The "what age did you start brewing" thread got me wondering. I noticed a fair share of people that brewed when they were younger and then took a long break from it. I guess my question is; why? It'll probably be something along the lines of life getting in the way, but I love brewing so much, and I can not for the life of me imagine stopping any time soon. I think it would also be interesting to know why you started brewing. My story is simple, I took a trip with a buddy of mine to the UK and loved English ales so much I wanted nothing more to do with the domestic conglomerates. So I'm 23, I've been brewing for 4 months, I'm 8 brews in(two of which were complete disasters) I could not imagine loving another "hobby" more.