Haven't brewed anything since last June. I don't have storage to keep the fermenter cool during the summer, then blew out the back in August and had surgery in October. Was finally cleared to lift up to 25 lbs, but just in time for the hectic holiday season, so I didn't find any time to brew. Well, I have a four day weekend and swmbo is at work now, so I get to scratch an itch that's been there for months!!
My lhbs that just opened a little over a year ago is a great guy. He helped me get together ingredients for a couple of 2 1/2 gallon recipes so I can keep things under my weight limit. Doing all extract because I'm honestly not sure how well it would go with my back to lift a bag of grains out of the boil pot. Doing a basic APA with Amarillo and Columbus hops and tossing in some grapefruit peel. Then a quick and easy Irish Red.
I swear, I haven't looked this forward to a brew session since I opened that first Mr Beer kit four years ago.
"Filled with mingled cream and amber
I will drain that glass again.
Such hilarious visions clamber
Through the chambers of my brain
-- Quaintest thoughts -- Queerest fancies
Come to life and fade away;
Who cares how time advances?
I am drinking ale today."
Nice hop combo on the APA, good to see ya back and with a smile on your face.
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Yazoo Sue Smoked Porter
Octoberfest
Le Petite Saison
Czech Pale Lager
A Toast to Big Fuzzy Russian Imperial Stout at 10%
Belgian Blond
Flower Power IPA
4 Kilts Clueless Belgian Strong
One Wort Two Yeast with Wyeast 2206
One Wort Two Yeast with WLP940
Shipwreck Saison
Up Next: FedoraDave's American Ale Fermenting/Conditioning Natural 20 Pale Ale -- Bull Terrier Best Bitter -- King Duncan's Porter -- Schöenwald Schwarzbier -- Littlejohn's Ale Drinking: Crown Top Pale Ale
Welcome back, pun intended. Bad back here also. I do 5 gallon extract batches, split between two LBKs. Never lift more than 2.5 gallons since you boil with 2.5, add stuff, boil down, etc. Same work, more beer.
I have over 9,000 posts on "another forum", which means absolutely nothing. Mr. Beer January 2014 Brewer of the Month with all the pomp and circumstance that comes with it...
Certificate in Brewing and Distillation Technology
Beers I regularly brew:
Bell's Best Brown clone
Irish Hills Red - I call this "Ann Arbor Red"
Mackinac Island Red - I call this "Michigan Red"
Oatmeal Stout - I call this Not Fat, Stout - Oatmeal Stout
Bottled 5 gallons of Ann Arbor Red on 4/18/17. Bottled 5 gallons of Michigan Red on 5/8/17.
Brewed in 2017 - 22.13 gallons (19.91 in 2012, 48.06 in 2013, 61.39 in 2014, 84.26 in 2015,46.39 in 2016)
Brewed in lifetime - 282.14 gallons
Drinkable beer on hand - 13.58 cases, with 6.11 cases ready in May and early June.
Average cost per 12 pack through all beer brewed - $6.27(ingredients only)
Good Deal 
