What are your Homebrewing Goals?

[artyboy]

I'm a cheapass. I want to drink the best beer possible for the least amount of money. Homebrewing is the way to accomplish that task.

 

[ndsgr]

-Brew beer that I love (done)
-Brew beer that friends call "awesome" (done)
-Brew a beer my wife likes ("honey, I just don't like beer")
-Enter a couple of comps (haven't yet, don't care so much about winning)

 

[BillyBroas]

It's really interesting to see the range of responses here. One thing we all have in common is that we want to continue to enjoy our hobby and make great beer to share with family and friends.

Keep improving my system. Goals are repeatability and ease of use.

:rockin:

That's one I didn't think of but totally agree with. I'd like to get my system to the point where everything operates smoothly, but not so automated that I have very little interaction with it.

Another MAJOR one I forget to mention is teaching others to homebrew, both in person and online in places like my blog and HBT. I wouldn't be a good beer vampire if I wasn't converting people

 

[DanPoch]

i want to have a pipeline built up so that I never need to buy beer.

+1 Can't stand having to buy beer. I don't mind the occasional 6 or 12 of specialties, but running out it a pain.

Also to get a few recipes that I make regularly and consistently. You know the 'House' special as it were.

 

[wonderbread23]

- Dial in my 'house' recipes and brew them consistently.
- Enter more comps for feedback and ego stroking.
- Get more involved with the local home brew club.
- Continue having fun.

 

[brrman]

I just want to brew good beer that I can share. When someone tries my beer and their eyes light up - thats what I like to see. Plus, drinking my own instead of buying beer is always a plus (I do still buy beer on occasion though).
I am not into awards or anything, though I can see how that would be fulfilling for some.

 

[sjlammer]

My goals are:
1) Make beer i like to drink
2) Make beer that my friends say "wow this is good"
3) Have projects to work on
4) Win Awards at Homebrew competitions (haven't entered any yet)

 

[mosquitocontrol]

1. Maybe try a few partial mashes.
2. Always have a pipeline so I can drink purely homebrew.
3. Supply homebrews the masses will like for the main long weekends a year. Memorial day, July 4th, and Labor Day
4. Join homebrew club.

 

[thedude00]

I want to brew one killer beer. I mean "Killer" beer . And then the rest good. I think ill be happy

 

[Sea]

I'd like to consistantly brew beer which I'd RATHER drink over my favorite Micros.

 

[Hopheader]

Nice thread, folks!
Myself:

(in no particular order)

1- Make beer that *I* can enjoy, by tailoring to my likes/staying away from dislikes.
2- Make beer that friends 'may' enjoy, but if their tastes aren't mine, I'm not gonna brew a whole batch of whatever unless I like it, too hahaha.
3- Brew enough to have 3-4 on hand at any time, and have a good rotation.
4- Brew the same recipe at least three times and hope for relative consistency.
5- Brew a beer my Dad will finish over half a glass of ----hopefully this summer will be the ticket! Gotta try for "an American light lager" (without naming names), as much as it personally hurts. THAT will mean I can brew beer if Dad can get to the bottom of that glass.
6- Enter into competition with more than three total entries and place top three.
7- Have someone ask me "Hey have you got any more of that _______?"
8- Get into All-Grain brewing.
9- Read more about the hobby I love so much.
10- PASS the BJCP course.

So far, I'm doing alright on #1 and #2. #3 is hard but by August I should be good. #9 is getting there.

#6- success! Off to the NHC round two!
#7- success!
#8- success!
#10- check back in the fall. But likely a 'repeat customer' since it's a heck of a lot of information!

 

[viking73]

I just want to brew good beer and learn as much as I can (Impossible! I know!). SO far even the "bad" brews have been decent and drinkable.

 

[demonrichie]

-Brew beer that I love (done)
-Brew beer that friends call "awesome" (done)
-Brew a beer my wife likes ("honey, I just don't like beer")
-Enter a couple of comps (haven't yet, don't care so much about winning)

please please please if you accomplish your third goal PLEASE tell me how...or come convert my wife to a beer drinker too lol

 

[archiefl98]

I merely want to enjoy the process of homebrewing.

backup goals:
- teach as many people as I can to brew their own
- develop my own recipes for the styles I enjoy
- take over the world (hey, it's a backup goal)

 

[demonrichie]

heres another goal of mine...convert friends and family into homebrewers...and then the world muhahahahaha j/k

 

[Babylon]

Reaching the limit would take 20 batches. I could certainly do that.

The rest of it I don't really have any ambition toward. I have some experiments I want to try, but mostly I just want to keep making beer that I enjoy more than what i can buy in the store for less than it costs to buy it in the store.

 

[johnmcc]

Consistently make beer that I enjoy drinking.
It's easy to make beer that my friends enjoy, if they're not paying for it they're enjoying it lol..
Some day have the ability to brew AG, living in a condo I can only do Extract since I can't use gas.
Anything else is extra!

 

[Atvar]

Would being able to tell ingredients by taste/aroma go with BJCP certification?

 

[nigel31]

Got into brewing from a friend. Check.
Began working with adjuncts (maple syrup, cocoa powder, fruit puree). Check.
Have a humble pipeline going. Check.
Created my first from-scratch recipe. Check. (In the secondary presently)
At some point in my life, I'd love to look into owning/partnering in a brewpub.

I'll consider all-grain or kegging, but I haven't the space nor money for it presently. I'd need to move out of my condo and into a "real" house or at least a place with a backyard/garage.

More than anything, just enjoying geeking out over brew gear, techniques, process, ingredients, and recipes. Here's to us!

 

[GaryJohn]

My goal:

To actually save the vast majority of my new Barleywine for at least 1 year before drinking it/giving it away!

 

[tamoore]

Great replies to this thread!

I just want to make the best beer I can make, and beer styles that I enjoy.

I want to learn all I can about brewing.

I would love to have other people enjoy my beer for the right reasons. (Because it's good, not because it's 'free'. )

 

[King of Cascade]

I just want to continue to make killer beer.

My goal is to make beer that will not kill anyone...:cross:

 

[munche]

My goals brewing:

Be able to have a party at my house with my own beers on tap
Have my friends actually requesting my beer over other beers
To create a beer that I would say is my favorite beer
To successfully brew a delicious sour beer and imagine in my head I could sell it for $20/bottle like RR

I've got the GF on board already, she's super excited about my Pliny clone. Hophead gf? yes please!

 

[Sedge]

All of the things you've mentioned in the OP are goals of mine. I'm on my way too. 2 beers in the second round this year, and 30 gallons brewed so far this year. Hopefully going to grad school for fermentation science this fall (if not fermentation then general food science).

BJCP judge is on the list as well. I don't think the goals in that link like tasting this beer or that beer and travelling to events should count as homebrewing goals, but I do need to get back to Belgium/Netherlands/Germany and spend some time and money checking stuff off that list (when I have time and money that is).

 

[JefeTheVol]

I want to make a beer that I am proud enough of it to enter into competition. I am so hard on myself when it comes to my brewing that I am never satisfied and I constantly want to improve. Maybe that day will come soon.
-Jefe-

 

[Manfish]

My overall goal is to make beer that my friends and I enjoy. To where we never have to buy a store bought beer again... and it's been a while since I personally have, so getting there

 

[Baja_Brewer]

My current goal is to be able to get back into brewing regularly

 

[owenbrew]

I would like to get to perfect all grain within a year. Being in the bar/restaurant industry for 13 years I would like to take my knowledge to a professional level and start a brewpub. I have a chef in place and a good friend who's a chemist that I am constantly trying to get brewing so he can be the brew master. I mean....a chemist, come on!

 

[ghpeel]

For me:

- Score a 45+ in a competition with certified BJCP judges
- Clone ***** Modelo (me & a friend's favorite commercial lager)
- Brew a lambic as good as Geuze Boon or Geuze Giradin
- Teach 1 new person to homebrew every year
- Get a pipeline going of 3-4 styles that I have dialed in perfectly for my own taste

 

[chrislehr]

short term:
Learn to keg
Learn to make my own recipes (mini mash)

longer term:
Learn to do all grain
Brew with only things we GROW.