The Waiting Game

For me it got easier once I upped my production. When you have multiple batches in bottles ready to drink, another 2 fermenting and have all of your ingredients ready to go for the next batch the wait gets easier. But I always get excited once I bottle a batch and am getting close to tasting the first ones.

 

It's cause it's your second batch. The more you brew the more you realize the waitings worth it (if your bottling).

Brew more and don't wait!

 

This, basically. Once you've got more batches it's easier to wait. Keep multiple batches going at once and the waiting game will get much easier.

 

I never had a problem waiting.

 

I have a wild that I brewed in may that I havent touched since August. All I have done is make sure the air lock is full. Will taste in March and most likley transfer to a secondary on some raspberries. No problem waiting here.

 

When I first started I use to watch it everyday. Now I check in on it from time to time while it works its magic. I also agree with the production rate increase comment.

 

Lagers and sours... Those are the beers that truly test patience. That said, without a pipeline, waiting sucks.

 

I always pull 2 stunt bottles out of a batch and test one @5 to 7 days and one @ 14 days. Yes I always drain pour the first bottle but it is nice to taste the beer and watch it progress! That way after 6 weeks you can say DAM this is awesome it's way better than 5 weeks ago!

 

The waiting is the hardest part.

 

As others have said, once you have a lot it's easier to wait. I remember those first few batches every day was like waiting for Christmas as a kid. Now I'm still excited to drink the beer but I have patience. I can turn out a session beer from pitching to conditioned bottles in three weeks but I have sour beers in the fermentor 26 months and counting (plan on bottling most of it at 36 months). I have a brett beer that was pitched 1/11, bottled 6/11 and I am drinking very slowly because it's really just started to hit it's prime a few months ago.

It's worth the wait.

 

Honestly, my beer is still crap compared to the quality beers that are available to me. So while there is some impatience waiting to see how it turned out, I don't go to my homebrew when I'm searching for something good to drink; it's still mainly just a "table beer."

It just sucks that it takes so long because it limits how quickly you can improve.

 

beer anxiety sucks

 

I drain poured my first bottle of my first batch on Saturday. Having a case of Sucks in the garage helps a bit.

 

It will be easier to wait when you have a stock pile of your home brews that you can crack when ever you want!

 

This. With 2 cornies on gas, one waiting in the wings, and 4 different kinds of bottled beer, it's easy for me to forget about the one that is still in the fermenter. On the other hand, there have been dry times during my brewing schedule where I have run out of beer. That's when I sample various commercial products and make plans for the next several brew day openings on the calendar.

 

Sounds like I need another fermenter. And maybe make a mash tun for AG. Time to look into kegging....

 

Get a couple of cheap buckets so you can always have something fermenting. Eventually you'll have enough beer that you can ease up.

 

I'm only doing brett beers with an absolute minimum of 4 to 6 months from brew day to first tasting. It's been a good way to learn patience.

 

And I suppose you take it on faith?