I'm sure many of you can relate to difficulty of waiting until your very first beer is completely conditioned and carbed and really ready to drink. I bottled my first batch on Monday, and it has been taunting me since. So when I went downstairs this morning to check the temps on the stuff I have fermenting now, I decided to put one in the fridge for tonight. Just one, just so I could check it, just so it would quit yelling at me every time I walked by.
So, knowing that it needs more time in the bottle to condition and carb properly, knowing that it needs to be chilled for longer than 8 hours before drinking, knowing that I've got some Lagunita Uncensored and Lakefront Wisconsite chilled and waiting to be consumed, I just opened my first ever homebrew that went grain to glass (well, extract to glass, but still) at my hands...
And it's absolutely amazing
Patience is now back, sanity has returned, and I can now survive the next week or two while I let it finish conditioning. I definitely picked the right hobby ![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
So, knowing that it needs more time in the bottle to condition and carb properly, knowing that it needs to be chilled for longer than 8 hours before drinking, knowing that I've got some Lagunita Uncensored and Lakefront Wisconsite chilled and waiting to be consumed, I just opened my first ever homebrew that went grain to glass (well, extract to glass, but still) at my hands...
And it's absolutely amazing
![Mug :mug: :mug:](https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/smilies/sdrinking-100-154.gif)