Whats Your Favourite Part Of Homebrewing?

[Tilt]

Hitting the numbers all through a brew day - everything going to plan and the last minute mods made to the system make it all run that little bit more smoothly makes for a deep satisfaction ...
but for a bit of adrenaline that gets the hairs on the back of the neck sticking up you can't beat the rush of the boil and a whack in the face with fresh hop oils and aromatics as you add that last big addition...

 

[np1962]

+1 Brewdays.
(Watching somebody else leave a ball-valve open.)

Agreed,
Brewdays, swaps and any other excuse to get together with other brewers. :super:

And having to edit for spelling errors!

 

[Tony]

Adding the hops....... leaving the garage for a few minutes to let the nostrils re-calibrate to fresh air...... and then walking back into the garage for a sniff

 

[O'Henry]

The runoff and bring it to the boil. And hitting the numbers...

 

[ekul]

waching graphic pornography while the grain mashes

 

[amiddler]

I enjoyed building my rig but must say everything about brew days make me happy. Designing the recipe to cleaning the mash tun, It's my hobbie and I realy enjoy every part of it.

Drew

 

[BjornJ]

screwing around in beersmith, making a recipe.
Then tweaking it, h'mming and ah'hming to myself while asking important questions like
"is there really a difference between adding 1 and 2 % roasted wheat?"
then scaling the recipe as I want more beer. Then fiddle with the numbers again.
Then fiddle with some of the grains or hops or what-not again.
Then maybe scale it again?
Hours of fun :lol:

Bjorn

 

[warra48]

Looking through the clingwrap, and seeing kraeusen on my brew for the first time.
That's when you can relax and know all is well.

I've just had that moment with the Munich Dunkel I brewed on Saturday.

 

[Punkal]

The smells on brew day especially mashing the grain... I have loved that smell since my first steeping attempt...

My last BIAB the block next door pocked his head over and asked what that great smell was and what i was doing... Told him to come over and i would show him also gave him a few of my last batch, he really enjoyed them and all the wide eyed questions he asked me was kinda funny First time we had spoke to the guy too...
Unfortunately I move a few weeks later, I left him a carton of the batch he helped me with on his doorstep with a note telling him to keep it in a cool dark spot for at least 2 more weeks to a month if he could wait that long... After all i could not take it all with me and he did help :chug:

 

[Punkal]

Its also good i was not doing what ekul does or it would have been a awkward moment...

 

[Effect]

pitching top cropped yeast and then hearing the first

only a few hours later.

 

[yum beer]

slurping down a fantastic brew you made 6 weeks ago whilst putting the current batch into bottles knowing its another 60 bottles of liquid gold,

its also hard to beat the smell when your cooking a batch..ooohh yeah

 

[j1gsaw]

I personally like to take off my strides and do the silence of the lambs tuck....get the music and lipstick on then stir that sexy grain in... what.. doesnt everyone.. errrrr.....

 

[Punkal]

J1gsaw can you do the flick tuck jump into manjina?

 

[Pennywise]

Where's the poll? :lol:

I love it all, on brewday it's the mash though, afterwards would be enjoying my beer with mates/relo's, knowing they're enjoying it as much as I am.

 

[jyo]

I personally like to take off my strides and do the silence of the lambs tuck....get the music and lipstick on then stir that sexy grain in... what.. doesnt everyone.. errrrr.....

I put the lotion on my skin.

It's gotta be the hop additions...magic times.

 

[bear09]

Knowing that beer is the easiest drink in the world to make but the hardest in the world to make PROPERLY...

 

[proudscum]

Having non brewers over and draining keg/s and having them go thats amazing when is the next session.......then go through the whole process of planning to kegging.

The hard part is there are to many styles to brew to keep doing the same thing over...not so hard really because you are always trying something new.So when you walk past the bottle shop and they are selling Sam Adams for $95 a box and you are smiling to yourself and thinking i can do 2 and a bit boxes for under $20

 

[mikem108]

Cleaning, getting rid of the spent grain, sterilising everthing insight, cleaning some more, getting rid of hop sludge, more cleaning....I figure if you can't learn to love all the cleaning you might give up brewing :unsure:

 

[petesbrew]

So much to add.
I'd have to say the immense satisfaction when I pour myself a pint of my current flagship beer, whatever it may be at the time.
Sitting on the couch watching a movie and just savouring it, knowing I've brewed this glass of glorious nectar in my tiny, unsanitary garage.