2013 Homebrewing Resolutions

[jcoxen]

1 - Finish my keezer. It's functionally done but I've been promising SWMBO for 2 years that I'd make it look more like a piece of furniture so she wouldn't have this big, ugly white box in her dining room.
2 - Try All-Grain.
3 - Enter a competition
4 - Exercise more...so I can lose weight without cutting into my beer drinking.

 

[milesvdustin]

Mine is to brew more. I only did about four batches last year!

And enter some competitions!

 

[Coppinburgh]

I wanna be in a position to give advice in these forums by this time next year!

 

[kpr121]

-Perfect my Haus Pale Ale

-Gain the focus to actually brew some SMASH beers (keep the hands outta the hops freezer!)

-Lose the 20 lbs I’ve put on since beginning homebrewing (also started my desk job then so that hasn’t helped the cause)

 

[jerrodm]

1. Three tier brew sculpture construction
2. 75+ gallons of beer brewed
3. 15+ gallons of cider fermented
4. Install a ball-valve in my kettle
5. Fix my fermentation chamber so I can do lagers again

 

[Darwin18]

- Put down Brewing Classic Styles, Pick up Designing Great Beers, and start making and brewing my own recipes.

- Start taking a closer look at my water profile. Raleigh water is pretty good but I also used to think just pitching a smack pack of liquid yeast and fermenting at room temperatures was pretty good.

 

[F250]

Mine are pretty simple:

Turn my beer fridge into a kegerator.

Obtain another fridge or small freezer for lagering.

Brew an IIPA.

Brew a Stout.

Rick

 

[unionrdr]

Find a way to stabilize my mash temps that works for me. Try to get a fridge for the man cave to put my beers in when they're ready for fridge time.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

1. Enter more competitions.
2. Volunteer as a judge and for my homebrew club events.
3. Figure out getting better efficiency for high gravity beers.
4. Start designing my own recipes.

 

[HeavyKettleBrewing]

Expand my existing business by offering custom homebrew equipment and accessories. Setup my lobby as a taproom/showroom. Drink while I work. Of course, refine my process and learn from my mistakes.

 

[drewN]

Learn to all-grain. Learn to be creative, and take risks!

 

[kaconga]

Get a water report.
Make smaller batches.
Create a "house" beer.

 

[Skeptidelphian]

1) Start kegging.
2) Go all grain.
3) Perfect a pale ale and robust porter as my house beers.
4) Enter a competition for the first time.
5) Develop a schedule of beers so I have a repertoire of seasonal beers.

 

[Tizzomes]

1. Build or be lazy and buy a stir plate


2. Get a plate chiller

3. A pump would also be handy since we're all wishing here.

 

[matteroftaste]

brew more but drink less, build up an actual stockpile of beers.

 

[MotorcycleMatt]

Take better notes

 

[E-Mursed]

!. More consistency in use of the Closed-System Pressurized Fermentation process - you gotta try this!!!
2. Lager year round and do it precisely
3. Create a serious beer rotation schedule
4. Try not to buy any more hops
5. Find more time to brew

 

[Quaker]

1. Assemble an electric system with all the bits I've just splurged on for it. (Dang quick-connects are pricey)

2. Dial in said system for consistency

3. Avoid buying more gear to keep below the radar until this time next year. And continue my twice per month schedule of brewing, so the expenditure almost appears justified.

 

[jeffdill]

Switched to all-grain a few batches ago and built a kegerator, so I'd say 2012 was a good brewing year for me.

2013 resolutions:

1. Troubleshoot my AG process to get to 75%+ efficiency consistently
2. Buy a grain mill to help with resolution 1
3. Perfect an awesome IIPA - I'm hoping the one fermenting right now is a good start
4. Enter a competition
5. Get actively involved in the local homebrewing club
6. Get at least 2 more friends interested in homebrewing
7. Brew twice a month, give growlers away to friends to help clear out kegs

Let's do this!

 

[mufflerbearing]

Get the stuff to keg and stop all of this bottling carp. Well Maybe not stop but at least have the option.

 

[sfrisby]

Enter my favorite two base beers, a wheat and a RIS stout, into a couple competitions to get qualified feedback to make them both better.

 

[pm5k00]

Only use the hops I already have,
brew more malt forward beers,
enter a competition.

 

[russrob81]

1. Move to all-grain

2. Develop my own house Scottish ale to keep around

3. Brew seasonals at the appropriate time

4. Brew twice a month

5. Figure out what the hell I'm doing

 

[TriggerFingers]

Get a wort chiller
Use some new hop/yeast combos
Try to brew a quad
Rebrew recipes that didn't turn out as expected

 

[Patirck]

Figure out how to brew a lot and lose weight

Brewing and losing weight is easy - it's the drinking and losing weight that's tough...

 

[SudsyPaul]

1. Buy new house
2. Build proper rig in garage and/or basement.
3.???
4. PROFIT!

 

[Xpertskir]

Brewing and losing weight is easy - it's the drinking and losing weight that's tough...

True....I'm basically looking for more people to consume the calories I brew.

 

[GeorgiaTiger]

Go AG...
witch to kegging
build a keezer

 

[gmcapone]

-Start making lagers
-start kegging
-make a keezer

 

[BrewerBear]

Brew often enough to keep the pipeline so I don't buy any beer,except brews I have not had or a style I want to brew and need a good example of the style.

 

[grathan]

Man. This was such a great year. Next year I would like:
Organize my gear. Have dedicated spots for stuff.

Get a water test. experiment with profiles.

Streamline brew day. Look at an electric hlt that can take 10 gallons from 70* to 170* on under an hour and run it on a timer.

Sample more people's Homebrew.

Dedicate better times to drinking. Lately it always feels rushed and multitasked

Grow at least 3 hop varieties.

Visit some local breweries and brew pubs.

Take the beer judge exam.

Looking back at my last list from 2011 I am surprised at how much got done, so let's try this again...

• Rebrew 2 recipes from the past
• read at least 5 brewing books
• implement some automation, probably just HLT for this year
• participate in a group brew from designing stages through brewday
• buy a supporting membership at HBT
• finally brew a lager beer, probably brew a few of them
• conquer ph at various stages of brewing
• experiment with some type of hop back cold break filtering
• experiment more with water minerals
• get my wife to try a sip of homebrew
• finally brew some soda
• try drinking a mead also possibly brewing one
• get fermentation temps down from current 5 degree range to 1 degree
• actually try reusing some yeast from the frozen yeast bank
• dedicate more brews to controlled experimentation

 

[histo320]

1. Get 5 new brews done before school and football start in August.
2. Begin buying supplies to go all grain
3. Improve the overall quality of my beer
4. Find other local homebrewers and start a weekly club
5. Try 50 new beers

 

[andvari7]

1. Learn about reusing yeast.
2. Do a lager.
3. Build a immersion chiller.
4. Get a full all-grain production going.
5. Not take this too seriously, so that brewing remains fun.

 

[iambeer]

1. Never buy Wachusett beer again, I sweartagod. Why bother when there is SNPA?
2. Contemplate doing a lager one day
3. Start an educational venture called Drinkmore Beer for low income communities.
4. Count my pennies for my first and last barley crusher

 

[fergyrock]

1. Drink my first home brew! Est. finish date Jan 1
2. Drink my first good home brew IPA! Maybe as soon as Jan 10 if I am lucky.
3. Dial in basic brewing for consistency.
4. Maybe AG if things go well

 

[ctrlpabrewer]

Set-up the grain mill I am *hopefully* getting for Christmas
Complete my son-of-fermentation chamber
Brew enough this spring so I don't have to in the summer (work and farming take up more time during the summer)
Get three more hop varieties growing put up the additional trusses
Perfect a couple of house beers to always have around
convert to kegs? (we'll see)
finish hobart mixing bowl - boil kettle conversion.
help my brother plant another 200ft of grape vines for wine (eventually).

^^ probably far more than will get done in 2013

 

[Toadsticker]

1. Larger stirplate/flask for lagers.
2. Brew Bitburger/Grolsch clones.
3. Start kegging again.
4. Try getting friends into homebrewing.

 

[CatHead]

Half of my beers to be partial mash/all grain. Try to make a cider, mead, or wine. Make my first big beer.

 

[archer75]

Be able to accurately reproduce beers time and again.

Enter three competitions: fruit, state fair and fall classic

Choose and perfect a "house" beer style

Decide upon a brewery name and logo

Join a club

Setup a RIMS system

 

[Gixxer]

Short term
1. Finish fabrication on DIY roller mill
2. Finish fabrication for keggle
3. Brew Westy 8, Founder's breakfast clone, Chimay Blue clone so they are ready for next winter. Guess I could add the Kaiser clone to that one as well.

Long term
1. Work on temperature control for fermenting, aging, and finished beers
2. Concentrate on bulk ordering to save money on shipping
3. Gear up for larger batches of session beers
4. Brew an all brett apricot PA that I have been procrastinating on FOREVER

Thats all I can think of now.

WAIT!!! Oh yea. Plan beer for holidays and special events MONTHS in advance, not days before New Year's then you have to go out and spend a crap ton of money on good beer that you could have made...