After over 450 batches, I stopped brewing about 6 months ago. I plan on starting again ... tomorrow. I guess after 15 years I needed a break. Now I need a break from the break.

Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah!

Yeah, whenever I stop in here, all I hear is crickets .... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

... is over! I hadn't brewed anything in nearly a month, but a combination of hellacious weather and a lovely 2-week visit with my daughter, occasionally her husband (he had business in NYC, but came up on weekends) and my fabulous, amazing, super cute granddaughter -- well it all combined to make ...

corny kegs the way to go. I bought 6 corny kegs about 8 years ago, and I never looked back.

... besides seeing by grand kids ... was Kielbasa and home brew!

I slowed way down the past year or so, but never stopped brewing ... ramping back up again.

Batch 409

8.0 lb 2 row
0.5 lb 40L
mash 90 min, sparge

1 oz warrior 60 min
2oz simcoe 20 min

S05

John Sand wrote:Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!

We never had problems like this when Aunt Bea was around.

Took the summer off from brewing ... too much travelling. But, somethime in Oct will be my 400th batch, most of them 5 gals, and an assortment of MrB batches in the early days ('10). So, it's been an adventure. I used to brew a lot, now it's only a couple times a month. I got lazy when I retired, LO...

Hi folks!