Brewyear's Resolutions.

I'm guessing...cleaning a garage? Maybe you could do a tutorial.... I need some serious help with mine! I think I've forgotten what's in there!

1. Finish the man cave
A. Finish triming out the bar
B. Install outlets for the beer signs
C. More shelving in cellar
2. Brew more than last year (145 gallons)
3. Start my first of three years lambic

Buy a barley crusher.
Starting buying in bulk.
Brew 10 gallon batches.
Start lagering.
Give out more beer to friends.
Work on my craft to be a better homebrewer.
Have 2 house beers.
Make wine.

Don't get lazy with fermentation timing and control

Go to PM...soon!

See my previous post^^

Oh after that, then on to AG!

- break 100 batches (25 to go!)
- hit the competitions and get some more swag!
- finish my brew room and bar
- make another mead or two
- decide what to make for my 100th batch

-Nail down/develop my recipes
-Bigger BK so I can boil properly
-Get a fridge and temp control for steady fermentation temps
-Focus on Mash Ph
-Start using yeast starters
-Brew using Reinheitzgebot as much as possible(minus the oatmeal stout I'll be making soon)

1) be more consistent with my technique
2) keep better notes on tasting, etc
3) better planning/execution
4) make a 9% or higher
5) make a lager

KayaBrew said:

Go to PM...soon!

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Dude, just go to AG and skip the partial mash. Seriously.

1. Brew more than 4 batches this year
2. Jump to PM
3. Clearer, tastier, more "professional" brews

In order.....

* Start Kegging
* Barley Crusher and Bulk Grains
* Grow my own hops
* Upgrade to 10g equipment for IPA's and Barleywines

Above all else, don't let another year go by without brewing....10 gallons in december is a good warm-up to a minimum 2 batches per month.

#1- start full boils
#2- keg all beers
#3- not a single infection
#4- enter competitions and get constructive feedback.

Dloucks said:

In order.....

* Start Kegging (DONE)
* Barley Crusher and Bulk Grains
* Grow my own hops
* Upgrade to 10g equipment for IPA's and Barleywines

Above all else, don't let another year go by without brewing....10 gallons in december is a good warm-up to a minimum 2 batches per month.

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Well, I can mark #1 off my list. Gas and Beverage hoses, tap etc is all on the way from NB, and 4 kegs are on their way from insco! Woohoo!

Since I'm knocking that one out before the new year I can focus on my grain mill and hops projects.

You won't regret the move to kegging for a second. Keep some bottles around though, you may want to make some of those beers "portable".

The big one is a tankless water boiler with prefiltering for me.

Cheers
BeerCanuck

Advance to All Grain this year. Old 1/2 bbl keg acquired from my fiances mom ready to be keggled! Been in her garage for years!

flyangler18 said:

1) Build up a yeast bank that contains all my most commonly used liquid strains.
2) Source several keggles for a tiered system.
3) Devote a larger refrigerator for temperature controlled fermentation.
4) Overcome my general disdain for lagers.

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I can strike 1 and 3 off the list.

Addendum:

- plant some rhizomes in the spring
- integrate decoctions into my repetoire
- enter more competitions and beat Keith.
- get a corker and cork/wire-cage my Belgian beers.
- get some BBBC swag

flyangler18 said:

- enter more competitions and beat Keith.

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OH NO YOU DI'N'T! Better get brewin'.

Better get brewin'.

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Brewed a dubbel on Friday. It's on! You back in town?

flyangler18 said:

Brewed a dubbel on Friday. It's on! You back in town?

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Yessir. Time to order ingredients!

Since I'm relatively new (only brewed 6 batches so far) and have a small NY apartment:

1. Focus more on ferm temps/control
2. Work on (hope it doesn't happen again) beating the 1.02 curse
3. Begin creating my own recipes
4. Find a batch the misses likes and have a constant stock on hand
5. Begin creating labels/tags
6. Wort chiller
7. More patience, i.e. always have 3-4 carboys going at once
8. Begin stove-top all grain brewing
9. Find a way to put a 4-5 tap kegerator in my apartment
10. Try some higher gravity brews

-Go RIMS or HERMS - would ease some stress on brewday
-brew 100 gallons in 5 gallon batches (did ~150 2008)
-Fill my fermentation chamber up at least once - holds 8 fermenters
-Do some lagers, need to finish up my keezer/lagering fridge, again
-decide on some "house" brews. Just been doing random recipes/kits
-Get at least one friend into brewing
-Hopefully get a few brewers in my area together
-Do some lambics
-Do more small batch meads - 5 gallons of one type is a bit much
-Do a couple of wines
-Need more bottle storage space

- 10 gallon batches
- start kegging
- try making wine (other than apfelwein)
- more mead
- lager
- grow hops
- meet some fellow HBTers

Keg my first batch
Patience
Start 2nd batch
Practice again and again
Enjoy the journey
Learn as much as I can along the way
Kegerator
Start Hops farm
Get all the pieces in place to have a Great Retirement Hobby.

Enter Comps
Refine recipes so I can brew more GREAT beer and less GOOD beer.
Create a system for doing 10 gal batches in an apartment
Trade some beers with HBT peeps
Relax

Brew my first beer... (this weekend!)

1: Lable bottles
2: move more into makeing beer rather then cider
3: return to meade makeing
4: Find a good women
5: brew to the limit
6: brew more

Cheers

flyangler18 said:

4) Overcome my general disdain for lagers.

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Huh, I figured i was the only one out there who was not all that excited about lagers. I dunno, there is plenty of tasty ale in the world to explore without worrying about lagers is my view. To each his own!

1. Post on this site [Done!]
2. Upgrade equipment for 10 gal batches
3. Brew 60 gal this year
4. Brew a sour beer or two this year to stash away in the basement
5. Plan brews better!

Get more kegs and make the move from kits to all grain
Fit a flooded font to my bar
Finish making my 2 keg cooler on wheels to take camping