How much do you brew in a year?
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Someone asked me that question the other day..."how much have you brewed this year?"
I calculated that I've brewed 105 gallons YTD. Since I just started doing 10-gallon batches, I figure that'll pick up the pace a bit and I guess I'll be around 250 for the year.
Problem is...I only have 45 gallons on hand so....where the F has all that beer gone?
Sometimes it just doesn't pay to do the math.
I calculated that I've brewed 105 gallons YTD. Since I just started doing 10-gallon batches, I figure that'll pick up the pace a bit and I guess I'll be around 250 for the year.
Problem is...I only have 45 gallons on hand so....where the F has all that beer gone?
Sometimes it just doesn't pay to do the math.
EdWort
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Hmmm. 60 gallons in 4 1/2 months. That's about 3 gallons a week or 4.5 beers a day. Sounds normal to me. 
Brewed 55 gal so far this year (11 x 5-gal). Dumped one of those (a misguided attempt to rescue a Mr Beer Kit that someone gave me 3 years ago).
Got 25 gallons of that on hand still (baby due next month, so I'm the only one drinking the HB so far this year), and my next 8 recipes all lined up. Aiming for 2 brews a month, or 120 gal for the year. May cut that back if we decide to move, though...don't want to worry about moving a bunch of full cornies.
Got 25 gallons of that on hand still (baby due next month, so I'm the only one drinking the HB so far this year), and my next 8 recipes all lined up. Aiming for 2 brews a month, or 120 gal for the year. May cut that back if we decide to move, though...don't want to worry about moving a bunch of full cornies.
Desert_Sky
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BierMuncher said:
no man, you guessed around 199 remember?
because going over 200 breaks some law......
or just more potBassBurner said:
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Are you sure you haven't been using the telphone as a calculator again when you've been drinking?BierMuncher said:
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Of course I would NEVER go over the 200 gal limit, but lets see, 52 weeks a year, that is 52 saturdays, saturday = 5 gal... i guess I must have mis calculated my sizes. it must only be 3.8461538461538461538461538461538 gal. per batch. Guess the glass carboy shank when I washed it with warm water.
JacktheKnife
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An interesting question,
According to my records I brewed near 300 gallons of ale 2007.
Dern, thats a lot of ale.
"Originally Posted by Chimone
no man, you guessed around 199 remember"?
because going over 200 breaks some law......
Oh yeah, no I didn't, it was only 200.
I am bottling up the last two batches of the season today and tomorrow.
1,000 bottles, was my brewing 'goal' this year.
But I only achieved 500.
The final count was:
{510 + 7-8 in the fridge, I called it a good '500'}
'500', full, washed, green glass,
'Bavarian' beer bottles with Grolsch caps on-em,
all in the same place and at the same time was my brewing achievment for the year.
But with 60 gallon a month capacity,
and brewing for 6 months,
I must have brewed bottled and drank:
3,000 bottles or more!
Dern!
That really seems like a lot of beer.
Hmmmm
But the homebrew hoard is already going down,
and in two months it will be all gone, sniff.
I am however into 'Dundee Honey Brown', and even though it is expensive and not as good as 'Mein Acht Pfund Hammerbier'
it will do, till my birthday in mid- November when I can get to brewing again
Y'all,
bottling is slow
and you need the paitence of a zen monk
to bottle 3,000 bottles of beer.
But then,
you have 3,000 bottles of beer!
J. Winters Von Knife
'Crazyknife'
According to my records I brewed near 300 gallons of ale 2007.
Dern, thats a lot of ale.
"Originally Posted by Chimone
no man, you guessed around 199 remember"?
because going over 200 breaks some law......
Oh yeah, no I didn't, it was only 200.
I am bottling up the last two batches of the season today and tomorrow.
1,000 bottles, was my brewing 'goal' this year.
But I only achieved 500.
The final count was:
{510 + 7-8 in the fridge, I called it a good '500'}
'500', full, washed, green glass,
'Bavarian' beer bottles with Grolsch caps on-em,
all in the same place and at the same time was my brewing achievment for the year.
But with 60 gallon a month capacity,
and brewing for 6 months,
I must have brewed bottled and drank:
3,000 bottles or more!
Dern!
That really seems like a lot of beer.
Hmmmm
But the homebrew hoard is already going down,
and in two months it will be all gone, sniff.
I am however into 'Dundee Honey Brown', and even though it is expensive and not as good as 'Mein Acht Pfund Hammerbier'
it will do, till my birthday in mid- November when I can get to brewing again
Y'all,
bottling is slow
and you need the paitence of a zen monk
to bottle 3,000 bottles of beer.
But then,
you have 3,000 bottles of beer!
J. Winters Von Knife
'Crazyknife'
Oh yeah.Chimone said:
Well, my name is on my daughters lease at college, so does that get me an extra 100?
Torchiest
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Well, probably SHE brewed those extra 50 gallons, and left them at your place.
Bigfoot
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Im only in my second year but I'm on a pace to brew about 48 gal. this year. I only do small batches so thats about 2 per month. Guess I'm really hooked on this now.
I have been doing one 5 gallon batch per weekend since I started brewing in January, that schedule will put me at like 260 gallons by end of year. I doubt that I will keep up the every weekend thing since I will run out of fridge space here in about two batches. I will squeek in at just under the legal 200 for the year I think.
2nd Street Brewery
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Well I've done 9-5gal batches since the begining of the year, but the easy answer is 'not enough'
Since the end of Nov 2006, I've done 8 batches, so that's 40gal. I'm headed to grad school in the UK in mid-September though, so I doubt I'll make it to 100gal. But I'll be relying on all you UK HBTers to help me find a nice LHBS in either Sheffield or Oxford.
I'm at 35 gal now... I'm new to the hobby and am already thinking ahead to my next 4 or so batches.
Well, I'm at 45 gallons in 4 months, but I just got a 25 gallon brewpot, so the pace might pick up a bit
Researchers have recently announced a direct link from consuming hops and lowering of cholesterol.
Denny's Evil Concoctions said:
Is this serious because I thought beer increased it!
Brewing Clamper
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Denny's Evil Concoctions said:
By that logic, most of us should be cholesterol free!
Well, you can tell any fitness freaks you know that by being a hophead you are "working out".
Orpheus
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orfy said:
Seems to be some truth in this. See these:
http://www.allaboutbeer.com/features/233beer&health.html
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/6/7/141304.shtml
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/anti-cancer_compound_in_beer_gaining_interest_9302
mrk305
Beer Dude in the Sunset
I started dong this 7 weeks ago. 7 X 5 = 35 gallons. I am planning on buying more buckets and another big pot so I can do 10 gallons@week. Even brewing beer the easy way, I can make better beer than I can buy!
snoochhandytardman
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look if we were just drunks we'd drink cheap liquor. Beer is like fine food! it must be consumed in appropriate quantities but can be part of a healthy life. I f#%@n' love beer man and i love brewing. i brew 5 gallons a week so 260 a year.
LadyRae
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orfy said:
Very true -- most beer drinkers, those who consume five or more a week, other health issues aside, rarely have heart problems, cholestrol problems and generally do not consume a lot of "sweets."
Oh and I brew about 50 gallons a year, my favorite being raspberry porter (recipe from Austin Home Brew).
Hops are versatile. Organic chicken farmers are using hops as a replacement for the antibiotics chicken factories use. And it's been known for decades that heart problems decrease in the bible belt during the summer, just as beer consumption peaks.
I brew about 12 batches a year, used to be more before I moved to Oregon, but it's all for me now. I may not brew for two months, then do three batches in a row.
I brew about 12 batches a year, used to be more before I moved to Oregon, but it's all for me now. I may not brew for two months, then do three batches in a row.
EdWort
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Today makes 60 gallons of beer and 36 gallons of Apfelwein. I don't think the 200 gallon limit will affect me, plus I think the Apfelwein falls into the wine category which is another 200 gallons (that's my story and I'm sticking to it)
LadyRae
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In Texas the legal limit is 100 gallons per year per individual living in the house who is 21 or older -- or, in our house we can legally brew up to 200 gallons a year. But think about it --- who's going to tell on you? The supply store where you purchase your supplies? I don't think so!rsizemore said:
brewerdave
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30 gal so far this year, but I just started brewing in February. I've been brewing a 5 gal batch every weekend for the past 3, and I can forsee that trend continuing for quite some time!
Ridge Runner
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I'm at 36gal so far this year, my first. If I ever get my Keggle together that # will shoot up pretty quick.
kb9vzh
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So far 45 Gallons since Dec. 07. This don't include the 10 gallons or so in the Mr. Beer Kit.
feedthebear
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I do about 45 - 50 gallons a year. But I don't drink a lot and some of my beers take a long time.
Just passed 200 gallons this weekend with my Orange Kolsch.
Guess Im done for the year.
Guess Im done for the year.
I just moved to 10-gallon batches about...12 batches ago so with 5-gallon batches each of the other weekends this year....tis about 26-27 brew sessions.98EXL said:
