How Long Have you been brewing.

[Soulive]

One year this month

 

[BrewDey]

One year this month as well...21 batches total including ciders. I read somewhere that the average attrition time frame is 3 years, so I hope I can make it past that point!

 

[mrkristofo]

Not long, actually. 19 batches under my belt since June 26, 2007, plus a few that I helped buddies with. Got 3 others hooked, too. Batch 20 is going to be AG.

 

[EdWort]

Started brewing in 1987 with a couple of multi-year sabbaticals, one being 5 years while living in Germany.

 

[Moonpile]

Started in late 1992 or early 1993 while a senior in college. I brewed a porter with extract + steeping grains which I still remember to this day. Fantastic! Brewed in fits and starts through grad school stopping in 1997. Got started again in April 2007 with two good friends and we got pretty serious. Just went AG recently!

 

[PseudoChef]

Started the day after my 25th Birthday in July of 2007. Done 10 batches total.

I was doing mashes on my second batch.

 

[Got Trub?]

27 years. Started with grocery store kits in Canada then started branching out while a student @ UC Davis with a buddy who is now a brewmaster with Budweiser in So Cal.

Those of you who started in the last few years I envy. So many quality ingredients readily available as well as all the info on the net.

GT

 

[Bayes2112]

Just started in December, 2007. One Mr. Beer batch, then two 5 gallon Extract + Specialty Grain batches.

I'm hoping to get set up for AG on my next one.

 

[g_rath]

Started the day after my 25th Birthday in July of 2007. Done 10 batches total.

Now that’s kind of creepy. My SWMBO got me my starter kit on my 25th in July 07 and now its all down hill. I don’t have my book but i think I’m on my 10th batch too. to the addiction.

 

[sdhucks7]

Bought a Mr. Beer kit several years ago and did 2 batches, didnt like either one. Got the bucket set up last year in November and have done 7 batches so far since then. You gotta love a hobbie that you can drink :rockin:

SD

 

[capcrnch]

Tried a Mr. Beer about 14 years ago and it turned out like crap.. So, I swore it was impossible to make good beer at home and moved on with life.
About 2 years ago I had a friends homebrew and fell in love.

It's been a year and a half for me brewing at home now... I've got *about* 20-25 batches done and the "lineup" of what's been made has grown BIGTIME.. Wine, different brews, other mixes...

 

[mrk305]

Started brewing April '07. I try to brew a batch every week.

 

[Skunkyhops]

My first brew was 12-28-07 and to date i have brewed 20 gallons of beer (5 gal. batches). Ever since i started looking into home brewing and researching the whole process I havn't been able to stop!

 

[JustDave]

I've been brewing since June of '07, switched to AG in December. Loving it ...

 

[Bernie Brewer]

SWMBO got me a starter kit on Christmas '97. Went AG in 01 or 02, I think. Don't ask me how many batches. I stopped keeping a log ages ago.

 

[shbrewer]

I started when swmbo bout me a MR Beer kit as a joke. Well 2 years later I'm still into it.

 

[Cookiebaggs]

I first started brewing in 93 after college. Did extract and mash-extracts for two years and went all grain in 95. I took some time off from 03-06. It was hard to find the time with infants around.

I discovered this site last year and really jumped back into it with some much needed equipment upgrades and just started kegging only this year.

Although I considered myself a pretty good brewer pre 06, I must say that this site, and the people who contribute here, have GREATLY inproved my technique, understanding and overall quality of my beers and their consistancy.

 

[cowgo]

20th anniversary here. First batch was two cans of premier malt extract bought from the local grocery store and I used the yeast that came with it. No hops. Fermented in a 5 gallon bleached restaurant pickle barrel, and I had to come home at lunch to burp the lid because I didn't have an airlock. Turned out...not too bad.

 

[LostDakota]

Mr. Beer 12/03(?)-10/07(Prolly 8-10 Batches)
Extract 10/07-1/08 (5 Batches)
AG 1/08-Current (4 Batches)










It seems to be growing at a mathematical rate.

 

[keiths]

Started making wine & Mead back around 1996, and started d=brewing around 1999 and havent stoped!!!

 

[jdoiv]

Started in 2001. Took almost 2 years off after my second child was born. Just didn't have the time. Going strong since Feb. of 07 though. 27 batches since then.

 

[MULE]

W A Y back in 07

 

[IndyPABrewGuy]

Brewed my first batch end of April 2007 and have 17 5-gallon batches under my belt (13 Extract, 4 PM). Planning on kicking it up a notch over the next few months to get my mashing technique down before I go AG this spring/summer (gotta wait for the snow to thaw).

Cheers,