Patience!!

[TheChamber2113]

I can't take it! Its been a few days shy of 3 weeks since I brewed my first beer and I'm getting ready to bottle it but I just want to drink it!! I'm not a patient guy, how do you stand it?!?

 

[TheChamber2113]

*Venting Complete*

 

[FairleighGoodBeer]

I know its tough im a new brewer and resiting the urge is brutal. Everyday i keep peeking at my bottles and admire them like a child. I whisper to my bottles "Dont you worry child, Daddys got a place for you in his belly soon". In the mean time i go to the liquor store and buy craft beer. Good luck resisting kind sir. Cheer

 

[Bramstoker17]

It gets much easier once you've got a bit of a stockpile built up. I remember it was agony waiting for my first couple batches to be ready. It's still tough sometimes waiting for a batch with a recipe I'm really excited for, but it does get easier.

 

[masterblaster]

I try to find craft beer that I like and then drink that to plan my next recipe. Once you get your pipeline going you won't have to worry about that.

 

[unionrdr]

Especially true when you find out how good true patience can taste. Then you'll know what to do.

 

[TheChamber2113]

Haha hopefully my patience pays off. Once these two are done I'll be "in the money" for a while. I'm trying to come up with a good recipe for my third batch. Maybe a raspberry wheat? Something a little different for me and summery. Just tried shock top the other day and it gave me the idea although I found their beer to be a little powerful in the artificial raspberry dept. Any recipe suggestion to take my mind off of the wait?

 

[beergolf]

Brew like crazy. Once you get a good supply it is easy to wait. I have enough beer around that I do not need to rush anything. I actually have the opposite problem right now. I brewed a lot and now have. 5 fermenters full. 2 or three are ready to bottle but I don't have the time right now, so they are just going to sit until I get the time.

 

[stevehardt]

The best cure for impatience is a good pipeline

 

[Rhumbline]

I've told my non-brewing friends that the time to start brewing is at least three months before they think they'd be interested in it.

The waiting is killing me.

 

[TheChamber2113]

I agree whole heartedly

 

[meltroha]

Sample at gravity checks and bottling, a nice stash is good as well, but never stop sampling, if something does go wrong, you can pinpoint where it happened easier!

 

[harry_the_face]

A good raspberry beer recipe is the McMenamans Ruby clone on the Tasty brew.Com site. The only change I made was to the quantity of raspberries. I was making this a few months ago when I raspberries were very out of season so I went to Walmart to get sone frozen ones. I discovered that a 12oz bag was $4 I quickly decided that 3 bags would be enough. It turned out excellent with a distinct raspberry flavor that was not over powering. I think 6 lbs. would taste more like a wine than a beer. It was a hit with the ladies (my wife most importantly) and given its color I named it Pretty in Pink.

Here is a pic of it in a McMenamans growler.
I am making another batch this weekend.

 

[TheChamber2113]

Hey thanks for pointing me in the right direction, looks good.