The web site associated with the magazine is still in the "Internet Archives" (link). There are a number of articles from the magazine that were posted at the web site. Home Brew Finds (May 2012, link) has some background about the magazine and the MoreBeer.com articles from Brewing Techniques.
I managed to collect a bunch of those. I probably have 2 or 3 years worth. I really liked Brewing Techniques, especially their “Brewing in Styles” series of articles. I know many today say they don’t brew to style.
I think morebeer was hosting some of their articles too
People ask for your beer? Heck, no one asks for mine even though I know they like it. I often feel like I'm imposing by bringing it places and trying to get people to drink it, so lately I've stopped offering it. I've talked at length with a close friend who is also a homebrewer about this and his experience has been the same. We both brew beer that is as good as or better than anything locally available.
Can totally relate to that. Exactly my experience.
Good to know we're not the only ones. With how much people talk about how "everyone's always asking for my beer!!" etc. etc. I'm bringing some to a party this afternoon, so we'll see if anyone even asks. The friend whose house I'm going to will probably want some. I know anyone would drink it if I offer, but no one asks. I think part of it, too, is that people don't just want to assume that you can just give your beer away willy nilly, like it's worth nothing. Which I get.
I also think, for me at least, most people I know just aren't as into beer as I am. They drink it, but they're happy to have a few macros at a BBQ or party or whatever. I guess with some folks they just drink beer because it's easy, cheap, and they get buzzed. lol
Sounds like an excuse for more equipment!
40Being the thread killer I am...I want to keep this alive by saying that I've been thinking about taking a hiatus from brewing. I've been thinking about this for a while, thought back in October that I would over the winter until spring, then I made an order and bought more yeast.
But I basically don't drink beer at home anymore. This all started in the last year. I really started questioning my consumption in fall of '21, but mainly started wanting to cut back this year when beer really just started to not taste good and I didn't like the way it made me feel - maybe not so much in the moment, but later and the next day. If I drink too much I get a really horrible taste in my mouth during the night and the next morning (and to be honest, sometimes it's hard to limit how much I drink if I'm hanging out with friends). I wouldn't say I've got a major problem or anything, but honestly, I'm definitely on the spectrum of alcohol abuse disorder as many of us are. My family members have been talking about diabetes a lot lately and, man, do I want to do what I can to avoid that and at 40, I need to really take my health seriously now.
Wow, I really have issues. Pound it for 16 more years. 
I’ve had those same questions with myself. I get it it as well. I vowed to not drink any beer in 24, unless I didn’t make it. Figured it would make me brew and drink less. Now if I can kick this 10y old case of homemade blackberry wine out of my bed! Went from undrinkable to great! 24 has to be better than 23!!!
That's called cognitive dissonance. You're unconscious mind desires one thing and your conscious mind desires another. In this case, one desires to drink less or not drink at all and the other still wants to drink. I've had this for the last 2 years. In fall of 2021 I had a scare where the doctor called me up and told me my liver enzymes were high and they wanted me to not drink for 2 months. The first month was easy, but the second month was a lot harder. I liked beer a lot more back then; it still tasted good. I drank a lot of non-alcoholic beers during those 2 months. In reality, my enzymes were high because I'd had pneumonia and had taken antibiotics, which has been shown to raise liver enzymes. My doctor should've known that, but didn't think about that at all. I really didn't drink THAT much and certainly not anymore than I did in prior years.40
I need to figure out brewing software for the long term. I've been using the free-version of brewersfriend and I like it. But I want to make sure I am picking the best (for me) before paying. An issue I recently ran into is not being able to scale up a recipe, I basically had to enter my desired percentages into Excel and increase by weight that way. If someone knows how to do this in brewers friend or if the software you use easily allows that, please let me knowIf it wasn't for my Beersmith brew day timer and brew sheet it's almost a sure bet I'd forget to put something in the boil kettle on every batch. That seems to be my weak spot in the brewing process. Pre-brew prep is 100% solid, post-pitch clean-up is as well, cold side management is also locked down, but without those BS facilities I'm pretty sure I'd be expanding styles left and right
Cheers!
I use Brewfather. There is a free version that you can try. It has the capabilities of scaling recipes
Can you build a grain bill by adding percentages? If not, how do you typically build a recipe based on provided percentages? Do you just add a ballpark figure for each and then adjust weight until it hits your target %?
I used and loved beer alchemy but due to a recent computer up grade and the fact that it is no longer supported I’ve switched to Beersmith. I’m catching on to it but there is a bit of a learning curve.
Yes, you can build a grain bill by adding percentages. That's how I enter my recipes from the book, "Brewing Classic Styles".
I figured it out in brewers friend. Step 1 is setting a recipe goal in the top-left corner of the Fermentables section (ABV % or OG), once that is done, it allows you to enter the percentages for each and it then determines weights for each.
I‘m doing a “moist” January, I think it just sounds better than dry or damp. But lately, I’ve been trying to watch my weight, trying to cut back on drinking, been working 6-7 days a week, and just decided to put brewing on the back burner for now. I am expecting to get a few brews going here in the winter months, mostly low abv. So not quitting for now.
My father n law would always quit drinking from the start of Lent, until August 15th. He would always go to Fl on that date. Once he hit the Fl state line, all bets were off. He would drink Miller Lite like a fish until Lent. Fat Tuesday would come….no more. I’ve actually thought that would be a good idea.
