The brewing commandments

[hiphops]

Ok. I've been doing a lot of posting and asking a lot of questions and I think as a general matter it comes down to this ... With the exception of some things, there is not right or wrong answer; it's just a matter of style.

With that having been said, what are the universal truths to brewing? What are those things in brewing that are NOT merely a matter of style but rather a matter of truth. In other words, what are the brewing commandments?

I'll start off with an easy one. Commandment 1: thou shall keep a sanitized carboy.

What are some others?

 

[Brewdouche-RuBrew]

#2 Homebrew is an art and science, learn the science, practice the art, think, learn, create, share, and enjoy.

#3 DONT be a Brewdouche.

 

[SamuraiSquirrel]

#4 thou shalt not count airlock bubbles

 

[northernlad]

#2 (since the above #2 wasn't actually #2 unless the post was to place hold, then this is #5)
Thought shall wait 72 hours before worrying about your fementation.

 

[lumpher]

don't take a recipe as gospel

 

[winstonofbeer]

Never Trust your boil kettle to never boil over!


When making beer, Its best to be drinking beer also!

 

[surreal_trip]

Don't fear the foam

 

[GlenF]

Temperature control is everything.

 

[Special Hops]

Rdwhahb

 

[TomSD]

Cleaning and sterilizing are two different things... you need to do both.

Thou shalt keep a beer journal.

Relax Don't Worry, Have a Home Brew (worth posting again)

 

[Maltose]

Cleanliness is next to Godliness.

 

[Cheeto]

Brewing is for the Procrastinator. If you are impatient, Find a new hobby.

 

[AnOldUR]

#4 thou shalt not count airlock bubbles

Thou shalt not put an airlock on thy fermenter that youst have no intentions of, or care not about properly sealing.

25201, 25202, 25203 . . . .

 

[AnOldUR]

Cleanliness is next to Godliness.

But Satan makes make better beer because heat sanitizes.

 

[AnOldUR]

Thought shall wait 72 hours before worrying about your fementation.

Every day thy wort lay dormant is one day closer to wild yeast impregnation.

 

[arturo7]

RDWHAHB


the one and only rule

 

[azscoob]

Thou shall use the search feature and read the stickys before posting "did I ruin my beer?"

 

[SkyHighBrew88]

Thou shalt pitch an appropriate amount of yeast and give them an abundance of oxygen to be fruitful and multiply....

http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html

 

[MyNameIsPaul]

Thou newbie shall have more than one fermenter. When in doubt, brew another batch.

 

[JNye]

RDWHAHB


the one and only rule

+1. This is the only one so far that can't be refuted.

patience is close, but not 100% of the time.

 

[hiphops]

What does RDHWDHB? Mean?

 

[Cheeto]

What does RDHWDHB? Mean?

use your Googlefu, it will not fail you !

 

[hiphops]

I was hoping that I'd get a response from the trustworthy homebrewing forum
rather than then unregulated market of google, Fu.

 

[iparks81]

relax dont worry, have a homebrew....every noob has to learn the sacred sayings....just wait till he askes what a SWMBO is...

 

[Cheeto]

Cleaning and sterilizing are two different things... you need to do both.

Thou shalt keep a beer journal.

Relax Don't Worry, Have a Home Brew (worth posting again)

already posted in this thread !

 

[hiphops]

Actually I was going to ask about that as well: gleening from prior posts it appears that it has something to do with a pain in the as$ wife???

 

[Cheeto]

there is an entire thread dedicated to "SWMBO"


https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f19/what-does-swmbo-mean-169748/

 

[zahrndt_usmc]

Thou shall use the search feature and read the stickys before posting "did I ruin my beer?"

+1 to this... with an addition
thou shall use the search feature and read stickys before posting "what does (fill in the blank) mean?"

 

[kegtoe]

*Thou shalt only use fresh ingreidants

*Thou shalt not use the yeast under the cap of LME

*Thou shaltrecord the best before dates and lot numbers on yeasts and LME cans

(not sure that shalt is an actual word... but i like it)

 

[hiphops]

Ok I learned the meaning and significance if those terms: big whoop. Let's get bavk on message: so what di you consider as the brewing commandments?