What do you do with your beer?

[jready]

20 gallon 3 vessel Spike system I tend to brew 12 gallon batches some 6 gallon and occasionally bigger ones or double batches.

I have 3 18 gallon Speidel fermenters 2 7 gallon Speidels a 15 gallon spike and a 12 and 7 gallon Ss Brewtech acquired over many years.

I tend to brew Brett beers, mixed fermentations, Belgians and a few IPAs and Stouts. I really like the funky stuff and sours.

I have a 5 tap keezer. I also cork and cage the mixed fermentation beers, some Brett beers and specialties that can age really well. I have a Brett beer that I brew every year on or around New Year’s Day it is really fun to do vertical tastings of vintages dating back 8-9 years. I also can from taps.

I drink my fair share of the beer I brew. We also have a lot of parties that put a pretty good hole in the inventory. I give a lot away either in cans or some of the bottled beer. I would love to join a club and enter more competitions if I could find the time. Hoping to build a dedicated brewery/bar/party area in the very near future. I would love to have a cold room and cellar area for aging bottles.

 

[firerat]

Set-Up: Modified mash & boil / BIAB for 2.5 & 5 gallon batches

What I do: Drink most of it. I have a 2 tap keezer setup that always has something dark like a stout or porter (venturing into a dunkel soon) and something like a pale ale/IPA, cream ale or blonde. I drink at least 2 pints of something a night. I experiment with 2.5 gallon batches that I bottle for R&D and give the majority of it to friends for feedback.

 

[Spartan1979]

My wife and I drink a good percentage of it. Some gets shared with neighbors (especially in the summer). Some gets taken to club meetings, some gets poured at beerfests.

 

[verboten]

5,10 and 15 gallon batches depending on the beer.

we drink a good portion of it ourselves, I take growlers to the office, parties, and neighbors houses as well.

I take growlers to my local breweries, the brewers are typically interested in what I have going on. I’m building the brewery/pub in my house for a place to chill and have people over.

 

[Genuine]

I have a 10 gallon electric Kettle Rims System and I try to brew about 20 or so times a year...so hopefully 2 times a month or so. Depending on the beer, I'll make 5-10 gallons at a time. I usually brew for family cookouts so last year, the family went through 5 gallons in 3 hours so this year I'll have to make 10 gallons to keep the flow going, haha. I have 5 taps at home which I like to keep filled with 5 different beers since I like variety. I bring beer to work almost weekly and then to get togethers with friends. I'll usually have an IPA, NEIPA, some sort of porter/stout, a light lager for the BMC crowd and the uncles I have and a cider. I also enjoy brewing for the season's so soon I'll need to brew up my annual Irish Blonde Ale for the spring time and then it'll be crushable lagers for the summer.

 

[brewbama]

Brew Set-Up: Mill with a JSP MaltMill. Rectangle blue cooler MLT lined with a BrewBag, recirculated thru a Brewhardware RIMS via Chuggar, controlled by an Inkbird PID. Boil on a 3.5kW induction cooktop in a 10 gal BrewBuilt kettle. BrewBucket FV in an old fridge ferm chamber controlled by Auber Plug n Play. Dispense and Lager/Condition/Mature in an old side by side fridge. Lager/Condition in the freezer side controlled by an Auber Plug n Play, mature and serve from the refrigerator side thru Perlick Flow Control faucets.

What I do with my beer: I have a two week rotation pipeline. One 5 gal batch = 30 Imp pints. 2-3 pints an evening = 10-15 days from tap to kick.

Every other week: one in FV, one in lager/condition, one ’on deck’ mature, one serving. One keg kicks, lift and shift: move beer from FV to empty keg into lager/condition, move keg from lager/condition to ‘on deck’ mature, move ‘on deck’ mature to serve. Clean FV, brew, fill FV and start pipeline all over.

 

[thehaze]

Brew setup - Grainfather Connect 220V / 5 Speidel fermenters ( 30L/7.9 gal ) / I bottle condition all my beer ( not much of an IPA/NEIPA drinker ) / I always brew 5 batches - love the diversity / I usually get anything from 5.5 to 6.5 gallons finished product

What I do with my beer - I drink myself and share beer with people, like my father, my girlfriend's father, friends, etc. I

 

[Johst12]

Setup: 13 gal. BIAB, 18 gal. vessel on 3,5 kW induction. Lately a lot of lagers, but all kinds of beer.

What I do with my beer: drink it myself with friends (never alone), share a lot with other homebrewers, use it as a gift for birthdays or whatever

 

[Spartan1979]

I forgot our Oktoberfest party. We went through 20 gallons of homebrew last year!

 

[RoguePixels]

Brew Setup: 15gal Brew-Boss BIAB electric kettle with COFI filter. Ferment in two SS brew buckets (7gal) with independent temp control for each. Brew mostly stouts and IPA's but starting to branch out and begin lagering.

What I do with My Beer: I'm in the process of building a keezer but usually have at least 2 kegs on tap at home that the wife and I drink most of. I also have two portable coolers with taps for serving on the go which has been great for family get together's and parties with friends. Most of my kegs get kicked at these parties which is great because it frees up kegs for more brewing. The ales and IPA's are usually the first to go. The stouts tend to last a few months.

 

[FlyBoyKnight]

Reviving an old thread to see how the COVID life has changed anyone’s brew habits. Anyone else “having trouble” kicking kegs in this age of little to no social gatherings to aid in beer consumption?

Brew Setup: 10 Gallon SS Brew Kettle for BIAB with single 150K BTU Propane burner. Chest freezer fermentation chamber big enough for (2) 5 gallon batches at once. Keezer with 5 taps w/ usually at least 2 full. Brew 3 and 5 gallon batches maybe once or twice per month (though I have been slacking lately). IPAs, light n fruity ales, Belgians, Weizens, and stouts mainly. Never entered any competitions. Looking to start soon maybe.

What I do with my beer: Typically the President/CEO/Managing Director/Lead Quality Assurance Techician of True North Brewery (wife) and I are travelers and are only able to drink so much while at home. Our neighbors help us out as well (walk up “take out” window between our houses hahaha) but we usually rely on parties / social gatherings to kick our kegs. I am looking to purchase a beergun (since all of my DIY methods of bottling from the keg have been meh) and will probably start bottling 1/3rd of each batch to give to coworkers who don’t live near me.

(Side Note: Anyone else having trouble finding yeast strains in stock theses days? The 3 closest LHBSs to me are way low on nearly every yeast strain (one of which was dropped by Wyeast as a customer completely!))

 

[bracconiere]

System: I have a plain 15 gallon polarware pot, and a 10 gallon round cooler with a bazooka tube and ball valve. i brew 10 gallon batches

What I Do With My Beer?: I brew beer that only i can love! So after a quick filter through my liver, it gets flushed down the toilet...And as far as COVID, i haven't noticed a difference....i've been stuck in the house for 7 years now..

A keg only lasts me about 4-5 days, have no problems emptying them!

 

[Broothru]

Been brewing more since we've been traveling so little. I've actually been enjoying it more since there are so many fewer outside obligations of time and effort. SWMBO'd and I now have a standing "date" each evening on the outside patio at 5 o'clock (somewhere). Therefore, "drinking" more "often" but doesn't appear that we are drinking more (volume), judging from the empties in the recycle bin and the fullness of the kegerator. We've really become social distancing hermits for the last 6-7 months, so the concern that we'd morph into closeted, bloated drunks was present. Somehow we've both lost a few pounds even though we haven't been hiking and traveling the way we had been for the last 6 years. I've missed being able to share my wares with friends and neighbors (other than our first and only trip this year to a beach house in Myrtle Beach for a 'socially distanced' family-only vacation). Except for that beer and wine blow-out, I'd say my brewing habits have changed but my consumption may have gone down. The net effect is that I want to brew this weekend, but the pipeline is full and I've got nowhere to put kegs anymore.

 

[NGD]

Setup: 1-5 gallon extract & mini mash batches.

What I do with my beer: grains to the chickens or make dog treats, beer for consumption and marinades and other recipe additions.

 

[bracconiere]

The net effect is that I want to brew this weekend, but the pipeline is full and I've got nowhere to put kegs anymore.

having the same problem....i want to dial in my burst carbing by weight method, i want to perfect my new mashing schedule that gets me 95% effec....But i've got stuff in both my fermenters, and only 1 empty keg! i can only drink SO MUCH in a day though, i try and get started as early as possible though...

 

[Broothru]

having the same problem....i want to dial in my burst carbing by weight method, i want to perfect my new mashing schedule that gets me 95% effec....But i've got stuff in both my fermenters, and only 1 empty keg! i can only drink SO MUCH in a day though, i try and get started as early as possible though...

I saw that process you described on the other thread. I think you may be on to something. (Talking about the burst carb/weigh-in, not early start on Happy Hour, though that may have an application also).

 

[day_trippr]

fwiw, there has been and still remains a global issue with obtaining retail packaging affecting nearly every market sector.
For many if not most sectors, it is the gating issue with getting product on shelves...

 

[bracconiere]

I think you may be on to something.

i think i am also....i just need to figure out a way to keep the gas line stable during weighing.....i got a fan in the fridge now to see if i can get a couple kegs cold quicker then 2-3 days also.....

edit: i got like 6' of silcone gas tubing i'm going to put a tee on my line, and a shut off after it...and let it stay coiled on the floor while vigorusly shaking the keg....that way the scale should stay stable....

 

[bracconiere]

it is the gating issue with getting product on shelves...

i got a lot of beer glasses, some bigger then others.... think if i put three four of them in front of me, i could drink more? lol

 

[wepeeler]

Propane setup - BIAB 5 or 10 gallon batches. Picked up a 3rd fermenter, so now I'm sitting on 3 SSbrewtech fermenters, all temp controlled individually. Gylcol chiller. COVID has allowed me to brew much more frequently. I usually do 3-4 batches a month, whereas before I was doing maybe 1 a month.

I share A LOT. I also drink a lot. I bring some to brew meetings, and I would love to enter more into competitions, but COVID...

 

[RCope]

I'm with you...two Ss Brewbuckets, two ferm chambers, and have been brewing every weekend. My usual get togethers with friends have been limited. I have 3 Growlerworks growlers (2 one gallon and 1 half) and each week I could count on friends to drink everything I would bring. So now I've been bottling with the tap cooler a lot..my co-workers get 6-packs and are very supportive .

As another poster has in their tag line, I have a drinking problem...I can make more beer than I can drink. Major Problem!

 

[corkybstewart]

I'm about to start homebrewing after a 3 year break, but my circumstances have changed so much I keep asking myself why i want to. We lived in our previous house for 30 years, and we had plenty of friends and neighbors who came by to drink my homebrew so i brew 10 and 15 gallon batches to keep both my 6 keg kegerators full. Then we moved 275 miles away, to a house in the forest 15 miles from a small town and with only 5 other people living within a mile of us. One kegerator didn't make the move so I cut my capacity in half, but all my equipment is still set up for 10 gallon batches. So to have the variety I need without mass quantities of beer that will go bad before I drink it I'm planning to do split batches-10 gallon batch of IPA with each keg dry hopped very differently, porter with vanilla or coffee in one keg, Belgian strong with brett yeast added to one keg. I thought when I retired I would become a raging alcoholic but somehow I'm much more restrained than before my hiatus, but I still love having a wide variety of beers on hand even if I will only drink a couple per day.

 

[deuc224]

Brew set up- Brewtools B80 set up and 2 grainfather conical fermenters and glycol chiller

What i do with beer- Drink most of it and give to my brother mostly, when friends come over they come drink what i have but if its just me drinking it does last a while honestly. But I got a chest freezer so I can store some or finally break out the last straw and bottle some. Im kinda scared of bottling for some reason.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Brew set up - 30gal spike 3 vessel and 2 17gal conicals for 15gal batches.

I drink a lot of beer, my wife helps, my neighbor helps even more haha. share with family and club meetings. bottle some to give away, i have even filled a regular keg for a friend before.

 

[Mothman]

Set up... 8 gal pot, wilser bag, stove top, usually 3.5 gal batches, occasionally a 2-2.5 gal if I'm trying something I'm not sure about. I brew maybe once every couple months.

What I do with it... Bottle it all, and my wife and I drink most of it over a couple month period. Very occasionally a family member or friend will have a glass.

 

[Ninoid]

Brew set-up: DIY 5G Electric BIAB and bottling.

What I do with my beer: I drink it myself and with friends and sometime give to one of them.