What's more fun - brewing or drinking?

[Peruvian802]

I find that I want to brew more but need to kill kegs & bottles in order to have space for the next beer coming from a fermenter. As spring dawns, I already have another 2-3 recipes in the pipeline as well. I'm pretty sure I like the planning and brewing more than I like the drinking.

How about you?

 

[AlCophile]

I may be able to help you; I live in NH and I prefer the drinking.

 

[Hammy71]

I'd say I give away as much beer as I drink. Lately, THAT is what's the most fun too me about the hobby.

 

[day_trippr]

Drinking fills the time between brew days...in a most pleasurable fashion.

Cheers!

 

[brewbama]

Brewing. Don't get me wrong the beer is good, but planning the brew and creation of the wort is better. The yeast kicking butt is the magic.

 

[Cyclman]

I prefer drinking, but due to liver limitations (can't drink like I could when I was 20), I brew well more than I can drink.

 

[NervousDad]

Brewing... I give away more that I drink.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

yes and yes.

 

[wtaylor3]

I want from zero pipeline to 2 batches in grain, 3 brewed batches in fermenters and then 2 batches in bottles, and now I have the previous ingredient batches in fermenters, one of the original 3 still in the fermenter and 4 batches in bottles. I ramped up the pipeline so fast and was brewing so frequently that the batches in bottles aren't ready for consumption yet....

Moral is I feel your pain on not having enough packaging vessels (kegs, growlers, bottles)

 

[brew_ny]

What's more fun - brewing or drinking?

drinking while you brew or brewing while your drink

works pretty good for me

all the best

S_M

 

[unionrdr]

I like creating a beer, but I like sampling the finished product as well. Hey, we have to do our research!

 

[Homercidal]

D

 

[Zekk]

I enjoy the brewing a lot more. I just really like the whole process, and that wonderful smell during the mash and the boil. Not to say I don't enjoy the drinking. I have noticed that I've all but stopped drinking hard liquor now that I brew, always want to drink homebrew or some new and exciting craft beer.

 

[wardens355]

I enjoy both, but tend to find that overindulging in drinking can lead to self-loathing, while overindulging in brewing can lead to a sense of accomplishment. I don't drink while I brew, but that evening I tend to celebrate by hitting the kegs hard, so overindulging in both kinda evens everything out. I brew every 1-2 weeks right now, so I should probably stop hitting those kegs so hard and start to enjoy the elevated sense of accomplishment...

 

[Psylocide]

I like formulating the recipe and drinking the finished product.

I'm not a huge fan of the actual act of brewing itself... it's time-consuming, it's work, and it's only fun if I'm drinking copious amounts of alcohol.

It's a lot like... well, being at work.

 

[1977Brewer]

I love brewing, and I also love the finished product. They're fairly equal in my eyes, right now.

 

[SeeMont]

Wow, what a great subject. It blew us away that I brewed and we consumed about 140 gallons of home brew last year. I love to brew, the whole process. I also like when we have friends over and they enjoy my brew offerings. I have 12 kegs and use them all. SWMBO does not want an empty pipeline.