More Addicted to Homebrewing than Beer?

[Beernik]

I like to brew more than I like to drink too. I just barely finished 2011's winter warmer.

 

[LaurieGator]

I am another geek who truly enjoys the brewing process. I love canning the starter wort, washing and freezing yeast, planning the brew, and being outdoors with nature and Flogging Molly playing while making sure all goes smoothly. I also really love watching the dance of the fermentation. It is so cool...

No matter how stressed I may be before the brew, I am totally mellow when I am done. It is meditation in motion for me!

 

[jungatheart]

I am another geek who truly enjoys the brewing process. I love canning the starter wort, washing and freezing yeast, planning the brew, and being outdoors with nature and Flogging Molly playing while making sure all goes smoothly. I also really love watching the dance of the fermentation. It is so cool...

No matter how stressed I may be before the brew, I am totally mellow when I am done. It is meditation in motion for me!

It's like magic.

 

[DPBISME]

I am behind! Then again my first batch of the year was started in April and I am at 20 gal now.

My goal is to "perfect" my IPA recipe. But since I don't want to work on just one style of beer I make something different in between each batch of IPA.

I find IPAs about the easiest:

• A Base Grain 95-100%
• Some good hops at 60, 20, 5 and 0 and medium to high IBUs (maybe dry hop)

Trying to dial in a Stout or a smooth Amber is my current goal… They can have so much “going on” it is hard to figure out how to tweak them…

DPB

 

[00radio]

I definitely fit into this category. There's a reason I usually end up giving away over half of what I brew.

The meads, on the other hand... those I keep around.