2013 Brew Year in Review

[LeafMan66_67]

Just took a quick look through my brew log book for 2013 and realize my wife may be right, I've spent a bit of time brewing this year. Here's some quick stats:

2013 in Review:
Number of brew sessions: 17
Average time per session: 5 hours, including cleanup
Total Time Brewing: 85 hours
Total finished product: 370L

Add on time for keg cleanup, carboy cleaning, tap cleaning, bottling, growler filling, gear rebuild, etc. and the time easily surpasses the 100 hour mark. How did everyone else do this year?

[Keith]

My brew year.

14 Festa Kits
9 NG Partial Kits
1 recipe brewed that is my own.

Never tracked how much time I spent, however it was non stop. I was brewing essentially for me and my 2 buddies who were up a few nights a week. Found it to be too much time spent brewing.

[jacinthebox]

i will not document online my brewing stats....just incase my wife finds out how much time ive been wasting lol...

[Keith]

[jacinthebox]

we have a don't ask don't tell policy going on...if I say how much i brew...it makes it real lol.

That being said, I'm brewing tomorrow, an irish red and an apa for superbowl

and she bought all of my kegging gear for me as a christmas gift

[Keith]

Yea I just brew, she doesn't ask, however she is chewing my ass on how much space it all takes and that brewing in the kitchen makes the house smell like a barn (already permitted to get a outdoor setup, just not ready to brew outdoors yet lol)

[kberry]

Here's my year...

Ordered gear for brewing all grain in April of this year after about a 7 year hiatus from brewing festabrew kits. My first batch was kegged in late may.

English Pale Ale
Extra Special Bitter
Raspberry Wheat
Amber Ale
Blonde
American Pale Ale (Citra)
Irish Red
Extra Special Bitter #2
Centennial IPA
Porter
American Pale Ale #2 (Simcoe)
Ginger Saison

That's 12 batches or 240 L of delicious homebrew! I'm not sure what my average brewing session time was. I know my first batch took about 8 hours, and my last few have taken about 5.

Next year is going to start with a big Imperial IPA. Can't wait!

[mr x]

We had an old thread here somewhere IIRC for tallying brews...may be long buried.

[dean2k]

2013 mini review with bonus Aeropress. Probably close to 25 mostly 1 gal. brews.

[gm-]

Here is my list for the year.

American IPA
ESB
Kölsch
Belgian wheat
Belgian wheat with gooseberries
Altbier
Black IPA
IIPA
Maple rye ale, made with maple sap instead of water
Kelp pale ale
Birch cream ale, made with birch sap and twigs
Parti gyle Amarillo APA and American barleywine
Good beer for people who like bad beer, made this one 4 times
Parti gyle English IIPA and ESB
Summer Saison
India Red Ale
Ordinary bitter #1
Ordinary bitter #2 (went down the drain)
Ordinary bitter #3, made that one twice
Belgian IPA
Nugget harvest ale
Amarillo/Citra IPA
Legacy/Ultra APA
Lobster pale ale
Hawaiian pale ale

And I am probably forgetting some less interesting brews