Wow… you are definitely a Brewer. How do you store those full Kegs? Carbonate and chill? Leave at room Temp? Keep carbonated?I get that whenever there's more than one empty keg around here without a couple of fermentors already percolating the next batch...and I have 8 kegs of beer right now...
Cheers!
I bet it's also a dilemma - if all 16 kegs are full then you don't get to brew until one kicks.I had all 16 kegs filled once this year. It's a challenge...
In the spirit of "make you feel better cause it could be worse", I feel your pain! I've been on a hiatus for over a year, maybe over 2 now..gets hard to tell because constant physical pain clouds an already limited and damaged memory and distorts the passing of time. The purpose of my hiatus is to slowly build my "Accessible" 3V brew-rig so I can have a brew day that doesn't result in at least 3 days of pain-killers and limited ability merely to be vertical. I've been making use of my LHBS's "We brew it for you" service, and buying full sanke's of some of the excellent beers and cider they make. I transfer them to cornys and have been telling myself that I'm using the time to refine and perfect my finish & serving end of the brewing chain...and I have at least done that. Despite having all the carefully selected and affordable parts I need to build my proposed rig, I haven't yet been able to assemble it because I've had to scale my activity down even lower so that I don't incur the need for pain-killers.... not easy.Wow… you are definitely a Brewer. How do you store those full Kegs? Carbonate and chill? Leave at room Temp? Keep carbonated?
Hang in there…I made it to retirement but my back is letting me know it when Brewing Beer. (Me to wife) Grab that other handle.I've had access to unlimited overtime hours at work the last few years and now I'm helping to take care of elderly parents and so from time to time my pipeline runs pretty dry. However now with winter coming on I'll get some brews done. I also used to make 3-4 batches of wine, 3-4 batches of hard cider and 10 gallons or so of drinking cider every fall, that has been drastically reduced as well. Oh well, nothing stays the same, I suppose I'll have plenty of time for those things if I make it to retirement.
In the spirit of "make you feel better cause it could be worse", I feel your pain! I've been on a hiatus for over a year, maybe over 2 now..gets hard to tell because constant physical pain clouds an already limited and damaged memory and distorts the passing of time. The purpose of my hiatus is to slowly build my "Accessible" 3V brew-rig so I can have a brew day that doesn't result in at least 3 days of pain-killers and limited ability merely to be vertical. I've been making use of my LHBS's "We brew it for you" service, and buying full sanke's of some of the excellent beers and cider they make. I transfer them to cornys and have been telling myself that I'm using the time to refine and perfect my finish & serving end of the brewing chain...and I have at least done that. Despite having all the carefully selected and affordable parts I need to build my proposed rig, I haven't yet been able to assemble it because I've had to scale my activity down even lower so that I don't incur the need for pain-killers.... not easy.
I'm currently getting my DIY joy vicariously through all of you on here who choose to share your brewing journey and especially interact with questions the working parts of my brain can comprehend. I'm currently hoping that I'll have enough of my system together by March or April to be filling my own fermenters again.
In the spirit of "make you feel better cause it could be worse", I feel your pain! I've been on a hiatus for over a year, maybe over 2 now..gets hard to tell because constant physical pain clouds an already limited and damaged memory and distorts the passing of time. The purpose of my hiatus is to slowly build my "Accessible" 3V brew-rig so I can have a brew day that doesn't result in at least 3 days of pain-killers and limited ability merely to be vertical. I've been making use of my LHBS's "We brew it for you" service, and buying full sanke's of some of the excellent beers and cider they make. I transfer them to cornys and have been telling myself that I'm using the time to refine and perfect my finish & serving end of the brewing chain...and I have at least done that. Despite having all the carefully selected and affordable parts I need to build my proposed rig, I haven't yet been able to assemble it because I've had to scale my activity down even lower so that I don't incur the need for pain-killers.... not easy.
I'm currently getting my DIY joy vicariously through all of you on here who choose to share your brewing journey and especially interact with questions the working parts of my brain can comprehend. I'm currently hoping that I'll have enough of my system together by March or April to be filling my own fermenters again.
Lost brewing time? I don't look at it that way.Empty Fermenter Blues…just wonderin…
Does anyone have underlying anxiety’s as their cleaned Fermentor sits idle for a week or more ?¿ Even though you have 2 kegs of Beer already
Feel like lost brewing time.
..... for now.I really, really enjoy brewing and drinking but my three taps are enough for me!
Perhaps, before the plague I had five taps all flowing and sometimes a couple picnic taps serving. I just focus in my core brews now...... for now.
Ironically my kezzer died just before the plague. A sad thing as it could hold eight kegs. But for now I will get by until my next build.Better believe it! We've probably had our Rite Brew orders sitting next to each other.
I fortunately upgraded from picnic taps to a 4 tap Keezer right before the Plague, and now I could stand to add two more to that.
Heck!... Usually get my GF to do all the heavy lifting, including carrying the full fermenters down to the basement.....I'm very lucky to have a supportive significant other, but then; she loves the product too.Hang in there…I made it to retirement but my back is letting me know it when Brewing Beer. (Me to wife) Grab that other handle.
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