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Impatience...
OK .. inspired by Simon's:
Thanks. General consensus is to leave them alone and be patient. Look there's that word again. Doh!
and a thousand other posts along the same lines...
Do you think brewing inspires impatience or that impatient people are drawn to brewing?
Discuss.
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(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
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Posted 1 year ago by Member
Tony,
In answer to your question... i have certainly become more impatient since brewing. As mentioned in many of my posts usually "What's happened?" "Should it do this?" I don't think we can help it really.
But in the grand scheme of things all we really want to do is appreciate our own hard work. I can't really see a problem with that one.
Posted 1 year ago by Member
I was watching my boil this morning (something you normally hear in a hospital) and thinking how much colder the weather will be when the brew is ready to drink.... and my foot started tapping. Yes, I have become more impatient but have also grown (exponentially), an ability to deal with it.
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Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
I've found the more you find out about brewing, the more there is to find out. I'm the type who likes to understand 'how it works', so it's not enough for me to know that Fuller London Pride uses WYeast 1968, I have to understand how the yeast works to give the beer it's character. Same with hops, I like to know which are bittering, which are aroma, the spicy ones and the fruity ones. That way, if I make up a recipe I can approach it from a point of view of having a good idea how the ingredients will influence it and how the final brew should (yes, SHOULD) come out. Impatience? Yes, but you get used to it. I keep watching the FV and I'm quite disappointed when the airlock bubbles after 10 minutes. I know it's still going and I won't be able to do the next stage yet.
Planning: - To get some more brews on now the weather's a bit cooler
Fermenting: - Ginger Beer experiment
Conditioning: - A normal bitter with Styrians
Drinking: - All of it!!
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Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
The other way around surely?
Wyeast stole/acquired/bought the 1968 strain from Fullers.
Fermenting: Summer pale ale
Maturing/Conditioning: Marynka pseudo-lager
Drinking: Wheat beer, ESB, Vienna lager & shop bought stuff
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
I've never had much patience. I'm always keen to find out how my brews are coming along and that is why I don't make much Country Wines any more as I can't bear to wait a year for them to develop.
Posted 1 year ago by Member
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Posted 1 year ago by Member
So far it hasn't made me or more patient, that's for sure. In fact, the knowledge of the time taken to get to a certain stage in the process is making me, if anything, less patient. For example, I know I should let my beer condition for about 4 weeks before it'll start reaching its best but, for some reason, I still open them after 2 weeks! I know this but I still do it! Why?
I invest a lot of effort in producing the beer and have such high hopes that I HAVE TO KNOW NOW! If it happens that the beer is not very good at that stage it's such a disappointment that it's straight on to the Forum for some reassurance, followed by head slapping and muttering of patients, patients, patients.
I've not got to the point where I have a wide variety of beer ready to drink. I still seem to have more conditioning. I need to reverse that one and then, maybe, just maybe, the ability to leave well alone will come along.
Fermenting:
Condtioning:
Drinking: Twibute Clone, PJ Clone
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Brewing only equals 1 type of patience.
mental patients.
Plannin'-
Loads a beer after an upgrade!
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