I tend to brew alone, when I brew with others I get distracted and make mistakes. I brewed my first AG batch in about 7 months last month and it was just a peaceful day. Now when I bottle I can't get enough help!
Brew days usually end with me secretly fist-pumping and saying to myself, "You did it again you SOB, you made beer." That would be awkward if someone else was there.
I had a bad day at work the last time. Started brewing at 8pm (started scrubbing bottles) and didn't finish until 2 pm+. It was an amazing experience. .
mjdonnelly68 said:For me, brewing is like sex - great with a partner, but sometimes it's easier and more satisfying to go solo. I know what I like.
I always brewed alone. Just how it is. I look at it like it's my time to relax and enjoy what I do. That being said my wife wants to start brewing so that she can learn the process and get more involved in it. Now bottling, that's another beast. My daugher is the "head bottling line director" or the "manager of the bottling plant" as she likes to call it. She is 10. She loves to bottle and fill each bottle just right and does it pretty fast. I guess brewing might go a little faster and cut down on clean up time and such if someone helped out.
beerloaf
I swing both ways . I brewed alone until I indoctrinated my son a year and a half ago when he was 17. It's nice to have a "brew monkey" to help set up, empty the mash tun, clean the kettle, and all the other little chores that go into a brew day. Plus it's nice to have someone to have a beer with during the down times of mashing, lautering and boiling. Last brew day he had to work so I went solo and turned on the BN to keep me company. Just as enjoyable but a lot more work.
jetmac said:An 18 hr brew day. That must have been quite an amazing experience.
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