My resolution is to no longer rush my beers once they’re packaged. Getting tired of the best pints being the last ones from a keg. It will mean drinking a lot more Miller Lite, which might even help lose a few pounds
My goal is to keep pace with 2023. I went back over my recipes and found that I brewed 33 times in 2023. I will probably continue to transition to smaller batches to be able to try some brews that I haven’t made in a while (or ever in some cases) - I’ll just make some of them in smaller batches (like 2-3 gallons), so they don’t sit too long in the queue of kegs.
Oh I almost forgot - Cheers to 2024 brewing and enjoying!
My wife and I took over as Co-Presidents of our Homebrew Club (Glass City Mashers) over the past year. Our goal was to get members brewing more because we became more of a drinking club during the pandemic. We succeeded in meeting our goal by having style studies and having members brew to a particular style. We also had a Fall Festival where we all brewed beers and had people vote for their favorite 3 beers. Our club has a 1/2 acre hop yard and we had had our best harvest this year by making a few changes. We had our hops harvested, dried, tested, pelletized, and packaged at Mr. Wizards Hops. We ended up with a little over a 100 lbs for our members and local breweries.
This year we want to make the meetings more fun and less talk about business. We also want to have more style studies and improve on our Fall Festival.
My personal goal for the new year is to brew more styles that are hard to find at stores and breweries and have fun learning.
Happy New Year! As I have just recently came back into the hobby, my resolution is to be more responsible with my time. I must put my kids and home responsibilities first, but still make plenty of time to immerse myself in my passion for brewing.
My resolution is to stop F’ing with my recipes. I’ve spent years trying to brew the perfect stout, Porter, brown, etc. and as soon as I create one I really enjoy I make a change and screw it up.
Well…then. Looks like your mission is easy. Stick with what works. Or…you can split the batch and tinker with 1/2 and keep other 1/2 as intended and already proven to be good.
i know what you mean - i think of it as my time to dial things in after a lot of experimentation. time to make my brewing more efficient in terms of likely success vs. experimentation
Brew the style of beer I really like and stick with it. British Ales. I started brewing them in 1979 and kind of forgot about them in recent years. The one thing I remember about them was the simplicity of the recipes, so maybe it is time to dig out my brewing books that have been in a box in my basement for a few years and give them another read.
