do you brew alone?

[ffaoe]

I have always brewed alone as well.

 

[JohnSand]

Preferably alone in the house, certainly alone in the kitchen.

 

[phenry]

I feel like brewing is really pretty boring unless you're the one brewing. Even then, it really isn't all that interesting. At least in my opinion. I don't invite people over to watch me read a book, and I imagine that would be almost just as fun to observe for most people.

 

[Magic8Ball]

When I brew alone I prefer to be by myself.

 

[TNTgill]

Alone mostly. Before I moved to the 'burgh my next door neighbor in Tennessee became very interested in brewing and came over for a few brew days and even talked me into a partigyle BIAB. I don't know many people here so mostly alone but I have brewed with another doctor from work once.

 

[Jon73]

Alone 90% of the time. I've had people present a couple times and I almost always screw something up. Last time I was brewing a wee heavy and forgot to check the gravity after the 90 minute boil. As it turns out, I should have boiled it for another half hour. Missed my gravity by a wee bit.
I'll usually turn on the tube, or listen to some podcasts (Adam Carolla, Dave Dameshek, Dan Patrick). I'm extremely fortunate to have a garage that is set up for all things male. I'd call it a "man cave", but I find that phrase to be ridiculous and overused.

 

[bone266]

Alone usually.... sometimes my wife will participate with me! She likes to do it but our schedules rarely coincide!

 

[signpost]

Alone 90% of the time. I've had people present a couple times and I almost always screw something up. Last time I was brewing a wee heavy and forgot to check the gravity after the 90 minute boil. As it turns out, I should have boiled it for another half hour. Missed my gravity by a wee bit.
I'll usually turn on the tube, or listen to some podcasts (Adam Carolla, Dave Dameshek, Dan Patrick). I'm extremely fortunate to have a garage that is set up for all things male. I'd call it a "man cave", but I find that phrase to be ridiculous and overused.

My cousin has an uber-brewing setup, table and chairs, beer fridge/keezer, and a big tv. He doesn't call it a man cave, either. It is the Garage Mahal.

 

[Jon73]

My cousin has an uber-brewing setup, table and chairs, beer fridge/keezer, and a big tv. He doesn't call it a man cave, either. It is the Garage Mahal.

If your cousin is Bill Goldberg, he can call it whatever he wants!

 

[Frige]

Yep always alone if I have company we get to drinking and that leads to boil overs, forgetting to add ingredients. Waking up in strange places ......

 

[daksin]

Man, sounds like I am in the minority. I have brewed alone, but I prefer to brew with people.

I posted earlier that I usually brew alone or with my wife, but prefer to have folks over. I love talking about beer and brewing- distractions don't really bother me.

 

[LieutenantDan]

I brew with 2 other guys. We split bulk grain buys & some equipment costs. We rotate responsibilities each brew day, brewmaster picks the recipe & buys specialty grains, hops & yeast. We brew 15 gallon batches, but it still isn't enough. I like brewing with a group, we're good friends, all with young kids, so it is a good excuse to get together somewhat frequently.

 

[adiochiro3]

I generally brew with one or two partners -- just because I like to brew, I like to try different styles, and I can't drink all I would like to brew.

I am looking at doing BIAB small batches solo to play with different yeasts and ingredients by breaking down 2-3 gal. batches and breaking them down to ferment in 1 gal jugs. I love to brew, and I think this will give me more opportunities to brew and experiment without winding up with too much beer.

 

[Soup4you2]

So far it's only been myself and the dog.. the woman will come outside to check up on me from time to time, but i like the peace and quiet.. I've offered to have several friends stop by for a brew day, but no takers so far..

But the dog seems to make a great brew buddy, she's quiet and stays out of the way..

 

[OhioBri]

I like to brew alone too. I do, however, look for a hand now and again when transferring to a keg or secondary. Since my dog doesn't have opposable thumbs, I usually commission one of the kids to hold the tubing as I carefully start to siphon.

 

[hio3791]

I brew alone, yeah, with nobody else. You know when I brew alone, I prefer to be by myself.

 

[DrunkleJon]

I generally brew solo but that is because I am the only of my friends who really brews. I am happy to invite friends by to help me brew/keep me company/introduce them to the hobby. Generally though I will brew on my Friday morning/afternoons while everyone is at work and I am off though then have people come by and hang out while I finish up the boil/cool/cleanup while they help me drink on previous batches.

 

[pacman]

I prefer to brew alone. I also prefer when I'm the only one home while brewing. No distractions that way.

Yeah! Me too.

 

[Paul_Aris]

I mainly brew alone. If I need my wife will help. Somtimes a friend will stop over. I am usually. At it for about 8 hours because I do back to back 10 gallon batches.

 

[Sheldon]

Solo mostly and have great conversations with myself. Usually no agruments My son or fellow home brewer sometimes stop by to chat and help pass the time and of course, have a couple during the process. I usually stay busy during slack times preping or cleaning as things progress. All grain brew days are now down to about 5 hours from heating mash water to finish cleaning.

 

[jglazer]

Another alone here. I love the time to myself and I can get everything done in about 4-5 hours, but with someone around I feel like I need to let them do stuff which I generally don't like to do, and it slows down the overall process because instead of cleaning while brewing I feel like I have to entertain which is not always the easiest

 

[ThreeSheetsBrewing]

I'm an alone brewer as well. Mostly because I like to brew in the early morning, before 5 A.M. I always offer to show folks how things are done, but don't get any takers because of the time of day.

 

[Piratwolf]

I've brewed with a small group, and it was a blast but it was also a beer I've made a lot so I couldn't mess it up too badly.

I've brewed demonstrations for buddies who want to see the all grain process, but I find it hard to talk and focus on process at the same time.

In short, to misquote the song, "When I brew alone, I prefer to be by myself!"

 

[matt08wrx]

Me and a couple of my buddies get together and brew on one of our days off, either at my place or theirs. Of course we always have special cellard beers to drink during.

 

[hunter_le five]

SWMBO has no interest in brewing, nor do I have any friends with more than a passing interest in beer (at least not that live near me).

 

[Mozart]

I brew alone for the most part.

I've brewed with the friend that first introduced me to homebrewing a few times. I've also invited a different friend over on a brewday, but mainly we just chatted while I did the brewing.

 

[Anelda]

I've never brewed alone and can't imagine being by myself. I always brew with my husband, he likes to help out and be apart of the process.

 

[Spartan1979]

I brew alone. A neighbor may come by to have a beer or two while I brew, but that's it. I've found that when I brew with others, it seems that one of the brewers ends up dominating the brew and it's really his beer, the other guy is really just along for the ride. I've been on both sides of this.

The other advantage is that I can brew when I want and start when I want. Recently, I was planning on brewing first thing in the morning, but something came up and I brewed in the afternoon. That could have caused a problem if there were other brewers.

 

[Nummey]

"I brew alone....yaaa with nobody else. You know when I brew alone....I prefer to be by myself"

 

[locusta]

I always brew with my husband (he does the heavy lifting), although I tend to be the one who keeps a close eye on things. We've had people join us a few times but I think the waiting time is a bit dull so they don't come back.

I can imagine brewing on my own but I imagine bottling solo is tough.