A new birthday tradition!

[frolickingmonkey]

I recently decided that every year, my birthday will be a brew day. Brewing on my birthday is already a great gift on it's own, but it gets even better... I brew a high gravity beer and age it for an entire year, sampling the first bottle on my next birthday. This year, the beer is/was an imperial stout inspired by The Abyss and this thread. I haven't decided if I'm going to do a riff on the same recipe year after year, but it would be fun to do vertical tastings of my birthday brews after a few more years.

Does anyone else do something like this? I think everyone should...

 

[BA_from_GA]

I've done the same brown ale 3 times, just not on any specific dates. Haven't done the vertical tasting yet, but i plan on it on the 1st brew's 1 year mark.

 

[scrambledegg81]

I usually reserve my b-day for going to Disneyland and gallivanting drunk between the 2 parks (the Uva Bar @ Downtown Disney is the mutt's nuts for exotic brewskies).

 

[frolickingmonkey]

I usually reserve my b-day for going to Disneyland and gallivanting drunk between the 2 parks (the Uva Bar @ Downtown Disney is the mutt's nuts for exotic brewskies).

Drunken gallivanting was implied in my original post but only after I finished brewing...

 

[DavidP]

This is a great idea!

 

[griffondg]

This is a great idea!

Agreed! I may have to steal this.

 

[Revvy]

I think that's a great idea.

On Teach a Friend from Homebrew day last Nov, I was talking to a guy, who on his 45 birthday brewed a Barely wine and made a batch of mead to be opened on his 50th birthday.

I turn 45 this summer, I am considering doing the same thing.

 

[Newbeerguy]

That is a very good idea! My birthday is comming up the middle of next month and that seems like a great thing to do. You have just inspired me to make my first Barely Wine