How many gallons of homebrew in 2017?

8674 + 5 Brown Biscuit = 8679

 

8679
+6 G Oktober Kolsch
=8685

 

8685
+6 G Irish Porter
=8691

 

8691 + 2.5 gal pumpkin porter = 8693.5

 

I've not posted previously so...
8693.5 + 5.5 gal pilsner + 5.5 gal white ale + 5.5 gal cream ale + 5.5 gal blonde ale + 5.5 gal cream ale = 8721 gallons

 

5 gallons Scottish Christmas ale
8724

 

+ 2.5 apa = 8726.5

 

8721 + 5 = 8726

8726+2.5 = 8728.5

 

8728.5 + 4 pumpkin ale + 4 Vienna lager + 5 Cascade IPA = 8741.5 gal

 

8741.5
+ 3 gal berliner weisse
+ 3 gal Old Chub clone
= 8747.5

 

5 gal strong Bitter,

=8752.5

 

+5.5 gal American Amber = 8758

 

+5 gal Coconut Cream Ale + 5 gal Dead Ringer IPA = 8768

 

+ 10 gallons of Oktoberfest = 8778

 

plus 5 gallons of "Somethin' Pumpkin" = 8783 total

 

Plus 6 gallons of oatmeal stout we have 8789

 

+ 5 gallons of Nut Brown Ale =8794

 

8794 + 5 Gal Hefe = 8799

 

+5 (Platypus Venom NEIPA) = 8804

 

8804 +5.5 gal blackberry saison
8809.5

 

8809.5 + 6 gal Pale Ale
8815.5

 

8815.5 + 15 gallons of IPA + 15 gallons of Cream Ale =

8845.5

 

8845.5

+5 Berliner Weisse
+5 Helles

8855.5

 

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8855.5

+5gal zombie dust clone

8860.5

 

8860.5 + 5 gal milk stout

8865.5

 

8865.5 + 10 gal bell's two hearted

8875.5

 

8875.5+43= 8918.5

White Water Wit 2017-01-15 5 (gal)
Lemon-Lime Hefe Weizen 2017-02-06 5.75 (gal)
Black pearl Porter 2017-03-04 5.5 (gal)
SPECKLED HEIFER Cream Ale 2017-03-12 5.25 (gal)
Fire Rock Pale Ale 2017-04-09 5.5 (gal)
kiwi Express IPA extract 2017-04-23 5.5 (gal)
AIH Vanilla Porter 2017-09-16 5 (gal)
Centennial Blonde 2017-09-23 5.5 (gal

8918.5

 

8918.5 + 5gal pale ale = 8923.5

 

8,923.5

+ 2.5 pumpkin ale

= 8,926

 

8926 + 5 gal red IPA

= 8,931

 

8931 +5.5 gal helles

= 8936.5

 

5 gallons of a Comet hop SMASH= 8941.5

 

+ 6 gallons of red flanders = 8947.5 :rockin:

 

8947.5 +5.5 of Sparky's Nut Brown =8953

Tomorrow is HWMO's bday, so this one's for him!

 

Wow. Just checked number of gallons as of 10-9-16 was ~ 18,000 gal.
So far this year, as of 10-9-17 we are ~ 9,000 gal.

Is homebrewing on that much decline?

 

if you look back a few more years you'll see that is the trend, at least since 2013. whether it is fewer people posting in the thread, or an actual decline, i'm not sure i could say. it does seem like many people forget to post, and then at the end of the year add their total then; some people seem to continue adding to new year beer to the old thread as well, though, so i'm not sure which number is more accurate. at the end of the 2013 thread, @JR_Brewer made a plot of homebrew produced vs month of that year, and december is heavily skewed due to people catching up with the thread. with that, here are the 12/31 midnight stats for the last few years and the end of the thread totals.

2016: 23,767.5; 25,146.5
2015: 30,885.5; 32,125
2014: 47,189.5; 48,576
2013: 59,796.5; 61,758
2012: 38,764.5; 41,162.75
2011: 48,010.75; 50,374.3
2010: 40,957.5; 42,539
2009: 28,710; 30,862

if there are statistics that show site activity as a function of time we could determine if this is a problem of people posting or actual amounts of home brewing.

maybe its a good idea to make a new thread to discuss this further so as not to jack this thread.

*edit: noticed the number format wasn't consistent, so i fixed it

 

8953 + 1 G Amber Ale + 1.5 G blonde ale = 8955.5G

 

8955.5 + 5 = 8960.5

 

+5.5 neipa = 8966.0