What your pet peeve about Brewing

[WileECoyote]

I would like to say its the washing and cleaning up everything after brewing, but then I think that isn't really it.

My pet peeve is, now that Im making good beer, I just can't afford to give some to everyone to enjoy.

Whats your pet peeve ?

Cheers

 

[jiggs_casey]

Bottling. Not really sure why either. The truth is, it usually doesn't take too long. I think it's the tedium of it.

 

[ScottG58]

Day job.

 

[RainyDay]

Delabeling and cleaning bottles. I like having them in bottles, but its tedious. And of course cleaning/sanitizing equipment for brewing/racking/bottling. Its all worth it when you have the first finished product of the batch though.

 

[masskrug]

The damn waiting...

 

[Intimnasc]

5 gallons is gone too fast.

 

[Monkfish]

Beersmith. For me that thing crashes more than Billy Joel.

 

[TrainSafe]

Leaking kegs. I just refilled my CO2, and put it in the garage to carbonate one new batch. A week later my task is empty and my beer is flat. This seems to happen when I'm least expecting it.

 

[Epimetheus]

Day job.

:rockin:Best answer. All others are, well, secondary.

Secondary answer: "beginner" brew kits rarely include kettles. You START with a kettle, dang it. Plastic buckets and tubing you can get anywhere.

 

[Pappers_]

My pet peeve is, now that Im making good beer, I just can't afford to give some to everyone to enjoy.

I give away so much beer. For New Year's, I'm putting together four-packs - for eighteen people! That's three cases of beer, if my math is right.

But its not a pet peeve, I like giving my beer away.

Lets see, pet peeve . . . oh I have one - how fast I go through PBW and how expensive it is.

 

[Grantman1]

Time. The more I brew, the more I want to brew even more. I guess that's the addiction part of it!

 

[ifearnothing0]

:rockin:Best answer. All others are, well, secondary.

Secondary answer: "beginner" brew kits rarely include kettles. You START with a kettle, dang it. Plastic buckets and tubing you can get anywhere.

That is a good point , we bough a 120 dollar truebrew kit and we were pretty pissed it didn't have a kettle

 

[libeerty]

The way I always manage to either 1.) make a huge mess or 2.) avoid a huge mess,l and feel great about it but somehow hours or days later SWMBO finds little hop or grain pieces in weird places.

 

[nasty_rabbit]

and feel great about it but somehow hours or days later SWMBO finds little hop or grain pieces in weird places.

Exactly how weird are these places?

 

[Coppinburgh]

My biggest pet peeve is not being able to brew more often!!

 

[RCBIV]

I give away so much beer. For New Year's, I'm putting together four-packs - for eighteen people! That's three cases of beer, if my math is right.

But its not a pet peeve, I like giving my beer away.

Lets see, pet peeve . . . oh I have one - how fast I go through PBW and how expensive it is.

Know how we got around giving away our beer stock? Make a 5-gallon batch of Apfelwein. We bottled 26 22-oz bottles last night. Maybe half to 3/4 will go out as gifts for Christmas over the next few days. A big bottle of Apfelwein goes a long way and it's cheap. We spent a little more than $1 per bottle.

And the beer? Well, that's mine. And friend's, if they come to visit.

 

[ShepFL]

Not having time to brew.

 

[phenry]

Forgetting I've left a ball valve open on my kettle or MLT when pouring something in.

 

[Xpertskir]

Leaking kegs. I just refilled my CO2, and put it in the garage to carbonate one new batch. A week later my task is empty and my beer is flat. This seems to happen when I'm least expecting it.

This...keezer issues are a PITA

Wasted beer, wasted gas, big messes...ugh

 

[logan3825]

SWMBO finds little hop or grain pieces in weird places.

Umm, yeah. TMI.

 

[jungatheart]

It's just so messy. Or maybe that's me............

 

[JonM]

Glitches. Usually I roll with it when the unexpected happens, but when glitch after glitch piles up and makes a crappy brewday, it sucks.

Funny how the more I drink, the more glitches there are. I may need to study this further.

 

[MotorcycleMatt]

Glitches. Usually I roll with it when the unexpected happens, but when glitch after glitch piles up and makes a crappy brewday, it sucks.

Funny how the more I drink, the more glitches there are. I may need to study this further.

Yea, the issues I have during a brew day directly correlate to the amount of beer I have consumed. Like at midnight, drunk and pouring 5 gallons of work out of my keggle though the top into a funnel in a glass car boy since my siphon had clogged.

 

[unionrdr]

All the cleaning of every mind numbing little thing. But even moreso,not being able to afford to do 2 batches at once every time. It'd be nice to have more beer available more consistently. And I wish the lhbs would have the type & brands of grains I use for the same price or close as midwest.

 

[JonM]

My last batch had glitches due to poor cleanup from the batch before where I was a little hammered during cleanup time.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Glitches. Usually I roll with it when the unexpected happens, but when glitch after glitch piles up and makes a crappy brewday, it sucks.

Funny how the more I drink, the more glitches there are. I may need to study this further.

it's the opposite with me. the more I drink the less problems I tend to run into.


as for my peeve, not as much time as I would like. and milling. I have been using a Corona mill with a 2# hopper & can't wait to get something better.

 

[LouBrew13]

Lack of help with any of it except drinking it. My friends and family are good at that. And give me my bottles back dammit.

 

[bwirthlin]

Lack of help with any of it except drinking it. My friends and family are good at that. And give me my bottles back dammit.

I hear you on that one. Everyone wants to be a home brewer but nobody wants to be a home brewer. I've spent a few lonely nights in the garage over my kettle after "something suddenly came up" with my friends who want to brew beer. Never a problem when the beer is ready to drink though.

 

[1GR8DA]

The feeling of always looking at new brewing equipment and gadgets and justifying why I should buy or build them. My rig is good but can't seem to shake the constant search for an improvement or good deal. Pisses my wife off too.

 

[WileECoyote]

I give away so much beer. For New Year's, I'm putting together four-packs - for eighteen people! That's three cases of beer, if my math is right.

But its not a pet peeve, I like giving my beer away.

Lets see, pet peeve . . . oh I have one - how fast I go through PBW and how expensive it is.

I would like to be able to afford to give beer away like that, money is just still a bit tight for us with this economy.

Cheers and nicely done Pappers