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# Patience grasshopper...
- URL: https://accidentalis.com/patience-grasshopper/
- Published: 2013-09-03T23:08:52.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-21T21:32:15.000Z
- Author: Matthew Chrispen
- Tags: Brewer's Notes, Rambling, carbonation, fermentation, hoppy, pale ale, process, #Migrated-1763650309909, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-20 08:51, #Import 2025-11-20 09:06

“The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.”  
― [Leo Tolstoy](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/128382.Leo%5FTolstoy?ref=accidentalis.com), [*War and Peace*](http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/4912783?ref=accidentalis.com)

You know Leo never had a beer in the fermenter struggling to hit the last few gravity points, or sitting in a keg carbing up. Time and Patience... things I throw at new brewers all the time and the ONE blasted thing I have so little.

I racked the [HWHAPA2.0](https://www.accidentalis.com/archives/66?ref=accidentalis.com) into corny kegs this morning. Didn't take a gravity reading like I should. Still could, but do I really want to know that this finished so high? I know it reached 1.017, but should have gone a lot lower. Fricking BRY-97 stalled out completely, even with a temp bump into the 70's. 2 packs of S-05 brought it down a bit... but I need the fermenter for this week.

I am extremely anxious to have this compared side-by-side with [V1](https://www.accidentalis.com/archives/52?ref=accidentalis.com)... and my friendly local brewer seemed to enjoy it. Still this is a lot of late hop character - really should tell in the nose and the glass once V2 has cleared up.

The bit in the polypin has been a bit of a flop- can't get the condition right. Hope it brightens up a bit - hate to have completely flat cloudy beer. Taste is spot on though.

So, Patience is required. Time is required. All in good time. Meanwhile I have a tripel to plan out.