"Richy" <movieknight@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> A typically helpful (NOT) reply from a newsgroup.
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> I will wait 6 weeks, even 8 weeks, but I want to try just the one beer
> but not have it flat.
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> Any proper suggestions from anybody?[/color]

If you cant wait for your home brew, just go down the street and buy some.
There are good and bad points to any activity/hobby. Home brew requires
patience and persistence. If you don't have either, get another hobby. I
have been homebrewing for the better part of 30 years, the best brews are
always the ones that I have had the patience for. I admit that in the early
days I couldnt wait (or wouldnt wait) these were always the disapointment
brews.
Even with kegging, most ppl want to drink within hours of gassing, the
result is usually beer with non head retention, and cloudy and not up to
par. When I want a beer in a hurry, and my brew isnt ready, guess what? I go
down the street.