BeerBorg

Thread guidance: create one (and only one) post and continuously edit it throughout the year, adding your ongoing brewing adventures. Generally people add the date, style of beer, size of batch, and any other stats or info you would like to keep, along with a running total at the end of the thread. That's about it...

After a measly 8.5 gallons of beer brewed last year, along with one gallon of cider that's still in the fermenter 8 months later, I needs to pick it up this year...

2010: 77.5 gallons on 33 brews
2011: 54 gallons on 21 brews
2012: 38.5 gallons on 15 brews
2013: 22.5 gallons on 9 brews
2014: 24.5 gallons on 9 brews
2015: 18.5 gallons on 8 brews
2016: 9.5 gallons on 4 brews





EDIT 3/11: Hot damn I'm brewing! 6 whole gallons! First time this year only almost 1/4 of the way into the year... but that puts me 2/3 of the way to matching last year! sigh...


3/11: #107: German Lager (German Lager recipe - Bootleg Biology S. arlingtonesis yeast version) - 3 gal - Ferment 3/11; bottle 4/20
3/11: #108: Abbey Ale (German Lager recipe - Southyeast HS2 Abbey Ale yeast version) - 3 gal - Ferment 3/11; bottle 4/20
6/28: #109: Coffee Porter (fermented with Bootleg Biology Brulosophy at 50 degrees) - 3 gal - Ferment 6/28


Total: 9 gallon

1/10 - 3 gallon South African IPL
1/24 - 5 gallon "Zombies Invade the NE" (it started as a Zombie Dust clone but was NE IPAified).
2/2 - 3 gallon "Wheat IPA" with Nelson Sauvin and Equanot
2/12 - 6 gallon straight up Bohemian Pilsner
2/22 - 3 gallon straight up Maibock
3/5 - 3 gallon all grain light lager in the Mash & Boil
3/10 - 3 gallon all grain English brown ale in the Mash & Boil
3/20 - 3 gallon extract SMaSH IPA with Strata Hops
3/25 - 3 gallon all grain Irish Red in the Mash & Boil
3/31 - 3 gallon all grain Brown Porter in the Mash & Boil
4/10 - 3 gallon all grain Kolsch in the Mash & Boil
4/16 - 3 gallon all grain Special Bitter in the Mash & Boil
4/23 - 3 gallon all grain batch of "Rye Bier" (Dusseldorf alt bier but ~20% rye) in the Mash & Boil
4/30 - 3 gallon all grain English IPA in the Mash & Boil
5/9 - 3 gallon all grain "South American hop ESB" in the Mash & Boil
5/14 - 3 gallon "Session IPA" (Citra and Cryo Simcoe) in the Mash & Boil
5/20 - Another 3 gallon "Simcoe Session IPA" in the Mash & Boil
5/26 - 3 gallon Vienna/SA Hop Patersbier (extract, Brett C)
6/4 - 3 gallon all grain Mash & Boil Blood Orange Single
6/12 - 3 gallon all grain Mash & Boil Wit Like Substance
6/28 - 6 gallon all grain Belgian Strong Golden Ale
(mash + sparge with slightly concentrated boil with top up to make 6 gallons work and cool quicker)
7/7 - 5 gallon all grain Westmalle Dubbel like clone in the Mash & Boil (2.5 got dumped, acetobacter/fruit fly infection)
7/17 - 5 gallon oak smoked Patersbier
7/26 - 5 gallon Saison des Prunes
8/5 - 5 gallon oatified and oak smoked Belgian Strong Golden Ale
8/14 - 6 gallon Viking Beer/Gruit with Juniper and Mugwort. (dumped 3 gallons due to fruit fly acetobacter)
8/29 - 6 gallon table saison
9/11 - 6 gallon Roggenbier
10/3 - 3 gallon "possibly stupid raw Grätzer bier experiment"
10/11 - 3 gallon English Special Bitter
11/16 - 3 gallon Anchor humming clone perhaps
11/22 - 3 gallon Frankensteam
11/8 - 6 gallon "probably not stupid raw Brut IPA experiment"
11/13 - 3 gallon Dry Rye Stout
11/23 - 3 gallon Spiced Winter Ale
12/2 - 3 gallon California Common
12/10 - 5 gallon Cascade + Nelson Sauvin "session IPA"

Make my place holder too. Did not brew anywhere near what I wanted to or expected to brew with basically a 6 month hiatus, but then again I am now healthier than I was 6 months ago.
Have not brewed a beer yet but did branch out and did a couple Winexpert wine kit. Finally got a full batch full on brew!

3/4 California Moscato 6.0 g
3/30 Amber Ale 2.0 g
6/16 Italian Amarone 6.0 g
7/15 German Kolsch 5.5g
7/22 Apple Pie Wine 6.0 g
8/20 Bottoms Up Brown 5.5 g (tweaked a bit adjusted out some MO and 2 row for some Spelt)
9/8 Traveling Red 5.5 g
9/8 The Mather Steamship Cali-Common 5.5 g

Total 42.0 G

Well, I started yesterday, 5 gallons of Irish Red. I think I brewed about 60 last year.
The Red is ready to go on tap, and I brewed 5 gallons of pilsner on the 24th. That is happily bubbling at 57 degrees on the basement floor.

And I brewed about 60 again this year.

Well, here's my placeholder. Haven't brewed anything yet, but have drank some of last years beer so that's good I guess. I'll probably go by my somewhat local (but not close enough) home brew shop thurs or friday and get some grains & hops for a few 1G recipes that I've been wanting to make. Total for 2017: 85 Gallons

01/06/2018 Brewed BBS EveryDay IPA, a 1G all grain recipe taken from their "Beer Making Book".
01/13/2018 Brewed a recipe from BrewCraftr.com, a 1.25G AG clone of Samuel Adam's Boston Lager, fermented as an Ale.
01/20/2018 Brewed a 1.25G AG Session IPA recipe from BrewCraftr.com.
02/03/2018 Brewed a AHS clone of the Deschutes Brewery Black Butte Porter, a 5G Extract w/steeping grains recipe.
02/10/2018 Brewed a AHS clone of the Deschutes Brewery Mirror Pond Ale, a 5G Extract w/steeping grains recipe.
02/17/2018 Brewed a Stars and Stripes American IPA, a 5G Extract w/steeping grains recipe from Jaspers Homebrewing.
02/24/2018 Brewed a Sons of Liberty Amber Ale, a 5G Extract w/steeping grains recipe from Jaspers Homebrewing.
03/10/2018 Brewed a Mush-Mouth Oatmeal Stout, a 5G Extract w/steeping grains recipe from Jaspers Homebrewing.
03/24/2018 Brewed a Flat Tire Ale, a 5G Extract w/steeping grains recipe from Midwest Supplies.
03/30/2018 Brewed a Gluten Free Amber Ale, a 1G Extract recipe from CraftaBrew.
04/07/2018 Brewed a 5G Extract w/steeping grains recipe called Fresh Squeezed IPA from Midwest Supplies.
04/14/2018 Brewed an Autumn Amber Ale, a 5G Extract w/steeping grains recipe from Midwest Supplies.
06/09/2018 Brewed a Extra Special Bitter, a 5G Extract w/steeping grains recipe from Brewers Best.
07/28/2018 Brewed a Chinook IPA, a 5G Extract w/steeping grains recipe from Northern Brewer.
11/24/2018 Brewed a Bastard Stepson Root Beer, a 5G Extract recipe from Midwest Supplies.
12/01/2018 Brewed a Gingerbread Brown Ale, a 5G Extract w/steeping grains recipe from AIH.
12/08/2018 Brewed an Old Nebbercracker Spiced Holiday Ale, a 5G Extract w/steeping grains recipe from Jaspers.


Total for 2018: 54.50G

Hey Fellow Borgavons, Just grabbing a spot for this year. My plan is to do SMASH batches using different hops each time with either,Lt.,Amber or Dark Dme. Brew 2 MrB sized batches at one time,one being a 4.4 %ish, and one being 5+ish ABV. Each with some steeped grains and good yeasts. Going to make a trip to LHBS on the morrow for my supplies for the first round of Brews. Cheers

1/16- Mosaic SMASH -2.5gal.
1/16- Galaxy SMASH -2.5gal.
2/13- Session Ale - 2.5gal.
2/13- Summertime Ale - 2.5gal.
2/20 - Pilsner + -2.5gal.
2/20 - Canadian Blonde + -2.5gal.
3/20 - Saison du Sauvin w/ Nelson hops - 2.5gal.
3/20 - Farmhouse Ale w/Simcoe hops - 2.5gal.
6/26 - B/D Wheat beer - 2.5gal. w/ Steeping grains
6/26 - B/D Prophecy Ale - 2.5gal. w/ Steeping grains
7/18 - Belle Cerveza - 5 gal.
10/3 - Belle Canadian - 5 gal.
8/14 - Belle Lite - 5 gal.
9/12 - Belle Lager - 5 gal.
10/24 - B/D Sinful Swill+ - 2.5gal
10/24 - B/D Brown Ale+ - 2.5gal.
10/24 - B/D Stout+ - 2.5gal.

I guess I'll get a spot and play this year.... I also brewed 60 gallons last year, but made 15 gallons of wine too.

1/7/18 5 Gal. Cascade SMaSH - bottled 1/20/18 2 11.5 packs S-05
1/22/18 5 Gal. Light American Lager - bottled 3/21/18 Omega American Lager yeast 2 L starter
2/14/18 5 Gal. Fat Tire Clone - Bottled 2/28/18 Wyeast 1214 1 L starter
3/6/18 5 Gal. American Wheat - bottled 4/1/18 Wyeast 1010 1 L starter
4/5/18 5 Gal. Walking Dead IPA -bottled 4/28/18 3 11.5 packs S-05
11/6/18 5 Gal. Redneck Blush wine
11/7/18 5 Gal. Strawberry wine
11/7/18 5 Gal. Spiced Holiday beer - bottled 11/21/18 2 11.5 packs S-05
11/23/18 5 Gal. Blue Moon Clone, I call shoot for the Moon. - bottled 12/7/18 2 packs S-05
12/5/18 2.5 Gal. Cascade SMaSH Full volume mash. - bottled 12/22/18 1 pack s-05
12/15/18 6 Gal. 7 Deadly C's IPA - bottled 12/29/18 wp001 with 2 L starter

Total 2018: 43 1/2 Gallons Beer - 10 Gallons Wine.

After brewing large batches (7 barrels) elsewhere in 2017, I finally brewed for the first time in a year. Not exciting, it was a can of Mr. Beer's Long Play IPA that I picked up for $5 on my way back from South Carolina due to Swenocha's tip on the Mr. Beer forum. Unfortunately, that was all they had (with a fermenter too, although this one had a broken lid). He said his store had 40, SWMBO laughed when I said I thought I could fit 40 in the back of my truck...

4/20 - brewed up two cans of Mr. Beer Bavarian Wiessenbier with some added LME and cardamom, adding canned apricots after 2 weeks, for an Apricot Wheat that my wife likes. These were bought 2 years back for $6 a can from Target, and I've had them in the frig. Dated a year ago, but they are good for 2 years after.

Brewed two 2.5 gallon BIAB batches in the Spring. This Fall, I started brewing on September 14th because my oldest is getting married in early December. Been brewing ever since, so my total is:

3 x 2.13 gallons
6 x 2.5 gallons
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21.39 gallons as of 9/26. At least 2 more batches on deck, perhaps 3, to prepare for the wedding (held at a brewery, my beer will be for at home).

RickBeer wrote:Placeholder. Haven't brewed at home since around last April, although I brewed over 30 barrels elsewhere during the year.

That's more than 730 gallons over the limit!!!!!

1/1/18 Northern Brewer Bavarian Hefeweizen 5 gal
1/5/18 Northern Brewer Dead Ringer IPA 1 gal
1/13/18 Midwest Brewer Flat Tire Ale 5 gal
2/9/18 Brewers Best American Cream Ale 5 gal
2/16/18 Northern Brewer Cream Ale 2 gal
3/3/18 Northern Brewer Irish Blond Ale 5 gal

Total: 23 gallons

Dawg LB Steve wrote:

RickBeer wrote:Placeholder. Haven't brewed at home since around last April, although I brewed over 30 barrels elsewhere during the year.

That's more than 730 gallons over the limit!!!!!

Your post is a violation of the rules....

There is only a limit if you brewed it at home, which I didn't. Brewed on a 7 barrel system.

Jan 22 - Smoked-malt lager (all-grain) - 2.5 gallons
Feb 14 - Basil Lager (extract) - 3 gallons
Apr 14 - Red IPA (extract) - 4 gallons
May 3 - Hard Lemonade - 2.5 gallons
June 30 - NEIPA (all-grain) - 4 gallons
July 21 - Irish Red (stovetop extract) - 1 gallon
Aug 25 - Cal Common (all-grain) - 2.5 gallons
Oct 7 - Kitchen Sink IPA (extract) - 2.5 gallons
Oct 30 - Stout (stovetop extract) - 1 gallon
Nov 21 - Pete's Wicked Winter (stovetop extract) - 1 gallon

TOTAL - 24 gallons

Planning to be about on par with 2017. I've settled into brewing about 10 batches per year (about once every 5 weeks), usually 2.5 gallons per batch.
New for 2018 will be kegging!! I have a 3-gallon keg ready to go.

Previous totals:
2017 - 25 gallons (second-lowest since start of hobby)
2016 - 33 gallons
2015 - 36 gallons
2014 - 40 gallons
2013 - 40 gallons
2012 - 34 gallons
2011 - 19.5 gallons (start of hobby)

I started on New Years Day.
1/1/18. 2.5 gallons, Oatmeal Stout

9 days in and I'm still sitting on my ass
That will change this week

I brewed 168 gallons in 2017, which is close to what I brewed in 2016, though I can't recall the exact total for that year.

I took a week off at the start of this year, but I brewed today, so it's time to join the thread and start the tally.

1/10/18 - Sunbonnet Lemon Wheat - 2.5 gallons
1/17/18 - Fedorus Magnus Kölsch - 5 gallons
1/25/18 - Trilby Brown Ale - 2.5 gallons
1/31/18 - Groomsman's Pride - 2.5 gallons
2/7/18 - 2Daves Irish Red - 5 gallons
2/15/18 - Weizenheimer - 2.5 gallons
2/22/18 - Bit O' Bitter - 2.5 gallons
3/1/18 - FedoraDave's American Ale - 5 gallons
3/15/18 - South Ferry Steam Beer - 2.5 gallons
3/21/18 - Old Smokey Amber Ale - 2.5 gallons
3/28/18 - Copperbottom Lager - 5 gallons
4/4/18 - Straw Boater Blonde Ale - 2.5 gallons
4/11/18 - PacTiki Pale Ale - 2.5 gallon
4/25/18 - Sunbonnet Lemon Wheat - 2.5 gallons
5/3/18 - Rye Guy IPA - 5 gallons
5/9/18 - Rocking Chair Orange Wheat - 2.5 gallons
5/11/18 - Berglinzer Weisse - 2.5 gallons
5/17/18 - 100 Years War IPA - 2.5 gallons
5/30/18 - Crown Top Pale Ale - 5 gallons
6/6/18 - Fedorus Magnus Kölsch - 2.5 gallons
6/14/18 - Saison d'Etre - 2.5 gallons
6/20/18 - Old Smokey Amber Ale - 5 gallons
6/28/18 - Sunbonnet Lemon Wheat - 2.5 gallons
7/5/18 - South Ferry Steam Beer - 2.5 gallons
7/11/18 - 9/Fifteen Pale Ale - 5 gallons
7/18/18 - King Duncan's Holiday Porter - 2.5 gallons
7/26/18 - ClusterFug - 2.5 gallons
8/1/18 - Groomsman's Pride - 5 gallons
8/8/18 - Rushin' Pale Ale - 2.5 gallons
8/22/18 - Phat Tyre - 5 gallons
8/29/18 - Indy Cherry Wheat - 2.5 gallons
9/6/18 - Fogbank Amber Ale - 2.5 gallons
9/11/18 - Rye-Guy IPA - 5 gallons
9/20/18 - Copperbottom Lager - 2.5 gallons
9/27/18 - Black Hops - 2.5 gallons
10/18/18 - Trilby Brown Ale - 5 gallons
10/23/18 - Old Smokey Amber Ale - 2.5 gallons
10/30/18 - Straw Boater Blonde Ale - 2.5 gallons
11/6/18 - 100 Years War IPA - 5 gallons
11/15/18 - Crown Top Pale Ale - 2.5 gallons
11/22/18 - Fedorus Magnus Kölsch - 2.5 gallons
11/27/18 - South Ferry Steam Beer - 5 gallons
12/4/18 - Great Scott 60/- - 2.5 gallons
12/13/18 - ClusterFug - 2.5 gallons

Total - 142.5 gallons