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None as yet, unfortunately...
I did procure me some real Turkish Boza commercial yeast, still have had no time to fiddle with the immensely laborious grain preparations.
I feel like I'm badly overstocked with the stupidly huge Lager surplus I brewed this winter.
I doubt I'm back to brewing anytime soon in the foreseeable months, as hundreds of bottles amassed in my cellar (and I'm the only customer there) really scare me and challenge my liver capacity.
Oh, and also my low-alcoholic pasteurized Danish LA-01 experiment-turned-success. Another hundred or so, which has to be drunk sometime too.

Hi, I'm Protos and I have a grave Beer Overproduction Disorder which prevents me from brewing more beer and causes delays in my new brewing experiments :(
Smaller batches my friend, smaller batches.
 
Oh, they are small enough, just 5L each, nowhere to go smaller.

Another thing, I've brewed dozens of 'em, those smaller batches... My mistake was brewing twice a week. Now I have an ocean of high-quality German, Austrian, Bohemian, Baltic, Polish, Danish and American Lagers of different styles, strengths and levels of RHGB adherence, no way to throw the excess out (they're really good) and nowhere to give it away.

Overeager brewing might be a real problem. Lesson learned.
 
Oh, they are small enough, just 5L each, nowhere to go smaller.

Another thing, I've brewed dozens of 'em, those smaller batches... My mistake was brewing twice a week. Now I have an ocean of high-quality German, Austrian, Bohemian, Baltic, Polish, Danish and American Lagers of different styles, strengths and levels of RHGB adherence, no way to throw the excess out (they're really good) and nowhere to give it away.

Overeager brewing might be a real problem. Lesson learned.
Oh, that's a bit hardcore. :D

Now I'm getting why you said disorder :D
 
To give a scope of the problem.
Proudly presenting the list of my current Lager Collection brewed during the October 2022 - March 2023 Lagering season:

Historical recreations:
- Historical Wiener Lager of 1870
- Historical Oktoberfest of 1872
- Historical Dunklesbier of 1872
- Historical Salvatorbier Doppelbock of 1854

Modern German clones:
- Jever Pilsener clone
- Edelstoff Helles clone
- Koestritzer Schwarzbier clone
- Schlenkerla Urbock Rauchbier clone
- Ayinger Maibock clone

Polish clones:
- Historical Pilsner of Lwow of 1935
- Historical Porter of Lwow of 1935
- Historical Porter of Warsaw
- Polish Zywiec Light clone

Czech beers:
- Budweiser (the Bohemian, not the American one) clone
- Bohemian Bernsteinbier (better known as Czech Polotmave), a personal take on the style
- Moravian Dark Lager, a personal take on the style

Danish clones:
- Carlsberg Hof clone (the old recipe, with Dextrose)
- Carlsberg Elefant Bock clone (the new recipe, with Rice)

Baltic clones:
- Historical Latvian Lager with Honey
- Historical Latvian Wiener clone

Other:
- Huerlimanns Swiss-English Lager clone
- American Classic Lager with Maize

From the scientific point of view, this is a carefully selected and a perfectly representative array of Lagers.
In practical terms, it's above 260 bottles for a single guy who limits himself to no more than 2 bottles per day and no less than 2 alcohol-free days per week. Not counting here the most recent Danish Low-Alcohol and the English Mild&Bitter Collections, which came out pretty sizeable as well.

Which means, no new brewing sessions for me anytime soon :(
 
Well, Cheers then! I like your limits! I also try to go reasonably low on alcohol. During the week, it's usually no alcohol for me and at the weekend I also like to keep it low. Three or four beers on Friday evening are ok for me. But not a must!
 
To me, sometimes it's a must... Days happen when I don't feel like I crave a beer, still I do pour one or two as I know I need to use my stock up somehow and noone gonna help me with that.
Minor setbacks of the hobby :)
 
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