talleymonster
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I've decided to take a break from brewing for a few months/images/smilies/frown.gif. I just don't have the time, room, or money for it right now.
When my wife and I got married, we didn't get to have a ceremony due to lack of finances. So we scheduled the wedding date for April 2008 several months ago. When I got l aid off a few weeks ago, I had to tap into my savings to keep us afloat for a while. I had a couple jobs that fell through, a couple extra bills that I had not expected, baby formula and diapers, etc, etc, etc. So now, I have to replenish what we have spent. SWMBO has been dying to go back to work, just one or two nights a week. She was a pretty well paid bartender before I knocked her ass up! So she might go back, too. We'll see. I don't have a problem with it so long as she's only gone one or two nights a week. I don't dig babysitters or daycares, so it would have to be when I wasn't working.
Also, our lease is up the same month as we are getting married, and we do not want to renew our lease here. We want a bigger place with a yard and more bedrooms and more Sq. feet, and we want a house...not a town house. We're going to rent from a private party. So we're going to stay here one extra month after the lease expires. I don't want to have to try to transfer full carboys all the way across town.
I have really wanted to upgrade my brewing all the way around. I have all my kegs for keggle, MLT, HLT, etc. I want to build a single tier sculpture, and I have already priced out my metal and come up with a sexy design. I can get the metal for dirt cheap through our supplier for the apprenticeship school. That's just another big, bulky item to move across town. I've already got a lot of equipment to move as it is.
I want to make the jump to all-grain. My beers have been decent, but not great. I want my beers to be great. I want to overhaul my entire brewing process - from bottle cleaning, to note taking, to fermenting temps, and so on. These are all things that I think would be suited for a fresh start in a new house.
In light of all of this, the best course of action is for me just to put it all on hold for a few months. I don't necessarily want to. Brewing is my hobby. It is something that I do everyday whether I am brewing, playing around on HBT, cleaning bottles, or scouring CraigsList for deals.
Between trying to be frugal and save money, trying to pack everything and move, building my sculpture, and the general tasks of everyday life, I don't think I would have time to brew. Not the way that I want to anyways.
I will however, keep a couple packs of wine yeast laying around for a batch or two of Apfelwein. It costs 20$ to make, and it might just satisfy my craving to brew. I also have 48 lbs of honey for a couple Meads that I've been wanting to do. I will do one 5 gallon batch PDQ, because we wanted to have mead for our wedding. I'll have to do it quick if I want it to be ready in time. I also have been wanting to do a small batch for my daughter's 21st birthday. I don't know if I'll do that one yet or just wait until we do the big move.
Bummed in Las Vegas/images/smilies/frown.gif
I will take this as an opportunity to keep reading books on brewing.
I will continue to frequent HBT as well. I think you guys will keep me sane for the next few months.....or make me go completely mad!/images/smilies/tongue.gif
Rest assured, once we do move into the new domicile, I will be brewing like crazy!!!
That's one stipulation for the new place....If we're going to be getting a place with more room, some of the "new room" will be for my brewing endeavors!!!!
End of Novel.
When my wife and I got married, we didn't get to have a ceremony due to lack of finances. So we scheduled the wedding date for April 2008 several months ago. When I got l aid off a few weeks ago, I had to tap into my savings to keep us afloat for a while. I had a couple jobs that fell through, a couple extra bills that I had not expected, baby formula and diapers, etc, etc, etc. So now, I have to replenish what we have spent. SWMBO has been dying to go back to work, just one or two nights a week. She was a pretty well paid bartender before I knocked her ass up! So she might go back, too. We'll see. I don't have a problem with it so long as she's only gone one or two nights a week. I don't dig babysitters or daycares, so it would have to be when I wasn't working.
Also, our lease is up the same month as we are getting married, and we do not want to renew our lease here. We want a bigger place with a yard and more bedrooms and more Sq. feet, and we want a house...not a town house. We're going to rent from a private party. So we're going to stay here one extra month after the lease expires. I don't want to have to try to transfer full carboys all the way across town.
I have really wanted to upgrade my brewing all the way around. I have all my kegs for keggle, MLT, HLT, etc. I want to build a single tier sculpture, and I have already priced out my metal and come up with a sexy design. I can get the metal for dirt cheap through our supplier for the apprenticeship school. That's just another big, bulky item to move across town. I've already got a lot of equipment to move as it is.
I want to make the jump to all-grain. My beers have been decent, but not great. I want my beers to be great. I want to overhaul my entire brewing process - from bottle cleaning, to note taking, to fermenting temps, and so on. These are all things that I think would be suited for a fresh start in a new house.
In light of all of this, the best course of action is for me just to put it all on hold for a few months. I don't necessarily want to. Brewing is my hobby. It is something that I do everyday whether I am brewing, playing around on HBT, cleaning bottles, or scouring CraigsList for deals.
Between trying to be frugal and save money, trying to pack everything and move, building my sculpture, and the general tasks of everyday life, I don't think I would have time to brew. Not the way that I want to anyways.
I will however, keep a couple packs of wine yeast laying around for a batch or two of Apfelwein. It costs 20$ to make, and it might just satisfy my craving to brew. I also have 48 lbs of honey for a couple Meads that I've been wanting to do. I will do one 5 gallon batch PDQ, because we wanted to have mead for our wedding. I'll have to do it quick if I want it to be ready in time. I also have been wanting to do a small batch for my daughter's 21st birthday. I don't know if I'll do that one yet or just wait until we do the big move.
Bummed in Las Vegas/images/smilies/frown.gif
I will take this as an opportunity to keep reading books on brewing.
I will continue to frequent HBT as well. I think you guys will keep me sane for the next few months.....or make me go completely mad!/images/smilies/tongue.gif
Rest assured, once we do move into the new domicile, I will be brewing like crazy!!!
That's one stipulation for the new place....If we're going to be getting a place with more room, some of the "new room" will be for my brewing endeavors!!!!
End of Novel.