Just watching

[jamie72]

I did my first BIAB on the weekend, I can't help it, I keep going into the garage grabbing a chair and just watching it bubble. I just want it to hurry up so I can bottle and try the bloody thing. However there is something peaceful and hypnotic about just watching it bubble away............

 

[wbosher]

I certainly hope you had a beer at the same time, it's compulsory.

 

[jamie72]

Of course!!!

 

[Smokomark]

I did my first BIAB on the weekend, I can't help it, I keep going into the garage grabbing a chair and just watching it bubble. I just want it to hurry up so I can bottle and try the bloody thing. However there is something peaceful and hypnotic about just watching it bubble away............

Sounds perfectly normal.

Congrats on your first BIAB.

 

[carniebrew]

I reckon that's why many yanks ferment in glass carboys. Those things are ridiculously heavy, usually have no tap, and a pissy little opening at the top, all of which make them a huge pain in the ass as a fermenter. BUT...you can pull up a chair and watch magic happen, better than a fish tank any day!

 

[wbosher]

Especially when you get the snowstorm of a furious fermentation. Hypnotic, like watching an open fire.

 

[Diesel80]

OP, if it gets to the point where you are watching your kegs carbonate, then it's probably time to hang up the mash paddle for a while. Until then :beerbang:

Cheers,
D80

 

[wbosher]

Probably more exciting than some of the crap on TV

 

[carniebrew]

Not a fan of celebrity splash bosh??

 

[wbosher]

What happened to the days when you could flick on the telly and watch a TV drama, or a movie, or something involving some sort of fictitious storyline. Now we've hours upon hours of BS "reality" rubbish. I must be getting old, I sound like my father. :lol:

 

[Rowy]

Midday movie most days.......normally a John Wayne flick or something equally fantastic. Those were the days bosh for sure and certain. Now all you get is some pompous B grade fool upping kids about cooking, or singing or some other crap. I here they're bringing back the NRL on Saturday arvos next year so that's a plus and two ashes series this year!

 

[wbosher]

Yeah, Sunday afternoon family movie, I used to love those things, especially on a cold winters day with the fire roaring.

I used to love Cricket, but nowadays watching our boys (I hate the name Blackcaps by the way, what's wrong with New Zealand?) is like watching a very long and painful tooth extraction. Fond memories of Hadlee, Crow, Rutherford, Cairns (Lance) etc...

I'm over the Rugby too, and everybody doing the bloody haka at the drop of a hat.

OMG, I DO sound like my father!!! :blink:

 

[Lincoln2]

Watching & listening! If you drown at all background noise and really concentrate, you can hear the fermentation. It's a little like static or white noise and yet there is a pattern or rhythm present. You can hear each yeast organism munching down that sugar and excreting goodness.

 

[pk.sax]

I've got my heavy ass glassboy in the bedroom atm. Those buggers are enjoying the heat inside.
Of course, it's in a red milk crate to make it go faster.