Waiting is Torture

[PijanyPole]

I'm in brewing limbo hell, I have 5 gallons of hef fermenting, and 5 of ed's apfel. I have dreams of riping off the lid and sticking my head in, man i forgot what a PIA it is to wait for this stuff. I guess ill add the LQ and a few bottles of Ayinger to my "to do list" for tomorrow.

 

[Yooper]

Tom Petty is singing right now. "The wa-a-ait-ting is the hardest part.........."

Brewing is simple. It's the waiting that is hard.

 

[rustbucket]

i know the feeling!, its the worst in many aspects of my life, im waiting to brew on Saturday.. im getting ants in my pants... then i have one force carbing wont be ready till Saturday...

on a side note, iv meet this new girl and waiting for her to respond to me.. haha

feels like waiting is the hardest part of life

 

[ReefkprZ]

Yup. The waiting gets really hard when your out of $$ until tomorrow and the only beer in the house is michelob ultra, and the stuff you have bottled isn't carbonated yet.....

 

[JasonInBTR]

I am thinking about starting to do double brew days just to get the pipeline filled

 

[landrer]

I feel your pain. I have my first home brew in primary now. Only about 5 days in.

 

[hypergolic]

I feel it too, only 10 days in here.

 

[DoctorDuvel]

that's a perfect reason to get more fermentors and brew more!

 

[MeatyPortion]

I hear you. I have two 5 gallon batches fermenting and nowhere to put the brew I wanted to have brewed last Friday. Only about 7 more days til I can move the honey ale out.

 

[beerheart]

Definitely agree with DoctorDuvel. Sometimes you just have go on a brewing spree where you brew so much in a few days you force yourself to buy more fermenters.

 

[pokerfreak2]

It's a good idea to buy some craft beer with reusable bottles while you are waiting. I have 3 batches bottled and 1 in the primary. That takes about 216 bottles. I am proud to say I didn't buy any empty bottles. Here is my line up. I do mini mashes from AHS.

1 Honey Blonde ( ready for consumption ) Drank a couple today! Awesome head
2 Pecan Porter (bottled but still conditioning) tried one, good but still not ready
3 Tommy Knockers maple nut brown ale clone (bottled but still conditioning)
4 Texas Red amber ale (in the primary for 2 weeks)
5 Chocolate Bock ( Brewing this weekend ) This one is gonna really take some patience. I didn't realize that it came with a german lager yeast.
My pipeline is about to really start flowing!!!

 

[brewmcq]

@Yooper nailed it...



15 gallons in the carboys... one will be ready to be bottled tomorrow (and I get to add my hops to my CDA/BIPA.

My porter is bottled and ready, and has been for a month.. but I'm down to eight 22oz bottles of it... just stuck them in the fridge, since 6 of them are going to camp with me this weekend.

Also waiting on my nut brown... it's been bottled for 2 weeks... we tried one last week, but it wasn't even lose to ready... But.. I grabbed a case of 22oz and tossed those in the fridge, along with a 12oz sampling bottle... gonna try the 12oz tonight... hopefully it'll be ready.. if not, I have to put the case back on the ferment/condition shelf and hope my yeasts wake up.

Of course I could be doing something useful right now like mowing the lawn or washing bottles... I have a 30 gallon trash can full of empties.

 

[FloatinAway]

2 lagers just starting D-rest and all I have on tap is a cream ale I made for SWMBO. I am beginning to rethink committing my freezer to the lengthy lagering process was I bad idea.

This going to take FOREVER!!

Maybe I should get another freezer