First beer- the waiting game...

[hitman73]

Hey peeps, I have bottled my first ever batch last weekend, havent had any bottle bombs yet so must have checked gravity correctly lol. I have my 2nd brew fermenting since last weekend, havent seen airlock activity but as there is plenty of krausen i thinks its been and gone so im not worried. Bottle that next weekend and put on another one. The Life!
If this beer is drinkable I will never need to buy beer again! One brew provides so much, so cheap. Why didnt i get into this years ago.
So, now i just have to wait, wait and twiddle my thumbs (or at least have a Heineken or 3) until it is ready to be consumed...

 

[bennie1986]

Hey peeps, I have bottled my first ever batch last weekend, havent had any bottle bombs yet so must have checked gravity correctly lol. I have my 2nd brew fermenting since last weekend, havent seen airlock activity but as there is plenty of krausen i thinks its been and gone so im not worried. Bottle that next weekend and put on another one. The Life!
If this beer is drinkable I will never need to buy beer again! One brew provides so much, so cheap. Why didnt i get into this years ago.
So, now i just have to wait, wait and twiddle my thumbs (or at least have a Heineken or 3) until it is ready to be consumed...

In theory you won't need to buy beer again but you will, lol!!!

 

[evrose]

If this beer is drinkable I will never need to buy beer again!

Yeah, in theory, this sounds reasonable. In practice, not so much.

Since I started homebrewing, my purchases of commercial beer have skyrocketed... and I buy higher quality craft beer. These days I can barely choke down a Heineken, despite thinking it was fantastic prior to homebrewing.

I'm also spending more by going to breweries and sampling, as well as beer festivals. I suspect this is not uncommon.