How long have you been brewing?

[user 574]

I thought it would be interesting to submit a poll on years (or months) of brewing experience we have here.

BTW - I'm a newb. Started Dec 04

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

i've been at it for 5.5 years, and love'n every batch of it!

 

[homebrewer_99]

Brewing since '93. I gave it up for 5 years when I moved to Germany and 9 breweries in town and 2 more less than a mile from my house. (Why compete?)

I've been back just over a year and brewed up an unknown number of batches last year.

I've been on the road about 9 weeks so far this year and am going for batch #9 tonight (since the new year).

 

[Swervo Maneuver]

Started in December '04

Batch no. 9 bubbling in primary right now.

Found homebrewtalk.com in a panic when the top blew off my fermenter!

 

[teknorpi]

I started brewing about almost 2 years ago and I just found this website a few weeks ago. Good stuff.

 

[andre the giant]

I started about 6-7 years ago, brewed 22 batches of kit beers then quit. I took a couple years off due to laziness. Last August, I was inspired by the local brewpub and have brewed 9 batches of all-grain beer and one kit since then. I want to catch up to my age... 36. I'm planning something special for that, but by then I'll probably be 37... D'oh!

 

[PaulHare]

Brewing since Dec '04. Looks like Santa bought lots of people brewing kits for Christmas?

Batch #4 conditioning at the moment and a trip to the brew shop tomorrow hopefully to pick up ingredients for #5.

 

[bunz]

Been brewing since 93 with a break from 02 - until recently due to a severely broken arm and three surgeries. I've been all-grain from batch 3 or 4 with an occasional extract brew due to time restraints. Won quite a few awards at homebrew contests in Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina. HRB&TS still have a few of the articles I wrote back in 95 - 97 for their newsletters up at their site. Glad to be a part of the forum.

Bunz

 

[user 574]

Brewing since Dec '04. Looks like Santa bought lots of people brewing kits for Christmas?

Oh yea, heard that belly came from homebrew, not cookies and such.

 

[SwAMi75]

Got my kit for Christmas, did my first batch in Jan this year. I'm probably going to switch to AG very soon.

 

[Slugburp]

I've been brewing for 3 weeks now. I'm on my first batch and letting it age for 5 weeks before tasting.

 

[teknorpi]

I've been brewing for 3 weeks now. I'm on my first batch and letting it age for 5 weeks before tasting.

Waiting for the first batch of beer seemed to take forever. If I remember correctly - I set aside a few beers (3 or 4) that I would drink as the weeks went by. That way I got to taste the beer as it evolved.

 

[homebrewer_99]

I have 6 batches bottled (plus several half batches in the garage), 2 in secondaries and 1 in a primary.....(getting ready for the 4th of July!!!).

 

[rixport]

I've been all grain brewing for 14 years. I brew 15 gallon yeild batches in a 27 gallon kettle.

Ken