of a batch I brewed September 4th, 2010, admiring the way it laces down the goblet, taking in its fragrant mix of imported and domestic hops, savoring the way the liquid lingers on my tongue, I am reminded of the fact that this is a gift. It is not swill, not hooch, not some magnum of colt 45 purchased to simply give a quick buzz. It is craft beer, lovingly conceived, lovingly created, brought to maturity by one who respects the process, revers the reward, of a combination of science and nature and - dare I say it - love, that results in the pleasure of being with the beer as it is consumed. This cannot be taken for granted. If you are truly into this game, if you truly want to create most amazing bubbly hoppy malty things, then the word RESPECT should be on your temple, in front of you at all times.
So there, dear NOOBS, is my Monday 1-10-11 rant about what you are into, what you are now so inexplicably intertwined with. How will you approach the relationship? How will you treat it? What will it bring to your journey?
Yes, respectfully
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