going through the recipe motions

[cbruce]

Hey all,
So! When I decide to get my beer brewin on I usually end up making 4 or 5 recipes ( because I can't decide what to make lol) then FINALLY settling on say...#3 but then brewing #4 lol soo many choices soo few fermenters! Happens every time ;-)

Anyone else find themselves going through the beer recipe motions as often as I do??

 

[zachattack]

"Going through the motions" generally means doing something without any interest or desire. It doesn't sound like that's what you're doing at all, it just sounds like you're indecisive

Maybe brew more, but do smaller batches so you can try out all your recipes?

 

[DanH]

Yeah I do that too. I have a few "staples" that I like to keep on hand but it's hard to brew one when there are so many new ones I want to try. Then, factor in the brews that my friends/family request and it's just too much to keep up with. I do love every bit of it though.

 

[cbruce]

"Going through the motions" generally means doing something without any interest or desire.

Oops..lol my bad, I guess I've heard it used with more then one context.

Lol I get super excited about each recipe and then get real indecisive ;-) not a bad thing just my routine guess.

Then definitely factor in the requests lol I do try to leap frog the requests with the other batches though. I don't have any that are in an actual rotation yet ...maybe I should, I have a Scottish ale that I just couldn't get enough of

 

[JimRausch]

A little different for me, although I do agree- so many beer styles, so little brew time.
This year I've been doing 2 or 3 style varieties, reusing the yeast.
I had my 'British Isle Brown' series- Nut Brown->Honey Porter->Scottish Wee Heavy. Just finished my Altbier series:regular Alt->Stickealt, and am going to start my lager series this coming weekend: Vienna->Oktoberfest->Dopplebock. Then in December a Belgian series: Patersbier->La Fin du Monde clone called La Fin d'LAnnee because I'll brew it New Year's Eve.That'll complete 2013. Then on to 2014 and other varieties I haven't even thought of yet.
Fun, ain't it?